ITALIAN LEGISLATIVE DECREE 225 
INSTITUTION OF FREE PORTS 
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[Transmitted by Franklin C. Gowan, American vice consul, Rome, Italy] 
Translation of Royal Italian Legislative Decree No. 2395, of 
December 22, 1927, entitled Institution of Free Ports, published in 
the Official Gazette of the Kingdom of Italy No. 300, Rome, Italy, 
dated December 28, 1927. Number of publication 2677: 
Victor EmManueL III, by the grace of God and the will of the Nation King of 
[taly. 
Having seen article 3, No. 2, of the law of January 31, 1926, No. 100; 
Considering the urgent and absolute necessity for provisions which with respect 
bo customs franchise will facilitate the traffic in certain ports; 
Having heard the Council of Ministers; 
Upon the proposal of our Ministers for Finances and for Communications, in 
accord with the Ministers for Public Works and for National Economy; 
We have decreed and hereby decree: 
ARTICLE I 10 
As from January 1, 1928, the ports of Savona, Genoa, Leghorn, Naples, Brindisi, 
Bari, Ancona, Venice, Trieste, Fiume, Palermo, Messina, Catania, and Cagliari, 
may be declared entirely or partly free ports. The declaration (proclamation) 
and delimitation of the free ports are to be fixed by royal decree upon the proposal 
of the Ministers of Finances and Communications, in accord with the Ministers 
of Public Works and National Economy. The foregoing declaration (proclama- 
tion) will have a duration of 30 years. 
Artic II 
The ports to be delimited under the provisions of the foregoing article are 
sonsidered as existing outside of the customs boundary, in accordance with 
Article I of the single text of the Customs Law, approved by Roval Decree No. 
0 of January 16, 1896, 
In the said ports there may be carried on, free of any customs obligations, all 
operations relating to the shipment, landing, and transshipment of materials or 
goods, to their warehousing and to their contracts, manipulation and trans- 
formation, except for the limitations to be established for certain goods or opera~ 
tions coming under the provisions of Article 4 hereof and which may become 
hecessary to safeguard fiscal interest or for the observance of special laws. Bub 
in all cases in which the transformation is of industrial character it will be neces- 
sary to follow the procedure outlined in article 3 of the decree. For statistical 
Qurposes, ships’ captains will have to submit a copy of the manifest of goods 
'anded and a copy of the clearance manifest indicating the quantity, nature, and 
lestination of the goods shipped. 
The said captains are obliged to inform the customs of the volume and nature 
of the cargo, this being for the observance of prohibitive and binding provisions 
based upon special laws. 
ArtmicLe III 
The institution of industrial establishments within the area of the ports can 
ot be granted by the competent maritime authorities without the previous 
bermission of the Ministers of Finance and National Economy, and concession 
will have to be made in accordance with the conditions which these ministers 
i No definite action has yet been taken under this decree to enlarge existing free-port areas or to establish 
© ports.