The international presence of UNNPR

A central pillar of the external presence of the National Union of Public Notaries of Romania is its membership of the International Union of Notaries, UINL, a non-governmental organisation bringing together notariats from across the world that operate under the Latin law system. It sets out to promote, coordinate and develop the notarial profession, supporting the security of legal relations, the protection of the public interest and citizens' access to modern notarial services.

The Romanian notariat joined the UINL member notariats on 30 May 1997. Following UNNPR's active involvement in the efforts to modernise the profession, in October 2004 the Assembly of Member Notariats decided that the Romanian notariat should have representatives on the Executive Committee and the Permanent Council, and on the specialist commissions.

The voice of the notarial profession at European level, CNUE is the official organisation representing the interests of the 50,000 notaries in the EU Member States in their relations with the European institutions, the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Based in Brussels, the organisation was founded in 1993, when the European Single Market was established. CNUE promotes a modern notariat founded on impartiality, professional independence, the authenticity of documents and the prevention of disputes, and is involved in European policy on international successions, family law, the circulation of authenticated documents, combating money laundering and the digitalisation of notarial services. In 2026 the presidency of CNUE is held by the notary Roland Wadge of Malta.

ARERT is an international non-profit association governed by Belgian law, founded in 2005 by the notariats of Belgium, France and Slovenia. The legal basis of its work is the Basel Convention on the registration of wills (1972) and European Regulation no. 650/2012 on successions, which created the European certificate of succession.

By providing the infrastructure for exchanging succession information between Member States, ARERT interconnects the national registers of wills in a network that makes it possible to identify the will left by a deceased person, whatever the country of registration. ARERT is a close partner of CNUE, and both organisations work with the European Commission on the digitalisation of cross-border succession systems.

From 2010 to 2021 the representative of the Romanian notariat held the office of ARERT vice-president, and from 2021 to 2026 the office of ARERT president.

An international organisation devoted to researching, preserving and promoting the history of the notariat and of legal culture worldwide, IIHN was founded in 1974 by Pierre Tesnière, a notary in Yvetot (Seine-Maritime), and is a body associated with UINL. The Institute publishes the quarterly review „Le Gnomon”, organises exhibitions and conferences, and brings together experts, historians and enthusiasts of notarial heritage, from tokens, medals and seals to engravings, paintings and uniforms.

The Association of the Francophone Notariat facilitates international cooperation in harmonising notarial practice and promoting the Latin notarial model, with a professional, advisory and academic role. It was founded on 17 March 1992 on the initiative of the French notariat, with the support of the French Ministry for the Francophonie, and brings together notariats from more than 30 States and territories on three continents.