Article 1175-1 of the French Code of civil procedure
Within fifteen days of the date on which it has become final, at the request of the public prosecutor: 1° The decision pronouncing the full adoption is transcribed into the civil status registers of the adopted person’s place of birth; 2° The decision granting a simple adoption is entered in the margin of the adopted person’s birth certificate; Where the adopted person was born abroad, the decision is transcribed onto…