EXECUTIVE ORDERS 1997



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Executive Order No. 462
December 29, 1997
Enabling private sector participation in the exploration, development, utilization and commercialization of ocean, solar and wind energy resources for power generation and other energy uses
Executive Order No. 461
December 31, 1997
Providing for the tariff nomenclature and implementing the rates of import duties on certain imported articles under Section 401 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978 (Presidential Decree 1464), as amended
Executive Order No. 460
December 3, 1997
Reactivating the jurisdiction and authority of the Special Committee on Naturalization to consider and evaluate petitions for naturalization of deserving aliens and to recommend action thereon to the President of the Philippines
Executive Order No. 459
November 25, 1997
Providing for the guidelines in the negotiation of international agreements and its ratification
Executive Order No. 458
November 17, 1997
Authorizing the grant of special allowance for fiscal year 1997 for all officials and employees of the national government, government-owned and controlled corporations and government financial institutions
Executive Order No. 457
November 13, 1997
Amending Executive Orders No. 63 and No. 64, s. of 1993
Executive Order No. 456
November 11, 1997
Amending further Executive Order No. 167 dated 25 March 1994 as amended by Executive Order No. 339 dated 21 May 1997 creating the Iwahig Penal Colony Inter-Agency Committee
Executive Order No. 455
November 11, 1997
Central Bank Board of Liquidators has the responsibility of administering, disposing of and liquidating all assets and liabilities of the Central Bank of the Philippines...
Executive Order No. 454
October 31, 1997
Implementing austerity measures in government for 1997
Executive Order No. 453
October 31, 1997
Modifying the rates of duty on certain imported articles as provided for under the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, in order to implement the 1997-2003 Philippine schedule of tariff reduction of products transferred from the temporary exclusion list to the inclusion list under the new time frame of the accelerated Common Effective Preferential Tariff scheme for the ASEAN free trade area (CEPT-AFTA)
Executive Order No. 452
October 24, 1997
Providing for the guidelines that will ensure the security of registered vendors in the workplace
Executive Order No. 451
October 9, 1997
Creating the category of National Artist for historical literature
Executive Order No. 450
October 17, 1997
Ordering the dismantling of illegal fishpens and fishcages within the municipal waters of the Lingayen Gulf
Executive Order No. 449
October 17, 1997
Realigning the organization of the Bureau of Treasury
Executive Order No. 448
October 3, 1997
Establishing the Philippine Quality Award and creating the Philippine Quality Award Committee
Executive Order No. 447
October 2, 1997
Further amending Executive Order No. 175, dated April 30, 1994, as amended by Executive Order No. 223, dated February 1995, Executive Order No. 229, dated March 19, 1995, and Executive Order No. 259, dated July 11, 1995, which created the Northwestern Luzon Growth Quadrangle Commission
Executive Order No. 446
September 26, 1997
Mandating the phase-out of leaded gasoline as one of the means of solving air pollution
Executive Order No. 445
October 1, 1997
Providing for the implementation of the Szopad Social Fund and the mechanism for the administration thereof
Executive Order No. 444
September 26, 1997
Amending Executive Order NOs. 250, 250-A s. 1995 and 419 s. 1997 implementing the rationalization of duty free stores/outlets and their operations in the Philippines pursuant to Executive Order No. 140 s. 1993 and for other purposes
Executive Order No. 443
September 24, 1997
Providing for the adoption of the comprehensive and integrated delivery of social services as the national delivery mechanism for the Minimum Basic Needs (MBN) approach
Executive Order No. 442
September 23, 1997
Creating the Agno River Basin Development Commission to oversee and coordinate all developmental activities along the Agno River basin
Executive Order No. 441
September 22, 1997
Confirming the role of the Department of Transportation and Communications as the primary planning, implementing and coordinating agency for all railway, port and airport projects
Executive Order No. 440
September 15, 1997
Modifying the rates of duty on certain imported articles as provided under the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, in order to implement the minimum 50% margin of preference on certain products included in the Brand-To-Brand Complementation Scheme in the Automotive Industry under the basic agreement on ASEAN Industrial Complementation
Executive Order No. 439
September 15, 1997
Modifying the nomenclature and the rates of import duty on certain imported articles under section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978 (Presidential Decree 1464), as amended
Executive Order No. 438
September 15, 1997
Extending the effectivity of any charter or lease contract pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 760, as amended
Executive Order No. 437
September 15, 1997
Further amending Section 1, (par. F), of Executive Order No. 384, series of 1996, as amended, by including the regional directors of dot as members of the Regional Development Councils
Executive Order No. 436
September 9, 1997
Prescribing policy guidelines to govern the operations of cable television in the Philippines
Executive Order No. 435
August 28, 1997
Devolving to the Autonomous Regional Government of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao certain powers and functions of the Department of Transportation and Communications, its sectoral offices and attached agencies in the region, and for other purposes
Executive Order No. 434
August 20, 1997
Amending Sections 2 and 4 of Executive Order No. 3 (dated 7 July 1992), as amended
Executive Order No. 433
August 7, 1997
Establishing the criteria for Presidential Citations to private business individuals and entities, foreign or local, in recognition of their exceptional contributions toward the attainment of Philippine economic and development goals
Executive Order No. 431
August 5, 1997
Providing for the creation of the National Coordinating Council for the Sugar Industry
Executive Order No. 430
July 28, 1997
Further streamlining the Bureau of Internal Revenue in line with its Computerized Integrated Tax System
Executive Order No. 429
July 28, 1997
Amending Executive Order No. 62, series of 1993, which prescribed the policies and guidelines to implement Republic Act No. 7227
Executive Order No. 428
July 17, 1997
Creating the Multi-Sectoral Task Force on Maritime Development, defining its powers and functions and for other purposes
Executive Order No. 427
July 21, 1997
Modifying the nomenclature and rates of import duty on certain imported articles under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978 (Presidential Decree No. 1464), as amended
Executive Order No. 426
July 22, 1997
Enhancing the Inter-Agency Committee Against Passport Irregularities (ICPI) to ensure the effective coordination among concerned agencies in the investigation, prosecution and disposition of cases involving passport irregularities
Executive Order No. 423
June 25, 1997
Amendments to the guidelines on the entry and stay of foreign students in the Philippines and the establishment of an Inter-Agency Committee for the purpose
Executive Order No. 422
June 25, 1997
Creating the National Committee on the General Conference of the International Federation of Agricultural Producers in Manila, 27 May – 4 June 1998
Executive Order No. 421
June 20, 1997
Further amending Executive Order No. 203 dated 27 September 1994, as amended by Executive Order No. 356, dated 12 July 1996
Executive Order No. 420
June 17, 1997
Modifying the rates of duty on sugar as provided for under the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, in order to implement the ASEAN preferential rates of duty thereon
Executive Order No. 419
June 16, 1997
Declaring a moratorium on the establishment of duty-free stores/outlets in the Philippines
Executive Order No. 417
June 4, 1997
Declaring and delineating the Basco Port Zone under the administrative jurisdiction of the Philippine Ports Authority
Executive Order No. 416
June 4, 1997
Declaring and delineating the San Jose (Occidental Mindoro) Port Zone under the administrative jurisdiction of the Philippine Ports Authority
Executive Order No. 414
May 22, 1997
Authorizing the Department of Trade and Industry to oversee the progression of the plan for the establishment of the Asian Institute of Design and Technology (AIDT)
Executive Order No. 413
May 19, 1997
Creating an Inter-Agency Committee to oversee the turnover and development of properties in Makati held by the Philippine Development Alternatives Foundation, Inc. and Presidential Commission on Good Government to the National Government and National Power Corporation
Executive Order No. 412
May 6, 1997
Amending Executive Order No. 84, series of 1993, by reconstituting the composition of the Tagaytay-Taal Presidential Commission
Executive Order No. 411
May 1, 1997
Institutionalizing the President Ramon Magsaysay Outstanding Filipino Worker Award
Executive Order No. 410
May 1, 1997
Repealing Executive Order No. 212, series of 1994, in recognition of the power of the Philippine Ports Authority under P.D. No. 857 to implement the policy of accelerating the demonopolization and privatization of government ports in the country
Executive Order No. 409
April 15, 1997
Amending Section 2 of Executive Order No. 374 dated 15 October 1996 which established the Presidential Task Force on Water Resources Development and Management
Executive Order No. 407
April 4, 1997
Providing for the guidelines on the allocation, release and management of the 1997 Poverty Alleviation Fund
Executive Order No. 406
March 21, 1997
Institutionalizing the Philippine Economic-Environmental and Natural Resources Accounting (PEENRA) System and creating units within the organizational structure of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), and National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB)
Executive Order No. 405
July 17, 1997
Authorizing the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) to reclaim and develop submerged areas vested in the PPA for port-related purposes
Executive Order No. 403
February 28, 1997
Adopting a Philippine Tourism Highway Program to further develop and promote the tourism potentials of the country and creating the Presidential Task Force thereof
Executive Order No. 402
March 31, 1997
Creating a National Organizing Committee for the Philippine hosting of the Philippine International Garden Festival (FLORIKULTURA ’98)
Executive Order No. 401
February 20, 1997
Amending Executive Order No. 359 entitled "Adjusting the dividend rates of selected Government Owned and/or Controlled Corporations on their 1995 earnings pursuant to Section 5 of Republic Act No. 7656"
Executive Order No. 400
February 11, 1997
Granting Career Service Officer rank to graduates of Master in Public Safety Administration of the Philippine Public Safety College and other related purposes
Executive Order No. 399
February 3, 1997
Establishing the Presidential Mineral Industry Environmental Award
Executive Order No. 398
January 31, 1997
Authorizing the National Food Authority to intervene in the stabilization of the price of sugar
Executive Order No. 397
January 31, 1997
Modifying the rates of duty on certain imported articles as provided under the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, in order to implement the minimum 50% Margin of Preference on certain products included in the Brand-to-Brand Complementation Scheme in the Automotive Industry under the Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Complementation
Executive Order No. 396
January 30, 1997
Providing the institutional framework for the administration of the standards of training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers in the Philippines
Executive Order No. 395
January 24, 1997
Approving and adopting the National Action Agenda for Productivity and creating the Philippine Council for Productivity
Executive Order No. 394
January 22, 1997
Establishing the Lupong Tagapamayapa Incentives Awards
Executive Order No. 393
January 22, 1997
Establishing the Sajid Bulig Presidential Award for Heroism
Executive Order No. 392
January 22, 1997
Declaring full deregulation of the downstream oil industry
Executive Order No. 391
January 20, 1997
Creating an organizing committee to initiate and supervise appropriate commemorative activities for the 30th Anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Executive Order No. 390
January 17, 1997
Modifying the nomenclature and rates of import duty on certain imported articles under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978 (Presidential Decree No. 1464), as amended
Executive Order No. 340
February 5, 1997
Directing National Government Agencies and Government-Owned and -Controlled Corporations to provide day care services for their employees' children under five years of age
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