QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 237)
It amends EO No. 233 by modifying the rules on maximum selling prices (notably the provision on brands/classes of goods) and by appending and revising the relevant price tables for specified commodities.
Paragraph (3) is rewritten to provide that the maximum prices in the schedules apply not only to the specified brands but also to other brands/classes that the Emergency Control Administration may determine to be of the same or similar quality/class. Until such determination, any new brand/class may not be sold above the maximum price of the lowest-priced brand/class in the same article.
The Emergency Control Administration, upon proper application, is empowered to determine whether a new brand or class is of the same or similar quality or class as any basic brand.
Until determination is made, no such new brand/class may be sold at a price higher than the maximum price fixed for the lowest-priced brand/class of the same article.
Milk, sardines, corned beef, vegetable lard, sugar, wheat flour, galvanized iron sheets, plain galvanized wire, steel bars, nails, motor fuel alcohol, gasoline, petroleum, cement, mongo meat, corn, and rice.
Yes, the maximum prices herein fixed do not apply to purchases made by the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines (and its subdivisions/agencies/instrumentalities), or by the Government of the United States (and its agencies/instrumentalities), when such purchases require articles of higher quality and different specifications than those ordinarily required of the scheduled articles.
The purchases must call for articles of higher quality and different specifications than those ordinarily required of the articles listed in the schedules.
The specified tables are appended to and made integral parts of EO No. 233, meaning they legally supply the maximum prices for the enumerated goods.
Examples include: Table 93 (mother condensed milk; Far ma and Morning evaporated milk), Table 95 (Golden Star condensed and Golden State evaporated milk), Table 96 (Royala evaporated milk), Table 99 (Tanibana tinapa sardines), Table 100 (Del Monte, Palace and Majida sardines), Table 101 (Mikia, Brisa de Oro, Asia, and S & Wa sardines), Table 102 (No. 1 plain sauce; No. 1 and Escuela Pilchards), Tables 103 and 105 (Royala sardines and corned beef), Table 106 (Ranchero corned beef), Table 111 (Rizala petroleum).
They are revised as shown in the attached tables numbered 94 through 112 (as identified), meaning the prior maximum prices are superseded by the updated figures in those tables.
It states revisions for certain condensed and evaporated milk brands, sardines brands, corned beef for vegetable lard, prices for flour, gasoline, and petroleum (and further items/brands indicated by reference to multiple tables).
It takes effect in the manner and form provided under Paragraph 6 of EO No. 233.
It establishes a temporary ceiling price for newly introduced brands/classes until the Emergency Control Administration formally classifies them, preventing sellers from charging more than the maximum for the cheapest comparable brand/class.
It reflects an administrative determination approach: maximum price applicability can be extended beyond named brands to newly introduced brands once classified as similar in quality/class by the designated administrative authority, subject to a protective interim rule.
EO No. 237 forbids selling the new brand/class at a price higher than the maximum price for the lowest-priced brand/class of the same article until the Emergency Control Administration determines the equivalence.