L'Atelier 9

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO THE BOOKING.
Description of the booking process, deposit payment, balance payment

1. Making a booking.
1.1 The booking will be made via langart.net through an online booking system.

2. Deposit payment
2.1 A deposit, in the amount specified in the booking process, to secure a place on the course, will be charged to the student at the time of booking.

3. Balance payment
3.1 The balance will be paid by the student to the school directly.
3.2 For the payment of the balance, the school will issue an invoice to the student, with the deposit deducted, and forward it to the student along with confirmation of enrolment and other documents relating to the booking. The invoice will include the methods of payment accepted by the school, as well as the deadline for payment.

For latest booking terms, to include changing the booking, cancellations, withdrawal from the course, and others, see below:

To enroll you must be 18 years old.
The due balance must be paid within the first 48 hours of the start of the course. After this deadline, a late payment surcharge of 10% will be added to the total due balance. Failure to payment of the course after 72hours 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.

Visa
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 longue durée"). In this case you will be required to supply the enrollment certificate which we will send you upon reception of full payment of the course .

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 euros administrative fees and 80 euros 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.

Refund claims for visa refusal must be made before the course start date. After this date, no refunds will be made.

If you are 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 interruption
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.

Rates apply to courses taken continuously without interruption. Missed courses cannot be made up for or refunded

Behavior
If a student shows abnormal behavior 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.

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.