MALACAŅANG
MANILA
BY
THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
EXECUTIVE
ORDER NO. 617
MODIFYING
THE RATES OF DUTY ON CERTAIN IMPORTED ARTICLES AS PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE TARIFF
AND CUSTOMS CODE OF 1978, AS AMENDED, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE COMMITMENT TO
REDUCE THE COMMON EFFECTIVE PREFERENTIAL TARIFF RATES OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS TO
ZERO PERCENT UNDER THE ASEAN FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT FOR THE INTEGRATION OF PRIORITY
SECTORS
WHEREAS, at the 10th ASEAN Summit held in Vientianne on 29 November 2004, the
ASEAN Heads of Government/State signed the ASEAN Framework Agreement for the
Integration of Priority Sectors hereinafter referred to as the "Framework
Agreement";
WHEREAS, the objective of the
Framework Agreement is to enable the progressive, expeditious and systematic
integration of priority sectors through the identification of measures to be
implemented with clear timelines, in a mutually beneficial manner, by the ASEAN
Member States;
WHEREAS, Article 2 of the
Framework Agreement Identifies eleven (11) priority sectors, namely, agro-based
products, air travel, automotives, e-ASEAN, electronics, fisheries, healthcare,
rubber-based products, textiles and apparels, tourism, wood-based products;
WHEREAS,
Article 4 of the Framework Agreement provides that Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia,
Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand shall eliminate by 1 January
2007 all Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) rates of products (other
than those in the sensitive, highly sensitive and general exception lists)
covered by the individual ASEAN Sectoral Integration Protocols, except those
listed in accompanying negative lists to the Protocols;
WHEREAS, on 14 January 2007, the
NEDA Board approved the reduction of CEPT rates to 0% on various products in
compliance with the Philippine commitment under the Framework Agreement;
WHEREAS, Section 402 of the
Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, empowers the President upon the
recommendation of the National Economic and Development Authority, to increase,
reduce or remove existing protective rates of import duty, as well as to modify
the form of duty;
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 (Articles Granted Zero (0%) AFTA-CEPT
Concession under the ASEAN Framework Agreement for the Integration of Priority
Sectors), as classified under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of
1978, as amended, shall be subject to the ASEAN CEPT rate indicated in Column 4
of Annex "A". The ASEAN CEPT rates so indicated shall be accorded to
imports coming from ASEAN Member States applying CEPT concession to the same
products pursuant to Article 4 of the CEPT Agreement and its Interpretative
Notes.
SEC. 2. From the date of effectivity of this Order, all articles listed in Annex "A" entered into or
withdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines for consumption shall be imposed
the rates of duty therein prescribed subject to compliance with the Rules of
Origin as provided for in the Agreement on the CEPT Scheme for the AFTA signed
on 28 January 1992.
SEC. 3. All presidential issuances, administrative rules
and regulations, or parts thereof, which are contrary to or inconsistent with
this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
SEC. 4. This
Executive Order shall take effect immediately following its complete publication
in the Official Gazette or in a national newspaper of general circulation in the
Philippines.
Done
in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of April, in the year of Our Lord, Two
Thousand and Seven.
GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO
By the President:
(signed)
EDUARDO R. ERMITA
Executive Secretary
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