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Executive Order No. 102 (2020)
—Section 1609 of Republic Act (RA) No. 10863 or the "Customs Modernization and Tariff Act," provides that the President shall, upon the recommendation of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), modify import duties, including any necessary change in classification and other import restrictions as required or appropriate to carry out and promote foreign trade with other countries; and
Section 1.
Schedule of Tariff Commitments. —The articles listed in the Philippine Schedule of Tariff Commitments under the AHKFTA, which is attached as an Annex hereof, shall be subject to the rates of import duty indicated in columns 3 to 16 thereof.
Section 2.
Applicable AHKFTA Rate. —All goods originating from Hong Kong, China and the ASEAN Member States, in accordance with the aforementioned Philippine Schedule of Tariff Commitments, entered into or withdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines for consumption, shall be levied the rates of duties prescribed therein, subject to the submission of a Certificate of Origin, in compliance with the Rules of Origin under the AHKFTA.
The Tariff Commission may be requested to issue advance rulings on tariff classification of goods to confirm the applicable rates of duty of particular goods subject of this Order, consistent with Section 1100 of RA No. 10863.
Section 3.
Right of Recourse. —Nothing in this Order shall preclude the Government of the Philippines from invoking its right of recourse to all trade remedy measures provided for in its laws, the AHKFTA, and other relevant international agreements in order to ensure the prevention of import surges or unfair trade practices.
Section 4.
Repealing Clause. —All previous issuances inconsistent with this Order are hereby repealed or amended accordingly. ℒαwρhi৷
Section 5.
Separability Clause. —In the event that any provision of this Order or any part thereof is declared invalid, illegal or unconstitutional, the provisions not affected thereby shall remain in force and effect.
Section 6.
Effectivity. —This Order shall take effect immediately following its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
DONE, —in the City of Manila, this 10th day of January in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty.
(SGD.)— RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
By the President:
(SGD.)— SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA Executive Secretary