Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Constitution Hills, Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH (177) CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill N4G13_

Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVE ERIC L. OLIVAREZ

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The prolonged use of non-organic or synthetic fertilizer has
resulted in destructive residual effects especially to the soil, to the rivers,
to animals and to inland fishing grounds and even causing cancer to
human beings. The use of non-organic fertilizer should be discouraged
and the use of organic fertilizer should be promoted, encouraged and
supported. It has been demonstrated not only in experimental farms but
in commercial scale that organic fertilizer is as good if not better than
inorganic fertilizer.

As a measure of promoting the use of organic fertilizer, the cost of
production must be maintained at such levels as will interest farmers
and farm owners to use organic fertilizer. Incentives should also be
provided to local manufacturers of organic fertilizer in order to induce
the increased in its production and wide promotion and usage.

This bill proposes to extend certain benefits to the local producers
of organic fertilizers for a number of years in the form of tax exemption
from all kinds of taxes, imposts and duties whether local or national in
order to provide them a headstart so that organic fertilizer can be made
a available to the farmers at a minimum cost to induce them to use it and
for manufacturers to produce it.


In view of the perceived benefits of this bill, approval of this
measure is earnestly recommended.

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ERIC L. OLIVAREZ


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Constitution Hills, Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH (177) CONGRESS
First Regular Session

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House Bill No. 4013

Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVE ERIC L. OLIVAREZ

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR INCENTIVES TO THE
MANUFACTURING OF ORGANIC FERTILIZERS AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by Congress in session assembled.

Section 1. Declaration of Policy. It is the declared policy of the
state that the use of organic materials specially in agriculture be
encouraged and promoted in order to contribute to the preservation of
the ecological balance. Therefore the state shall extend the necessary
incentives for the production and use of organic fertilizer.

Section 2. All local manufacturers of organic fertilizers shall be
exempt from the payment of all kinds of taxes, imposts or duties
whether local or national within a period of five (8) years, provided that
the exemption shall cover only equipment, material, components,
supplies, used directly in the production and distribution of such
products and the income derived from such activity.

Section 3. In addition to the foregoing incentives, manufacturers of
organic fertilizers shall be given preferential treatment by government
owned or controlled banking or financial institutions in the processing
of loan applications, liberalized terms of payment and interest rates.


Section 4. All laws decrees, order, rules and regulations and other
issuances or parts thereof related to the same subject matter are
considered modified, amended, revised or supplemented by this act,

Section 5. This act shall take effect after its publication once a week
for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of national circulation.

Approved,