The Council of the Notariats of the European Union (CNUE) is an official organism representing the notarial profession at the European institutions. Speaking for the profession, it handles negotiation and decision-making for all civil law notaries in the European Union.

The CNUE includes civil law notaries of all EU Member States familiar with this institution: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain. Croatia has observing member status.

European notariats are represented in the CNUE by the president of the national notariat organisms. The CNUE is supervised by a President, the CNUE’s spokesperson, who has tenure for one to two years.

The CNUE was set up in 1993, when the Single Market became a reality. It has a permanent office situated in the heart of Europe, in Brussels. It is an ASBL (Association sans but lucratif - non-profit organisation) under Belgian law.