Where the marriage record is kept by a French authority, the change of matrimonial property regime obtained in application of the foreign law governing the effects of the union is mentioned in the margin of this record.
In the absence of a marriage record kept by a French authority, this change of matrimonial property regime, if it has given rise to a decision of a French court or to a deed drawn up in France in authentic form or if one of the spouses is French, is entered for preservation in the annexed civil register referred to in Article 4-1 of Decree No 65-422 of 1 June 1965 creating a central civil status service at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.