Yes:
See articles of the Civil Code 1216 (definition of “authentic instrument” – drafted by a notary or public employee with the solemnities required by the law) and 1218 (which covers the probative value of the authentic instrument).
Article 317 of the Code of Civil Procedure also covers authentic instruments (resolutions and legal proceedings of all kinds and testimonies issued by legal secretaries; documents authorised by a notary in accordance with the law; certificates issued by land registries and company/commercial registries; those issued by officials who are legally entitled to testify/give evidence as part of carrying out their duties and those which, as far as the archives and registers of State bodies, public administrations or other public legal entities are concerned, are issued by officials entitled to certify the provisions and instruments of these bodies, administrations or entities.)
2. In your legal system, does the authentic instrument have enhanced probative value? What are the rules that provide that?
