Goods Imported Before 7-3-1983 and the Necessity of Declaring Them to Obtain Customs Exemptions

Type

Decree-Law

Number

19

Date of the text

07/04/1983

Official Gazette

published in 1983

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

5

What it provides

This decree gives owners of goods that entered Lebanon before 7 March 1983 two months to declare them to customs, after which the goods are treated as lawfully imported without fees or fines. It excludes absolutely prohibited goods, vehicles, machinery, vessels and aircraft, and treats undeclared or unproven goods as s

What has changed this text

• Amended by Decree-Law No. 27/1983 of 13/05/1983, articles 1

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1983. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.