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Executive Order No. 613 (1980)
WHEREAS, considering further the highly strategic and critical importance of the regulatory functions of PAEC relative to the licensing and regulation of atomic energy facilities and materials and the use thereof to safeguard public health and safety, there is need to insure closer and more effective supervision of such functions by placing PAEC directly under the supervision and control of the Office of the President; and
Sec. 1. The Philippine Atomic Energy Commission is hereby transferred from the Ministry of Energy and placed under the supervision and control of the Office of the President. This transfer shall include applicable funds, and appropriations, records, equipment, property, facilities and personnel.
Sec. 2. The Philippine Atomic Energy Commission shall, among its functions, be responsible for the promulgation and implementation of standards and guidelines for safeguarding public health and safety in the operation and use of atomic energy facilities, materials and processes. Any regulatory functions which the Ministry of Energy exercises in this area shall be transferred to the Philippine Atomic Energy Commission.
Sec. 3. All laws, decrees, other issuances, and rules and regulations inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Sec. 4. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 15th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty.