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The Emergency Decree N\u00b0 70\/2023 amends several sections of the Civil and Commercial Code of the Nation (hereinafter, the CCCN).<\/p>\n

a) Foreign currency<\/strong><\/h2>\n

All contracts may be entered in any kind of foreign currency. The debtor will only be released by delivering the kind agreed upon. Unless expressly stipulated, the creditor is not obliged to accept payments in national currency. Judges may not modify the form of payment or the currency agreed upon by the parties (Sections 765 and 766 of the CCCN).<\/p>\n

b) Private contracts<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Under amended Section 958 of the CCCN, the parties are completely free to enter into a contract and agree on its content. All legal rules are supplementary to the will of the parties unless the provision is expressly imperative, and always with restrictive interpretation.<\/p>\n

c) Judiciary<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Under the new Section 960 of the CCCN, judges may not modify the stipulations of a contract \u201cex-officio\u201d. Only may judges do that either at the request of one of the parties or when authorized by law<\/p>\n

d) Civil and commercial leases<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Decree repeals certain specific laws about leases (Law N\u00b0 27221, and Law 27551), and amends and abrogates certain Sections of the Civil and Commercial Code of the Nation (hereinafter, the CCCN).<\/p>\n

Some of the changes to the lease regime are:<\/p>\n

(i) The parties may agree on the currencies to pay the rental fee, even in any foreign currency;<\/p>\n

(ii) To adjust the price of the lease the parties may use any index. In the event the agreed-upon index is not longer published during the term of the agreement, it will be replaced by a similar official index published by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, or in the country issuing the foreign currency of payment.<\/p>\n

(iii) The term of the leases will be the one agreed upon by the parties. Failing to establish any term:<\/p>\n