WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 503, dated January 22, 1992, provides for the rules and regulations implementing the transfer of personnel, assets and liabilities, and records of national government agencies, whose functions are to be devoted to the local government units and for related purposes;

WHEREAS, this devolution entails drastic changes in the organizational structure and functions of the affected national government agencies (NGAs);

WHEREAS, there is a need to institute the necessary changes in the affected agencies to ensure continuity of operations, as well as effective and efficient performance of functions.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, and upon the recommendation of the Oversight Committee of the Local Government Code, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. Section 5 of Executive Order No. 503, dated January 22, 1992, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 5. Reorganization and Restructuring of NGAs. All NGAs, whose functions are devolved, are directed to prepare and promulgate the necessary legal issuances to implement the pertinent provisions of the Local Government Code, including but not limited to their new organizational structure and staffing patterns, taking into consideration their service requirements and the changes in their functions, projects, and activities, subject to the minimum standards and guidelines prescribed by the Civil Service Commission."

SECTION 2. This Executive Order shall take effect upon its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 21sT day of January in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Three.


By the President:
(Sgd.) ANTONIO T. CARPIO
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel