The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will conduct a PUBLIC CONSULTATION/HEARING on the following:

1. Draft IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS (IRR) OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10909, “AN ACT PROHIBITING BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS FROM GIVING INSUFFICIENT OR NO CHANGE TO CONSUMERS AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR”;

2. Draft JOINT DTI-DA-DOE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER “AMENDMENT TO JOINT DTI-DA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (JAO) NO.10-02, Series of 2010” for Senior Citizens (SC); and

3. Draft JOINT DTI-DA-DOE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER “AMENDMENT TO JOINT DTI-DA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (JAO) NO. 02, Series of 2008” for Persons With Disability (PWD).

The consultations/hearings are scheduled as follows:

Areas covered : NCR, Region 3, 4A, 4B & 5, Luzon
Date : 24 October 2016
Venue : 2nd Floor, Trade and Industry Building,
361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue, 1200 Makati City
Time : 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Joint DTI-DA-DOE Admin. Order)
2:00PM – 5:00PM (RA 10909)

Areas covered : Region 1, 2, CAR, Luzon
Date : 26 October 2016
Venue : DBP Training Complex, Romulo Drive, Baguio City
Time : 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Joint DTI-DA-DOE Admin. Order)
2:00PM – 5:00PM (RA 10909)

All those interested in the abovementioned activity are hereby requested to attend in any of the scheduled consultations/hearings. The draft IRR can be downloaded at the DTI website, www.dti.gov.ph. Written endorsement/position/comments may be submitted to the Consumer Protection and Advocacy Bureau (CPAB) c/o Asst. Director Lilian G. Salonga, Officer-in-Charge, at the Trade and Industry Building, 361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue, 1200 Makati City or through email address, CPAB@dti.gov.ph at any time before the date of hearing indicated above.