Article R. 71 is worded as follows:
“Art. R. 71.-The registry of the court of first instance of the place of birth, for natural persons, or of the place where the registered office of the company or establishment is located, for legal persons, or, in accordance with the second paragraph of Article R. 62, the automated national criminal records department receives notices from foreign authorities concerning French persons convicted by foreign courts.
“These notices, constituting index cards, are filed at the criminal records office of the court of first instance in the original or, if necessary, after transcription onto a regulatory index card form. “