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      <div>28 FOREIGN TRADE ZONES 
police authorities, in the parts of the harbor lying outside the free port, on special 
application. In the free port the regulations for enforcement of the customs are 
applicable. The police permit and that from the customs authorities, if any, 
must always be carried and shown to the police or customs authorities on demand. 
2. It is prohibited to sell used ship’s equipment, left-over goods from vessels, 
sweepings, garbage, and such things to peddlers or to turn over such left-over 
goods, sweepings, garbage, etc., to the firms undertaking the- cleaning of the 
vessels. 
3. The sale of goods by the ship’s crew is also prohibited. The ship’s master 
must watch that no business with peddlers or dealers is carried on from their 
ships. 
Emden.—The usual operations necessary in connection with port 
traffic are permitted in the free zone. Business offices, repair shops 
for vessels, and official residences (Dienstwohnungen) for persons 
whose permanent presence in the free zone is necessary for supervision 
and administration purposes are permitted. Industrial undertakings 
and retail trade in general are prohibited. The sale of ships’ stores 
and provisions is allowed in the free zone only by permission of the 
police. 
Flensburg.—Manufacturing processes are permitted in the free 
harbor under the same conditions as in the customs area. Retail 
business is prohibited, as well as such trades which are considered to 
be injurious to those carried on within the customs zone. 
Kiel. —There are practically no restrictions on operations carried 
on in the free harbor. Importers of raw or unfinished goods for 
reprocessing or further manufacturing require a special permit from 
the customhouse. Retail establishments are not permitted in the 
free zone. 
Stettin.—The improvement of half fabricates or manufacturing of 
any kind is not permitted in the free port area of Stettin. 
Almeria.—The following operations are permitted in the free port 
of Almeria: 
1. Repacking of merchandise in different containers. 
2. Division of goods for the preparation of commercial grades. 
3. Mixture of goods, with the same object. 
4. Hulling and toasting of coffee and cacao. 
5. Working of hides and skins. 
6. Grinding of wood. 
7. Washing of wool. 
8. Extraction of oil from copra and from oleaginous seeds. 
9. All operations which, without essentially changing the character of goods. 
increase their value. 
10. Importation of erude petroleum products and coal for supplying vessels, 
after making any necessary divisions and mixtures. 
Tobacco in leaf or manufactured is prohibited importation into 
Spain except for the Tobacco Monopoly, and it was provided in the 
regulations of the free port that packages of tobacco should be sealed 
on entering the deposit, and that removal should be authorized only</div>
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