(NAR) VOL. 18 NO. 1/JANUARY - MARCH 2007
“IN VIEW THEREOF, and in accordance with Section 19(2) of RA 8800, the following is hereby issued:
1. The amount of the definitive general safeguard measure for the third year of the extension period shall be reduced by twelve and a half percent (12.5%). Thus, the definitive general safeguard measure of Php 2.15/kg shall be imposed on the third year of the extension period. The third year of implementation of the extended definitive general safeguard measure shall start on 12 January 2007.
2. The imported ceramic tiles, however, from Japan and the member states of the European Union, which cannot be considered “like product or directly competitive product” as defined in Section 4 of RA 8800, are excluded from the imposition of the extended definitive general safeguard measure. xxx”.