AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 182 WHICH PROMULGATES THE FIRST REGULAR FOREIGN INVESTMENT NEGATIVE LIST, SPECIFICALLY “LIST A” OF ANNEX A

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WHEREAS, List A of the First Regular Foreign Investment Negative List
enumerates investment activities/areas where foreign equity participation is
limited as prescribed in the Constitution and other specific laws;

WHEREAS, Section 2, Rule IX of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of
Republic Act No. 7042, also known as the Foreign Investments Act of 1991,
allows amendments to List A to be made by NEDA at any time to reflect changes
made by laws regarding foreign equity participation in any investment
activity/area;

WHEREAS, there is a need to amend the first Regular Foreign Investment
Negative List (RFINL) to reflect the provisions under Republic Act No. 7718 or
“An Act Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act No. 6957, Entitled An Act
Authorizing The Financing, Construction, Operation and Maintenance of
Infrastructure Projects By the Private Sector, And For Other Purposes” on the
allowed foreign equity in build-operate-transfer projects.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V.
RAMOS, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Foreign Investments
Act of 1991 do hereby order:

SECTION 1. List A of “Annex A” of Executive Order No. 182 is hereby amended as
follows:

(a) Item No. 10 is amended to
read as follows:

“10. Contracts for the
construction and repair of locally-funded works except (i)
infrastructure/development projects covered in Republic Act No. 7718, also
known as the Expanded BOT Law; and (ii) projects which are foreign funded or
assisted and required to undergo international competitive bidding (Commonwealth
Act 541 as amended by Presidential Decree 1594; Letter of Instruction No. 630;
Republic Act 7718)”

(b) Item No. 17(d) is deleted
from the list.

(c) A new item no 18 is added to
read as follows:

“18. Project proponent and
facility operator of a BOT project requiring a public utility franchise
(Article XII, Section 11 of the Constitution; Republic Act No. 7718)”

SEC. 2. All orders, issuances, rules and regulations, or parts thereof,
which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby revoked or modified
accordingly.

SEC. 3. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately upon publication
in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 8th day of August in the year of Our
Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety Five.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V.
RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary

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