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FOREIGN TRADE ZONES

CLAIMS
ArT. 0. All claims concerning weighing operations must be addressed to the
inspector of the free zone.
RATES

Art. 10. In a separate sheet are given the weighing rates as approved at the
meeting of December 23, 1915, altered at the meeting of April 30, 1920, and compiled
 in accordance with the rates of the Caravana as result of the alteration made
to the latter at the meeting of the chamber of commerce of June 28, 1923.
APPENDIX

LEGALIZATION OF SIGNATURES ON WEIGHING CERTIFICATES MADE BY WEIGHBRS
NOT DEBIGNATED BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

1. In consequence of the establishment made by the chamber of commerce of
the official public weight, the signatures of weighers on the following certificates
are not admitted to legalization:
(a) When they refer to weighing operations made in the free zone and its
surroundings—namely, the Mandracecio, Cattanei, and Ponte Reale Wharves.
(b) When they bear no indication of the place where the weighing took place.
(¢) When they are not written in a clear and correct form entirely in accordance
with the commercial customs which they must satisfy.
2. Besides the legalization of the signatures of the weighers, the chamber of
commerce applies a stamp declaring that the chamber of commerce had no in-Auence
 or control over the operation to which the certificate is related.
Approved by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Genoa at the meeting
of December 23, 1915.

Zaccaria OBERTI,
President.
C. Marin,
Secretary.

Rares ror TEE LEGAL WEIGHING
[Art 10 of the regulations]
The following are the charges for public weighing besides the standard charge
of 4 lire per hour or fraction thereof for each weighing.
Lire 0.40 for each gross quintal (220.4 pounds) or fraction thereof, for any kind
of merchandise with & minimum of 0.40 lire for each weighing with the exceptio?
of leather in bulk for which the rate is 1 lire per quintal, or for the weighing of ab
ieast 10 pieces not weighing over a quintal.
For each weighing of any goods under 50 kilos the rate is 0.60 lire per quintal:
Tare for all goods, for every tare 0.50 lire.
The above rates include the amounts due to the Caravana.
Upon request the weighers can be detailed to weighing merchandise even outside
the free zone and the adjoining wharves (Mandraccio, Cattanei, and Ponte Reale):
In these cases the following additional daily rates and the refund for eventud!
expenditures for transportation, etc., are due to the chamber of commerce: pe
From the Giano Mole to the dock... .... I 20
From the dock (exeluded) to the Chiappella_ ooo
From the Chiappella (excluded) to the Paleocapa Pier... ___._._._. ._--Outside
 the port limits and within the city of Genoa... _____.--In
 other towns in the district of the chamber of commerce, a fixed charge of.
besides an extra charge of 2.50 lire for every kilometer from Genoa.

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