Deferring the Implementation of P.D. No. 1089 Re: Specific Tax on Alcohol or Distilled Spirits

August 1, 1980 LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1051 DEFERRING THEIMPLEMENTATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE1089 WHICH SEEKS TO IMPOSE A SPECIFICTAX ON ALCOHOL OR DISTILLED SPIRITS USED AS MOTORFUEL TO : The Minister, Ministry of Energy The Minister, Ministry of Finance The Commissioner, Bureau of Internal Revenue The Executive Director, Philippine National Alcohol Commission WHEREAS, it is a national policy to develop substitute sources of motor fuels which are indigenous and preferably renewable; WHEREAS, Presidential Decree 1089 poses temporary constraints on the commercial development of fuel alcohol as an indigenous and renewable form of motor fuel. NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order the following: aisa dc SECTION 1. The implementation of PD 1089 is hereby temporarily suspended until further instructions. SECTION 2. The Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Energy and the Philippine National Alcohol Commission shall jointly reassess and review the specific tax on fuel alcohol and recommend, if necessary, the rate thereof as well as the timing of the continuation of the implementation of PD 1089. cd i SECTION 3. The Commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Executive Director of the Philippine National Alcohol Commission shall jointly promulgate the rules and regulations pursuant to the implementation of this Letter of Instructions. DONE in the City of Manila, this 1st day of August, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty. cd i