Question & AnswerQ&A (DA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 11)
The administrative order is DA Administrative Order No. 11, dated April 10, 2003, adopting the Philippine Agricultural Engineering Standards Volume III, Series of 2002 (PAES III).
Republic Act No. 7394, the Consumer Act of the Philippines, identifies the Department of Agriculture as the agency responsible for standards development and enforcement of agricultural products.
Executive Order No. 292, specifically Section 2, Chapter 1, Title IV (Agriculture), Book IV, identifies the Department of Agriculture as the responsible agency.
Republic Act No. 8435 prioritizes the development and promotion of appropriate agricultural machinery and other agricultural mechanization technologies.
The Department of Agriculture, through the Bureau of Agricultural Research, entered a Memorandum of Agreement with the University of the Philippines Los Baños to establish agricultural engineering standards, to be undertaken by AMTEC.
AMTEC, the Philippine Society of Agricultural Engineers (PSAE), and concerned DA agencies are charged with this responsibility.
Volume I Series of 2000 (PAES I) and Volume II Series of 2001 (PAES II) were previously adopted through respective DA Administrative Orders Nos. 10 (Series of 2002) and 6 (Series of 2003).
All offices of the Department of Agriculture are required to adopt and comply with the twenty-two (22) additional standards as Philippine Agricultural Engineering Standards Volume III, Series of 2002.
The National Agriculture and Fisheries Mechanization Program Committee (CAFMech) under the Bureau of Post Harvest Research and Extension (BPRE) is directed to promulgate the guidelines and submit them to the Office of the Secretary.
It takes effect fifteen (15) days after its filing with the UP Law Center.