Executive Order

Executive Order No. 391
Directing All Government Agencies And Instrumentalities, Including Local Government Units, To Implement The Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP), 2004-2010 And The Medium-Term Public Investment Program (MTPIP), 2005-2010

 

WHEREAS, the President has laid out a Ten-Point Agenda around which sets the policy direction and target for 2004 to 2010; WHEREAS, the Ten-Point Agenda is the focus of planning and operation of the government and as such is the substantial basis for the Medium Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP), 2004-2010; WHEREAS, the basic task of the MTPDP, 2004-2010, is to fight poverty and build prosperity for the greatest number of the Filipino people; WHEREAS, the MTPDP, 2004-2010, was fleshed out in a series of Cabinet and inter-agency meetings;


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Executive Order No. 320
Designating the Department of Environment and Natural Resources as the National Authority for Clean Development Mechanism

 

WHEREAS, climate change is a growing global concern that is causing damages to the ecosystems and resulting in natural calamities such as El Nino and La Nina, especially for low-lying vulnerable countries with fragile ecosystems like the Philippines;

 


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Executive Order No. 290
Implementing the Natural Gas Vehicle Program for Public Transport

 

WHEREAS, Republic Act No. (RA) 7638, otherwise known as the “Department of Energy Act of 1992”, declares that it is the policy of the State to ensure continuous adequate and economic supply of energy through the integrated and intensive exploration, production, management and development of the country’s indigenous energy resources, with due regard to ecological concerns;


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Executive Order No. 169
Assigning the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation as an Attached Agency of the Department of Energy

 

WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 9136, otherwise known as "Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001" ("EPIRA") provides a framework for the restructuring of the electric power industry, including the privatization of the assets of the National Power Corporation (NPC), the transition to the desired competitive structure, and the definition of the responsibilities of the various government agencies and private entities;


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Executive Order No. 134
Requiring Oil Companies and Bulk Suppliers to Maintain a Sufficient Minimum Inventory of Petroleum, for Purposes of Ensuring Continuity, Adequacy and Stability of Crude and Fuel Supply

 

WHEREAS, the Philippines has, pursuant to a program of diversifying fuel sources for power generation, reduced its dependence on fossil fuels for power requirements;


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Executive Order No. 119
Restructuring Program for Electric Cooperatives

 

WHEREAS, the Congress of the Philippines enacted Republic Act No. 9136, otherwise known as the "Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001' (EPIRA), for the purpose of restructuring the electric power industry, including the restructuring of electric cooperatives (ECs);


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Executive Order No. 232
Amending Executive Order No. 462, Series of 1997. Enabling Private Sector Participation in the Exploration, Development, Utilization and Commercialization of Ocean, Solar and Wind Energy Resources for Power Generation

 

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 462, Series of 1997, enables the private sector to participate in the exploration, development, utilization and commercialization of ocean, solar and wind (OSW) energy resources for power generation and other energy uses;


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Executive Order No. 396, s. 2004
REDUCING THE RATES OF IMPORT DUTY ON COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS MOTOR VEHICLES AND NATURAL GAS VEHICLE INDUSTRY – RELATED EQUIPMENT, PARTS AND COMPONENTS UNDER SECTION 104 OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF 1978 (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1464), AS AMENDED

MALACAÑANG
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 396

REDUCING THE RATES OF IMPORT DUTY ON COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS MOTOR VEHICLES AND NATURAL GAS VEHICLE INDUSTRY – RELATED EQUIPMENT, PARTS AND COMPONENTS UNDER SECTION 104 OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF 1978 (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1464), AS AMENDED

WHEREAS, the Natural Gas Vehicle Program for Public Transport (NGVPPT), which was launched on 16 October 2002, aims to enhance energy supply security in the transport sector through fuel for transport;

WHEREAS, Executive Order 164 (Modifying the Nomenclature and the Rates of Import Duty on Various Products Under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978), issued on 10 January 2003, reduced the rates of duty on natural gas vehicle (NGV) industry-related equipment, parts and components to encourage active private sector participation in the NGVPPT in terms of providing the necessary support, logistics and infrastructure;

WHEREAS, Executive Order 290 (Implementing the Natural Gas Vehicle Program for Public Transport), issued on 24 February 2004, aims to ensure the effective implementation of the NGVPPT;

WHEREAS, import duties of 0% on compressed natural gas (CNG) motor vehicles and NGV, industry-related equipment, parts and components will serve as further incentive to NGVPPT participants to invest in CNG buses and equipment;

WHEREAS, Section 401 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978 (Presidential Decree No. 1464), as amended, empowers the President of the Republic of the Philippines to increase, reduce, or remove existing rates of import duty, as well as to modify the form of duty and tariff nomenclature, under Section 104 of the Code.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. The articles specifically listed in Annex “A” hereof, as classified under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, shall be subject to the Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN) import duty for the period in accordance with the schedule indicated opposite each article.

SECTION 2. The nomenclature and the rates of import duty on tariff headings not enumerated and those listed but represented by the symbol “x x x” shall remain in force and in effect.

SECTION 3. Upon the effectivity of this Executive Order, all articles listed in Annex “A” hereof which are entered or withdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines for consumption shall be levied the MFN rates of duty therein prescribed.

SECTION 4. The Department of Energy, in coordination with the Department of Trade and Industry, the National Economic and Development Authority and the Bureau of Customs, shall promulgate the implementing rules and regulations that will govern the implementation of this Executive Order.

SECTION 5. All Presidential issuances, administrative rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are contrary to or inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby revoked or modified accordingly.

SECTION 6. This Executive Order shall take effect thirty (30) days following its complete publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines.

Done in the City of Manila, this 31st day of December in the Year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Four.

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA
Executive Secretary

Reference: “Annex A”

Source: Malacañang Records Office

Office of the President of the Philippines. (2004). [Executive Order Nos. : 301-400]. Manila : Malacañang Records Office.

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