On France it is completely covered by the law and you cannot make any arrangements. So the document is pages and pages long (this is France, we live bureaucracy

On France it is completely covered by the law and you cannot make any arrangements. So the document is pages and pages long (this is France, we live bureaucracy) but the content is the same for everyone. It wild be much easier to have a 3 pages agreement with references but how would the notary explain their costs? Au least as a seller and buyer you are safe.