Volume 13 Number 1 - University of the Philippines College of Law

January - March 2002 National Administrative Register 485
SECTION 6. Funding - To ensure the attainment of targets of the Program as specified
in A.O No. 25, the DA shall allocate and realign the amount of Four Hundred Fifty Million
Pesos (P450 Million) from its Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization Program budget as
funding support for the Program.
For the CY 2002 requirements of the Program, the Department of Budget and
Management (DBM) shall ensure the timely release of funds to the DA, which shall immediately
sub-allot and transfer the said funds to the PHILRICE.
For CY 2003 and CY 2004, appropriations for the Program shall be included in the
budget proposal of the PHILRICE to achieve the targets of 200,000 hectares and 300,000
hectares respectively.
SECTION 7. Repeal - All orders, rules, regulations and issuances, or parts thereof,
which are inconsistent with this Executive Order, are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
SECTION 8. Effectivity - This Executive Order shall take effect immediately upon
approval.
Adopted: 04 March 2002
Date Filed: 26 March 2002
By the President:
(SGD.) ALBERTO G. ROMULO
Executive Secretary
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Executive Order No. 81
Transferring the National Food Authority and the Philippine
Coconut Authority from the Office of the President to the
Department of Agriculture
WHEREAS, the National Food Authority was created under Presidential Decree No.
1770 dated January 14, 1981 as a government corporation for the promotion of the integrated
growth and development of the food industry;
WHEREAS, the Philippine Coconut Authority was created under Presidential Decree
No. 232 dated June 30, 1973, as amended, as an independent public corporation for the
promotion of the accelerated development of the coconut and other palm oils industry;
WHEREAS, both the National Food Authority and the Philippine Coconut Authority
were transferred from the Department of Agriculture and attached to the Office of the President
by virtue of Executive Order No. 41 dated October 15, 2001;
WHEREAS, the Executive Secretary and the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture
have jointly recommended that the National Food Authority and the Philippine Coconut