Temporarily Reducing/Suspending the Rates of Import Duty on Frequently Used Spare and Replacement Parts for Jeepneys and Buses Under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978 (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 1464), as Amended

October 2, 2003 EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 243 TEMPORARILY REDUCING/SUSPENDING THE RATES OF IMPORT DUTY ON FREQUENTLY USED SPARE AND REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES UNDER SECTION 104 OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMSCODE OF 1978 (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO.1464),AS AMENDED WHEREAS, the transport services sector is an important industry which moves goods and people to their destinations; WHEREAS, the temporary reduction/suspension in the rates of duty will mitigate the impact of the high cost of frequently used spare and replacement parts for jeepney and buses; WHEREAS, the reduction of cost of repair and maintenance of transport vehicles will prevent further increase in transport fares; WHEREAS, Section 401 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, empowers the President to increase, reduce or remove existing rates of duty, as well as, to modify the tariff nomenclature. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President 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 imposed the MFN rates of import duty in accordance with the schedule indicated opposite each article. AcSIDE SECTION 2. Upon the effectivity of this Executive Order, the articles in the aforesaid "Annex A",which are imported by duly accredited program proponent shall be levied the rates of duty herein prescribed. SECTION 3. The Secretary of Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) together with the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC),Department of Finance (DOF),and the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA),shall issue appropriate guidelines including the accreditation mechanism to implement the tariff privilege herein granted. The guidelines shall be issued within two (2) weeks from the complete publication of this Executive Order. SECTION 4. All other Presidential issuances, administrative rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby revokes or modified accordingly. SECTION 5. This Executive Order shall be effective for a period of six (6) months which shall commence immediately following its complete publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines. DONE in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of October, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Three. Published in Today and the Manila Standard on October 17, 2003. ANNEX "A" FREQUENTLY USED SPARE AND REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES Heading HS Code Description Rate of Duty (%) No. 2003 40.13 Inner tubes, of rubber. 4013.10 00 - Of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars),buses or lorries. 3 Ex INNER TUBES FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 0 * 70.02 Glass in balls (other than microspheres of heading No. 70.18),rods or tubes, unworked. - Tubes: 7002.39 00 - - Other 1 Ex INSULATION TUBES FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 0 * 70.20 Other articles of glass. 7020.00 90 - - - Other 5 Ex INSULATION TUBES FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3 * 73.20 Springs and leaves for springs, of iron or steel. 7320.10 00 - Leaf-springs and leaves therefor 10 Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3 * 84.09 Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the engines of heading No. 84.07 or 84.08. - Other: 8409.99 00 - - Other 1 Ex LINER (CYLINDERS);PISTONS AND PISTON RINGS FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 0 * 84.14 Air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors and fans; ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters. 8414.30 00 - Compressors of a kind used in refrigerating equipment 1 Ex AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSORS FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 0 * 84.21 Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers; filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus, for liquids or gases. - Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for liquids: 8421.23 00 - - Oil or petrol-filters for internal combustion engines 3 Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 1 * - Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for gases: 8421.31 00 - - Intake air filters for internal combustion engines 10 Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3 * 84.82 Ball or roller bearing 8482.10 00 - Ball bearings 1 Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 0 * 84.83 Transmission shafts (including cam shafts and crank shafts) and cranks; bearing housings and plain shafts bearings; gears and gearing; ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, including torque converters; flywheels and pulleys, including pulley blocks; clutches and shaft couplings (including universal joints). 8483.30 00 - Bearing housings, not incorporating ball or roller bearings; plain shaft bearings 1 Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 0 * 8483.40 00 - Gears and gearing, other than toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately; ball or rollers screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, including torque converters 1 Ex BENDIX DRIVE GEARS FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 0 * 84.84 Gaskets and similar joints of metal sheeting combined with other material or of two or more layers of metal; sets or assortments of gaskets and similar joints, dissimilar in composition, put up in pouches, envelops or similar packings; mechanical seals. 8484.10 00 - X X X 8484.20 00 - Mechanical seals 1 Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 0 * 8484.90 00 - Others 7 Ex OIL SEALS FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3 * 85.11 Electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines (for example, ignition magnetos, magneto-dynamos, ignition coils, sparking plugs and glow plugs, starter motors);generators (for example, dynamos, alternators) and cut-outs of a kind used in conjunction with such engines. 8511.40 - Starter motor and dual purpose starter-generators: 8511.40 90 - - - Other 10 Ex STARTER MOTORS FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3 * 8511.50 - Other generators: 8511.50 90 - - - Other 10 Ex ALTERNATORS FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3 * 8511.80 00 - Other equipment 3 Ex SOLENOIDS; GLOW PLUGS FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 0 * 85.36 Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp-holders, junction boxes),for a voltage not exceeding 1,000 volts. 8536.10 - Fuses: 8536.10 10 - - - Thermal fuses; glass type fuses 1 Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 0 * 8536.10 90 - - - Other 5 Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3 * 8536.90 - Other apparatus: 8536.90 90 - - - Other 1 Ex FUSE BOXES FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 0 * 85.44 Insulated (including enameled or anodised) wire, cable (including co-axial cable) and other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fibre cables, made up of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors. - Other electric conductors, for a voltage not exceeding 80 V: 8544.41 - - Fitted with connectors: 8544.41 10 - - - x x x; Battery cables 15 Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3 * 8544.49 - - Other: 8544.49 90 - - - Other 7 Ex AUTOMOTIVE LOW TENSION WIRES FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3 * 85.47 Insulating fittings for electrical machines, appliances or equipment, being fittings wholly of insulating material apart from any minor components of metal (for example threaded sockets) incorporated during moulding solely for the purpose of assembly, other than insulators of heading No. 85.46; electrical conduit tubing and joints therefore, of base metal lined with insulating material. 8547.20 00 - Insulating fittings of plastic 7 Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3 * 8547.90 00 - Other 7 Ex INSULATING FITTINGS OF GLASS FIBERS FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3 * 87.08 Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings Nos. 87.01 to 87.05. - Brakes and servo-brakes and parts thereof: 8708.31 00 - - Mounted brake linings 10 Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3 * 8708.39 00 - - Other 10 Ex MASTER WHEEL CYLINDERS FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3 * - Other parts and accessories: 8708.91 - - Radiators: 8708.91 90 - - - Other 10 Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3 * 8708.93 00 - - Clutches and parts thereof 10 Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3 * 8708.99 - - Other: 8708.99 90 - - - Other 10 Ex CROSS JOINTS; KINGPINS; TIE ROD ENDS FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3 * 90.25 Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments. 9025.80 - Other instruments: 9025.80 10 - - - Temperature gauges for motor vehicles 10 Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3 * 90.26 Instrument and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases (for example, flowmeters, level gauges, manometers, heat meters),excluding instruments and apparatus of heading No. 90.14, 90.15, 90.28 or 90.32. 9026.10 - For measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids: 9026.10 10 - - - Level gauges for motor vehicles 10 Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3 * 9026.20 - For measuring or checking pressure: 9026.20 10 - - - Pressure gauges for motor vehicles 10 Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3 * 90.30 Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading No. 90.28; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionizing radiations. - Other instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power, without a recording device: 9030.39 - - Other: 9030.39 10 - - - Ammeters and voltmeters for motor vehicles 10 Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3 * * When imported with prior accreditation by the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) and Certificate of Authority to Import from the Bureau of Import Services (BIS). Ex means extraction from the tariff heading/subheading.