SECTION 1. Item X. Filing Fees, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Applications	Fixed Fee	Variable Fee
Filed with the Regional Offices of the DAR or the Regional CLUPPI (live hectares or below)	P 1,000.00	None
Filed with the CLUPPI	P 2,000.00	Additional P 10,000 for areas in Mindanao
	P 2,000.00	Additional P 7,000 for areas in the Visayas
	P 2,000.00	Additional P 4,000 for areas in Luzon

SECTION 2. Item XVIII, TRANSITORY PROVISIONS is likewise amended to read as follows:

"The provisions of this Administrative Order shall be applicable to all applications filed WITH THE DAR on or after its effectivity. All other applications PENDING with the DAR before its effectivity shall be governed by the pertinent administrative order or issuances in force, at the time of the filing of the applications, and shall be processed accordingly, EXCEPT as to the procedure provided for under this Guideline which shall be made applicable to all applications pending with the DAR."

SECTION 3. The solitary paragraph of the REPEALING CLAUSE provision is hereby amended to read as follows:

"This Administrative Order repeals A.O. 12, SERIES OF 1994, and all other issuances not consistent with this order. The provisions of Memorandum Circular No. 09, Series of 1997 shall however remain valid."

SECTION 4. This Administrative Order shall retroact to the date of effectivity of Administrative Order No. 7, Series of 1997.

Adopted: 16 Dec. 1997

(SGD.) ERNESTO D. GARILAO
Secretary