Hazardous, Harmful to Health and Nuisance-Causing Establishments

Type

Decree-Law

Number

21

Date of the text

22/07/1932

Official Gazette

published in 1932

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

38

What it provides

This decree subjects factories, workshops, warehouses and other industrial or commercial premises that pose hazards or nuisances to safety, air quality, neighbours or public health to administrative supervision. It sorts them into three classes by risk level, setting distance requirements and licensing authority for ea

What has changed this text

• Amended by Decree-Law No. 116/1959 of 12/06/1959, articles 4, 15
• Amended by Decree-Law No. 66/1943 of 19/07/1943, articles 33, 35, 36

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1932. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.