Republic of the Philippines Tariff Commission Order 2021-02 PDF

Kl IHIBl 1C OF 1 IIF mil lI’l'INi S Tariff Commission COMMISSION ORDER NO. 2021 - 02 SUBJECT: REVISED RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE CONDUCT OF FORMAL INVESTIG...

Kl IHIBl 1C OF 1 IIF mil lI’l'INi S Tariff Commission COMMISSION ORDER NO. 2021 - 02 SUBJECT: REVISED RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE CONDUCT OF FORMAL INVESTIGATIONS PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8800 Pursuant to Republic Act (RA) No. 8800 {Safeguard Measures Acf), as adopted in Section 712 of RA No. 10863 {Customs Modernization and Tariff Act), and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRRs), the following rules of procedure are hereby promulgated to govern the conduct of investigations by the Tariff Commission: Section 1. Definition of Terms. For purposes of this Order, the following terms are defined as follows; (a) "Adjustment Plan" shall refer to an action plan which a domestic industry is required to submit, that describes a set of quantified goals, specific plans, and timetables that a concerned industry commits to undertake in order to facilitate positive adjustment of the industry to import competition, (b) “Commission” shall refer to the Tariff Commission. (c) "Consumers" shall refer to natural persons or organized consumer groups who are purchasers, lessees, recipients, or prospective purchasers, lessees, or recipients, of consumer products, services or credit. (d) "Directly competitive products" shall mean domestically-produced substitutable products. (e) "Domestic industry" shall refer to the domestic producers, as a whole, of like or directly competitive products manufactured or produced in the Philippines or those whose collective output of like or directly competitive products constitutes a major proportion of the total domestic production of those products. Provided, however, that: 1) In the case of a domestic producer which also imports the product under consideration, only its domestic production of the like or directly competitive product shall be treated as part of the domestic production, or 4th Floor, West Insula Condominium, 135 West Avenue. Quezon City. 1105 Phit^infe , TcL Nos.: *632) 8926-8731 / (632) 8928-8419 / (632) 8936-3315 / (632) 8936-3318 (632f 8921-T960 Website: tariffcommission.gov.ph Philippine Tariff Finder; finder.tarffrcoTtuni^ion^gov.ph '':ommission.gov.ptinr