Adoption of Arabic and French as Official Languages for Customs Declarations

Type

Decision

Number

958

Date of the text

17/07/1921

Official Gazette

published in 1921

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

1

What it provides

This decree makes Arabic and French official languages for customs declarations, requiring each declaration submitted to customs to be written either in French or in both Arabic and French, effective 1 August 1921.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1921. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.