The services mentioned in the last sentence of the last paragraph of article L. 444-2, for which the rate of the discount may, over and above the amount of the fee set by the order mentioned in article L. 444-3, be agreed between the professional and his client, are as follows: 1° Services referred to in II of article R. 444-10; 2° Services relating to financing transactions and guarantees listed…
The order issued pursuant to article L. 444-3 may provide for an increase in the fees relating to services that it determines, without this increase exceeding €150 or, if the amount of the fee exceeds €500, 30% of this fee, in the event that, at the client’s request, and for reasons that may relate in particular to the need to safeguard a right, property or evidence, the professional carries out…
The order issued pursuant to article L. 444-3 may provide for a reduction in the proportional emolument applicable to donations or legacies for the benefit of: 1° One of the public persons mentioned in articles L. 1121-1 to L. 1121-6 of the General Code on the Ownership of Public Persons where the donation or legacy is intended for the public movable or immovable domain or is intended to finance the…
The reimbursement of the expenses mentioned in 2° of article R. 444-3 may be either a flat-rate amount or the actual cost of the expenditure incurred by the professional for the provision of a service. Where this reimbursement is flat-rate, the amount of the flat-rate is set by the joint order referred to in article L. 444-3, on the basis of an average assessment or an appropriate reference value, depending…
I.-The order referred to in article L. 444-3 may provide for an increase in fees in the overseas departments and collectivities, in order to take account of the particular characteristics and constraints of each territory and the resulting conditions of practice for the professionals established there. The rate of increase thus set is intended to bring the average profit and loss account of professionals based in these departments and collectivities…
I.-The professionals referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 444-1 are prohibited from requesting or receiving for services subject to tariffs any sum other than those set by these tariffs. II.-They are also prohibited from charging or receiving, in respect of the services referred to in the third paragraph of Article L. 444-1, any sum other than the fees stipulated in the fee agreement provided for in that…
The collection by the professional of a sum in disregard of the preceding article obliges him to make restitution, without prejudice to any disciplinary sanctions.
The right of retention belongs to judicial auctioneers, bailiffs, notaries and lawyers, to guarantee payment of the fees governed by this title, and, where applicable, reimbursement of costs and disbursements. .
With the exception of those due in respect of a court order, fees received pursuant to the third paragraph of article L. 444-1 are freely fixed between the professional and the client, in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in this text and under the supervision of the professional body designated for each profession by order of the Minister of Justice. In the event of a dispute, these…
The representative bodies mentioned in 2° of Article L. 444-5 are the Chambre nationale des commissaires de justice, the Conseil national des greffiers de tribunaux de commerce, the Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires, the Conseil supérieur du notariat and the Conseil national des barreaux.
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