Customs Law

Type

Decree

Number

4461

Date of the text

15/12/2000

Official Gazette

published in 2000

Status today

Repealed in part as of 27/08/2026

Articles

449

What it provides

This law governs the Customs Administration, which collects customs duties on goods imported into and exported from Lebanon and prevents unlawful movement of goods. It applies across the Lebanese customs territory, including land, airspace and territorial waters, and sets out principles of simplicity and transparency f

What has changed this text

• Partly repealed by Decree in force by operation of law No. 480/2007 of 02/07/2007, articles 421
• Amended by Decree No. 6004/2001 of 02/08/2001, articles 119
• Amended by Decree No. 7041/2011 of 03/12/2011, articles 119
• Amended by Decree No. 14120/2005 of 04/02/2005, articles 198
• Amended by Decree No. 17770/2006 of 04/10/2006, articles 441
• Amended by Decree No. 8997/2022 of 05/04/2022, articles 53
• Amended by Decree No. 14635/2025 of 09/01/2025, articles 67
• Amended by Decree No. 6278/2001 of 10/09/2001, articles 391, 402
• Amended by Unspecified act No. 11747/2004 of 15/01/2004, articles 177
• Amended by Decree in force by operation of law No. 106/2007 of 16/03/2007, articles 307
• Amended by Decree No. 2382/2009 of 20/06/2009, articles 262
• Amended by Decree No. 2405/2009 of 20/06/2009, articles 250
• Amended by Decree No. 10153/2003 of 22/05/2003
• Partly repealed by Decree No. 10153/2003 of 22/05/2003
• Amended by Decree No. 18116/2006 of 24/11/2006, articles 262
• Amended by Decree No. 11926/2004 of 25/02/2004, articles 121
• Amended by Decree No. 17759/2006 of 27/09/2006
• Amended by Law No. 326/2001 of 28/06/2001, articles 411
• Amended by Decree No. 14841/2005 of 28/06/2005, articles 124
• Amended by Decree No. 17065/2006 of 29/05/2006, articles 216
• Amended by Decree No. 12769/2004 of 30/06/2004, articles 361
• Amended by Decree No. 5984/2001 of 30/07/2001, articles 295

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 2000. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.