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Executive Order No. 142 (2013)
ASEAN Leaders decided to establish an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by 2015 and adopted the AEC Blueprint at the 13th ASEAN Summit on 20 November 2007 to establish ASEAN as a single market and production base, making it more dynamic and competitive as an economic region where there is a free flow of goods, services, investment, skilled labor and capital;
SECTION 1.
Objective. The MOU on the Second Pilot Project, which is attached as an integral part of this Order, aims to implement a regional self-certification system within the AFTA, in preparation for the development and operationalization of an ASEAN-wide Self-Certification System by 2015.
SECTION 2.
Self-Certification Scheme. Under the self-certification scheme, there shall be no need to present a Certificate of Origin (Form D) in claiming tariff preferences as it allows Certified Exporters to self-declare that their products have satisfied the ATIGA ROO by making such declaration on the commercial invoice.
SECTION 3.
Procedural Arrangements. The MOU on the Second Pilot Project shall be implemented according to the modalities set out in its Annex.
SECTION 4.
Obligations. Throughout the implementation of the MOU on the Second Pilot Project, the Philippines shall accord to goods originating from other participating Member States the preferential tariff treatment set out in Article 19 of ATIGA, upon the submission of either a Certificate of Origin (Form D), or an Invoice Declaration made by a Certified Exporter in accordance with the Annex of the MOU on the Second Pilot Project and the regulations of the Bureau of Customs (BOC).
SECTION 5.
Implementing Agency. The BOC shall be the implementing agency for the MOU on the Second Pilot Project, and shall perform the following functions:
a. Grant, suspend or revoke the status of Certified Exporters, subject to the qualifications/criteria/conditions it may impose;
b. Monitor the proper use of the Certified Exporters status, including the verification of the authenticity and validity of the Invoice Declarations made;
c. Monitor compliance of Certified Exporters with the laws, rules and regulations pertinent to exportation and importation; and
d. Perform other appropriate functions consistent with the implementation of the MOU on the Second Pilot Project.
A Customs Administrative Order shall be issued by BOC for this purpose after consultations with relevant stakeholders.
SECTION 6.
Repealing Clause. All issuances, orders, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Order are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
SECTION 7.
Separability Clause. If any provision of this Order is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected thereby shall remain valid and subsisting.
SECTION 8.
Effectivity Clause. This Order shall take effect immediately upon publication in a newspaper of general circulation and shall remain in force until the termination of the MOU on the Second Pilot Project.
DONE, in the City of Manila, this 14th of October, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Thirteen.
(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
By the President:
(Sgd.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR. Executive Secretary