11. The hourly method involves payment for the time worked by staff members of the firm on the engagement, excluding the services provided by secretarial staff.
Despite the first paragraph, the time spent on typing final specifications and technical reports directly related to the engagement is not considered as a secretarial service; in such case, the staff assigned to that work is remunerated on the basis of the hourly rate for auxiliary staff.
D. 1235-87 (French only), a. 11; O.C. 195-2023.