Amendments to E.O. No. 153 (s. 1994) Re: Modified Rates of Duty on Certain Imported Articles

April 27, 1994 EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 173 AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO.153, SERIES OF 1994, ENTITLED "MODIFYING THE RATESOF DUTY ON CERTAIN IMPORTED ARTICLES AS PROVIDED UNDER THE TARIFFAND CUSTOMSCODE OF 1978, AS AMENDED, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENTTHE MINIMUM NINETY PER CENTUM (90%) MARGIN OFPREFERENCE ON CERTAIN PRODUCTSINCLUDED IN THE NESTLE ASEANINDUSTRIAL JOINTVENTURE (AIJV) PROJECTS, AS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE III, PARAGRAPH 1 OF THE REVISEDBASIC AGREEMENT ON AIJV" WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 153, dated 25 January 1994, was issued implementing the minimum ninety per centum (90%) margin of Preference on certain products included in the NESTLE-ASEAN Industrial Joint Venture (AIJV) Projects; WHEREAS, a review of the said Executive Order disclosed certain omissions and typographical errors in both the body and annex of the Executive Order; WHEREAS, it is imperative that the errors be rectified to prevent confusion that may arise in the implementation of the Executive Order; cd i NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, pursuant to the powers vested in me under Section 402 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, do hereby order: The fourth WHEREAS of Executive Order No. 153 dated 25 January 1994, is hereby amended to read as follows: "WHEREAS, the commercial production of non-dairy creamer by Nestle ASEAN THAILAND, Ltd. started in November 1993; that of "Smarties" chocolate dragees and "Kitkat" chocolate wafers by Nestle Asean (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. in December 1993; and that of soya-based milk powder by. P.T. Nestle ASEAN INDONESIA in January 1994;" Section 1 of Executive Order No. 153 dated 25 January 1994, is hereby amended to read as follows: "SECTION 1. The article specifically listed in Annex "A" as classified under Section 104 of the Tariffand CustomsCode of 1978, as amended, shall be accorded a minimum ninety per centum (90%) MOP as specified in column 8 of said Annex "A". In effect, such articles shall be subject to the AIJV Preferential Tariff in accordance with the schedule indicated opposite each article as specified in columns 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 of Annex "A". asia dc Annex "A" of Executive Order No. 153 dated 25 January 1994, is hereby amended to read as follows: Annex "A" ARTICLES GRANTED 90% MARGIN OF PREFERENCE UNDER THE NESTLE ASEAN INDUSTRIAL JOINT VENTURE (AIJV) Rate of Duty (%) Applicable AIJV Preferential Tariff (%) HS Code Description 1 July MOP 1 July 1 Nov 1 Dec 1 Jan (%) 1 Nov 1 Dec 1 Jan 1983 1993 1994 1983 1993 1994 1994 1995 1994 1995 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) ex 1909.90 00 Chocolate dragees 50 50 50 50 50 80 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 1901.90 10 Soya-based milk powder 10 10 10 10 10 90 1.0 1.0 1.0 ex 1905.30 00 Chocolate Wafers 40 40 40 35 30 80 4.0 4.0 3.5 3.0 ex 2106.90 90 Non-Dairy creamer 40 40 40 35 30 90 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.5 3.0 SECTION 4. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately. cdt DONE in the City of Manila, this 27th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Four. Published in Malaya and the Philippine Times Journal on May 7, 1994. Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 90 No. 28 Page 3990 on July 11, 1994.