ADOPTING THE PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING STANDARDS, VOLUME 1, SERIES OF 2001 AND PRESCRIBING IT AS A CODE OF TECHNICAL STANDARDS FOR THE PRACTICE OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEE…

WHEREAS, Section 40 of the Rules and
Regulations implementing R.A. 8559 promulgated by the Board of
Agricultural Engineering through Resolution No. 1, series of 1998 states
that “The Board, in collaboration and consultation with the
Integrated and Accredited Association of Agricultural Engineers and
concerned agencies, government and private, shall immediately prepare,
develop and promulgate a Code of Technical Standards of Agricultural
Engineering which shall contain, among others, standard design and test
procedures, material and process specification of agricultural,
aquaculture and fishery machinery, structures, processes and other
agricultural engineering system.  The Code of Technical Standards shall serve as reference of the agricultural engineer in the practice of his profession”;

WHEREAS, the PSAE has adopted through
Resolution No. 025, series of 2001 the said Philippine Agricultural
Engineering Standards (PAES) as the Code of the Technical Standard of
Agricultural Engineering and forwarded the same for adoption and
promulgation by the Board of Agricultural Engineering;

WHEREAS, after a study and review of
the Philippine Agricultural Engineering Standards Volume 1, series of
2001, the Board finds it essential and useful in the practice of
agricultural engineering in the Philippines;

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the
Board’s power vested under Section 9 of R.A. 8559 and Section 9 of R.A.
8981, the Board hereby RESOLVED, as it now RESOLVES, to adopt the
Philippine Agricultural Engineering Standards, Volume 1, series of 2001,
as Annex “A”, as a Code of Technical Standards of Agricultural
Engineering, and shall serve as technical reference by all agricultural
engineers in the signing and sealing of plans, designs and
specifications, and other related works in the practice of their
profession;

FURTHER RESOLVED,
to recommend to the Secretaries of the Department of Public Works and
Highways and the Department of Interior and Local Governments to adopt
the said Philippine Agricultural Engineering Standards as technical
reference in the implementation of the National Building Code pertaining
to the design, construction and repair of agricultural buildings and
structures.

FINALLY RESOLVED that upon approval
hereof by the Commission, this Resolution shall be effective after
fifteen (15) days following the publication in the Official Gazette or
any newspaper of general circulation;

Adopted: 01 Oct. 2002

(SGD.) GEORGE Q. CANAPI Chairman

(SGD.) ARIODEAR C. RICO Member	(SGD.) DOMINGO F. TABBAL Member
ATTESTED BY:
(SGD.) CARLOS G. ALMELOR Secretary Professional Regulatory Board
APPROVED:
(SGD.) ANTONIETA FORTUNA-IBE Chairperson

(SGD.) ALFONSO G. ABAD Commissioner	(SGD.) AVELINA DE LA REA-TAN Commissioner