COMMERCE/ CONSUMER PROTECTION
  • Title/Date Filed: House Bill No. 4630
    An Act Amending Section 5 of Republic Act No. 776, Otherwise Known as the Civil Aeronautics Act of the Philippines, As Amended by Presidential Decree No. 1462 and Executive Order No. 217
    (Filed April 11, 2002)
    Status: Consolidated with related bills
    Main Features:
    - The composition of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) is modified to restore the membership of the Department of Tourism to it

  • Title/Date Filed: House Bill No. 3944
    An Act to update the law on security devices by amending RA 386, as amended, otherwise known as the Civil Code of the Philippines, and Act No. 1508, As Amended, Otherwise Known as the Chattel Mortgage Law
    (Filed November 20, 2001)
    Status: For consideration by the committee
    Main Features:
    - To encourage creditors to extend credit, utility and enforceability of security devices are enhanced by this bill by recognizing assignment of receivables and incorporeal rights in order to secure performance of an obligation and by placing chattel mortgages in equal footing with real estate mortgages insofar as lien on personal property is concerned


  • Title/Date Filed: House Bill No. 5205
    An Act Amending Republic Act No. 8534, otherwise known as the "Philippine Interior Design Act of 1998", and for other purposes
    (Filed September 02, 2002)
    Main Features:
    - This bill seeks to clarify and rationalize the dual responsibilities of the Philippines in protecting rights of its professionals and businessmen and its international commitment to the free and untrammeled trade in services
    - Regulations such as the need to secure a temporary permit before foreign designers may work in the Philippines, and with a duly licensed Filipino counterpart are provided in this bill to ensure benefit to Filipino businessmen and professionals

  • Title/Date Filed: House Resolution No. 06
    Resolution urging the committee on public information to conduct an inquiry in aid of legislation on the issuance of certificate of product registrations by the Bureau of Food and Drug for the advertisement
    (Filed July 2, 2001)
    Status: Committee hearing- Dec. 10, 2002
    Main Features:
    -     Inquiry into the process of issuance of the Certificates of Product Registration and determine whether products are subject of infomercials have undergone sufficient laboratory testing by the BFD before they are issued certificates

  • Title/Date Filed: House Resolution No. 908
    Resolution Urging the Committee on Trade and Industry, the Committees to Conduct An Inquiry, In Aid of Legislation, Into the Regulation of Prices of Halal Products
    (Filed Dec. 5, 2002)

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