Any sums paid in advance by the consumer to the trader shall be returned to him, subject to the payment of any outstanding invoices, at the latest within thirty days of the payment of the last invoice.
Sums paid by the consumer by way of a guarantee deposit shall be returned to him by the trader at the latest within thirty days of the latter’s repossession of the guaranteed object, which shall take place at the latest within three months of the termination of the contract.
In the event of a transaction relating to the immovable property where the tank is installed, the trader may not make the return of sums paid by the consumer by way of a guarantee deposit conditional upon the new owner taking out a contract.