French Code of civil procedure
In forceThe competence vested in bailiffs to issue the documents provided for in this code may be exercised in the Wallis and Futuna Islands by a representative of the administrative or military authority; that vested in auctioneers for auction sales may be exercised by the clerk of the court of first instance; that vested in notaries to receive for deposit in their minutes the divorce or legal separation agreement by mutual consent in accordance with the procedures provided for in the article 229-1 of the Civil Code, to issue the notarial acts provided for in articles 46 and 317 of the Civil Code, or to receive consent to medically assisted procreation as provided for in Article 342-10 of the Civil Code, may be exercised by the clerk of the court of first instance.
The jurisdiction vested in the president of the chamber of notaries or, in his absence or impediment, in his alternate designated from among the members of the chamber, to receive applications for certification, recognition or declaration of enforceability, on the territory of the Republic, of foreign notarial authentic instruments pursuant to the Convention on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, done at Lugano on 30 October 2007, referred to in Article 509-3 of this Code, may be exercised by the director of the registry of the court of appeal or the official in charge of the registry of the court of first instance.
