Terms and conditions for referencing, de-referencing and ranking of product or service offers by listed Professionals

This page is a translation of a document in French. This translation is provided for information purposes only. The final version is the one in French.

The conditions of referencing and de-referencing of service offers or products of the Referred Professionals and accessible on the Site are as follows:

1° In order to be listed on the Site, Referred Professionals must comply with the following terms and conditions:

The terms and conditions applicable to the Referred Professional for the purpose of being referenced on the Site and being able, as a result, to submit offers of services or products on the Site to the Users, are as follows :

The quality of the persons authorized to submit an offer of products or services, i.e. the quality of the Referred Professionals, must be as follows in order to be able to submit an offer of products or services as a Referred Professional, it is necessary to (i) be a professional carrying out an activity related to legal and regulatory compliance (ii) have a valid SIRET number (iii) have been carrying out their professional activity for at least three (3) years (iv) and be identifiable by means of an Internet site or a personalized graphic charter;

The offers of products or services are thus deposited by "professionals" within the meaning of the regulations in force.

2° The offers of products or services that can be proposed by the Referred Professional are the following:

• (i) Offers of services allowing the User to comply with its legal obligations on a specific subject, for a specific period;
• (ii) Offers of products enabling the User to comply with his legal obligations on a given subject, for a given period of time;

These offers are intended for the Users of the Site.

3° The financial conditions applicable to Referred Professionals are as follows : Concerning the price of the referral services or the method of calculation of this price, as well as the price of any additional paid service, it is specified that the price for the User for any offer of products or services proposed by a Referred Professional is as follows: the price of each offer of products or services proposed by a Referred Professional is visible from the insert dedicated on the Website to the Referred Professional and is set by the Referred Professional.

This displayed price is exclusive of tax (HT) and/or inclusive of all taxes (TTC) and includes Legaware's service fees and remuneration which will be invoiced by Legaware to the Referred Professional. Article 3° bis, hereafter identifies further the other rules related to the price charged by the Referred Professional and applicable to the User.

These service fees and Legaware's remuneration invoiced by Legaware to the Referred Professional (and included in the price proposed by the Referred Professional to the User) and then deducted by Legaware from the price of the service invoiced by the Referred Professional to the User (in accordance with 4° hereafter) for the services provided by the Referred Professional to the User are as follows :

In order to be able to subscribe to the service of submitting offers and to have the ability to provide an answer to the questions asked by the Users, the Referred Professionals must subscribe to one of the offers identified here, which also identify their respective prices, the subscription of these offers allowing the Referred Professionals to submit their offers of products or services and to be able to answer the questions asked to them by the Users according to the following financial terms and conditions:

• (i) Concerning the Referred Professionals exercising the regulated profession of lawyer, notary or chartered accountant: fixed fees related to the management of the platform accessible via the Website are invoiced by Legaware to the Referred Professional as follows and then deducted by Legaware from the price of the service invoiced by the Referred Professional to the User (in accordance with 4° hereafter) as follows :
• 29 euros without VAT or 34.80 euros including VAT if the amount of the Referred Professional's offer is lower than 500 euros without VAT or 520 euros including VAT ;
• 49 euros (excluding VAT) or 58.80 euros (including VAT) if the amount of the Referred Professional's offer is between 500 and 1,000 euros (excluding VAT) or between 520 and 1,200 euros (including VAT) ;
• 89 euros (excluding VAT) or 106.80 euros (including VAT) if the amount of the Referred Professional's offer is between (i) an amount greater than 1,000 euros (excluding VAT) or 1,200 euros (including VAT) and (ii) 2,000 euros (excluding VAT) or 2,400 euros (including VAT) ;
• 189 euros (excluding VAT) or 226.80 euros (including VAT) if the amount of the Referred Professional's offer is between (i) an amount greater than 2,000 euros (excluding VAT) or 2,400 euros (including VAT) and (ii) 3,000 euros (excluding VAT) or 3,600 euros (including VAT) ;
• 289 euros (excluding VAT), i.e. 346.80 euros (including VAT), if the amount of the Referred Professional's offer is between (i) an amount greater than 3,000 euros (excluding VAT), i.e. 3,600 euros (including VAT) and (ii) 4,000 euros (excluding VAT), i.e. 4,800 euros (including VAT) ;
• 389 euros before tax, i.e. 466.80 euros including tax, if the amount of the Referred Professional's offer is between (i) an amount greater than 4,000 euros before tax, i.e. 4,800 euros including tax and (ii) 5,000 euros before tax, i.e. 6,000 euros including tax ;
• 549 euros before tax, or 658.80 euros including tax, if the amount of the Referred Professional's offer is greater than 5,000 euros before tax, or 6,000 euros including tax ;
• (ii) Concerning the Referred Professionals other than those identified above: the amount invoiced by Legaware to the Referred Professional and then deducted by Legaware from the price of the service invoiced by the Referred Professional to the User (in accordance with 4° below) corresponds to a percentage of fifteen percent (15%) of the amount of the Referred Professional's offer of products or services, except in the case of special conditions set up between Legaware and the Referred Professional;
• (iii) In addition to the sums identified above, Referred Professionals wishing to answer a question asked by a User and obtain the characteristics of a company or establishment concerned by the question asked, will be charged a set-up fee of €30 excluding VAT, i.e. €36 including VAT, per question concerning which the Referred Professional wishes to answer and, in this context, obtain the characteristics of the company or establishment concerned. These amounts are directly invoiced by Legaware to the Referred Professional and are not deducted from the amounts invoiced by the Referred Professional to the User.

If necessary, it is specified that if the Referred Professionals identified in (i) and (ii) above are applied different pricing conditions, it is because the professional rules applicable to the Referred Professionals in (i) above do not allow the implementation of the pricing conditions identified in (ii).

It is specified that, in the event that the connection between the User and the Referred Professional does not result in the invoicing of a product or service between the User and the Referred Professional, no remuneration is due by the Referred Professional to Legaware for the elements identified in (i) and (ii) above and, consequently, deducted by Legaware (except for the sums identified in (iii) above and the sums identified here, for the subscription of its offer by the Referred Professional, which are due in any case, even if the introduction of the User to the Referred Professional does not lead to the invoicing of products or services).

3° (bis) As regards the payments made by the User, via Legaware, to the Referred Professional and, as regards the sums to be collected by Legaware and the deduction made by Legaware for this purpose (in accordance with 4° hereinafter) from the sums invoiced by the Referred Professional to the User, the procedure shall be as follows :

• (i) Concerning the services of the Referred Professional identified in 2° (a) above :
• (a) If the duration of the Referred Professional's services is equal to or less than three (3) months: the User pays the full amount of the service via the platform accessible through the Site. This amount includes the Referred Professional's remuneration and the sums due to Legaware (as identified above in 3° (i) and (ii)). Once the service declared delivered by the Referred Professional and the User, the amount corresponding to the Referred Professional's remuneration is transferred by Legaware to the Referred Professional's bank account (Legaware deducting from the price paid by the User the sums due to Legaware in accordance with the stipulations above and in accordance with 4° hereafter));
• (b) If the duration of the services provided by the Referred Professional is more than 3 (three) months: the User pays a deposit of 30% (thirty percent) via the platform accessible on the Site. This amount includes the Referred Professional's remuneration, in proportion to 30% (thirty percent) of the service provided, and the sums due to Legaware (as identified above in 3° (i) and (ii)). Once the service is declared completed by the Referred Professional and the User, the amount corresponding to the Referred Professional's remuneration is transferred by Legaware to the Referred Professional's bank account (Legaware deducting from the price paid by the User the sums due to Legaware in accordance with the above stipulations and in accordance with 4° below)). As for the remaining seventy percent (70%) of the service, these will be transferred directly by the User to the Referred Professional upon presentation of an invoice from the Referred Professional, or according to a schedule agreed between the User and the Referred Professional.
• (ii) Regarding the sale of products made by the Referred Professional identified in 2° (a) above: the User pays the full amount of the product via the platform accessible on the Site. This amount includes the remuneration of the Referred Professional and the amounts due to Legaware (as identified in 3° (i) and (ii) above). Once the product is delivered, the amount corresponding to the Referred Professional's remuneration is transferred by Legaware to the Referred Professional's bank account (Legaware deducting from the price paid by the User the sums due to Legaware in accordance with the aforementioned stipulations and in accordance with 4° below)).
• (iii) With regard to the sums owed by the Referred Professional under 3° (iii) above, and under the subscription by the Referred Professional to the offers listed here, these will be invoiced by Legaware to the Referred Professionals and are not deducted from the amounts invoiced by the Referred Professional to the User. These amounts can be paid by bank transfer or by credit card as follows: directly online, via a payment service provider (Stripe) ;

There are no other prices payable by the User or the Referred Professional other than those identified above.

It is specified that Legaware reserves the right to modify the rates and pricing terms identified in (i) (ii) and (iii) above.

4° Concerning the method of management of the financial transaction, it is stipulated as follows :

Concerning the methods of payment by the User of the service of putting in contact with a Referred Professional within the framework of an accompaniment in the setting in conformity by a Referred Professional, these are identified in article 2. 2 of the general conditions of use and sale applicable to Users and accessible here, and are as follows: the payment by the User of a product or service offered by the Referred Professional is made on the Site, by credit card, via a payment service provider (Stripe) (subject to the case corresponding to a service delivered by the Referred Professional to the User for a duration of more than three (3) months which implies a payment of thirty percent (30%) of the price of the service via the Site and the payment of the balance directly by the User to the Referred Professional (i.e. seventy percent (70%) upon presentation of an invoice from the Referred Professional).

• The sums due to Legaware as identified in 3° (i) and (ii) above shall be deducted by Legaware from the sums invoiced by the Referred Professional to the User and shall also give rise to the issue of an invoice by Legaware.
• The sums to be paid to Legaware as identified in 3° (iii) above are invoiced by Legaware and are not deducted from the sums invoiced by the Referred Professional to the User. These amounts can be paid by bank transfer. Concerning the services for which Legaware requests payment in the context of sending or making available an invoice, it is specified that the invoices are payable within thirty (30) days.
• The sums corresponding to the offers subscribed to by the Referred Professionals and as identified here can be paid according to the following methods: by bank transfer or by credit card as follows: directly online, via a payment service provider (Stripe).

The terms of payment between the User and the Referred Professional as well as the deduction made by Legaware for its remuneration are identified in 3, 3° (bis) and 4° above.

5° Content and product or service offers may be delisted in the event that (i) the Referred Professional : (a) does not comply with its obligations towards Legaware or (b) does not comply with the professional rules applicable to it, in particular any code of ethics or (c) carries out its activity in an irregular manner or (d) is the subject of a cessation of activity or an effective cessation of activity (ii) or if the offers of products or services contravene the stipulations of the present and/or contravene any legal or regulatory provisions in force.

6° The default ranking criteria of the service offers, as well as their main parameters are as follows:

The default ranking criteria for content and service offers can be consulted here.

It is also expressly stated that the Referred Professional and the product or service offers they form are ranked according to the level of participation of the Referred Professional in enriching the content of the Site (articles etc.), so that the Referred Professional who publishes the most content (articles etc.) obtains the best referencing. To view our default ranking and referencing policy, please click here.

7° Concerning the existence of a capital link or remuneration between Legaware and the Referred Professionals, it is stated that there are no such links that would be likely to influence the referencing or ranking of the content, goods or services offered or put online.