Executive Order No. 184




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 184 PROMULGATING THE TENTH REGULAR FOREIGN INVESTMENT NEGATIVE LIST WHEREAS, Republic Act (RA) No. 7042, also known as the "Foreign Investments Act of 1991," as amended by RA No. 8179, provides for the formulation of a Regular Foreign Investment Negative List, covering investment areas/activities which are open to foreign investors and/or reserved to Filipino nationals; and WHEREAS, there is a need to formulate the Tenth Regular Foreign Investment Negative List, replacing the Ninth Regular Foreign Investment Negative List, to reflect changes to List A, pursuant to existing laws. NOW, THEREFORE, I, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order: SECTION 1. Tenth Regular Foreign Investment Negative List. Only the investment areas and/or activities listed in the Annex hereof shall be reserved to Philippine nationals, and hereafter shall be referred to as the Tenth Regular Foreign Investment Negative List. The extent of foreign equity participation in these areas shall be limited to the percentages indicated in the List. SECTION 2. Amendments. Amendments to List A may be made at any time to reflect changes instituted in specific laws while amendments to List B shall not be made more often than once every two years, pursuant to Section 8 of RA No. 7042, as amended, and its revised implementing rules and regulations. SECTION 3. Repeal. All issuances, orders, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Order are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly. SECTION 4. Separability. If any provision of this Order is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected thereby shall remain valid and subsisting. SECTION 5. Effectivity. This Order shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.1âwphi1 DONE, in the City of Manila, this 29th day of May, in the year of our Lord Two Thousand and Fifteen. (Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO, III By the President: (SGD.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR. Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation