Page 16 Chapter II: Written matter in electronic form Article I – 23: In the absence of legal provisions to the contrary, no person shall be compelled to take a legal action by electronic means. Article I – 24: Where a written matter is required to validate a legal act, such act may be established and conserved in electronic form under conditions defined by the legal texts enacted for the purposes of application of the legal act. Article I – 25: The following acts shall be exempted from the provisions of Article I - 24 of this Convention: 1) Acts under the signature of a private individual, relating to family law and law of succession; and 2) Acts of civil or commercial nature under the signature of a private individual, relating to personal or real security, except where such acts have been established by a person for the purposes of his/her profession. Article I – 26: The written matter emanates from a sequence of letters, characters, figures or all other signs and symbols with intelligible meaning, regardless of their base and transmission modalities. Article I – 27: A registered letter may be transmitted by electronic means provided such mail is dispatched by a third party in accordance with a procedure that makes it possible to identify the third party, designate the sender, guarantee the identity of the addressee and ascertain whether or not the said letter has been delivered to the addressee. Article I – 28: The delivery of a written matter in electronic form shall be effective when the addressee takes due note and acknowledges receipt thereof. AU Draft0 010111