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On 23 December 2013 an agreement was signed in Florence between the Notarial Council of the United Districts of Florence, Pistoia and Prato, the Bar Association, the Order of Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts and the Chamber of Commerce of Since Monday 31 March the "Information and pre-investigation desk for settlement procedures regarding over-indebtedness" has been operating at the Chamber of Commerce of Naples in the Commodity Exchange in Corso Meridionale 58, 2nd floor

On 5 March the Chairman of the Notarial Council of Venice, Carlo Bordieri, and the Deputy Director General of the Municipality, Louis Basset, signed a convention whereby Venice follows Marcon, Spinea, Noventa di Piave and Camponogara in establishing a "Register of Advance Declarations of Treatment".

Florence, setting up the Arbitration Chamber of Florence: the first example in Italy of a joint arbitration chamber involving a public agency such as the Chamber of Commerce and professional associations of the legal and economic sectors.

Mr André Michielsens, a Belgian notary, is the President of the Council of the Notariats of the European Union for 2014. He follows Mr Frank Molitor from the Luxembourg notariat. He will be assisted during his term in office by a Board composed of the following presidents of the notariats:

The National Council of Notaries grants sponsorship to initiatives of particular professional, cultural, scientific, social, educational, environmental and economic value which are promoted by third parties, both public and private, and have to do with and are consistent with the CNN's areas of operation and goals and the enhancement of the role of the Notariat.

In order to encourage a culture of testamentary legacies, the National AISM Legacy Week was held throughout Italy from 21 to 27 January 2013. This was promoted by the Italian Multiple Sclerosis Association and its Foundation with the sponsorship and collaboration of the National Council of Notaries.

The following is an article published on 12 October 2012 in the Corriere della Sera about training periods that Russian and Chinese notaries spend in Italy in order to learn in detail about our Notarial system:

Fondazione MAGIS - The Italian Jesuit Movement and Action for Development [MAGIS is the Italian acronym], formed in 1988, works in the service of the faith and for the promotion of justice through the integral development of the most disadvantaged peoples, through the promotion of inter-cultural and inter-religious dialogue. MAGIS bears a name which in the tradition of St. Ignatius demonstrates one way to proceed: to be constantly driven to discover, redefine and reach the magis (more, ever more) by meeting new challenges and seizing new opportunities.

We publish below an article which appeared on 2 January 2013 in the Corriere della Sera on the subject of the Italian Notariat's cooperation with the task force set up by the Obama administration to deal with problem relating to the management of digital identities in order to prevent electronic fraud, including in the real estate area.

A series of public meetings held in the various Notarial Districts of the Region to illustrate the new Citizens' Guide produced by the National Council of Notaries in collaboration with Consumer Associations.