Section 3January 12, 2007, Sec./Art. 3

Definition of terms - As used in this act, the following term shall be taken to means as follows:

a) AFTA - shall refer to the ASIAN free trade agreement initiated by the Association of South East Asian Nation;

b) Alternative Fuel Vehicle/Engine - shall refer to vehicle/engines that use alternative fuels such as biodiesel, bioethanel, natural gas, electricity, hydrogen and automotive LPG instead of gasoline and diesel;

c) Bioethanol fuel - shall refer to ethanol (C2H30H) produce from feedback and other biomass.

d) Biodiesel - shall refer to Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME) or mono-alkyl ester delivered from vegetable oil, or animal fats and other biomass-derived oils that shall be technically proven and approved by the DOE for use in diesel engines, with quality specifications in accordance with the Philippine National Standards (PNS)

e) Bioethanol fuels - shall refer to the hydrous and anhydrous bioethanol suitably denatured for use as motor fuel with quality specifications in accordance with the PNS;

f) Biofuel - shall refer to the bioethanol and biodiesel and other fuels made from biomass and primary used for motive, thermal power generation, with quality specifications in accordance with PNS;

g) Biomass - shall refer to any organic matter, particularly cellulosic or ligno-cellulosic matter, which is available on a renewable or recurring basis, including trees, crops and associated residues, plant fiber, poultry litter and other animal wastes, industrial wastes and biodegradable component of solid waste;

h) DA - shall refer to the Department of Agriculture created under Executive Order No. 116, as amended;

i) Diesel - shall refer to the refined petroleum distillate, which may contain small amount of hydrocarbon or nonhydrocarbon additives to improve ignition quality or other characteristic, suitable for compression ignition engine and other suitable types of engines with quality specifications in accordance with PNS;

j) DENR - shall refer to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources created under Executive No. 192, as amended;

k) DOE - shall refer to the Department of Energy created under Republic Act No. 7638, as amended;

l) DOLE - shall refer to the Department of Labor and Employment created under Executive Order No. 126, as amended;

m) DOF - shall refer to the Department of Finance created under Administrative Orders No. 127 and 127-A;

n) DOST - shall refer to the Department of Science and Technology created under Republic Act no. 2067

o) DOTC - shall refer to the Department of Transportation and Communication created under Executive Order No. 125-A, as amended;

p) DTI - shall refer to the Department of Trade and Industry created under Executive Order No. 133;

q) Feedstock - shall refer to the organic sources such as molasses, sugarcane, cassava, coconut, jatropha, sweet sorghum or other biomass used in the production of biofuels;

r) Gasoline shall refer to volatile mixture of liquid hydrocarbon, generally containing small amounts of additives suitable for use as fuel in spark-ignition internal combustion engines with quality specifications in accordance with the PNS;

s) Motor fuel - shall refer to all volatile and inflammable liquids and gas produced, blended or compounded for the purpose of, or which are suitable or practicable for, operating motor vehicle;

t) MTBE - shall refer to Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether;

u) NBB or Board - shall refer to the National Biofuel Board created under Section 8 of this Act ;

v) Oil Company - shall refer to any entity that distributes and sells petroleum fuel products;

w) Oxygenate - shall refer to substances, which, when added to gasoline, increase the amount of oxygen in that gasoline blend;

x) PNS shall refer to the Philippine National Standard; consistent with section 26 of R.A. No. 8749 otherwise known as the 'Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999;

y) Renewable Energy Sources - shall refer to energy sources that do not have an upper limit on the total quantity to be used. Such resources are renewable on a regular basis; and

z) WTO - shall refer to the World Trade Organization.