"Contract Law" Article 424 of the intermediary contract is the intermediary to the principal to report to the opportunity to enter into a contract or to provide the medium of service to enter into a contract, the principal to pay the remuneration of the contract.
Therefore, the law does not specify, however, the charges if significantly more than the industry standard, and the operation is not in line with industry norms, can be rejected.
Establishment of the intermediary contract and fees:
1, to see whether the principal and the opposite party to establish a contractual relationship;
2, to see whether the intermediary's intermediary activities for the establishment of the contract to play a catalytic role, for example, to provide convenience, reduce the difficulty, accelerate the progress and so on. If the intermediary's intermediary activities for the establishment of the contract completely or basically no help, can not be considered to facilitate the establishment of the contract. An intermediary is also known as a "broker". It is a party to an intermediary contract that provides the principal with the opportunity to enter into a contract or acts as a medium for contracting. The intermediary is neither a party nor an agent of any party to the contract between the principal and a third party. The main obligation of the intermediary is to provide an introduction for the principal and the third party to enter into a contract; its main right is to obtain the agreed report in the success of the intermediary
Intermediary fee is the intermediary contract costs incurred. Intermediary as a form of intermediary, its purpose is to connect the buyer and seller of the same commodity, in order to facilitate the transaction after obtaining a reasonable commission service. No matter what kind of intermediary, the intermediary is not the principal's agent, but only resides in the transaction between the two parties to play the role of introducing, assisting the intermediary. Intermediary remuneration must have two elements;
First, the introduction of the contract, must be established;
Second, the establishment of the contract, and the introduction of the intermediary has a causal relationship. Only when both are present, the principal is obligated to pay the remuneration.