EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 576 - EXEMPTING PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS, CONSUMABLES AND OTHER GIVE-AWAYS FROM CUSTOMS DUTIES AND TAXES FOR THE USE OF DELEGATES TO INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL OR TOURISM CONVENTIONS HOSTED IN MANILA BY THE MINISTRY OF TOURISM

WHEREAS, it is the government policy to encourage and promote the holding of international meetings and conventions in the country;

WHEREAS, the Philippines is being favored as the site of various international travel or tourism conventions with the Ministry of Tourism as host;

WHEREAS, the very nature of such international conventions necessitate the use of promotional materials, consumables, and give-aways by foreign delegates;  

WHEREAS, as host, the Philippines is prepared to extend the warmest hospitality to all participating delegates as well as lend the necessary support to ensure the over-all success of international travel or tourism conventions;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby authorize the entry of all promotional materials, consumables and give-aways granting such items exemption from custom duties, taxes and all other assessments as long as said items are covered by a certification issued by the Minister of Tourism stating that such items are in reasonable quantities as needed by the convention shall be for the exclusive use of delegates to an international travel or tourism convention hosted in the Philippines, by said Ministry, and that it shall be distributed on a free-of-charge basis.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty.