Article 862 of the French General Tax Code
Notaries, bailiffs, registrars and other public officers, lawyers and administrative authorities may not make or draw up a deed by virtue of or as a consequence of a deed compulsorily subject to registration or to the merged formality, annex it to their minutes, receive it for deposit or issue it as a patent, extract, copy or expedition, before one or other formality has been carried out, even if the time…