Notaires look to limit paperwork

NOTAIRES are looking for ways to stop bombarding their customers with a mountain of paperwork - and reduce their carbon footprint.

The Congrès des Notaires de France takes place in Strasbourg until Wednesday and cutting waste is one of the topics on the agenda.

An ordinary house sale can require anything between 150 and 300 pages of documents at present - and that bundle often needs photocopying four times.

Maître Jean-François Sagaut, who is presiding over this year's conference, told France Info: "For the past 10 years we have seen so many new laws, and that means an incredible amount of paperwork.

"We want to stop bombarding the poor buyers with so many pieces of paper - and reduce our carbon footprint."