Attached is the Memorandum^* of Undersecretary Gaudencio A. Mendoza, Jr., Legal & Revenue Operations Group, Department of Finance dated January 5, 2007, transmitting to this Bureau the Department of Trade and Industry Order dated 21 December 2006, œIN THE MATTER OF THE REDUCTION OF THE DEFINITIVE GENERAL SAFE- GUARD MEASURE AGAINST THE IMPORTATION OF CERAMIC FLOOR AND WALL TILES FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES FOR THE THIRD YEAR OF THE EXTENSION PERIOD (SAFEGUARD CASE NO. 01-2004).  The pertinent portion of the decretal of which reads as follows:

œIN VIEW THEREOF, and in accordance with Section 19(2) of RA 8800, the following is hereby issued:

1. The amount of the definitive general safeguard measure for the third year of the extension period shall be reduced by twelve and a half percent (12.5%). Thus, the definitive general safeguard measure of Php 2.15/kg shall be imposed on the third year of the extension period. The third year of implementation of the extended definitive general safeguard measure shall start on 12 January 2007.

2. The imported ceramic tiles, however, from Japan and the member states of the European Union, which cannot be considered œlike product or directly competitive product  as defined in Section 4 of RA 8800, are excluded from the imposition of the extended definitive general safeguard measure. xxx .

For your implementation. Adopted: 09 Jan. 2007


(SGD.) NAPOLEON L. MORALES
Commissioner

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^* Not included