WHEREAS, pursuant to Executive Order No. 73 (1993), the Presidential Iron and Steel Committee under the Office of the President was created; and

WHEREAS, there is a need to expand the composition of the Committee by designating another government representative and by appointing another member of the private sector to broaden the Committee representation of the various sectors involved in the iron and steel industry.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

Section 1. Section 2 of Executive Order No. 73 (1993) is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Section 2. Composition. The Committee shall be composed of the following:

Secretary of Trade and Industry	-	Chairman
Director-General, National Economic and Development Authority	-	Vice-Chairman
Secretary of Finance	-	Member
Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources	-	Member
Secretary of Science and Technology	-	Member
Secretary of Energy	-	Member
Five (5) representatives from the Private Sector to be appointed by the President of the Philippines, two (2) of whom shall be the President of the Philippine Iron and Steel Institute, and the Chairman of the National Steel Corporation	-	Members

Membership in the Committee of the foregoing cabinet members shall be in an ex-officio capacity."

Section 2. All executive issuances, rules and regulations or portions thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Executive Order are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.

Section 3. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

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


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