Delineation of Jurisdiction of Ministries of Natural Resources and Trade and Industry on Forest Products

March 22, 1985

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 1013

DELINEATING THE JURISDICTION OF THE MINISTRIES OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND TRADE AND INDUSTRY OVER FOREST PRODUCTS

WHEREAS, the Ministry of Natural Resources has the primary jurisdiction relative to the gathering and extraction of forest products;

WHEREAS, the Ministry of Trade and Industry has the primary jurisdiction over all sectors of industry, including the processing and manufacturing of forest products;

WHEREAS, there is a need to delineate the functions of these Ministries over forest products, particularly in the issuances of licenses, concessions and permits relative to wood products, rattan and other forest products;

WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 1416, the President is empowered to reorganize the administrative structure of the National Government;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, and Presidential Decree No. 1416, as amended, do hereby order and ordain:

SECTION 1. The Ministry of Natural Resources shall be responsible for the regulation and supervision of all forest products at the extraction/gathering stage up to the log pond and including saw mills.

SECTION 2. The Ministry of Trade and Industry shall be responsible for the regulation and supervision of all forest products manufacturing and processing, including handling, transportation, storage, mechanical and chemical processing, after the forest products are taken out of the log ponds and saw mills.

SECTION 3. Within thirty (30) days from the promulgation of this Order, each Ministry shall promulgate the necessary regulations covering licensing of the various operations relative to forest products, including rattan, within their respective jurisdiction.

SECTION 4. The provisions of Executive Order No. 709 and its implementing regulations relative to licensing of processing and manufacturing plants of forest products, including rattan, and all other laws, decrees, orders, proclamations, rules and regulations or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 5. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of March, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five.

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 81 No. 13 page 1282 on April 1, 1985.