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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 93 - AMENDING
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 396, ENTITLED “PROVIDING THE INSTITUTIONAL
FRAMEWORK FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE STANDARDS OF TRAINING,
CERTIFICATION AND WATCHKEEPING FOR SEAFARERS IN THE PHILIPPINES”
WHEREAS,
it is the declared policy of the Government to comply with
International Maritime Convention adopted by the International Maritime
Organization (IMO) to which the Philippines is a contracting
Party;
WHEREAS, the Philippines is obliged to give full and complete effect to
the 1978 Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for
Seafarers (STCW) Convention, as amended in 1995, being a party thereto;
WHEREAS, the Philippines has officially submitted its STCW compliance
report to the IMO Secretary-General last 29 July 1998, in compliance
with Article IV of the Convention, Regulation I/7 of the amendments to
the Annex to the Convention and Section A-1/7 of the STCW Code, in
pursuance to the objective to include the country in the IMO “White
List”;
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to strengthen the institutional
framework for the administration of the 1978 STCW Convention, as
amended, in order to effectively implement the provisions of the
Convention, thereby ensuring the compliance by the Filipino seafarers
with the above standards;
WHEREAS, the Maritime Industry Administration (MARINA) is known to all
IMO-member States to be the lead agency for the implementation of the
1978 STCW Convention, as amended, by virtue of Executive Order (EO) No.
396, Series of 1997, as well as the agency responsible for ensuring
that the Philippines comply with its commitment in the implementation
of all IMO maritime safety conventions and instruments;
WHEREAS, it will be to the best interest of the Philippines, in
general, and the Filipino seafarers, in particular, for MARINA to
maintain, consistent with existing laws, its role as lead agency for
STCW Administration;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do
hereby order the amendment of Executive Order No. 396, providing for
the institutional framework for the administration of the 1978 STCW
Convention, as amended, in the Philippines.
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Sec. 4. Since 19.07.98.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 12th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
ninety-nine.
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