Handover ceremony – Luxembourg, 16 January 2025

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During the handover ceremony held in Luxembourg on Thursday, 16 January, Cosita Delvaux, a member of the Chamber of Notaries of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, became the first female President of the Council of the Notariats of the European Union (CNUE). She will serve her mandate throughout 2025, succeeding Lithuanian notary Marius Stračkaitis.

At the ceremony, Elisabeth Margue, Luxembourg’s Minister of Justice, praised the vital role of notaries as key actors of the rule of law and guarantors of legal certainty. She highlighted their mission as public officials, providing advice and assistance in an increasingly complex legal environment. The Minister also emphasised the significant challenges facing the notarial profession, including digitalisation, cybersecurity, and the the ever-increasing cross-border dimension of legal relations, which require common solutions through cooperation among notaries.

In her inaugural address, President Delvaux expressed her deep commitment to the values of the European notariat, stressing both continuity and innovation.

She outlined the following priorities for her presidency in view of the:
✅ Digitalisation of justice and company law, to enhance the modernity and resilience of the notarial profession in addressing technological challenges and cybersecurity risks.
✅ Cross-border protection of adults, to meet the increasing needs of European citizens in a context of greater mobility.
✅ Ten year anniversary of the European Regulation on International Successions, aiming to draw lessons from its implementation and inspire progress in other legal fields.

Cosita Delvaux also reaffirmed her ambition to represent the 22 member notariats and the 50,000 European notaries, strengthening their central role in ensuring legal security and preventing disputes, in the service of citizens, businesses, and institutions.