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 CUSTOMS CODE 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.