Executive Order No. 831 (2009) — Presidential Memorandum Order (PMO 36) dated September 9, 1992 authorizes the importations and donations of relief goods/articles/equipment for use in the government relief and rehabilitation programs for calamity areas under the TCCP and the prevailing provisions of the General Appropriations Act covering internal revenue taxes and import duties of the national and local government agencies;

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Executive Order No. 831 (2009)

Presidential Memorandum Order (PMO 36) dated September 9, 1992 authorizes the importations and donations of relief goods/articles/equipment for use in the government relief and rehabilitation programs for calamity areas under the TCCP and the prevailing provisions of the General Appropriations Act covering internal revenue taxes and import duties of the national and local government agencies;

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Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 · This Order shall take effect immediately

Section 1

Section 1. For the duration of the emergency disaster situation currently existing, the Secretary of Finance shall have complete discretion in authorizing tax and tariff exemptions for relief goods donated from abroad, provided the donated relief goods/articles/equipment for free distribution to calamity declared areas and victims of calamities and/or disasters shall be for the account of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) or any of the relief organizations, not operated for profit duly registered with the DSWD.

Section 2

Section 2. Such discretion shall be done on a ONE-SHOP basis. As such, a One-Stop shop shall be created in all collection districts of the Bureau of Customs headed by the Department of Finance and composed of representatives from the DSWD, Department of Education, Department of Health, Department of Agriculture, Department of National Defense, and other government agencies concerned with the documentation and processing of donated relief goods/articles/equipment to effect their immediate release from Customs custody.

Section 3

Section 3. Any Executive Orders, memoranda, and issuances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or amended accordingly. ℒαwρhi৷

Section 4

This Order shall take effect immediately

Section 4. This Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City ofManila, this 1st day of October in the Year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Nine.

(SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President;

(SGD.)— EDUARDO R. ERMITA Executive Secretary