Republic Act No. 11898, or the Extended Producer Responsibility Act of 2022 (“EPR Act”), lapsed into law on 23 July 2022 and took effect on 12 August 2022. Under the EPR Act, obliged enterprises, as part of a Collective or with a producer responsibility organization, are required to prepare and register with the National Ecology Center their extended producer responsibility program. 

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On 10 December 2021, President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law Republic Act No. 11595, otherwise known as ‘An Act amending Republic Act No. 8762 or the Retail Trade Liberalization Act of 2000, by lowering the paid-up capital requirement for foreign retail enterprises and other purposes.’ RA 11595 took effect on 21 January 2022.

On 10 December 2021, Republic Act No. 11595, otherwise known as “An Act amending Republic Act No. 8762 or the Retail Trade Liberalization Act of 2000 (RTLA), by lowering the paid-up capital requirement for foreign retail enterprises and other purposes” was signed into law. It removes the requirement for a Certificate of Prequalification and the need to show compliance with the criteria for prequalification under the RTLA to the Philippine Board of Investments, before a foreign retailer can invest in or engage in a retail trade business in the Philippines.