EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 98
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 98 -
REORGANIZING THE EXPORT AND INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INTO THE
EXPORT DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
WHEREAS, it has been the declared policy of
the government as embodied in Proclamation No. 167 (1993) to make
export development the key to sustainable and balanced agri-industrial
Philippine economic growth;
WHEREAS, in order to attain the status of a Newly Industrialized
Country (NIC) by the year 2000, it is imperative to provide a policy
climate that will foster economic growth based on global
competitiveness and people empowerment;
WHEREAS, there is a need for a concerted and collective government and
private sector effort to create a favorable business climate which will
enhance growth and expansion of the country’s export industry; and
WHEREAS, reorganizing the Export and Investment Development Council is
necessary to strengthen the central agency that will review and assess
policy issues affecting the export sector.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order the reorganization of the Export and Investment Development
Council as follows:
Section 1. Name. — The Export and Investment
Development Council shall be renamed the Export Development Council.
Sec. 2. Composition. — The Export Development Council (“Council”)
shall be composed of the following:
a.
Secretary of Trade and
— Chairman
Industry
b. Secretary
of Finance — Vice-Chairman
c. Secretary
of Agriculture — Member
d.
Secretary of Foreign
Affairs — Member
e.
Director-General of
National Economic
and Development
Authority
— Member
f. Governor of
the Central
Bank
of the Philippines — Member
g.
Presidential Assistant
for Visayas
— Member
h.
Presidential Assistant
for
Mindanao — Member
i. Eight (8)
Representatives
of the
Private Sector — Members
A permanent representative from the Office of the President shall be
present during all Council meetings.
The representatives from the private sector shall be appointed by and
hold office at the pleasure of the President. They shall be selected
from among leaders of the export sector.
Other Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies can be called upon to
attend Council meetings and assist the Council resolve issues and
problems that concern their respective offices.
Sec. 3. Powers and Functions. — The Council shall:
a.
Recommend approval of the Philippine Export Development Plan;
coordinate, monitor and assess the implementation thereof, and, when
necessary, recommend appropriate adjustments thereon in the light of
changing conditions in both the domestic and international environment;
b.
Periodically review and assess the country’s export performance,
problems and prospects;
c. Identify
the main bottlenecks, problem areas and constraints in all
areas/sectors/activities influencing the development of exports,
including but not limited to, such matters as policy framework,
physical infrastructure, finance, specialized support services,
production, promotion and marketing;
d. Provide
advice on specific measures required to remove the bottlenecks/problems
constraining the development of exports in any of the areas mentioned
in (c);
e. Recommend
appropriate and necessary export development services and programs for
adoption by government and private sector;
f. Assume the
powers, duties and responsibilities of the Commission on Export
Procedures including the review power on the efficiency of the One-Stop
Export Documentation Center as provided for in Executive Order No. 843
(1982); and
g. Constitute
such subcommittees and task forces as may be necessary.
Sec. 4. Executive Committee. — An Executive
Committee composed of representatives from DTI, NEDA and three (3) from
the private sector is hereby constituted to assist the Council in the
coordination, monitoring and assessment of the implementation of the
Philippine Export Development Plan.
Sec. 5. Secretariat. — The Council shall be
assisted by a Secretariat based in the Department of Trade and
Industry, headed by an official designated by the Chairman of the
Council, together with personnel from the government agencies and
private sectors represented in the Committee who shall be assigned to
the Secretariat, respectively, by the Committee.
Sec. 6. Meetings. — The Council shall meet at
least once a month, and at least once every quarter with the President;
provided, whenever the President deems it necessary, he may convene the
Council.
Sec. 7. Funding. — Funding of activities and
operational expenses of the Council shall be supported by contributions
from the government and the private sector. A seed capital in an amount
recommended by the Department of Trade and Industry, upon consultation
with the Department of Budget and Management, and approved by the
President shall be taken from the Contingent Fund of the President.
Thereafter, the annual contributions of the government shall be
included in the annual General Appropriations Acts after consultations
with the Department of Budget and Management.
Sec. 8. Repealing Clause. — All other executive
issuances, rules and regulations or parts thereof which are
inconsistent with the provisions of this Executive Order are hereby
repealed, amended or modified accordingly, including:
8.1.
Executive Order No. 499 (1991) entitled “Creating an Export and
Investment Development Council Defining its Composition, Powers and
Functions;”
8.2. Executive
Order No. 520 (1992) entitled “Amending Executive Order No. 449 dated
December 23, 1991, Creating an Export and Investment Development
Council, Defining its Composition, Powers and Functions to Include in
the Council the Secretary of Foreign Affairs;”
8.3. Executive
Order No. 24 (1992) entitled “Strengthening the Export and Investment
Development Council, Amending for this Purpose Executive Order Nos. 499
and 520, to Increase the Government and Private Sector Members of the
Council.”
8.4. Executive
Order No. 843 (1982) entitled “Creating a Commission on Export
Procedures;” and
8.5. Executive
Order No. 343 (1988) entitled “Reconstituting the Commission on Export
Procedure.”
This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 10th day of June in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety-Three.
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