MEDIATION FEE

1. Registration Fee
1.1. The registration fee is the amount to be paid in order to commence proceedings.
1.2. The request for mediation will only be processed after the submission of proof of payment of the registration fee.
1.3. The registration fee is non-refundable, even if the respondent does not answer the request or refuses to attend the mediation.

2. Administration Fee
2.1. The administration fee is charged after the acceptance of the invited party and equally apportioned between the parties, unless otherwise agreed.
2.2 The amount paid as registration fee will be offset by the requesting party in the payment of the administration fee in the first mediation cycle.
2.3. The administration fee corresponds to one mediation cycle and must be paid before the commencement of each cycle.

3. Mediation cycle
3.1. Under CAMES Mediation Regulations, mediation meetings will be conducted in cycles, and each mediation cycle is equivalent to 4 (four) hours (the amounts indicated in the table referring to the mediators’ fees are equivalent) to one hour of mediation.

4. Mediator’s Fees
4.1. Mediators’ fees are the amounts sent to CAMES as a result of mediator’s activity. The mediator is appointed by the Chamber under the regulations thereof.
4.2. The fees will be apportioned equally between the parties, unless otherwise agreed.
4.3. The total sum of Mediator’s fees must be sent to CAMES before the commencement of the mediation cycle.
4.4. In the event of co-mediation, the mediator’s fee/hour must be paid to each Mediator participating in the mediation process, in compliance with the amounts present at CAMES Table of Mediation Costs and Fees.

5.Other possible costs
5.1. All other expenses that are necessary to the development of the proceedings, such as expert examinations, trips, among others, will be paid by the party who requested the measure leading to the expense, and in the event of a measure suggested by the Mediator, the costs thereof will be apportioned equally between the parties.
5.2. If, in the course of the proceedings, it is concluded that the economic amount of the dispute as informed by the parties is lower than the real amount assessed based on the elements indicated during the proceeding, CAMES will proceed to the correction thereof, and the parties must, if applicable, complement the value initially deposited as administration fee and mediator’s fees within the deadline stipulated in CAMES Mediation Regulations, counted as of the receipt of the notice.