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General Provisions
 

 

Article 248:

  1. 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.
     

  2. 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:

  1. The Council of Ministers may issue the regulations necessary for the implementation of this Law.
     

  2. The directives issued under the provisions of this Law shall be published in the Official Gazette.

Article 250:

  1. 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.
     

  2. 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.
     

  3. 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

     
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