Importation, Transit and Export of Matches and Lighters in the Eastern States under the French Mandate

Type

Decision

Number

220

Date of the text

30/12/1933

Official Gazette

published in 1934

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

11

What it provides

This decree regulates the import of matchboxes, match sticks and lighters into the French Mandate territories, requiring a finance-department licence, customs duties, and official stamps or seals on the goods. It also sets rules for their transit and export.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1934. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.