[Automatic translation follows] Notaries in France are lawyers with a public authority mission who prepare contracts in authentic form on behalf of their clients. They exercise their functions in a liberal framework and assume their public service mission throughout the territory. They contribute to the economic life of the country. The only body of the profession authorized to speak on behalf of all notaries in France, the Higher Council of Notaries is a public utility institution. It is based on a plan defined by the Ordinance of November 2, 1945 and the decree of December 19, 1945. It represents the …

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