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London, England, 1820-11-25 00:00:00

SPAIN.

ROYAL DECREE,
CONTAINING NEW REGULATIONS OF TRADE.
FEADINAND VII. by the Grace of Goo and the Constitution of
the Spanish Monarchy, King of to all whomsoever
these presents may reach, know that the Cortes have decreed
as follows:

The Cortes, by virtue of the powers granted to
them by the Constitution, have decreed--
ART. 1. That there shall be one uniform Tarif of
the Custom-Houses in the whole of the Spanish Mo-
narchy ; which, in Europe, shall begiii to operate
from the Ist January, 1821, and thirty days after
the Order and New Tarif shall have arrived in the
ultramarine Provinces; hut with regard to the ship-,
anents which may be undertaken atter the Ist Janu-
ary, 1821, in observance of the new Tarit; the Cap-
tains or Mates of such-vessels shall carry out the ne-
cessary certificates on their clearance, in 'order that
at the places of their destination the regulations of
the new Tarif may be observed., -as far as regards
said shipments.
2. Every year the Cortes shall confirm or amend
the Tarif of Customs, as may be deemed expedient.
S. The form of the General Tarif of Customs shall,
for the present, be the one proposed by the Special
Committee of Tarifs, for this purpose created by
Royal Order of 13.1 r April, 1816, and which has
been presented to the Cortes by the Secretary of the
Finance Department, simplified in the following man•
net :—All kinds of merchandize shall be divided into
fifteen classes, as expressed in the said Project, and
in exact alphabetical order, shall be included those
articles therein already contained, adding thereto
such new ones as may occur under another form.
The charges shall be laid • down according to num-
ber, weight, measure, or value, the duty on fixed
quantities being specified, conformably to the regula-
tions of the said Project. The import and export
duties shall be distinguished by two divisions; the
first to be subdivided into four columns, viz. in the
first shall be marked the number, weight, or measure,
on which is to be regulated the duty of import, ex-
port, and home consumption, without any alteration
in the manner that may be established for the entry;
in the second shall be inserted the value of each ar-
ticle paying duty ; in the third, the rate of duty shall
be stated ; and in the foarth, the fixed amount of duty
to be paid by the article specified. The second di-
vision, under the title of General Export, shall con-
tain three columns, which, referring to the same rate
of duty on articles enumerated in the first column of
General Import, shall specify the value, the rate, and
the duty, on fixed quantities of the articles exported.
To the two explained divisions or columns of import
and export duties, shall be added another for the
home consumption, in countries belonging to the
Spanish Monarchy, in Europe as well as beyond seas,
of all national articles of the Peninsula, America,
and Asia. What regards the first shall be exhibited
in three columns united to the seven of the above di-
visions, specifying the value, rate, and the duty, on
fixed quantities; and with regard to the home con-
sumption in the ultramarine provinces; the same shall
be expressed in contiguous columns, the rate being
stated in the first; and in the second the amount on
each article, according to the value of national ar-
ticles, specified in the eighth column. And, finally,
a thirteenth column shall be added, specifying the
fixed amount, corresponding to the two per cent. for
administration, in cases in which the same is to be
paid for trans-shipping, or on exportation to a foreign
country, as will be explained in Article 33; the said
two per cent. being calculated in conformity to the
rate stated in the second or eighth column, accord-
ing as the same may be national or foreign articles.
4. One single duty shall be levied on account of
the public revenue, on the import and export of fo-
reign goods, as stated in the above Project; andln
the corresponding columns, the duty assigned to the
national flag shall alone be specified.
5. In cases in which the importation or exporta-
tion in vessels bearing a foreign flag shall be allowed,
the goods corresponding to such cargoes, on their
entrance or clearance, shall pay the duties specified
in the General Tarif, with the addition of oae-third ;
but in case the cots)• or clearance of the goods cor-
responding to such cargoes should he exempt from
duty, it shall be the same fur foreigners as well as
Spaniards.
6. As soon as the goods have passed the Custom-
House, whether for importation, exportation, home
consumption, or trans-shipment, the duties fixed by
the Tarif are to be paid, without any return or abate-
ment. on .the exportation of those previously im-
ported, or the re-entry of those exported, or for any
other motive, unless it should arise out of some error
in the calculations or accounts.
7. No premium, reward, or abaotement of Tarif
.duty shall be allowed, in order to encourage the im-.
pottation or exportation of any kind of merchandize,
nor for any motive of utility or security, or any
other pretext.
S. National and foreign. goods of all kinds, except
stich as are prohibited, shall freely circulate in the
interior of the line of counterpasses that may be esta-
blished, without the need of certificates; and the cir-
culation shall also be free iii the intervening terri-
tory of said line, and that of the Custom-Houses of
the coasts arid frontiers; but, in the latter case, certi-
ficates shall be requisite. In,like manner, the circu-
lation outwards or coastwise, and between towns of
the same province, shall be free from duties, but cer-
tificates *ill be required. In order, however, to cir-
culate outwards from one province to another, the
following rules shall be observed:
9. The circulation or re-shipment outwards of all
kinds of goo.ls, from one port or anchoring-place to
another, for this purpose duly authorized by law, as
specified in the two following Afticles, in the whole
of the districts of the Spanish monarchy, and between
each reciprocally and in a direct manner, shall be
exclusively allowed by vessels bearing the national
flag, according to the tarif regulations.
JO.' National goods which may thus circulate, or
be shipped outwards, shall, in the Custom-houses of
the port of clearance, pay two per cent. for the ex-
pense of administration, and in the port of entry they
shall be free from the duty of Customs, excepting
such articles to which the duty of home consumption
shall be affrxed.
11. Foreign goods imported, and which may have
paid a regular duty in the Custom-house of any port
of the Peninsula, may circulate and be re-shipped