Decree-Law requiring the weight, number or volume to be stated on packaging and containers in which goods are sold

Type

Decree-Law

Number

12

Date of the text

22/08/1943

Official Gazette

published in 1943

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

4

What it provides

This legislative decree requires makers and sellers of goods packed in sealed wrappers or bottles to show the weight, number or volume clearly on each package. Misleading statements or markings are treated as fraud and penalised under Decision No. 51 of 1941.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1943. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.