EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 110, July 13, 1993

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 110, July 13, 1993 ]

STRENGTHENING THE EXPORT DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (EDC) AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE EXECUTIVE ORDER (E.O.) NO. 98 TO INCREASE THE GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL

WHEREAS, the establishment of the Export Development Council was a clear manifestation of government’s strong resolve to adopt export development as a national policy of the highest priority;

WHEREAS, there is a need for a concerted and collective government and private sector effort to create a favorable business climate which will enhance growth and expansion of the country’s export industry;

WHEREAS, increasing the Council’s membership to include the Secretary of Science and Technology is necessary to strengthen the central agency that will review and assess policy issues affecting the export sector.

WHEREAS, there is a need for an additional representation from the private sector to achieve balanced representation.

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 Section 2 of EO 98 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Section 2. Composition. - The Export Development Council ("Council") shall be composed of the following:

a.

Secretary of Trade and Industry

Chairman

b.

Secretary of Finance

Vice-Chairman

c.

Secretary of Agriculture

Member

d.

Secretary of Foreign Affairs

Member

e.

Secretary of Science and Technology

Member

f.

Director General of the National Economic and Development Authority

Member

g.

Governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines

Member

h.

President Assistant for Visayas

Member

i.

Presidential Assistant for Mindanao

Member

j.

Nine (9) Representatives of the Private Sectors

Members”

This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 13th day of July in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-three.

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

By the President: (Sgd.) TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR. Executive Secretary