EN
By contract the parties can submit a dispute to mediation (contract of mediation). The parties may conclude a contract of mediation them-selves or through an attorney-in-fact. A power of attorney for an individual act is not necessary to make a contract of mediation to be effective, al-though it is of course sufficient. If concluding a contract of mediation is considered an act excee-ding the scope of ordinary management, a general power of attorney is not sufficient to draw it up. Then, in order to effectively conclude a contract of mediation by an attorney-in-fact, it will be necessary to have a power of attorney specifying the type of the agreement. By operation of law, a power of attorney for representation in legal proceedings does not authorize its holder to conc-lude a contract of mediation. A power of attorney to take only specific procedural action or a po-wer of attorney with a broader scope of authorization than that specified in Art. 91 of the Code of Civil Procedure, may authorize a legal representative to make a contract of mediation, provi-ded that it expressly states so.