When, pursuant to the second paragraph of article L. 221-26, the competent administrative authority intends to penalise an infringement of the rules laid down by this article by forfeiting the interest on the passbook, it shall notify this intention, stating the reasons, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the holder of the youth passbook concerned and, where applicable, to his legal representative, in such a way as to allow the interested party, within a period of thirty days, either to make his observations known or to indicate his acceptance. If the competent administrative authority rejects these comments, it must give reasons for its decision.
The establishments and bodies concerned by this procedure are kept informed by the competent administrative authority which, to this end, sends them copies of its correspondence and decisions.