Executive Order No. 894 (2010) — MODIFYING THE RATES OF IMPORT DUTY ON RICE AS PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF 1978, AS AMENDED IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE TARIFF REDUCTION SCHEDULE ON RICE THROUGH THE INVOCATION OF THE PROTOCOL TO PROVIDE SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR RICE AND SUGAR UNDER THE COMMON EFFECTIVE PREFERENTIAL TARIFF SCHEME FOR THE ASEAN FREE TRADE AREA (CEPT-AFTA)/ASEAN TRADE IN GOODS AGREEMENT (ATIGA)

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Executive Order No. 894 (2010)

MODIFYING THE RATES OF IMPORT DUTY ON RICE AS PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF 1978, AS AMENDED IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE TARIFF REDUCTION SCHEDULE ON RICE THROUGH THE INVOCATION OF THE PROTOCOL TO PROVIDE SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR RICE AND SUGAR UNDER THE COMMON EFFECTIVE PREFERENTIAL TARIFF SCHEME FOR THE ASEAN FREE TRADE AREA (CEPT-AFTA)/ASEAN TRADE IN GOODS AGREEMENT (ATIGA)

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Section 1

Section 1. —The articles specifically listed in the Annex (Philippines— Commitment on Rice through the Invocation of the Protocol to Provide Special Consideration for Rice and Sugar under the CEPT-AFTA/ATIGA) hereof, as classified under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, shall be subject to the CEPT-AFTA/ATIGA rates in accordance with the schedule indicated in Columns 4 to 6 of said Annex.— The CEPT-AFTA/ATIGA rates so indicated shall be accorded to imports coming from ASEAN Member States applying CEPT concessions to the same products.

Section 2

Section 2. —The tariff rates listed in the Annex are in accordance with the obligations under Articles 19 (Reduction or Elimination of Import Duties) and 21 (Issuance of Legal Enactments) of the ATIGA. ℒαwρhi৷

Section 3

Section 3. —From the date of effectivity of this Executive Order, all articles listed in the Annex which are entered or withdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines for consumption shall be imposed the rates of duty therein prescribed subject to compliance with the Rules of Origin as provided for in the Agreement on the CEPT Scheme for the AFTA— as amended/ATIGA.

Section 4

Section 4. —Nothing in this Executive Order shall preclude the Philippines from invoking its right of recourse to all trade remedy measures provided for in its law, this Agreement and relevant international agreements as an effective device against import surges. ℒαwρhi৷

Section 5

Section 5. —The provisions of this Executive Order are hereby declared separable and in the event any of such provisions is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions, which are not affected thereby, remain in force and effect.

Section 6

Section 6. —All presidential issuances, administrative rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby revoked or modified accordingly.

Section 7

Section 7. —This Executive Order shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in a national newspaper of general circulation.

Done—in the City of Manila, this 18th day of June, in the year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Ten.

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

By the President:

(SGD.) LEANDRO R. MENDOZA Executive Secretary