45. The authorized attorney may keep the dossier in electronic format, provided that the original individual copies are not required to be kept. The authorized attorney also has the right to convert in part or in total a dossier from non-electronic format into electronic format, by making electronic copies and by destroying the copies kept on paper, provided that the legal provisions do not contradict this procedure.
46. At the customer’s request, the authorized attorney shall provide copies or extracts from the commitment dossier without incurring any additional charge that exceeds his/her own costs/expenses.
47. Upon completion of the commitment, the customer may ask the authorized attorney for a copy of the dossier that the attorney provides, except for those data, information, drawings, notes that are not directly related to the appropriate commitment or whose provision is prohibited by the obligation/obligations of the professional secret.
Section 5 Waiver of Commitment
48. The authorized attorney may not relinquish a file unjustifiably before the deadline if there are no reasonable reasons for doing so. However, for reasonable reasons, the authorized attorney is entitled to waive his/her commitment at any time, provided that a reasonable period of notice is observed, so that the customer may independently deal with his/her own case or may engage another authorized attorney.
49. In this case, the authorized attorney shall undertake any action that is urgent and decisive for the case of his/her customer, without making unreasonable, in some way, this behavior.
50. This obligation of maximum prudence in the event of waiving the commitment entrusted does not apply if the waiver is caused by the customer’s fault or if the customer agrees to take all future actions on his behalf.
Chapter IV INTERACTION WITH OTHER AUTHORIZED ATTORNEYS.
COLLEGIALITY 51. Collegiality requires trust-based relationships, in the customer’s interest, to avoid
unnecessary processes and any behavior likely to affect the reputation of the profession. 52. In no case will collegiality be the basis for the unreasonable contradiction with the
interests of the customers. Between them, authorized attorneys will exhibit collective and respectful behavior.
53. An authorized attorney shall not refer to another authorized attorney in improper or offensive terms.
54. Professional competition must be fair. When ordering, as well as in any other form of promotion, including on the Internet, the authorized attorney will abstain from making misleading or self-deceiving statements and/or by direct criticism or allusion to the work and quality of the work of other attorneys.
55. The authorized attorney shall not exercise or favor discrimination against other authorized attorneys on grounds of age, gender, religion, political option, social affiliation, etc. If an authorized attorney intends to bring an action against another authorized attorney in connection with the violation of these rules of conduct, he/she will first attempt to resolve the dispute through direct contact with the other attorney. In the event that no agreement can be