The French notariat took part in the international conference on “Trends in the Legal Development of Notariat”, organized to mark the 100th anniversary of the Mongolian notariat, to present the practice of mediation in France.
The mission was also highlighted by a meeting with Ms. Corinne Pereira Da Silva, French Ambassador to Mongolia, underlining the importance of international cooperation between the CSN and the Chamber of Notaries of Mongolia, which has been ongoing since 2013.
From 21 to 25 June 2025, a French delegation from the Conseil supérieur du notariat (CSN) and the International Union of Notaries (UINL) travelled to Beijing and Shanghai to meet with the Association of Notaries of China and the Sino-French Center as part of the legal cooperation between France and China.
The visit to Beijing was an opportunity for the delegation, led by CSN Vice-President, Pierre-Jean MEYSSAN and UINL President Lionel GALLIEZ to meet with the Chinese Minister of Justice, He RONG, and the French Ambassador to China, Bertrand LORTHOLARY.
The delegation also held discussions with students at the China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) on the French notarial system and key issues related to land registration.
In Shanghai, the exchanges continued at the Sino-French Center, and concluded with an academic meeting with students from Jiao-Tong University, focused on French land law practices.
We attended the 12th World Urban Forum, organized by UN-Habitat and held in Cairo, Egypt, bringing together global public and private stakeholders involved in urban land issues.
We spoke at the French Pavilion, presenting on the theme : “How to ensure adequate access to essential services in the context of climate and biodiversity crises,” in collaboration with the French Partnership for Waste Management.
Our international work reached a turning point when we decided, alongside 18 other countries (Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Italy, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Switzerland and Uruguay), to create the International Union of Notaries (www.uinl.org). It now has 91 members!
Organised the third Congress of the International Union of Notaries in Paris, in the presence of the French, Serbian and Georgian Ministers of Justice.
For the first time, France hosted the World Notariat University ‘Jean-Paul Decorps’ organised by the International Union of Notaries. The selective event was attended by almost 100 young notaries from 44 countries.
It is through the work of notaries that I discovered the plight of undocumented children and decided to turn it into a political battle; they are absolutely indispensable as partners.
I am particularly pleased that the French notarial profession is so outward-looking and has been for many years.
The fact that notaries in France and Lebanon wish to work together is an effective way to ensure that the trade between us is secure from a legal standpoint.
