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France: Introduction of de facto export ban on face masks in response to the COVID-19 outbreak

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04 Mar 2020

In March 2020, the French authorities introduced a decree allowing the government to requisition all face masks necessary from any entity in the French territory following the COVID-19 outbreak. The decree thereby de facto introduces an export ban on the subject good. 

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Number of interventions

1

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

List of interventions

0 in force

Implementation date

04 Mar 2020

Revocation date:

31 May 2020

Export ban

On 4 March 2020, the French Ministry of Social Affairs and Health issued Decree No. 2020-190 requisitioning all face masks from any entity in the French territory necessary for the current COVID-19 ou...

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