AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 193, S. 1994

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WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 193
issued on 02 August 1994, established under the Office of the President, the
WTO/AFTA Advisory Commission, hereinafter referred to as the Commission for
brevity, to undertake, among others, the identification and the recommendation
of the appropriate strategies and measures for advancing, promoting, and/or
defending the interests of the Philippines in the new rule-based international
and regional trading arrangements under the auspices of the World Trade
Organization (WTO), and the ASEAN FREE TRADE AREA (AFTA), respectively;

WHEREAS, the Commission has been
providing the venue where the private sector representatives in the Commission
can discuss and recommend the courses of action that the government should
undertake in order to make the policies relevant to the needs of the private
sector;

WHEREAS, the Philippines is
actively involved in the activities of the fast-emerging regional economic
cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region, now known as the ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC
COOPERATION or APEC;

WHEREAS, the WTO, AFTA, and APEC
have the common objective of improving the lives of the peoples of the
participating countries through the continued liberalization of trade in the
agricultural, the industrial, and the services sectors;

WHEREAS, it is to the highest
interest of the Philippines that activities of all the various government
agencies and the private sector are coordinated as well as integrated in order
to attain at the soonest, the enhancement of the Philippines’ competitiveness
in the agricultural, industrial and the service sectors;

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

SECTION 1. INCLUSION OF APEC.
The Commission shall, in addition to addressing the concerns of the Philippines
in the WTO and the AFTA pursuant to Sec. 3 of E.O. 193, s. 1994, include the
concerns relative to our participation in APEC.

SEC. 2. COMPOSITION. The
members of the Commission, on the part of the government as provided for in
Sec. 2 of the E.O. 193, s. 1994, shall be the same.

SEC. 3. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.
The provisions of this Order are hereby declared to be separable, and in the
event of any provision or part thereof is declared to be unconstitutional, the
other provisions or parts thereof which are not affected shall remain in full
force and effect.

SEC. 4. REPEALING CLAUSE.
Any Order, issuances, rules and regulations or parts thereof, inconsistent with
this Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVITY CLAUSE.
This Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this
10th day of April in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety
six.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary

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