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                                                          How to Pay the

                                                      CONFERENCE FEE

                                                     (Due  by June 1, 2001)

                           Fee covers registration, welcoming reception, and banquet.

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  NON-FRENCH PARTICIPANTS (UPDATED Again May 29, 2001!): make payment of
  2500 FF (French Francs) by BANK TRANSFER to:
 

    Name:                            =>    BDF NANTERRE LA DEFENSE
    Swift code                      =>    BDFEFRPPCCT
    Account Number:          =>   FR35 30001 00936 0000X055054 02
    Owner of the account    =>   TRESORERIE GENERALE DES HAUTS DE SEINE
    Recipient (i.e. beneficiary) =>   CNRS 00003000310 90
    Originator To Beneficiary Instructions =>  Payment of conference registration for
     <Participant Name(s)> TSPM-Avignon Conference

     Possible routing bank in US (or corresponding bank) => First Union National Bank

      When you give this information to a US bank:

   - IFF this bank has an account in any europen bank: the US bank
      senda the money to  the european bank, which will know how to proceed with
      the information above.

   - IF the US bank has no account in europe: the it will have the "reflex" to
      use another US bank, which has an account in europe....., or the FUNB, which
      can send the money directly to BDF.

     Note that, in front of the account number, ther is know the ref. "FR35", that was
     not mentionned in my previous e-mails. BDF told me that, with this "FR35", the
     account number becomes an  "international account number", and that it may
     help (but this is not mandatory, because the system of international numbers is
     very recent...).

I know some of you have had problems with this because I have.
The following worked:  I had the credit union  fill in their wire-transfer form as follows:
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Wiring Instructions:         For the Corresponding Bank in US

Receiving Bank Name:         =>    FIRST UNION BANK

Receiving Bank Short name:   =>    FIRST UNION DC

Receiving Bank ABA Number:   =>    054001220
(routing number)

Beneficiary Name:            =>    BDF NANTERRE LA DEFENSE TSPM-Avignon Conference?

Beneficiary Address:         =>    75001 PARIS CEDEX FRANCE

Beneficiary Account Number:  =>    FR 35 30001 00936 0000X05505402

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Additional Wiring Instructions:         For the French Bank
For Further Credit

Name:            =>    CNRS 0000300031090

Address:         =>

Account Number:  =>   FR 35 30001 00936 0000X05505402

Originator To Beneficiary Instructions:  Payment of conference
registration for <Participant Name(s)> TSPM-Avignon Conference

Swift code       =>  BDFEFRPPCCT
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Note that it is essential to include the SWIFT CODE under the heading
Originator to Beneficiary Instructions
 

  FRENCH And other EUROPEAN PARTICIPANTS:
  make payment by cheque of 2500FF to:

          - A l'ordre de: Agent Comtable du CNRS,
          - Adresse: CNRS, place Aristide Briand, 92195 Meudon Cedex
          - Mentionner, au dos du cheque, le nom du participant et la reference
            "TSPM-Avignon"

  ACCOMPANYING PERSONS:  The fee for accompanying persons who attend the
  welcoming reception and banquet is 500FF to be paid at the conference.
 

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