Terms and Conditions

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Terms and conditions applying to enrolment in and participation in courses and training provided by the institute Cours De Français

Article 1. Definitions

  • 1.1 CDF is an abbreviation of Cours De Français, established in Amsterdam.
  • 1.2 Student. The student is the person or persons who will actually follow the training or course.
  • 1.3 Contracting party. The contracting party is the person who has accepted liability for payment of the training. The contracting party and the student may also be one and the same person. The term group course refers to a standard evening course offered by Cours De Français at beginner, pre-intermediate, intermediate and pre-advanced level. A lesson refers to the weekly lesson of a course. The term student refers to a participant in a course or training. The term business course or training refers to a tailor-made training for which a specific quotation has been drawn up. A session refers to a lesson within the training.

Article 2. Enrolment

  • 2.1 CDF invites the student to an intake conversation and/or an intake test and/or a general information meeting, prior to drawing up the quotation. CDF reserves the right to charge the contracting party for the cost of the intake conversation if no agreement is concluded within the meaning of article 2.2. All courses and quotations are offered without obligation and are valid for one (1) year.
  • 2.2 By signing the quotation and handing it to CDF, an agreement is concluded between CDF and the contracting party in respect of what is set out in the quotation. From that moment the amendment scheme and the cancellation scheme take effect.

Article 3. Course dates

  • 3.1 For group training with open enrolment, the dates are fixed in advance. For didactic reasons and in order to safeguard quality, the minimum number of participants per group training is set at 4 (four) and the maximum at 8 (eight) participants. In the event of too many registrations for one training, or of insufficient enrolments for a particular training, CDF reserves the right, in consultation with those involved, to enrol the students in the next training.
  • 3.2 For training that is not group training with open enrolment within the meaning of article 4.1, the dates are set in consultation with the student and/or the contracting party. These dates are recorded in writing in the confirmation of the training.

Article 4. Copyright

  • 4.1 CDF expressly reserves the copyright in the materials made available by CDF, on behalf of CDF and of any other rightholders. No part of the publication(s) may be reproduced, stored in an automated database or made public in any form or by any means, whether electronic, mechanical, by photocopying, recording or in any other way, without the prior permission of CDF. Making the study material available to third parties is not permitted.

Article 5. Payment terms

  • Enrolment takes place by completing and signing the enrolment form or a quotation from CDF. By enrolling you undertake to pay the course fee. A training agreement is entered into when CDF’s quotation is accepted in writing. After enrolment in the course, or after acceptance of the quotation, CDF sends an invoice to the student or the contracting party.
  • 5.1 CDF always reserves the right to cancel a course if there are insufficient enrolments. Any course fees already paid are refunded within 14 days of notification to the participants. If a participant or client wishes to cancel or postpone participation in a course or training, the following payment scheme applies:
    • a. in the event of cancellation or postponement within 14 days of the moment of registration, provided you do so at least two weeks before the start of the course booked, no costs are due (cooling-off period).
    • b. in the event of cancellation or postponement within one (1) week before the first lesson of the course, the full enrolment fee is due.
    • c. in the event of cancellation or postponement within 14 days of acceptance of the quotation, no costs are due (cooling-off period).
    • d. in the event of cancellation or postponement more than 14 days after acceptance of the quotation, 20% of the price of the training is due, unless otherwise agreed.
  • 5.2 The contracting party is obliged to pay the training fees as soon as possible after enrolment, and no later than fourteen days before the start of the training, by transferring the relevant amount to bank account NL13RABO 0341240583 at Rabobank Amsterdam in the name of CDF Cours De Français. If the contracting party has not made payment within the payment term — the period between the day the agreement was concluded and the day fourteen days before the start of the training — the training fees become immediately due and payable in full.
  • 5.3 If the contracting party does not pay the amount due on time, they owe CDF interest of 1% of the net amount of the training fees for each month (30 days) or part thereof, starting on the date the training fees became due and payable.
  • 5.4 Unless otherwise agreed, payment is deemed to have been made when the bank account referred to in article 5.1 has been credited.
  • 5.5 The contracting party is in default by the mere expiry of any agreed payment term, without notice of default being required.
  • 5.6 Furthermore, in so far as payment under the agreement concluded with the contracting party has not yet taken place, CDF may suspend the training in whole or in part until payment has been received in full. If payment is still not made within a further period stated after a reminder, CDF is entitled, at its discretion, to dissolve the agreement in whole or in part by written declaration, without prejudice to its right to compensation.
  • 5.7 All costs, both extrajudicial and judicial (including the cost of legal assistance), incurred by CDF in enforcing its rights against the client are for the account of the client.

Article 6. Amendment scheme

  • 6.1 The amendment scheme takes effect once CDF has confirmed the training within the meaning of article 2.2
  • 6.2 One in five training sessions may be rescheduled free of charge, provided the change is notified to CDF at least forty-eight hours (two working days) before the start of the session concerned. The training session is then rescheduled.
  • 6.3 In the event of cancellation within forty-eight hours (two working days), and where the maximum number of cancellations is exceeded, the cancelled training dates are not replaced, unless the student or contracting party has agreed a flexibility clause.
  • 6.4 Flexibility clause. All training sessions may be rescheduled free of charge, provided the change is notified to CDF at least forty-eight hours (two working days) before the start of the session concerned. The training session is then rescheduled, without prejudice to article
  • 6.5 The surcharge for the flexibility clause is twenty per cent of the training price.
  • 6.6 A training must be completed within one year of its start. CDF reserves the right to end the training once that period has expired.
  • 6.7 The schemes and provisions under article 6 apply only if the student cancels with the course administration at least forty-eight hours (two working days) in advance, and if the new date is arranged by the student in consultation with the course administration.

Article 7. Cancellation scheme

  • 7.1 The cancellation scheme takes effect once CDF has confirmed the training within the meaning of article 2.2. After the client signs an agreement, or registers to take part in an open training, a cooling-off period of at most 14 days applies, within which the client may cancel the assignment without CDF charging any costs, not counting the day of signing or registration (not valid for in-company training).
  • 7.2 Should the student or contracting party wish to postpone the training for compelling reasons after it has been confirmed, the agreed training fees remain due. If notice of postponement is received by CDF by registered letter no later than 14 days before the first training day and the training is followed within six months, no additional costs are attached to this. If these conditions are not met, CDF reserves the right to charge additional administration costs. Termination during the course, or the student otherwise no longer taking part in the course, does not give rise to any right to a refund.
  • 7.3 Group training with open enrolment may be cancelled free of charge by the student or contracting party if notice is given by email at least two weeks (14 days) before the start of the training.
  • 7.4 In the event of cancellation by CDF, training fees already paid in respect of training hours not yet followed are refunded.
  • 7.5 If the student dies before the training begins, no training fees are due.

Article 8. Changes by CDF

  • 8.1 In the event of illness and/or unavailability of a trainer for one or more sessions, CDF will, where possible, arrange an equivalent replacement.
  • 8.2 If replacement within the meaning of article 8.1 proves impossible, CDF will notify the student as soon as possible and, in consultation, schedule alternative dates as soon as possible.
  • 8.3 In the event of illness and/or unavailability of a trainer, the student or contracting party is not entitled to any compensation or damages.

Article 9. Confidentiality

  • The client and the contractor will, including after termination of the agreement, observe confidentiality with regard to all information made available to them by the other party in the context of the conclusion and performance of an assignment, and whose confidential character has either been indicated or can reasonably be inferred.

Article 10. Non-solicitation clause

  • By signing the confirmation of assignment, the contracting party (B2B) declares that, for two years after the end of the training concerned, they will not approach trainers connected to CDF in order to ask them to provide training for the contracting party in any way outside CDF. Any breach carries an immediately payable penalty of €2500, due without judicial intervention, without prejudice to CDF’s right to claim further damages from the contracting party.

Article 11. Applicable law

  • This agreement and its performance are governed exclusively by Dutch law.

Article 11. Disputes

  • All disputes of whatever nature — including those regarded as such by only one of the parties — that may arise between the student/contracting party and CDF in connection with this agreement or with agreements arising from it, will be settled, to the exclusion of the jurisdiction of any other body, by the competent district court or sub-district court in whose area CDF’s actual place of business falls.

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