For the implementation of the future protection mandate established pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 477 of the Civil Code, the mandatary shall appear in person at the registry of the judicial court in whose jurisdiction the mandator resides, accompanied by the mandator, unless it is established, by medical certificate, that his presence at the court is incompatible with his state of health.
The agent shall present to the court clerk:
1° The original of the mandate or its authentic copy, signed by the principal and the agent;
2° A medical certificate no more than two months old, from a doctor on the list mentioned in article 431 of the Civil Code and establishing that the principal is in one of the situations provided for in article 425 of the same code;
3° An identity document relating respectively to the agent and the principal;
4° Proof of the principal’s habitual residence.