Adoption of the decimal system of weights and measures known as the "metric system" in all Eastern states under French mandate

Type

Decision

Number

191

Date of the text

22/08/1935

Official Gazette

published in 1935

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

16

What it provides

This decree makes the decimal metric system the sole legal standard for weights and measures in the mandated Levant states. It sets a six-month period before compulsory application by high commissioner decisions in particular cities or areas, and specifies the official metre and kilogram standards and the principal and

What has changed this text

• Amended by High Commissioner Decision No. 224/1936 of 20/10/1936, articles 14

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1935. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.