EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 639 January 5, 1981
ABOLISHING THE SPECIAL TRADE REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES IN FRANKFURT, WEST GERMANY AND IN KUWAIT
WHEREAS, the Philippines maintains Special Trade Representative Offices in Frankfurt, West Germany and in Kuwait, and Commercial Posts in the same areas;
WHEREAS, considering the need to economize in Philippine representation abroad and facilitate the implementation of Executive Order No. 574, reorganizing the Ministry of Trade, and Executive Order No. 540, establishing the Philippine Foreign Trade Service Corps; and
WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 1416, the President is empowered to undertake such organizational and related improvements as may be appropriate in the light of changing circumstances and new developments.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, and the authority vested in me by Presidential Decree No. 1416, do hereby order the following:
Sec. 1. The Special Trade Representative Offices in Frankfurt, West Germany and in Kuwait are hereby abolished and their functions, including records, equipment, property and such personnel as may be necessary, are transferred to the Commercial Posts concerned in the areas where the Special Trade Representative Offices are presently located or as may be otherwise determined by the Minister of Trade. The Minister of the Budget shall reallocate the appropriations provided for the abolished offices, acting on recommendation of the Minister of Trade.
Sec. 2. The Minister of Trade is hereby directed to hasten the implementation of Executive Order No. 574 and Executive Order No. 540 to establish a more effective mechanism for the diversification, expansion and promotion of the country's foreign trade.
Sec. 3. All laws, decrees, charters, executive orders, administrative orders, proclamation, rules and regulations or parts thereof that are in conflict with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Sec. 4. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 5th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-one.
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