Unless the law provides otherwise, the parties, who are either individuals or legal entities, may resort to mediation voluntarily, including after the commencement of a legal action before the competent courts, agreeing to settle in this manner any civil, commercial, family, criminal as well as other conflicts, in the conditions provided for hereunder. In exercising his/her duties, the mediator does not have a decision-making power with respect to the contents of the agreement that the parties shall reach, but may guide them towards checking the legality thereof. Attorneys, notaries public and legal counselors who attain the capacity of mediator according to the present law may carry out the mediation activity within the framework of the forms of performance of their profession.
Mediation represents an optional method of settlement of conflicts in an amicable manner, with the help of a third party specialized as a mediator, in conditions of neutrality, impartiality and confidentiality.
