Brief History and Role
UNIS was formed in 2009 by merger of three organisations: CNAB (founded 1945), CSAB (founded 1996) and UNIT (founded 1992). UNIS is regulated by articles L.2131-1 of the Labour Code.
For its members, UNIS provides legal information, on-going training, a rental observatory (CLAMEUR), and a real estate website (BIEN ICI), and regular events such as an annual congress and real estate fairs.
In public policy discussions, UNIS formulates proposals, organises debates and makes demonstrations.
The representatives of UNIS sit in local and national government institutions.
Principal Activities
UNIS unites the following property market professionals:
- Property managers / co-ownership management agents
- Real estate agents
- All other professionals legally entitled to practice the above related activities
- Property traders
- Valuers ¹
¹ Valuers of UNIS created a COLLEGE OF EXPERT. This College formally applied to join the French property valuation charter ("Charte de l'expertise en évaluation immobilière").
Brief Areas of Policy
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
UNIS sits in local and national institutions of administration and government:
- CNTGI - National Council of real estate and property management « Conseil National de la Transaction et de la Gestion Immobilière »
- CNC - National Concertation Committee of rental relations « Commission nationale de concertation des rapports locatifs »
- CNH - National Council for habitat « Conseil national de l'habitat »
- ANAH -National Agency for improvement of the habitat « Agence nationale pour l'amélioration de l'Habitat »
LEGAL ACTIONS
UNIS litigates to the Court for the quashing of texts which harm professional interests.
PUBLIC POLICY ACTIONS
Main actions of UNIS in public policy discussions, since its creation in 2009:
- 2009 - 1st Congress, in the presence of Minister for Housing and Secretary of state for Business and Consumers
- 2010 - Summit of the real estate professional
- 2010 - Congress, Bordeaux: « Property investment: professionnal role »
- 2011 - Proposal book for reforming. Congress, Angers: « A new deal»
- 2012-2014 - Proposal has been incorporated in the law « ALUR » (march 24, 2014): Code of Ethics, Discipline commission, mandatory on-going training, professional licences, National Council of real estate and property management
- 2012 - Congress, Lille: « The pride of doing business »
- 2013 - Congress, Marseille: « Challenges of tomorrow»;
- 2014 (July)- 1st meeting of the new National Council of real estate and property management
- 2014 - Congress, Paris; in the presence of Minister for Housing
- 2015 (March) - Demonstration of UNIS against inflation of regulations
- 2015 - Congress, Strasbourg: «Digital technologies evolutions»
- 2016 (Spring) - « tour de France » of UNIS (French territorial reform)
- 2016 (Oct.) - Congress, Lyon (120 years history). « National French elections 2017 »:
- 2016 (Oct) - Proposal book of UNIS for 2017: elections of the President of the Republic and Parliamentary elections)
- 2017 (March)- Forum UNIS Paris. Debate on housing policy, with representatives of three presidential candidates (E. Macron, F. Fillon, B.Hamon)
- 2017 (Oct.) - Congress, Toulouse: « Professionals and innovation »
Organisation
Executive Committee:
- President: Christophe Tanay
- Deputy President: Gilles Delestre
- Secretary General: Danielle Dubrac
- Treasurers: Olivier Majorel, Jean-François Trably
- Vice-Presidents :Co-property: Olivier SafarProperty management: Pierre AstrupReal estate agents & College: Alain MilletProperty traders: Eric BricoExperts in Valuation & College: Marcel CaveriviereTraining: Hélène Peraldi-RollandDiscipline: Serge Ivars
Board:
- President and elected members of the local chapters (Regions & departments)
- Presidents of each College
- Members of the Executive Committee
Local chapters (regions & department):
- cf. Statutes, article 14)
Membership
* Co-ownership management agents
- 1.003 companies
- 3,8 million condominium plots
* Property managers
- 1.204 companies
- 1,4 million plots of land
* Real estate agents
- 1.398 companies
- 9.000 commercial agents (network of agents which are not direct members)
* Property traders
- 357 companies or individuals
* Valuers
- 229 valuers
Publications
Journals & Other
- Social network (facebook, twitter, linkedin)
- Website, collaborative work platform, newsletters
- Trade journal of UNIS : "revue TRANSVERSALES IMMOBILIÈRES »
- Professional journal of property management : "Revue ADMINISTRER"
- Yearly directory
https://www.facebook.com/unis.immo.fr
https://www.linkedin.com/company/10071218/
EVS
TEGoVA FRANCE translated the European Valuation Standards 2016 into French.
