WHEREAS,
the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) was created to implement and
attain the declared national policy of promoting the rapid integrated
development and growth of the coconut and other palm oil industry in
all its aspects;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, historically, the defunct Philippine Coconut Administration
(PHILCOA) received no regular government financial support and had to
depend on the coconut industry for its operational budget, and
similarly, the PCA ever since its creation relied mainly on its share
of the CCSF assessment/levy collections which accounts for ninety
percent (90%) of its budgetary requirements; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the fluctuation in the world market prices of coconut products
which accounts for the impermanence of the levy necessitates the
provision of a continuing and self-sustaining funding system to support
the operations of PCA;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, from the beginning, it has been the intention of the pursuant
to Section 13, Chapter VI of Republic Act No. 1145 and Section 3(k),
Article II of P.D. 1468, that PCA derive support from the coconut
industry;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the authorized amount of support from the industry has
remained unchanged since 1954, and in view of the expanded functions
and responsibilities of PCA, public interest and welfare dictate that
an immediate adjustment of the industry support be made in order to
provide this agency with adequate financial means and resources to
effectively carry out its task.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
Constitution, and laws, do hereby decree and order the following:cralaw:red
Section 1. The PCA fee imposed and collected pursuant
to the provisions of R.A. No. 1145 and Sec. 3(k), Article II of P.D.
1468, is hereby increased to three centavos per kilo of copra or husked
nuts or their equivalent in other coconut products delivered to and/or
purchased by copra exporters, oil millers, desiccators and other
end-users of coconut products. The fee shall be collected under such
rules that PCA may promulgate, and shall be paid by said copra
exporters, oil millers, desiccators, and other end-users of coconut
products, receipt of which shall be remitted to the National Treasury
on a quarterly basis.
Section 2. The receipt and process of all collections
pursuant to Section 1 hereof, shall be utilized exclusively for the
operations of the Philippine Coconut Authority and shall be released
automatically by the National Treasury upon approval by the PCA
Governing Board of its budgetary requirements, as an exception to P.D.
1234 and the budgetary processes provided in P.D. 1177, as
amended. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. All laws, decrees, orders, letters of
instructions, rules and regulations or portions thereof contrary to the
provisions of this Decree are hereby deemed repealed or amended
accordingly.
Section 4. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 21st day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and eighty-two.
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