Day: 13 December 2023

The French government has launched an online tool to help guide prospective civil partners through its Pacte Civil de Solidarité or PACS process. Here’s how it works.  

France’s Pacte Civil de Solidarité, commonly known as a PACS, is the country’s version of a civil partnership. Much like a marriage, a PACS agreement allows couples to officialise their relationship and accords certain rights to each partner.  

It is a popular choice too; in 2022, 192,000 couples opted for a PACS, not far off the 244,000 who chose a marriage. One reason for this is that a PACS is far easier to enter – and end – than a traditional marriage.  

Nevertheless, securing a PACS still requires a not insignificant amount of paperwork and the French government recently decided to launch a new online simulator that will help potential partners navigate the administrative side of things.  

NEW TOOL 

In as little as five minutes, couples can use the simulator to identify the complete list of documents “to be provided to conclude a civil pact of solidarity”.  

Basic information for each partner needs to be inputted, such as name, address, nationality, relationship status and place of birth, before a list of the necessary documents is generated. People born outside of France will need to provide an additional set of documents, which can be found here.  

Once all of the items are gathered, an appointment can be made at the applicants’ local mairie or townhall, where an official will review the file before confirming the PACS. 

For more information about the new service, click here, and to try out the simulator for yourself, click here. 

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The end-of-year “asphalt repair campaign” will come to a close this December, with the final repair work to cause traffic disruptions in a number of areas of the Principality.

In order to minimise the impact on traffic, the work takes place exclusively at night, between 8pm and 6am.

According to the government, for the sectors affected by these works, operations will focus on one or two nights in order to contain noise pollution and circulatory problems.

Details of the road works:

– Boulevard Charles III (Albert II tunnel exit), on the nights of December 11 to 13, from 8pm 6am, traffic will alternate.

– Boulevard Charles III (between the Serravalle tunnel and the Place d’Armes roundabout) from December 12 to 13 from 9:30pm, traffic will be diverted via the Serravalle tunnel and rue de la Colle.

– Rue du Portier, the night of December 13 to 14 from 8pm to 6am, total closure to traffic and parking ban for the creation of a coated plateau in order to secure the pedestrian crossing.

– Rue Suffren Reymond and rue Louis Notari, to the right of the Public Safety Department building, the nights of December 11 to 13 from 9pm to 5am, total closure to traffic.

Motorists will be advised by signs and manual controls of diversions and to facilitate access to private and public car parks as well as to businesses affected by the works.

Bus lines impacted by the work will be diverted with prior information to users.

The emergency and police services will be able to circulate in all work areas in the event of an emergency.

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