These Measures shall not apply to monopoly arbitration, certification, inspection and appraisal fees on behalf of state organs in accordance with laws and regulations. Article 3 The competent price department of the people's government at or above the county level shall be responsible for the management of intermediary service charges. Article 4 The term "intermediary service institutions" as mentioned in these Measures refers to institutions that provide the following intermediary services to clients through professional knowledge and technical services according to law:
(1) Price evaluation and credit evaluation of land, real estate, goods and intangible assets, and notarization services such as arbitration, notarization, certification, inspection and appraisal;
(2) Agency services such as lawyers, accountants, patents, trademarks, enterprise registration, taxation, customs declaration and visas;
(three) consulting, bidding, auction, employment, marriage, advertising design and other information technology services. Article 5 An intermediary service institution shall be registered by the relevant department and issue a corresponding license before it can provide intermediary services and collect fees within the prescribed scope. If it is necessary to obtain corresponding qualifications according to law, it shall obtain corresponding qualifications. Sixth intermediary service charges with market competition conditions shall be subject to market adjustment prices; The market competition conditions are not perfect or the parties do not have equal conditions, and the intermediary service charges are subject to government-guided prices; The intermediary service charges with the nature of industry or technology monopoly shall be subject to government pricing.
The specific scope and pricing authority of government pricing and government-guided intermediary service projects shall be determined in accordance with the pricing management catalogue published by the provincial price department according to law; Intermediary services outside the pricing management catalogue are subject to market-regulated prices. Article 7 The formulation and adjustment of the charging standards for intermediary services set by the government and guided by the government shall be based on the average social cost of intermediary service institutions, and the following factors shall be considered:
(1) market supply and demand;
(two) the technical difficulty of providing services;
(three) the length of time to provide services;
(four) the complexity of the service matters;
(five) the reasonable price relationship of different charges;
(6) legal taxes and reasonable profits;
(7) Necessary risk cost.
Where laws, regulations and rules specify intermediary service institutions to undertake specific intermediary services, the charging standards for the specific intermediary services they undertake shall be formulated in accordance with the principle of non-profit. Article 8 When formulating and adjusting the charging standards for intermediary services set by the government and guided by the government, the competent pricing department shall conduct cost audit, and fully listen to the opinions of finance, relevant industry authorities, intermediary service institutions and other relevant parties.
The competent pricing department shall announce to the public the formulated or adjusted charging standards for intermediary services. Article 9 The charging standards for intermediary services subject to market-regulated prices shall be determined through consultation between the intermediary service institutions and the clients. Article 10 An intermediary service institution that provides intermediary services at government-set and government-guided prices shall apply to the local competent pricing department for a certificate of business service charges, and make it clear in a prominent position in the business premises or charging places.
Intermediary service institutions shall use legal bills to collect intermediary service fees. Eleventh intermediary service fees paid by the client. Twelfth intermediary service charges should be clearly marked in accordance with the provisions of the competent price department. Intermediary service institutions shall publish the service scope, service procedures, business processes, charging items and charging standards in a prominent position in the charging places. Article 13 A client has the right to independently choose an intermediary service agency to provide services for him. Except as otherwise provided by laws, regulations and rules, people's governments at all levels and their subordinate departments shall not hand over the work within the scope of their duties to intermediary service agencies, nor shall they designate or designate intermediary service agencies in disguised form to provide services for clients. Fourteenth intermediary service institutions and intermediary service institutions, trade associations and other social organizations shall not monopolize or manipulate the market for any reason, and damage the legitimate rights and interests of clients; It is not allowed to crowd out competitors or monopolize the market, charge fees lower than the service cost or commission the implementation fee. Fifteenth intermediary service institutions shall not set up fees in violation of regulations, expand the scope of fees, and raise the standard of fees.
Intermediary service institutions must provide qualified services to clients in accordance with business rules, and may not harm the interests of clients by reducing service content or decomposing service processes. Article 16 Where there is a charge dispute between an intermediary service institution and a client, it may apply to the competent price department at or above the county level for mediation, or it may apply to an arbitration institution for arbitration or bring a lawsuit to a people's court according to law. Seventeenth intermediary service institutions in violation of the provisions of these measures, the price departments at or above the county level shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the "People's Republic of China (PRC) Price Law", "Provisions on Administrative Punishment of Price Violations" and other relevant laws, regulations and rules. Article 18 Any staff member of the competent pricing department who divulges state secrets or business secrets of the client, abuses his power, engages in malpractices for selfish ends, neglects his duty, and asks for bribes, if the circumstances are minor and constitute a crime, shall be punished according to law; If the circumstances are serious enough to constitute a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.