Compulsory Display of Retail Selling Prices of Foodstuffs

Type

Decision

Number

331

Date of the text

25/11/1939

Official Gazette

published in 1940

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

4

What it provides

This decree requires retail sellers of foodstuffs in municipalities with over 1,000 inhabitants and in summer resort villages to display prices on legible cards in Arabic and French, stating the quantity each price covers. It lets municipalities sell these cards to traders and sets fines for violations.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1940. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.