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After an experimental phase, the Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition and Service-public.fr have put the final version of the assistance for planning permission applications (ADAU) online. This approach allows you to apply for planning permission online. Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition, press release, 8 December 2020 (in French)

Decree no. 2020-1422 of 20 November 2020 establishing the notarial power of attorney at a distance was published in the Official Journal of 21 November 2020. Its purpose is to enable notaries to draw up authentic powers of attorney in electronic form when one or all of the parties are not present. An Article 20-1 […]

Rental decency applies only to the residential portion of a “mixed” lease that is actually occupied by the lessee as the principal dwelling. Paris, 20 May 2020, No. 18/19805, extract : (…) The court recalls that Article 1719 paragraph 1° of the Civil Code in its wording resulting from Law n°2000-1208 of 13 December 2000, […]

Update following the publication of the latest Orders and Extension Act a state of health emergency

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In a ruling of 5 June 2020, the Conseil d’État clarified the concept of covisibility characterising protected buildings in the vicinity of historic monuments. EC 5 June 2020, req. no. 431994, extract (in French) (…) 4. It follows from the combination of these provisions that building permits may be issued only with the agreement of […]

The CSN is launching its new website international.notaires.fr, which is intended to be “a showcase for [its] international action”. This site, bilingual English/French, aims to present a synthetic vision of recent and upcoming events organised by French notaries internationally. In particular, the site offers : – an interactive world map which shows the international influence […]

Some commercial courts require the names of the beneficial owners of legal persons to be declared each year, even though they are always the same, rather than leaving it up to them to do so if there has been a change. This is the case, for example, of a family SCI for the management/acquisition of […]

During a press conference held on 28 May 2020, the Paris-Île-de-France Chamber of Notaries presented the state of the real estate market in the first quarter of 2020. Volumes The sharp drop in sales volumes in March 2020, linked to both the health crisis and containment, weighs on the real estate business in the first […]

The 24-month period during which a land use plan is put back into effect after the cancellation or declaration of illegality of a local urban development plan, an urban planning document in its place, or a communal map, extends to cancellations or declarations of illegality prior to Act No. 2018-1021 of 23 November 2018 which […]

In its “real estate” section, Order No. 2020-460 of 22 April 2020 deals with co-ownership, town planning, development and construction. Ordinance No. 2020-460 of 22 April 2020 on various measures taken to deal with the covid-19 epidemic, OJ 23 April 2020 : (…) Article 1 Title II of the above-mentioned Ordinance No. 2020-304 of 25 […]

Through a note on the real estate situation, the Notaires de France present the market for real estate transactions following the exceptional situation of containment that France is facing in the fight against the covid-19 epidemic. Real Estate Economic Note n° 47, 20 Apr. 2020, extract : (…) As a consequence of the state of […]