§ 11. Mr. Philips Priceasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the extension of French customs and excise into the district of Kehl in Baden on the right bank of the Rhine has the consent of the Allied Control Commission.
Mr. McNeilNo. During the war, the Germans administered the posts of Strasbourg and Kehl as a single unit, and the French have maintained this practice for reasons of administrative convenience to the extent of placing Customs posts to the east of Kehl. From all other legal and administrative aspects, Kehl remains a part of the French zone of Germany. For example, no French taxes are paid, the city is within the competence of the German legal tribunal at Rastadt, and a French consular agent is maintained for the registration of the births and deaths of French subjects.