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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING/CONSULTATION
(Note: Additional coverage to the Notice
of Public Hearing/Consultation as published on 19 February
2008 in Manila Standard Today and Manila Times) |
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING/CONSULTATION
Pursuant to Sections 401/402 of the Tariff and Customs
Code, as amended, the Tariff Commission will conduct a
public hearing/consultation on (a) petition to reduce the
duty rates on certain feed ingredients and (b) products
under the Sensitive and Highly Sensitive Lists of the
ASEAN China Free Trade Agreement on Trade in Goods which
can be liberalized by transferring them to the Normal
Track List. Schedule of the said hearing is on 04 March
2008, at 9:00 A.M., at the Tariff Commission Conference Room, 5th Floor
Philippine Heart Center Building,
East Avenue, Diliman,
Quezon City.
Items
indicated below are the products covered:
A.
Section 401 Petition
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Chapter/Heading No. |
Product Description |
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1201; 2304; 2303 |
Soyabeans; soyabean meal;
brewing or distilling dregs and waste; tapioca residue
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B. Sensitive and Highly
Sensitive Lists |
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Chapter/Heading No. |
Product Description |
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Chapters 1-7, 1602; 0814;
0904; 0910; 1005, 1006; 1108; 1701; 2309 |
Live swine, pork and
preparations thereof; live poultry, poultry meat and
preparations thereof; vegetables (e.g., potatoes, onions
and shallots, garlic, cauliflower and headed broccoli,
carrots; manioc and sweet potatoes; peel of citrus fruit
or melons; fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the
genus Pimenta; ginger; corn; rice; maize and
cassava starch; sugar; animal feeds |
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2835;
Chapter 39; 4009; 4011;
4016 |
Sodium triphosphate
(sodium tripolyphosphate); tetrasodium pyrophosphate;
plastics and articles thereof; tubes, pipes and hoses of
vulcanized rubber; tyres; other articles of vulcanized
rubber |
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5603; 5607; 5703; 5705;
5802; 5903; 5904 |
Nonwovens; twine,
cordages, ropes and cables of polyethylene or
polypropylene; carpets and other textile floor
coverings; terry toweling and similar woven terry
fabrics of cotton; textile fabrics impregnated, coated,
covered or laminated with plastics; linoleum |
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Chapters 61, 62, 63, 64 |
Articles of apparel and
clothing accessories; other made up textile articles;
sets; rags; footwear |
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7003; 7005; 7009; 7207;
7208; 7209; 7210; 7211; 7212; 7320 |
Cast, rolled and float
glass; mirrors; semi-finished products of iron or
non-alloy steel; rolled products of iron and non-alloy
steel; springs and leaves for springs, of iron or steel |
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8409; 8413.30; 8415;
8418; 8450; 8481 |
Parts of engines of
heading 8407 or 8408; fuel, lubricating or cooling
medium pumps for internal combustion piston engines; air
conditioning; refrigeration and washing machines; taps,
cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes, boiler
shells, tanks, etc. |
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8511; 8512; 8536; 8544;
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Distributors; ignition
coils; starter motors and generators; lighting, visual
and signaling equipment; switches and other electrical
apparatus for switching, protecting electrical circuits;
ignition wiring sets and other electric conductors |
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8702; 8703; 8704; 8706;
8707; 8708; 8711; 8714 |
Motor vehicles,
motorcycles and parts thereof |
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9029; 9104; 9401 |
Speed indicators and
tachometers; strotoscopes; clocks; seats for motor
vehicles |
Interested parties will be given opportunity to be heard
and to present evidences in support of their positions.
For particulars, please inquire at the Information
Division, Tel. Nos. 433-5896 or 433-5898.
Issued this 21st day of February 2008, Quezon
City, Metro Manila.
(SGD.) EDGARDO B. ABON
Chairman
Published: Manila Standard Today / Manila
Times, 23 February 2008 |
Notice of Public Hearing/ Consultation |
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING/CONSULTATION
Pursuant to Sections 401/402 of the Tariff and Customs Code of the
Philippines,
as amended, the Tariff Commission will conduct a public
hearing/consultation on
04 March 2008 at
9:00 A.M.
at 9:00 A.M., at the Tariff Commission Conference Room, 5th Floor,
Philippine Heart Center Bldg.,
East Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City.
1. ASEAN-China
Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA)
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HS Chapters |
Particular |
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01-97 |
To determine which products
under the Normal Track of the Agreement on Trade in
Goods covered by E.O. 487 series of 2006 and under E.O.
613 series of 2007 to be granted flexibility in 2012
(i.e., to be reduced to zero by 01 January 2012). |
2. ASEAN-Korea Free Trade Agreement (AKFTA)
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HS Chapters |
Particular |
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01-97 |
a) To determine which products
under the Normal Track of the Agreement on Trade in
Goods covered by E.O. 639 series of 2007 that will
comprise the 90% target at zero by 01 January 2009; and
b) To determine the products
that will comprise the 5% flexibility by 2012 (i.e. to
be reduced to zero by 01 January 2012) |
3.
Multi-Chip
Integrated Circuits as parts of machines classified under
Chapters 84, 85, 87, 90 and 95 to be reduced to zero :
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HS Chapter |
Product Coverage |
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Chapter 84 |
Parts of machinery and
mechanical appliances, etc. |
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Chapter 85 |
Parts of electrical machinery
and equipment and sound recorders and reproducers |
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Chapter 87 |
Parts of vehicles other than
railway or tramway rolling-stock |
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Chapter 90 |
Parts of optical,
photographic, measuring, checking, precision,
instruments and apparatus |
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95.04 |
Parts of funfair, table or
parlor games, etc. |
Interested parties will be given opportunity to be
heard and to present evidence in support of their
positions. For particulars, please contact the Information
Division at telephone Nos. 433‑5896 or 433-5898.
Issued this 14th day of February 2008, Quezon
City, Metro Manila.
EDGARDO B.ABON
Chairman
Published: Manila Standard Today / Manila
Times, 19 February 2008
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CUSTOMS MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR No. 536-2007 |
December 6, 2007
CUSTOMS MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR
No. 536-2007
TO : ALL District Collectors
Chief, Export Division/ Unit
All others Concerned
SUBJECT : Implementation of the Philippines on the Trade in
Goods Agreement Under the ASEAN-KOREA Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
pursuant to the Issuance of Certificate of Origin Form AK on
01 January 2008
_________________________
IN LINE WITH the country’s commitment on international
agreement in the issuance of Certificates of Origin (CO)
under the ASEAN-Korea FTA Form AK, and in compliance to the
legal enactments of Executive Orders 638 and 639 (CMC
315-2007), the issuance of CO Form AK for export to Korea
shall take into force on 01 January 2008.
The CO Form AK is an accountable forms of the Bureau of
Customs and shall be available and distributed by the
General Services Division upon request from concerned Export
Division/Units in all Ports/Sub-ports this Bureau.
Be guided accordingly.
NAPOLEON L. MORALES
Commissioner
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Notice of Public
Hearing/Consultation
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING/CONSULTATION
Pursuant to Sections 401
and 402 of the Tariff and Customs Code of the
Philippines, as amended, the Tariff Commission will
conduct a public hearing/consultation on tariff
modification on products listed below. The public
hearing is scheduled on 26 November 2007, 9:00 a.m., at the Tariff Commission Conference Room, 5th Floor,
Philippine Heart Center Building,
East Avenue, Diliman,
Quezon City.
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HS/AHTN CODE |
COVERAGE |
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1516.20.73 |
Hydrogenated castor oil |
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27.09 |
Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous
minerals, crude |
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27.10 |
Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous
materials (other than crude) and preparations not
elsewhere specified or included, containing by
weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or of oils
obtained from bituminous materials, these oils being
the basic constituents of the preparations; waste
oils. |
Interested parties will
be given opportunity to be heard and present evidence in
support of their positions. For particulars, please
inquire at the Information Division, Tel. Nos. 433-5896
or 433-5898.
Issued this 20th day of November
2007, Quezon City, Metro Manila.
(SGD)
EDGARDO B. ABON
Chairman
The Manila Times, November 21, 2007
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Customs Memorandum Order No. 33-2007
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Re: Implementing CAO No. 9-2007
entitled "Pursuant to Executive Order Number 375 entitled
"Modifying the Rates of Import Duty on Certain Iron and
Steel Products under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs
code of 1978 (Presidential Decree No. 1404), as amended, "
and the Implementing Rules and Regulations thereof (Joint
DTI-BOI, DOF, NEDA and BOC Administrative Order No. 01,
Series of 2006)
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coverage.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING / CONSULTATION |
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING/CONSULTATION
Pursuant to
Sections 401/402 of the Tariff and Customs Code, as amended,
the Tariff Commission will conduct a public
hearing/consultation on the items indicated below on
October 16, 2007, at 9:00
A.M., at the Tariff Commission Conference Room, 5th
Floor Philippine Heart Center Building, East Avenue, Diliman,
Quezon City.
A.
Petition under Section 401/402
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Heading No. |
Product Description |
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6115.11
6115.19
6115.20 |
Compression medical stockings
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B. Petition under Section 402; Request of Myanmar
under the AISP |
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Heading No. |
Product Description |
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0303.69.10
0303.79.10 |
Other marine fish (frozen) |
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0708.20.00 |
Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.), fresh or
chilled |
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0713.31 |
Beans of the species Vigna mungo (L.)
Hepper or Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek,
dried, shelled, whether or not skinned or split |
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2402.20 |
Cigarettes containing tobacco |
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3304.99.90 |
Other beauty and make-up preparations and preparations
for the care of the skin |
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4602.10 |
Basketwork, wickerwork and other articles of vegetable
materials |
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5514.49.00 |
Other woven fabrics |
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6403.59.90 |
Other footwear with outer soles of leather |
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6404.19.00 |
Other footwear with outer soles of rubber or plastics |
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9401.61.20 |
Other seats, with wooden frames, upholstered, not
assembled |
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9403.60.19 |
Other wooden furniture of a kind used in the dining
and living rooms, not assembled |
Interested parties will be given opportunity to be heard and
to present evidences in support of their positions. For
particulars, please inquire at the Information Division,
Tel. Nos. 433-5896 or 433-5898.
Issued this 5TH day of October 2007, Quezon
City, Metro
Manila.
EDGARDO B. ABON
Chairman |
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NOTICE OF
PUBLIC CONSULTATION
(PETITION
FOR
EXTENSION OF THE IMPOSITION OF SAFEGUARD MEASURE AGAINST THE
IMPORTATION OF CERAMIC FLOOR AND WALL TILES) |
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR
EXTENSION OF THE IMPOSITION OF
SAFEGUARD MEASURE AGAINST THE
IMPORTATION OF CERAMIC FLOOR AND WALL TILES
(AHTN NOS. 6907.90.10; 6907.90.90; 6908.90.11;
6908.90.19; 6908.90.21; 6908.90.29; 6908.90.90)
FOR :
SAFEGUARD MEASURE
(R.A. No. 8800)
S.G. INV. No. 01-2007
PHILIPPINE
CERAMIC TILE INDUSTRY,
AS REPRESENTED BY THE CERAMIC
TILE MANUFACTURERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.
Petitioner
x
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NOTICE
OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Section 10 of
Commission Order No. 00-02 prescribing the Rules and
Regulations to Govern the Conduct of Investigation by the
Tariff Commission on Safeguard Measure pursuant to
R. A. 8800, a public consultation will be held at the
Conference Room of the Tariff Commission, 5th
Floor, Philippine Heart Center Building, East Avenue,
Diliman, Quezon City on the following dates and time:
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Date |
Time |
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22
October 2007 |
9:00
a.m. |
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23
October 2007 |
9:00
a.m. |
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24
October 2007 |
9:00
a.m. |
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25
October 2007 |
9:00 a.m |
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26
October 2007 |
9:00 a.m |
Once commenced, the public consultation shall continue as
scheduled with morning and afternoon sessions.
The
Parties are also required to submit to the Commission on or
before 19 October 2007, a list of issues they want to
explore in the consultation other than the issues on product
comparability. A party who does not submit a list of issues
is deemed to have no controversial/contestable matter to
raise, hence, will be given less priority in the order of
parties to ask clarificatory questions during the public
consultation. Parties are also required to submit to the
Commission the affidavits of their witnesses three (3) days
prior to the public consultation.
All principal parties, counsels, affiants,
deponents and other interested parties should appear before
the Commission on the first day of the public consultation.
For particulars, please inquire from any member
of the Safeguard Measures Task Force on Ceramic Tiles at
Tel. Nos. (632) 433-5898 and 928‑8419 or e-mail us at
tarcm@mydestiny.net.
Issued this 21st day of September 2007.
EDGARDO R. MARALIT
Acting Commissioner
Officer-in-Charge
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ORDER
(SG Inv. 07-001) |
IN
THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR
EXTENSION OF THE IMPOSITION OF
SAFEGUARD MEASURE AGAINST THE
IMPORTATION OF CERAMIC FLOOR AND WALL TILES
(AHTN NOS. 6907.90.10; 6907.90.90; 6908.90.11;
6908.90.19; 6908.90.21; 6908.90.29; 6908.90.90)
FOR : SAFEGUARD MEASURE
(R.A. No.
8800)
S.G. INV. No.
01-2007
PHILIPPINE CERAMIC TILE INDUSTRY,
AS REPRESENTED BY THE CERAMIC
TILE MANUFACTURERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.
Petitioner
x
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ORDER
Pursuant to
Section 4, Paragraph 2 of Commission Order No. 00-02
(Rules and Regulations to Govern the Conduct of
Investigation by the Tariff Commission pursuant to
Republic Act 8800, otherwise known as the “Safeguard
Measures Act”), the following matters were taken up and
agreed upon by the parties present during the Preliminary
Conference held on September 18, 2007:
SCHEDULE
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Action Required |
Date |
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Submission of the
attachments to the Petition as filed with the
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI); Preliminary
Adjustment Plan; Submission of Non-confidential
version of the Petition for Extension by the
Petitioner |
September 19, 2007 |
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Data Verification/
Ocular Inspection |
September 19-28,
2007 |
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Submission of
Preliminary/ Supplemental Position Papers/
Documentary Evidences |
September 28, 2007 |
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Issuance and
Publication of Notice of Public Consultation/Hearing |
October 9, 2007 |
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Submission of Final
Adjustment Plan |
October 9, 2007 |
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Issuance of
Commission Staff Report (Public Version) |
October 15, 2007 |
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Submission of
Comments on the Staff Report and List of Issues to
be Explored in the Consultation |
October 19, 2007 |
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Public Consultation
/ Hearing |
October 22-26, 2007 |
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Submission of
Amended/ Final Position Papers |
October 29, 2007 |
ENTRY OF APPEARANCE/ LIST OF
INTERESTED PARTIES
All interested parties
(petitioner/ oppositor/ other interested parties),
regardless of whether they were present at the preliminary
conference or not, are enjoined to formally enter their
appearance through a Motion filed with the Commission
indicating their names, addresses and contact numbers
including the name, address and contact number of their
counsel, if represented by one. Hereafter, notices shall be
served only to those who manifested their interest through
the filing of said Motion. The Commission should likewise be
informed immediately of any changes in the company
leadership and/or representing counsel.
The parties are
required to inform the Commission of their alternate and/or
collaborating counsels aside from their Counsels of Record
to avoid delays in the conduct of the public consultation.
SUFFICIENT NOTICE
A notice to the
counsel representing a party is considered notice to the
latter.
Parties shall be
notified either by fax, e-mail, personal delivery or by
mail.
ACCESSIBILITY OF DOCUMENTS
Documents
submitted to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) that
are not marked confidential and those similarly unmarked to
be submitted to the Commission as the investigation
progresses will form part of the public file. Two (2) copies
of said documents will be made available, one for the
petitioner or those in support of the application and the
other for the oppositor of the application.
Documents from
the public file may be reproduced at cost at the Tariff
Commission upon request by interested parties from any
member of the technical staff of the Commission.
In cases where
voluminous documents are submitted to the Commission, the
requirement of service to the parties is waived as long as
the submitting party files a Motion to Admit/Deposit with
the Commission the said voluminous documents together with
their consent to make the same available for review,
examination and/or reproduction by the other parties.
CONFIDENTIALITY OF DOCUMENTS
Parties which
submit documents marked confidential should provide a public
version of the same. The Commission, however, reserves the
right to declassify certain documents as non-confidential.
All documents and evidence submitted to the Commission not
marked as confidential will be made available in the public
file.
SUBMISSION OF POSITION
PAPER/S
Interested
parties are given until September 28, 2007 to submit their
respective position papers, affidavits of witnesses, all
documentary evidence and other information in support of
their position. These submissions are deemed preliminary or
supplementary for purposes of the Commission’s
investigation.
Copies of these
submissions should be served to the other parties.
ADDITIONAL DATA
The Commission,
in the course of the investigation, may request additional
data from all parties which are to be verified by the
investigating team. Ocular inspection and/or plant visits
will also be conducted.
ADJUSTMENT PLAN
The adjustment
plan to be submitted by the petitioner for safeguard measure
shall provide a clear quantification of its proposed goals
and detail the efforts that the domestic industry and other
concerned parties will make to place the domestic industry
in a more competitive position.
PUBLIC CONSULTATION
Public
consultation shall be on October 22 - 26, 2007. Once
commenced, the public consultation shall continue as
scheduled with morning and afternoon sessions.
All parties are required to be present on the first day of
the public consultation.
SO ORDERED.
Quezon City,
September 18, 2007.
EDGARDO
R. MARALIT
Acting Commissioner
Presiding Officer
(to be published in two (2) newspapers) |
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
/ CONSULTATION
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IN
THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR
EXTENSION OF THE IMPOSITION OF
SAFEGUARD MEASURE AGAINST THE
IMPORTATION OF CERAMIC FLOOR AND WALL TILES
(AHTN NOS. 6907.90.10; 6907.90.90; 6908.90.11;
6908.90.19; 6908.90.21; 6908.90.29; 6908.90.90)
FOR : SAFEGUARD MEASURE
(R.A. No.
8800)
S.G. INV. NO.
01-2007
PHILIPPINE CERAMIC TILE INDUSTRY,
AS REPRESENTED BY THE CERAMIC
TILE MANUFACTURERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.
Petitioner
x
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NOTICE OF FORMAL
INVESTIGATION
Pursuant to
Section 19 of R.A. 8800, otherwise known as the “Safeguard
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