(NAR) VOL. 15 NOS. 1-2 / APRIL - JUNE 2004
SECTION 1. The articles specifically listed in Annex "A*" hereof (Sensitive Agricultural Products Granted Concession under the CEPT for the AFTA), as classified under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, shall be subject to the ASEAN CEPT rate in accordance with the year 2003-2005 schedule indicated in Columns 4-6 of Annex "A". The ASEAN CEPT rates so indicated shall be accorded to imports coming from ASEAN Member States applying CEPT concession to the same product pursuant to Article 4 of the CEPT Agreement and its Interpretative Notes.
SECTION 2. The articles specifically listed in Annex "B"* hereof (Articles Granted Concessions under the CEPT for the AFTA), as classified under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, shall be subject to the ASEAN CEPT rate indicated in Column 4 of Annex "B". The ASEAN CEPT rates so indicated shall be accorded to imports coming from ASEAN Member States applying CEPT concession to the same product pursuant to Article 4 of the CEPT Agreement and its Interpretative Notes.
SECTION 3. In the event that any subsequent changes are made in the basic (Most Favored Nation) Philippine rate of duty on any of the articles listed in Annexes "A" and "B" to a rate lower than the rate prescribed in Columns 4-6 of Annex "A" and Column 4 of Annex "B", such articles shall automatically be accorded the corresponding reduced duty.
SECTION 4. From the date of effectivity of this Order, all articles listed in Annexes "A and "B" entered or withdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines for consumption shall be imposed the rates of duty therein prescribed subject to qualification under the Rules of Origin as provided for in the Agreement on the CEPT Scheme for the AFTA signed on 28 January 1992.
SECTION 5. All Presidential issuances, administrative rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are contrary or inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
This Executive Order shall take effect immediately following its complete publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines.