The Holocaust Historiography Project

Partial translation of document 3612-PS

        OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE MILITARY COMMANDER IN
                 BELGIUM AND NORTHERN FRANCE

   [VOBL — Verordnungsblatt des Militaerbefehlshabers in
                           Belgien
            und Nordfrankreich] 1940-41, Page 986

  Decree regarding the prohibition of the manufacturing of
                           certain
                  products of 6 August 1942

In virtue of the authority vested it is decreed for Belgium
as follows:

                           Sec. 1

If the general economic situation or the special
requirements of an individual industry make it necessary the
production of certain goods can be prohibited or special
demands can be made as to production and sale. This can be
done by individual instructions with reference to this
decree. In the same manner dispositions can be made
regarding raw material, auxiliary material and the use of
machinery, tools and other means of production of individual
plants.