ACCORD Terms and Conditions

ACCORD Terms and Conditions – your registration

Registration

There are several ways for you to book your ACCORD course:

• Online HERE
• By post, fax or email: Send us your registration form.

Once we receive your registration form duly completed, our Registrations Department will send you all the confirmation documents, including invoice, etc. by email.

For payment by bank transfer, please attach a copy of the bank transfer order to your registration form. Please also add 10 euros to cover bank charges (50 euros for non-European countries).

However you choose to pay, don’t forget to state the name and surname of the student, the course dates and the school’s invoice number.

You must be at least 16 years old to book.

Accommodation booking fee:

We charge 80 euros for finding and organising your accommodation. This fee is payable on registration. In case of cancellation this fee is non-refundable.

If you choose to change your accommodation during your stay, you must pay the 80 euros booking fee again.

If you have not booked accommodation through the school and you decide to change accommodation during your stay, you must pay a 150 euros administration fee.

ACCORD Terms and Conditions – your booking confirmation

Booking confirmation

After you have booked, you will receive by email your booking confirmation documents and an invoice. All courses and accommodation fees are due and must be paid in full when you book your stay.

Students under 18 must return a parental authorisation form. The school will send it with the booking confirmation documents. It will ask for:
– the contact details of the next of kin (in case of emergency),
– the hours allowed out in the evening,
– authorisation to proceed with any necessary medical and/or surgical intervention,
– and insurance for the length of stay (see Insurance).

ACCORD Terms and Conditions – your Visa request

Visa

If you wish to stay for over 3 months and you are a national of a non-EU member country, you must request a long stay visa (or long term student visa).

In order to receive a booking confirmation, you must pay for all course and accommodation fees when booking. We only accept payment by bank transfer. Payments by credit card are not accepted.

You can also receive a pre-booking certificate if you pay a non-refundable deposit of 500 euros.
We only accept payment by bank transfer. Payments by credit card are not accepted.
If your visa is refused there is no refund of this deposit.

ACCORD Terms and Conditions – cancellation conditions

Cancellation

If you paid the non-refundable deposit and if your visa is refused, there is therefore no refund of the deposit.

If you paid in full and if your visa is refused, ACCORD will refund the amount received in full minus 150 euros in administration fees and also 50 euros in bank charges. In order to get the refund you must send us the original document from the French Embassy. We can only accept original documents from the French Embassy (no copies or photocopies are accepted). The school makes refunds by bank transfer only.

In case you cannot come for medical reasons, we will postpone your stay for a period of 12 months on receipt of your doctor’s certificate. We can only accept original documents (no copies or photocopies are accepted). The school will not offer any refund.

Cancellation conditions

– If you cancel your stay more than 4 weeks before your course is due to start:
ACCORD will refund you 50% of the payment received minus 200 euros in administration fees and also 50 euros in bank charges (10 euros for EU nationals).

– If you cancel your stay 3 or 4 weeks before your course is due to start (Monday for the course, Sunday if you have requested accommodation):
ACCORD will refund you 40% of the payment received minus 200 euros in administration fees and also 50 euros in bank charges (10 euros for EU nationals).

– If you cancel your stay 1 or 2 weeks before your course is due to start (Monday for the course, Sunday if you have requested accommodation):
ACCORD will refund you 20% of the payment received minus 200 euros in administration fees and also 50 euros in bank charges (10 euros for EU nationals).

– No refund is available after the course or stay starting date (Monday if you have booked a course, Sunday if you have booked a course and accommodation with ACCORD).

ACCORD will only refund by bank transfer.

If ACCORD has to cancel a course, the school will refund you for the payment received in full if you don’t accept another course date or special offer made by ACCORD.

ACCORD Terms and Conditions – school’s Rules and Regulations

Lateness

So as not to disturb class, students who arrive over 10 minutes late will have to wait until break time to join their class. In some cases, the Teaching Staff may allow students to join the class.

Absence – Interrupted training

By booking with ACCORD you commit to attending classes and respecting the school’s Rules and Regulations. In case of absence during class time (excluding absence due to medical reasons and on presentation of a doctor’s note), the School will not refund or compensate for lessons you have missed.

If you stop or interrupt your course and/or your stay in France of your own free will,  the School will not refund or compensate.

Behaviour

In case of bad or abnormal behaviour, ACCORD has the right to dismiss the student at any time, with no refund or compensation.

ACCORD Terms and Conditions – image use

Image use

ACCORD may take photos of the students to be included in promotional material (brochures, websites, catalogues, etc.) unless the student or his/her parents say otherwise. Therefore students and parents who do not wish to have their photos taken must state their refusal when booking.

ACCORD Terms and Conditions – claims

Claims

Only the school’s management has the authority to make the decision to refund or postpone missed courses.
Claimants must send their claim to FORUM-ACCORD by registered mail to:
FORUM-ACCORD SAS, 14 boulevard Poissonnière, 75009 Paris, France
Claimants must also send their claim during the week following the end of the course.
Finally, in case of litigation the parties agree that only the Paris Courts will have jurisdiction over the case.

ACCORD Terms and Conditions – your insurance

Insurance

Students are advised to take out a Health Insurance and a Civil liability insurance for the duration of their stay as ACCORD is not responsible for theft, damage or loss of student’s personal effects. Both parties agree that ACCORD is not in any way liable in such circumstances.

The ACCORD insurance policy covers against accidents occurring inside the school premises, but not for injuries incurred outside the school. campus. It also cannot cover neither damages caused to goods belonging to the student, be it caused by the student him/herself or by a third person.

Any student under the age of 18 must send a copy of his/her insurance policy together with any document requested by the ACCORD Registration Department.

If you don’t already have an insurance policy, ACCORD recommends:
— AVI lnternational, a company specialising in language stays abroad:
— Guardme: Web site HERE

When you contact them, please state that you are attending a course at ACCORD.

ACCORD Terms and Conditions – payment of your course at ACCORD

Payment

After receiving your booking form, you will receive an invoice stating either payment received and/or still due.

Payment Methods

Payment must be made in Euros.
Please see below all the options we have for you to make a payment and choose the easiest for you. If you have any questions about making a payment please contact us

Important: However you choose to pay, please don’t forget to state the name of the student, the course dates and the school’s invoice number.

Pay by credit/debit card using our secure online payment system
We take all major credit/debit cards in our secure online payment system (Visa, MasterCard, Eurocard and American Express).

Pay by Bank Transfer
For payment by bank transfer please add 10 euros to cover bank charges (50 euros for non-European countries). To allow you to make your payment by bank transfer, ACCORD Paris will send you an invoice including all necessary bank details.

Make a TransferMate payment
ACCORD Paris has teamed up with TransferMate to enable our students and their parents to pay their fees in a faster, more cost effective way than your bank.
TransferMate lets students (or their parents) make international payments to us for free, without paying international banking charges while receiving competitive foreign exchange rates.