Executive Order No. 65




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 65, October 29, 2018 ] PROMULGATING THE ELEVENTH REGULAR FOREIGN INVESTMENT NEGATIVE LIST WHEREAS, Republic Act (RA) No. 7042, also known as the "Foreign Investments Act of 1991," as amended, mandates the formulation of a Regular Foreign Investment Negative List, covering investment areas or activities which are open to foreign investors and/or reserved to Filipino nationals; and WHEREAS, there is a need to formulate the Eleventh Regular Foreign Investment Negative List, replacing the Tenth Regular Foreign Investment Negative List, to reflect changes to List A and List B, pursuant to existing laws, consistent with the policy to ease restrictions on foreign participation in certain investment areas or activities; NOW, THEREFORE, I, RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and existing laws, do hereby order: Section 1. Eleventh Regular Foreign Investment Negative List. Only the investment areas and/or activities listed in the attached Eleventh Regular Foreign Investment Negative List shall be reserved for Philippine nationals, subject to the exceptions and conditions indicated therein. 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 All issuances, orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Order are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.ℒαwρhi৷ Section 4.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. DONE in the City of Manila, this 29th day of October in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Eighteen. (SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE By the President: (SGD.) SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation