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Helping notaries faced with cross-border questions
Do you deal with successions, the incorporation of companies or marriage contracts containing a cross-border element within the European Union?
Do you want information on the application and transposition of European legislation in your country?
With the European Union’s support, the European Notarial Network (ENN) provides you free of charge with an effective network of interlocutors, practical tools and many online resources.
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30-Jun-2022>
A form to facilitate travel abroad for children leaving Ukraine
In cooperation with the Ukrainian notariat, the European Notarial Network (ENN) has developed a form enabling parents to express their wishes regarding the journey of their child leaving Ukraine and the exercise of parental responsibility. This form is available for free download from the ENN website. It is fully bilingual (Ukrainian/English and Ukrainian/French) and will soon run with 17 other languages of the European Union, in order to make it understandable in the country of destination. Downloadable in pdf format, it is also possible to complete it online, including via mobile devices, in full or in part, and to download it afterwards.
The form takes into account the recommendations of the Hague Conference on Private International Law on children’s consent to travel and provides a series of important safeguards during the child’s stay abroad. It has four sections, which may be used in full or in part, depending on the situation: (1) identity of the child; (2) information on parents in case the child is not accompanied by both; (3) permission for a child to leave Ukraine with an accompanying person; 4) transfer of custody of the minor (extension of custody by parents or de facto guardianship).
In Ukraine, under national law, it is mandatory to use a notary to certify the signatures of persons allowing a child to leave the country. Therefore, the form includes a specific section dedicated to certification by a notary or another authority in accordance with national law. The certification section may be detached, in cases where the person has no opportunity to go to a notary or to an authority.
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The form takes into account the recommendations of the Hague Conference on Private International Law on children’s consent to travel and provides a series of important safeguards during the child’s stay abroad. It has four sections, which may be used in full or in part, depending on the situation: (1) identity of the child; (2) information on parents in case the child is not accompanied by both; (3) permission for a child to leave Ukraine with an accompanying person; 4) transfer of custody of the minor (extension of custody by parents or de facto guardianship).
In Ukraine, under national law, it is mandatory to use a notary to certify the signatures of persons allowing a child to leave the country. Therefore, the form includes a specific section dedicated to certification by a notary or another authority in accordance with national law. The certification section may be detached, in cases where the person has no opportunity to go to a notary or to an authority.
06-May-2022>
The European Notarial Network mobilises for Ukraine
The European Notarial Network (ENN) held its first meeting of the year in Paris on 3 May 2022. Aimed at discussing and finding solutions to the problems encountered by European notaries when dealing with cross-border issues, the ENN meeting was used this time to define and implement actions to support Ukrainian notaries and Ukrainians in need of legal support, such as war refugees.
The President of the Chamber of Notaries of Ukraine, Volodymyr Marchenko, took part in the meeting, as well as several Ukrainian notaries. The CNUE President Giampaolo Marcoz addressed the participants at the opening of the meeting, underlining that the European Commission and the European Judicial Network have asked the CNUE to provide practical legal assistance to Ukrainian nationals who have found refuge in Europe.
In concrete terms, the CNUE and the ENN are working on the establishment of a Network of Notaries for Ukraine, which can be mobilised to respond to specific requests. A whole series of practical tools is also being finalised: bilingual forms to help minors, the addition of "Ukraine" sheets on the CNUE's information websites (Successions Europe and The Vulnerable in Europe), handbooks on frequent questions encountered by notaries and, finally, the creation of a documentary database.
The following day, the French Presidency of the Council of the EU and the French Conseil Supérieur du Notariat organised a conference on the theme "Civil Justice in Europe in the Digital Age". President Marcoz presented the European challenges and the achievements of the notariat for a digital justice at the service of States and citizens: creation and interconnection of registers, authentic acts in electronic form, electronic signatures, online company incorporation, online communication with administrations, etc. In this context, he recalled the CNUE's objective of ensuring legal certainty in the digital world.
Finally, on the afternoon of 4 May, the ENN held its first transnational seminar on "Non-judicial divorce and the recast of the Brussels II bis Regulation". The next ENN meeting will be held on 16 September 2022 in Prague.
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The President of the Chamber of Notaries of Ukraine, Volodymyr Marchenko, took part in the meeting, as well as several Ukrainian notaries. The CNUE President Giampaolo Marcoz addressed the participants at the opening of the meeting, underlining that the European Commission and the European Judicial Network have asked the CNUE to provide practical legal assistance to Ukrainian nationals who have found refuge in Europe.
In concrete terms, the CNUE and the ENN are working on the establishment of a Network of Notaries for Ukraine, which can be mobilised to respond to specific requests. A whole series of practical tools is also being finalised: bilingual forms to help minors, the addition of "Ukraine" sheets on the CNUE's information websites (Successions Europe and The Vulnerable in Europe), handbooks on frequent questions encountered by notaries and, finally, the creation of a documentary database.
The following day, the French Presidency of the Council of the EU and the French Conseil Supérieur du Notariat organised a conference on the theme "Civil Justice in Europe in the Digital Age". President Marcoz presented the European challenges and the achievements of the notariat for a digital justice at the service of States and citizens: creation and interconnection of registers, authentic acts in electronic form, electronic signatures, online company incorporation, online communication with administrations, etc. In this context, he recalled the CNUE's objective of ensuring legal certainty in the digital world.
Finally, on the afternoon of 4 May, the ENN held its first transnational seminar on "Non-judicial divorce and the recast of the Brussels II bis Regulation". The next ENN meeting will be held on 16 September 2022 in Prague.
05-May-2022>
Charitable Foundation of the Chamber of Notaries of Ukraine
The Chamber of Notaries of Ukraine has set up a Charitable Foundation "Saving Notaries and their Families". The Foundation is intended to provide direct assistance to Ukrainian notaries and their families affected by the dramatic consequences of the ongoing conflict.
Many Ukrainian notaries have died. Many notaries have fled abroad: at the moment, only a quarter to a third of the notaries in Ukraine can carry out their activities. Many notary offices have been completely destroyed by the bombs. In many cases, a lifetime's work has been destroyed, sources of income have disappeared and livelihoods are in short supply.
The CNUE has therefore appealed to its members to ask each of the 45,000 notaries of Europe to make a donation to this Foundation. Our strength lies in unity, a truth that has been proven time and again.
If you wish to make a donation to the Foundation, you can use the following bank details:
Correspondent bank:
SWIFT CODE: COBADEFF
COMMERZBANK AG
Frankfurt am Main
Account with Institution:
Acc. 4008865941/01
BIC (SWIFT) CODE: COSBUAUK
Bank name: JOINT STOCK COMPANY STATE SAVINGS BANK OF UKRAINE
Bank address: KIEV, UKRAINE
Beneficiary:
ACC: UA053123560000026009300940388
Name: CHARITY ORGANIZATION "CHARITY FUND "SAVING NOTARIES AND THEIR FAMILIES"
Address: Ukraine, Uzhgorod, Svobodi str, 2 kv 65
More information on the Foundation's webpage
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Many Ukrainian notaries have died. Many notaries have fled abroad: at the moment, only a quarter to a third of the notaries in Ukraine can carry out their activities. Many notary offices have been completely destroyed by the bombs. In many cases, a lifetime's work has been destroyed, sources of income have disappeared and livelihoods are in short supply.
The CNUE has therefore appealed to its members to ask each of the 45,000 notaries of Europe to make a donation to this Foundation. Our strength lies in unity, a truth that has been proven time and again.
If you wish to make a donation to the Foundation, you can use the following bank details:
Correspondent bank:
SWIFT CODE: COBADEFF
COMMERZBANK AG
Frankfurt am Main
Account with Institution:
Acc. 4008865941/01
BIC (SWIFT) CODE: COSBUAUK
Bank name: JOINT STOCK COMPANY STATE SAVINGS BANK OF UKRAINE
Bank address: KIEV, UKRAINE
Beneficiary:
ACC: UA053123560000026009300940388
Name: CHARITY ORGANIZATION "CHARITY FUND "SAVING NOTARIES AND THEIR FAMILIES"
Address: Ukraine, Uzhgorod, Svobodi str, 2 kv 65
More information on the Foundation's webpage