Brussels, 21/01/2015 (Agence Europe) - The 40,000 notaries of Europe have a new president for 2015, Jean Tarrade, a French notary. On Wednesday 21 January, Tarrade took the reins of the Council of the Notariats of the European Union (CNUE) from Mr André Michielsens of the Belgian notariat.
Tarrade's political action will be in line with implementing the 2020 Plan of the Notaries of Europe, which lists a series of concrete proposals in favour of the free movement of citizens and businesses in Europe. For instance, in 2015, the Notaries of Europe will add an extension to the 'Vulnerable Adults in Europe' website with a section dedicated to minors. They will also create an online tool to facilitate understanding of how a real estate transaction works in the 23 States that have the civil law notariat. Important events await the CNUE in 2015, for example with the entry into force of the regulation on international successions on 17 August 2015. (LC)