DIRECTING ALL DEPARTMENTS, BUREAUS, OFFICES, UNITS AND AGENCIES OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS, TO REVISE THEIR FEES AND CHARG…

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 54, Chapter 12, Book IV, of Executive Order
No. 292 (Administrative Code of 1987), the heads of bureaus, offices, or
agencies may, upon approval of the department head, charge and collect the cost
of the services rendered by the bureau, office or agency or other rate in
excess of cost prescribed by law or approved by the same authority;

WHEREAS, it is the goal of government: 1) to promote full recovery of cost
of services to free other government revenues for priority projects; and 2) to
ensure equitable distribution of the burden of cost recovery by having the
direct recipients of governments services account for the costs; and

WHEREAS, efficiency in government is enhanced by an accentuated
cost-consciousness and public accountability through a system of reportorial
requirements and sanctions.

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

Section 1. All departments,
bureaus, offices, units, and agencies, including government-owned or controlled
corporations, are hereby directed to revise their fees and charges to recover
at least the full cost of services rendered.

The full cost of services for
the year rendered by a government department, bureau, office, unit, or agency,
including government-owned or controlled corporation, shall be equivalent to
the appropriation of said department, bureau, office, unit or agency for the
year under the relevant General Appropriations Act or under the Corporate
Operating Budget submitted by the government-owned or controlled corporation as
approved by the Department of Budget and Management.

The revised rates shall,
wherever practicable, be uniform for similar or comparable services and
functions and shall be determined by the respective department heads, governing
boards, or equivalent functionaries; Provided that, this Executive
Order shall not apply to fees charged by departments, bureaus, offices, units,
and agencies, including government-owned or controlled corporations, related to
constitutionally mandated free or subsidized services, such as in education and
health, as well as to those exempted by international agreements, as shall be
determined by the President.

Section 2. The heads of
departments shall be responsible for the implementation of this Executive Order
by the bureaus, offices, units, and agencies, including government-owned or
controlled corporations, within their respective jurisdictions.

Section 3. No appropriation for
a particular department, bureau, office, unit, or agency, including
government-owned or controlled corporation, shall be released by the Department
of Budget and Management until after a report of compliance hereto has been
submitted by the department, bureau office, unit, or agency, including
government-owned or controlled corporation, to the Office of the President
through the Department of Budget and Management.

Section 4. In submitting their
proposed budgets with the Department of Budget and Management, government
departments, bureaus, offices, units and agencies, including government-owned
or controlled corporations, shall also be required to submit a corresponding
summary of expected revenues.

Section 5. Government
departments, bureaus, offices, units, and agencies, including governments-
owned or controlled corporation, charging higher rates than those provided for
under this Executive Order by virtue of special laws for services rendered
shall continue to charge such higher rates under such special laws.

Section 6. The Department of
Finance and the Department of Budget and Management shall jointly promulgate
the rules and regulations to implement this Executive Order.

Section 7. All executive
issuances or parts thereof which are inconsistent with any of the provisions of
this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 8. This Executive Order
shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of February in the
year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Four.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR.
Executive Secretary

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