Draft law no. 272 updating certain provisions of the Code of Private International Law (adopted)

Parliamentary Draft law no. 272 updating certain provisions of the Code of Private International Law (Code DIP) was received by the Parliament on 21 October 2025, tabled and adopted in a public session on 6 November 2025.

La proposition de loi n° 272 portant actualisation de certaines dispositions du Code de droit international privé a été reçue par le Conseil National le 21 octobre 2025, déposée et adoptée en Séance publique du 6 novembre 2025.

NB : a draft law adopted by Parliament (Conseil National) is sent to the government, which has the option of turning it into a draft law or suspending the legislative process..

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SUMMARY

Reminder of the previous amendment to the Code DIP:

Law No. 1.529 of 29 July 2022 on various economic and legal provisions:

• amended Article 70 of the Code DIP concerning the mandatory provisions of foreign consumer law and their inapplicability in banking services for deposit account and securities account agreements held by an institution established in Monegasque territory;
• provided for a rule on the temporal application of the provisions of Chapter V of Title II of the DIP Code for international successions opened after its entry into force.

Purpose of draft law no. 271

• to clarify the concept of Monegasque international public policy,
• to remove the provision on forced heirship,
• to grant jurisdiction to a Monegasque court to issue the inheritance documents necessary for the opening or administration of the estate,
• to determine the law applicable to inter vivos gifts,
• to introduce transitional provisions clarifying the temporal application of the Code DIP.

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