Rules and Regulations Implementing Executive Order No. 1016

April 25, 1985

RULES AND REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 1016

SECTION 1. Coverage. — For the purpose of these rules and regulations, inspection, commodity and export clearance requirements shall include all other pre-exportation requirements administered by any government office, bureau, agency or instrumentality, such as, but not limited to permits, certificates of authority to export or exemptions from the export ban, clearances, authorizations, licenses and the like, however termed, other than those required by the Bureau of Customs to authorize loading.

SECTION 2. Abolition. — All inspection, commodity and export clearance requirements on Philippine exports are hereby abolished, with the exemption of those provided in Sections 3 and 4 herein.

SECTION 3. Export Clearance Retained. — The following inspection, commodity and export clearance requirements shall continue in full force and effects: EDHTAI

a. Garments and Textile Export Board — for exports of garments and textiles, carpets, polyester staple fiber, filament yarns, fabrics, upholstered furniture and other natural and synthetic fibers to all countries with or without quota.

b. DTI Copper Export Clearance Office — for export of copper.

c. Those covered by international agreements to which the Philippines is a signatory:

(1) Bureau of Plant Industry — Phytosanitary Certificate (i.e., plant health certificate) pursuant to the requirements under the International Plant Protection Convention (FAO), covering fresh fruits and vegetables, live insects, seeds and nuts for planting and for consumption, spices and medicinal herbs. IcHEaA

(2) Philippine Sugar Commission — Export Clearance for sugar and molasses.

(3) International Coffee Organization Certifying Agency — Export Clearance for coffee.

SECTION 4. Controlled, Prohibited and Banned Products. — For the purposes of these rules and regulations, the following shall be classified as controlled products for exportation from the Philippines, and shall continue to be subject to Certificate of Exemption prior to exportation, issued by the appropriate government office, bureau, agency or instrumentality opposite them:

	Products	Office
1.	Abaca seeds, seedlings, suckers and root stocks	Department of Agriculture
2.	Aircrafts or parts	Office of the President
3.	Animal, animal products and animal effects	Bureau of Animal Industry
4.	Antiques, cultural artifacts and historical relics	National Museum
5.	Bangus fry, mother bangus (sabalo) and eels	Bureau of Fisheries and
	fifteen (15) centimeters in length or less	Aquatic Resources
6.	Buri seeds and seedlings	Office of the President
7.	Cement and clinker	Board of Investments
				(Construction Materials Dept.)
8.	Firearms, ammunition and explosives	Philippine National Police
9.	Gold			Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
10.	Grains and grain by-products	National Food Authority
11.	Logs, poles and piles including log core and	Forest Management Bureau
	flitches/railroad ties
12.	Matured coconuts and coconut seedlings	Philippine Coconut Authority
13.	Philippine notes, coins, checks, money orders	Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
	and other bills of exchange drawn in pesos
	against Philippine banks exceeding five
	hundred pesos (P500.00)
14.	Prawns spawners (mother prawns) and	Bureau of Fisheries and
	fry (baby prawns)	Aquatic Resources
15.	Raw materials for cottage industries listed below:	Cottage Industry Technology
				Center
		a.	Bamboo
		b.	Buntal or buri fibers
		c.	Monkey pods (acacia)
		d.	Rattan (including poles)
		e.	Semi-finished or semi-processed capiz shells
16.	Shell			Bureau of Fisheries and
				Aquatic Resources
17.	Wildlife species, mammals and birds,	Forest Management Bureau
	including monkey eating eagles

SECTION 5. Optional Issuance of Certification. — Upon written request voluntarily submitted with the explanation supporting the same and specifying the use or uses therefor, inspection commodity and/or export clearance requirements as defined in Section 1 hereof may be issued by the government office, bureau, agency or instrumentality concerned to the Philippine exporter, foreign importer, or other interested party. EAcTDH

SECTION 6. Reinstatement of Requirements. — Notwithstanding the foregoing provision, inspection, commodity and export clearance requirements as defined in Section 1 hereof may be reinstated with prior notice by the Inter-Agency Committee created by Executive Order 1016 composed of the representative of the Department of Trade and Industry as Chairman, and the representatives of the Department of Finance and Budget, Bangko Sentral, and the National Economic and Development Authority. Requests from government offices, agencies, bureau — entities for reinstatement shall be addressed to the Chairman of the Inter-Agency Committee, together with their written explanation in support of such requests. In discharging its functions, the Inter-Agency Committee may consult with the Export Development Council and/or the Philippine Exporters Confederation. Nothing herein shall preclude the Inter-Agency Committee from reinstating an export or commodity clearance provisionally for a limited period during an emergency or state of shortage or when circumstances so warrant.

SECTION 7. Grounds for Reinstatement. — In considering a request for reinstatement submitted pursuant to the preceding Section, the Inter-Agency Committee shall send notices to parties concerned. In deciding upon such requests for reinstatement, the Inter-Agency Committee shall consider such factors as may be related to national security, public order and safety, requirements of the importing country or of the exporter, or both, as well as such other factors as may, in the judgement of the Inter-Agency Committee, pertain to the national interest.

SECTION 8. No New Clearances. — No new inspection, commodity and export clearance requirements as defined in Section 1 of these rules and regulations may be imposed by a government office, bureau, agency, instrumentality without prior approval by the Inter-Agency Committee.

SECTION 9. Effectivity. — These rules and regulations shall take effect on April twenty-five, nineteen hundred and eighty-five. cADEHI

ROBERTO V. ONGPINMinistry of Trade and IndustryChairman

RAMON B. CARDENASActing Director-General

MANUEL ALBAMinister of the Budget Member

VICENTE B. VALDEPEÑASDirector-General, National Economic and Development AuthorityMember

GABRIEL C. SINGSONSenior Deputy GovernorCentral BankMember

ALFREDO PIO DE LEONActing Minister of FinanceMember