Ministère de la Justice
Direction des Affaires Civiles et du Sceau
13, Place Vendôme
75042 PARIS Cedex 01
tél.: +33 (1) 44 82 34 04
fax: +33 (1) 44 86 62 39
e-mail: nicole.cochet@justice.gouv.fr

 
Please note that the above-mentioned National Organ has been designated in accordance with Article 7 of the Statute, with a view to facilitating communication between the Members of the Conference and the Permanent Bureau. Please click here to see which authorities have been designated by France in accordance with the Conventions mentioned below.  

• Convention of 1 March 1954 on civil procedure [02]
• Convention of 15 June 1955 on the law applicable to international sales of goods [03]
• Convention of 1 June 1956 concerning the recognition of the legal personality of foreign companies, associations and institutions [07]
• Convention of 24 October 1956 on the law applicable to maintenance obligations towards children [08]
• Convention of 15 April 1958 concerning the recognition and enforcement of decisions relating to maintenance obligations towards children [09]
• Convention of 5 October 1961 concerning the powers of authorities and the law applicable in respect of the protection of infants [10]
• Convention of 5 October 1961 on the Conflicts of Laws Relating to the Form of Testamentary Dispositions [11]
• Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents [12]
• Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters [14]
• Convention of 4 May 1971 on the Law Applicable to Traffic Accidents [19]
• Convention of 18 March 1970 on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters [20]
• Convention of 2 October 1973 on the Law Applicable to Products Liability [22]
• Convention of 2 October 1973 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions Relating to Maintenance Obligations [23]
• Convention of 2 October 1973 on the Law Applicable to Maintenance Obligations [24]
• Convention of 14 March 1978 on the Law Applicable to Matrimonial Property Regimes [25]
• Convention of 14 March 1978 on the Law Applicable to Agency [27]
• Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction [28]
• Convention of 25 October 1980 on International Access to Justice [29]
• Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption [33]
• Convention of 13 January 2000 on the International Protection of Adults [35]

• Convention of 15 June 1955 relating to the settlement of the conflicts between the law of nationality and the law of domicile [06]
• Convention of 1 July 1985 on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on their Recognition [30]
• Convention of 19 October 1996 on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children [34]