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General Provisions
Article
248:
The
Minister has the right to exclude the Ministries, government
departments and public official institutions from some of
the customs procedures to facilitate their tasks, including
the acceptance of value of the goods which they import and
which are shown in the lists added to them the
transportation and insurance fees and any other costs
necessitated by the importation process provided that this
exclusion shall not cause any detrement to the duties and
taxes in accordance with the Laws in effect whether this was
made through exemption or by influencing their rates.
The
Minister, upon the recommendation of the Director, may sell
the goods which have become right of the treasury to the
Ministries, official departments and public institutions for
the sum he deems appropriate or offers them free to these
Ministries, departments and institutions through a decision
from the Council of Ministers upon the recommendation from
the Minister himself.
Article
249:
The
Council of Ministers may issue the regulations necessary for
the implementation of this Law.
The
directives issued under the provisions of this Law shall be
published in the Official Gazette.
Article
250:
The Customs and Excise Law No. 1 for the year 1962 and
the amendments introduced therein shall be canceled but
the regulations and directives issued thereunder as well
as the regulations and directives issued under the
temporary Customs Law no. 16 for the year 1983 shall
continue to be valid until they are canceled or amended
under the provisions of this Law within a period not
exceeding six months.
The
decisions issued by the council of ministers pursuant to the
provisions of the customs and excise law no.(1) for the year
1962 and temporary customs law no.(16) for the year 1983
shall remain operative unless cancelled or determined within
a period of six months at the most as of the date of
validity of this law.
The provisions of any other legislation shall be canceled to
the extent to which its provisions conflict with the
provisions of this Law.
Article
251:
The Prime
Minister and the Ministers shall be charged with the
execution of the provisions of this Law.
Please note that the authentic text for
the Customs Law 20/1998 is Arabic language and this is the
non-official translation