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TOGOLAND UNDER FRENCH MANDATE.
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
Prohibition.
Trade Spirits, etc.
A Decree of September 2nd, ig22,x prohibits the import, circulation, possession and sale of
trade spirits and of beverages containing an admixture of such spirits, also of essences or chemical
products which are known to be deleterious.
The Decree of October 24th, ig22? prohibits liquors similar to absinth.
An Order of November 30th, ig22? supplemented and amended by Orders dated November
21st, ig25* January gth, ig28, and two Decrees dated September 1st, ig28,1 2 3 4 5 defines trade spirits
and alcoholic liquors prohibited in Togoland and lays down regulations for the enforcement of
the provisions of the Decree dated September 2nd, 1922.
Applications for permission to bring in alcoholic liquors must be sent to the Republic
Commissioner and be accompanied by a sample, to be submitted to the Lome chemical laboratory.
The Customs authorities may at any time, for purposes of analysis and examination, take samples
of imported alcoholic liquors which are declared to be permissible imports in view of their origin
or by reason of the fact that an import permit has previously been issued in respect thereof.
Prohibition Areas.
The Order of November 23rd, ig20,6 7 prohibits the sale of spirits and fermented alcoholic
liquor in the Sokode and Sansanne Mango districts.
The Order of July 26th, ig24,': amended by the Decree of January 28th, ig26,8 9 prohibits the
sale of alcohol to the natives in areas beyond Atakpame.
Customs and Taxes.
Customs Duties.
According to the Decrees of February nth, ig2jJ and Order of August 24th, ig28,10 spirits
and alcoholic beverages are subject to the following import duties on entering the territory:
Alcohols suitable for human consumption,
distilled beverages, liqueurs, brandied
fruits and wines with a content of over
15°11
Alcoholic distilled waters
Liqueur wines and artificial wines, wines
to which bitter and aperient tonic
aromatic substances have been added
(vermouths, quinine wines and others)
Alcohols with a high content for the use of
health establishments and chemists
exclusively; aromatised alcohols and
other medical alcohols
Ordinary wines prepared exclusively from
fermented fresh grapes, fortified or
not, and including sparkling wines,
with a content of 15 degrees or less.
Per hectolitre of j francs
pure alcohol j
Per hectolitre -of j francs
pure alcohol J
Per liquid^ °f } 320 franCS
Per hectolitre of
pure alcohol
1,000 francs
Tax ad valorem
10 per cent
1 1922 Report, page 89.
2 1923 Report, page 140.
3 1922 Report, page 90.
4 1925 Report, page 145.
6 Annexes to 1928 Report.
6 1921 Report, page 3.
7 1924 Report, pages 161 and 162.
8 1926 Report, page 122.
9 1927 Report, pages 167 and 172.
10 1928 Report, page 131.
11 Fifteen degrees [Gay-Lussac) is equivalent to 26.2 per cent proof spirit.