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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 73 - MODIFYING
THE RATES OF DUTY ON BREAKFAST CEREALS AS PROVIDED UNDER THE TARIFF AND
CUSTOMS CODE OF 1978, AS AMENDED, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE NINETY PER
CENTUM (90%) MARGIN OF PREFERENCE (MOP) THEREON INCLUDED IN THE NESTLE
ASEAN INDUSTRIAL JOINT VENTURE (AIJV) PROJECTS AS PROVIDED FOR IN
ARTICLE III, PARAGRAPHS 3 (D) AND 8 (D) OF THE REVISED BASIC AGREEMENT
ON ASEAN INDUSTRIAL JOINT VENTURE (RBAAIJV)
WHEREAS,
the Philippines is a Contracting to the Revised Basic Agreement on
ASEAN Industrial Joint Venture (RBAAIJV) signed in Manila on 15
December 1987;
WHEREAS, The Philippines, along with Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia,
Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, is a participating country in the
approved NESTLE ASEAN Industrial Joint Venture Projects;
WHEREAS, among the seven (7) approved NESTLE AIJV Projects, the project
on breakfast cereals was assigned to the Philippines (Nestle ASEAN
Philippines, Inc.) whose commercial production started in February 1993;
WHEREAS, in accordance with Article III, paras. 1, 2, 6 and 7 of the
RBAAIVJ, the AIJV breakfast cereals manufactured by Nestle ASEAN
Phils., Inc. are entitled to the exclusive grant of a ninety percent
(90%) MOP by Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, as
participating countries in the Nestle AIJV Breakfast Cereal Project for
a period of four (4) years from date of start of commercial production;
WHEREAS, under Article III paras 3(d) and 8(d) of the RBAAIJV, any
entity in any member country which produces that AIJV product,
irrespective of whether it qualifies as an AIJV or not, shall enjoy the
same margin of tariff preference in the participating countries for
that AIJV product after the four (4) year-exclusivity period;
WHEREAS, under Article II, para. 10 of the RBAAIJV, the grant of the
90% MOP on breakfast cereals produced by the non-AIJV entities in the
participating countries shall be effective on the date specified in the
Certificate of Eligibility issued by the ASEAN Secretariat in favor of
the non-AIJV entities;
WHEREAS, under the Article 12 (d) of the new Agreement on ASEAN
Industrial Cooperation (AICO) Scheme which has superseded the Basic
Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Joint Venture and the Memorandum of
Understanding on the Brand-to-Brand Complementation (BBC) Scheme, the
grant of 90% MOP on approved AIJV products shall continue to be
accorded up to 31 December 2002, after which date the final CEPT rates
shall apply.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the
Philippines, pursuant to the powers vested in me under Sec. 402 of
the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, do hereby order:
Section 1.
HS Code
1904.10 00
Sec. 2.
Sec. 3.
Sec. 4.
Sec. 5.
Sec. 6. Since 19.07.98.
DONE in the City of Manila this
15th day of January in the year of Our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Ninety
Nine.
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