An overview of the 3DS Act and its implications for notaries

The legislator has chosen to structure the bill around four key areas:

• territorial differentiation;
• decentralisation;
• deconcentration;
• and the simplification of local public administration.

Far from the objectives initially envisaged, this extensive piece of legislation, comprising more than 270 articles, affects numerous procedures relating to the territorial organisation of local authorities without, however, overhauling it.

With the exception of measures subject to the publication of an implementing decree, the provisions of the 3DS Act came into force on 23 February.

Professor Hervé de Gaudemar offers a ‘General overview of the 3DS Act and its implications for notaries’ in an expert feature published in the journal *Solution notaire* No. 10 on 24 March [subscriber access].