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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESDEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

BUREAU OF CUSTOMSMANILA 1099

July 6,2015

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TO: All Deputy CommissionersAll Directors and Division ChiefsAll District / Port Collectors

and Others Concerned

SUBJECT: Executive Order No. 185, s. 2015 I Modifying theNomenclature and Rates of Duty on Certain ImportedArticles re: APECList of Environmental Goods

Attached is the letter dated July 2, 2015 of Dir. Marianito M.Dimaandal, Director IV, Malacanang Records Office, Office of the President,transmitting to this Bureau a certified copy of Executive Order No. 185 datedJune 26, 2015 entitled: "Modifying the Nomenclature and Rates of Duty onCertain Imported Articles as provided for under the Tariff and Customs Codeof the Philippines, as amended, in order to Implement the Philippine TariffCommitments on Certain Products Included in the Environmental Goods Listunder the Asia-PacificEconomicCooperation".

For your information and guidance.

Please confirm the dissemination of this circular throughout youroffices within fifteen (15) days from receipt hereof.

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HON. ALBERTO DAVID LINACommissionerBureau of CustomsManila

Sir:

I have the honor to transmit for your information and guidance, acertified copy of Executive Order No. 185 dated June 26, 2015 entitled"MODIFYING THE NOMENCLATURE AND RATES OF DUTY ON CERTAINIMPORTED ARTICLES AS PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE TARIFF ANDCUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED, IN ORDER TOIMPLEMENT THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF COMMITMENTS ON CERTAINPRODUCTS INCLUDED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS LIST UNDERTHE ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION."

Thank you.

Very truly yours,

S;;:=...MARIANITO M. DIMAANDAL

Director IV

M-128 Mabini Hall, Malacanang, Manila Trunkline 784-4286 loc. 4029/4123/4153

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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 185

MODIFYING THE NOMENCLATURE AND RATES OF DUTY ON CERTAINIMPORTED ARTICLES AS PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE TARIFF ANDCUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED, IN ORDER TOIMPLEMENT THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF COMMITMENTS ON CERTAINPRODUCTS INCLUDED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS LIST UNDERTHE ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOi\lllC COOPERATION

WHEREAS, .under the 2007 Sydney and 2011 Honolulu Declarations, theAsia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders made a commitment to addressissues on climate change, review the progress of the World Trade Organization(WTO) Doha Development Agenda negotiations on the liberalization of trade inenvironmental goods and services, and take concrete steps to achieve pastambitions and make green growth a reality, consistent with their WTO obligations;

WHEREAS, in its 2009 Annual Report, the APEC Committee on Trade andInvestment endorsed the APEC Environmental Goods and Services (EGS) WorkProgram to help in reaching an agreement on actions to support sustainable growthin the region, advance work to increase utilization and dissemination of EGS, reduceexisting barriers and refrain from introducing new barriers to trade and investment inEGS, and enhance the capabilities of economies to develop their EGS sectors;

WHEREAS, under the 2012 Vladivostok Declaration, the APEC leadersendorsed the APEC List of Environmental Goods enumerating 54 environmentalgoods that "directly and positively contribute to green growth and sustainabledevelopment objectives," with a commitment to reduce applied rates to 5% or less onthese environmental goods by the end of 2015, taking into account "economies'economic circumstances, without prejudice to their position in the WTO;"

WHEREAS, on 19 May 2015, the National Economic and DevelopmentAuthority (NEDA) Board recommended the reduction of the Most-Favored-Nation(MFN) rates of duty on certain tariff lines under the APEC List of EnvironmentalGoods by 2015; and

WHEREAS, Section 401 of Presidential Decree (PD) No. 1464, or the Tariffand Customs Code of the Philippines (TCCP), as amended, empowers thePresident, upon the recommendation of NEDA, to increase, reduce or removeexisting rates of import duty, as well as to modify the tariff nomenclature.

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NOVV, THEREFORE, I, BENIGNO S. AQUINO Ill, President of thePhiiippines, by virtue of the power vested in me by law, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. Rates of Import Duty. The articles specifically listed in Annex Ahereof, as classified under Section 104 of the TCCP, as amended, shall be subjectto the MFN rate of duty in accordance with the schedule indicated opposite eacharticle. The rates of import duty on tariff headings and subheadings which are notenumerated and those which are listed but represented by the symbol "xxx" shallremain in force and effect.

SECTION 2. Levy on Articles. Upon the effectivity of this Order, all articleswhich are specifically listed in the aforesaid Annex and are entered into, orwithdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines for consumption shall be levied theMFN rates of duty as therein prescribed.

SECTION 3. Repeal. All issuances, orders, rules, and regulations, or partsthereof, which are inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Order are herebyrepealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 4. Separability. Should any provision of this Order be declaredinvalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions unaffected thereby shall remain validand subsisting.

SECTION 5. Effectivity. This Order shall take effect immediately following itscomplete publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

DONE, in the City of Manila, this 26thday ofLord, Two Thousand and Fifteen.

June , in the year of Our

By the President:

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8421.21.228421.21.238421.22to8421.99.99B - - - - xxx

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84'17.10.0084'17.20.0084'17.80.008417.80.00A8417.80.00B8417.90.00

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8421.11.00to8421.19.90

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Auxiliary plant for use with boilers of heading 84.02or 84.03 (for example, economisers, super-heaters,soot removers, gas recoverers); condensers forsteam or other vapour power units.- xxx- - xxx- - )(XX_ Condensers for steam or other vapour power units 5

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Industrial or laboratory furnaces and ovens,including incinerators, non-electric.- xxx- xxx- Other:- - Waste incinerators- - Other- xxx

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Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers; filtering orpurifying machinery and apparatus for liquids orgases.

- - - xxx- Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus forliquids:- - For filtering or purifying water:- - - Of a capacity not exceeding 500 I/h:- - - - Filtering machinery and apparatus for domestic use- - - - Other- - - Of a capacity exceeding 500 I/h- - - - Electrically operated- - - - Not electrically operated

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