Prohibition of Importation of Banana Seedlings and Bananas

Type

Decision

Number

354

Date of the text

11/12/1939

Official Gazette

published in 1940

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

3

What it provides

This decree bans the import of banana plants and fruit into Syria and Lebanon, including transit through them, and exempts plants imported for trials or scientific purposes subject to licensing and health inspection. It sets the port inspection procedure and the rules for rejecting infected plants.

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.