Executive Order No. 376 (2004) — MODIFYING THE RATES OF IMPORT DUTY ON CERTAIN IMPORTED ARTICLES UNDER SECTION 104 OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS COED OF 1978 AS AMENDED, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT SECTION 1 OF REPUBLIC ACT 9281, REINSTATING THE EFFECTIVITY OF TAX INCENTIVES UNDER SECTION 109 OF REPUBLIC ACT 8435, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES MODERNIZATION ACT OF 1997

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Section 1

Section 1. Importation of Articles under Annex "B" The articles specially listed in annex "B" hereof, classified under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, shall be tariff-exempt up to 31 December 2015, provided that the importation of said articles shall be accompanied by a certificate of eligibility or accreditation duly issued by the Department of Agriculture and its deputized agencies and shall be subject to the rules and regulations outlined in Annex "A" hereof.

Section 2

Fees

Section 2.

Fees. Agencies deputized to implement the provisions of this EO and its Annexes, shall be authorized to collect administrative fees and minimal and reasonable costs. 1a⍵⍴h!1 The DA and DTI shall prescribed uniform and harmonized rates and shall issue the schedules of fees in a separate Department Administration Order.

Section 3

Review

Section 3.

Review. The Department of Agriculture, Department of Finance, Department of Trade and Industry, and DTI Board of Investments, in consultation with concerned private sector and other government institutions shall conduct an annual review of the attached Annexes "A" and "B", and shall report the findings of said review and shall recommend possible amendments to the President.

Section 4

Repealing Clause

Section 4.

Repealing Clause. All Presidential issuances, administrative rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby revoked of modified accordingly.

Section 5

Effectivity

Section 5.

Effectivity. This Executive Order shall take effect thirty (30) days following its complete publications, in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines. Upon the effectivity of this Executive Order, the abovementioned articles, which are entered and withdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines shall be levied the rates of duly herein prescribed.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of October, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Four.

(SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA Executive Secretary