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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 772 - AMENDING
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 977 CREATING THE PHILIPPINE FISH MARKETING
AUTHORITY, DEFINING ITS FUNCTIONS AND POWERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, under the New Republic,
national economic development shall be pursued with renewed dedication
and greater determination;
WHEREAS, the Ministry of Natural Resources is primarily responsible for
the coordination and monitoring of the implementation of the Integrated
Fisheries Development Plan, including the acceleration of the efficient
production and harvesting of fishery products that would ensure a
steady and sufficient supply thereof to the consuming public;
WHEREAS, the development, operation and maintenance of fishing port
complexes constitutes an essential component of fisheries development,
to provide adequate and essential facilities for the efficient and
effective handling of the production and harvest of fishery operators;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 1770, it is the primary
responsibility of the National Food Authority to formulate an
integrated and more effective procurement and distribution system for
fish as a basic food commodity in order to ensure adequate supply of
the commodity at reasonable prices; and
WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 1416 as amended, the President
is empowered to undertake such organizational and related improvements
as may be appropriate in the light of changing circumstances and new
developments;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and the
authority vested in me by Presidential Decree No. 1416 as amended, do
hereby order and ordain:
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The Authority is authorized to establish a sinking fund necessary to meet such obligations as may be incurred by the Authority. The annual contributions to the sinking fund shall come from revenues derived from its fishing port complexes and, where such revenues are deficient, from such other corporate funds not otherwise intended for any specific purpose and as may be designated by the Board. Unless otherwise directed by the Board, the sinking fund shall be placed under the custody of any government bank which shall invest the same in such manner as may be advantageous to the Authority.”
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The two representatives of the private sector shall be appointed by the President upon recommendation of the Minister of Natural Resources for a term of four years; Provided, That, initially, one representative shall be appointed for a term of two years and the other one for four years.
In the absence of the Chairman, the Vice-Chairman shall act as the Chairman.”
Sec. 5.
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Other fishing port complexes and
related facilities may be established by the Board, with the approval
of the President of the Philippines, to be governed and operated by the
Authority.
In accordance with Presidential
Decree No. 1770, the National Food Authority is responsible for the
efficient and non-exclusive marketing of fish and fishery/aquatic
products particularly for the purpose of price stabilization that would
ensure the adequate supply of such products at reasonable prices to the
consuming public, provided that the fish marketing operations of the
National Food Authority shall take into consideration the role of
private enterprise in fish marketing and distribution. For this
purpose, it shall have access to the fishing port complexes presently
or to be placed under the jurisdiction of the Authority including, but
not necessarily limited to, the following: (1) the construction,
operation and maintenance of cold storage facilities; (2) the
procurement and distribution of fish and fishery/aquatic products; and
(3) the operation and maintenance of transport facilities for the
procurement and distribution of fish and fishery/aquatic products
handled by the National Food Authority.
The Authority and the National
Food Authority may enter into such agreements, particularly with
reference to the management of certain activities in fishing port
complexes operated by the Authority.”
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Done in the City of Manila,
this 8th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-two.
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