EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 480 - AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 380 DATED 2 DECEMBER 1996, “CREATING THE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, DEFINING ITS COMPOSITION, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS”

WHEREAS, the Industry Development Council was created on 2 December 1996, pursuant to Executive Order No. 380, to serve as a coordinating mechanism for the concerted and collective efforts of the government and private sectors to create a favorable business climate that will enhance the growth and expansion of our local industries;

WHEREAS, there is a need to further broaden sectoral representation in the IDC to strengthen its capabilities in addressing the development concerns of the local industries;  

WHEREAS, the membership of the Department of Environment and Natural resources in the IDC shall provide the sustainable development perspective in the promotion of competitiveness in the local industries and facilitate the resolution of environment-related concerns;

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 amend Executive Order No. 380 dated 2 December 1996, and order the following:

Section 1. Inclusion of DENR in the Council’s Membership. — Sec. 2 of Executive Order No. 380 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 2. Composition. — The Council shall be composed of the following:

Secretary of Trade and Industry   - Chairman

Presidents of Philippine Chamber of
Commerce and Industry, Inc.
and Federation of Philippine
Industries, Inc. - Vice-Chairmen

Secretary of Finance - Member

Secretary of Agriculture    - Member

Secretary of Foreign Affairs     - Member

Secretary of Science and
Technology   - Member

Secretary of Labor and Employment     - Member

Director General of the National
Economic and Development Authority - Member

Governor of the Bangko Sentral
ng Pilipinas   - Member

Secretary of Environment and Natural
Resources     - Member

Seven (7) Representatives of the
Private Sector    - Members.”

Sec. 2. Effectivity. — This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.  

DONE in the City of Manila, on this 27th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Eight.

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