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International Court of Justice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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Case concerning the “Compagnie du Port, des Quais et des Entrepôts de Beyrouth” and the “Société Radio-Orient” (France v. Lebanon): On February 13, 1959, an application instituting proceedings before the Courtagainst Lebanon was filed by France. The application noted that in accordance with the terms of their constitutional instruments, the Compagnie du Port, des Quais et des Entrepôts de Beyrouth and the Société Radio-Orient enjoyed certain customs and tax exemptions in Lebanon during the life of their concessions. The Lebanese government, it continued, having, on July 26, 1956, enacted a law providing for the imposition of income tax and other fiscal and municipal taxes on all companies enjoying an exemption under agreements ratified by special legislation, the French government considered that this constituted a unilateral alteration of the position of the companies concerned, which was contrary to the Agreement of January 24, 1948, between France and Lebanon.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities I. United Nations
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International Organization , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , Spring 1959 , pp. 308
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Copyright © The IO Foundation and Cambridge University Press 1959

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1 International Court of Justice, Communiqué No. 59/2, February 16, 1959; International Court of Justice, Application Instituting Proceedings filed in the Registry of the Court on February 13th, 1959, Case concerning the “Compagnie du Port, des Quais et des Entrepôts de Beyrouth” and the “Société Radio-Orient” (France v. Lebanon).Google Scholar

2 International Court of Justice, Communiqué No. 59/14, March 26, 1959.Google Scholar

3 Ibid., Communiqué No. 59/3, February 27, 1959.Google ScholarFor previous information on the case, see International Organization, Winter 1959(Vol. 13, No. I), p, 145.CrossRefGoogle Scholar