Executive Order No. 93 (1999)

Administration for STCW

Section 1.

Administration for STCW. The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) shall continue to be the lead agency and the Administration for the implementation of the 1978 STCW Convention, as amended. As such, and subject to existing laws and their implementing rules and regulations, it shall have the following obligations and responsibilities:

1. Communicate to the IMO and other concerned parties/agencies any supplemental information necessary, including subsequent amendments to its rules, regulations and/or procedures relative to the Philippine compliance/implementation of the Convention;

2. Issue the STCW endorsement as the lead agency and the Administration for the implementation of the 1978 STCW Convention, as amended, under Executive Order No. 396, S. of 1997 upon issuance of the certificates of competency by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) under Republic Act No. 8544 and its corresponding endorsement to MARINA in accordance with the standards of the Convention;

3. Coordinate, monitor, and verify compliance by concerned government agencies with their Quality Standards System pursuant to Regulation I/8 of the Convention;

4. Participate in any policy formulation activities by concerned government agencies as they pertain to the implementation of the Convention;

5. Facilitate requests from other maritime administrations of validation of Philippine compliance with the Convention in accordance with Regulation I/10, para. 1.1;

6. Serve as the central repository of information relative to Regulation I/9 of the Convention; and

7. Perform such acts as are proper and necessary to effectively implement this Executive Order.

Chairmanship of the STCW Executive Committee (EXCOM)

Section 2.

Chairmanship of the STCW Executive Committee (EXCOM). The MARINA Administrator shall be designated Chairman of the EXCOM with the heads of the Commission on Higher Education, Professional Regulation Commission, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority and the Department of Health as regular members. The membership may be expanded by the EXCOM from the government entities mentioned in Section 2 of EO No. 396, to include private sector associations as may be deemed necessary.

Repealing Clause

Section 3.

Repealing Clause. All issuances, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, inconsistent with the provisions of this Order, are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Effectivity

Section 4.

Effectivity. This Order shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 12th —day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-nine. 1a⍵⍴h!1

(SGD.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD.) RAMON B. CARDENAS

Senior Deputy Executive Secretary