Our courses are open to all students over the age of 18. To complete your enrolment, please fill in the attached form, as well as the test and send them to us. Upon arrival of your forms, a « pre-enrolment » confirmation will be sent to you with detailed information on the chosen course, accommodation and the total price of the course. A 30% deposit of the total cost is needed to confirm your registration. The due balance must be paid within the first 48 hours of the start of the course. After this deadline, a late payment charge of 10% will be added to the total due balance. Failure to payment of the course after 72 hours of the start of the course will automatically cancel the student’s course and he will no longer be admitted to the course. No refund will be made.

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Bank: Société Générale
Paris TR Montparnasse
Tour Maine Montparnasse
33, avenue du Maine
75015 Paris
International Identification IBAN
FR76 30003 03340 00020961287 73
Bank International ID (BIC or SWIFT)
SOGEFRPP
Account number: 00020961287 Clé RIB : 73

Enrolment and payment conditions


 
To enroll you must be 18 years old.

Confirmation of your registration
You will get by e-mail a confirmation of your enrolment.

Visa
Should you come from outside the European Community and desire to stay in France for more the 3 months, you may need a visa “long séjour” (or “visa d’études longues durées”). In this case you will be required to make full  payment of the course to obtain a certificat of registration.

Cancellation
If your visa is refused, and on presentation of the original document from the French Embassy proving this, L’Atelier 9 will refund you in full less 200 euro administrative fees and 80 euro for bank transfer costs. Refunds are done only by Bank transfer. No refund if you don’t provide an original document by the French Embassy. Copies and photocopies are refused and not considered as original documents.

Should you be unable to attend for medical or professional reasons (a medical or professional certificate must be sent to us by express mail) your stay will be postponed within a period of 12 months after the reception of the certificate. Refund possible under mentioned sales conditions.

For all other cases :
If you cancel your course more than one month in advance, L’Atelier 9 will refund you 70% of the fees paid, minus  100 euros in administrative fees. Refunds are done only by bank transfer.

If you cancel three or four weeks before your starting date (Monday for the course), L’Atelier 9 will refund you 60% of the fees paid, minus 100 euros in administrative fees. Refunds are done only by bank transfer.

If you cancel one or two weeks before your starting date (Monday for the course) L’Atelier 9 will refund you 40% of the fees paid, minus 100 euros in  administrative fees . Refunds are done only by bank transfer.

No refund will be made after the first date of your course.

If the school  cancels your course you will be fully refunded. No Bank or administrative fees will be billed to you.

Absence and course interrruption
Registering for a course means that you are committing yourself to attend regularly.
You cannot make any refund claims if you miss classes or if you decide to discontinue your course (this excludes absence for proven medical reasons upon presentation of medical certificate, dully translated in French by an officially recognized French translator, only  original documents are accepted ).
You cannot claim any refund if you decide to stop your course.

Behaviour
If  a student shows  abnormal behaviour or if he has ulterior motifs for attending the school L’Atelier 9 reserves the right to exclude him from the school at any time. L'Atelier 9 reserves the right to expel from the school any student who disrupts courses without any refund.

Claims
Claims must be addressed to  the school’s office where it’ll be decided  whether the refunds proceeds . All claims concerning  L’Atelier 9 must be made directly to the office.

Insurance
L’Atelier 9 declines all responsibility for theft, damages or losses. Both parties agree that L’Atelier 9 will not be held responsible in those matters.
Health, accident and life insurance must be verified before arrival.

Use of photographic material
L’Atelier 9 may take photographs of students in order to illustrate its brochure or any advertising . If the participant disagrees he/she or his/her parents must precise this refusal in writing on the registration form.

Language courses that fall on national holidays will not be refunded.
 
Prices
Shown prices and sales conditions are valid through  June 1st 2007.

Lawsuit: For any legal action, only Paris courts will be competent.