Section 3May 23, 2008, Sec./Art. 3

Section of the same Act, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 3. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as Beneficiaries. - MSMEs shall be defined as any business activity or enterprise engaged in industry, agribusiness and/or services, whether single proprietorship, cooperative, partnership or corporation whose total assets, inclusive of those arising from loans but exclusive of the land on which the particular business entity's office, plant and equipment are situated, must have value falling under the following categories:

micro:

not more than

P3,000,000

small:

P3,000,001 -

15,000,000

medium:

P15,000,001 -

P1000,000,000

"The above definitions shall be subject to review and adjustments by the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (MSMED) Council under Section 6 of this Act or upon recommendation of sectoral organizations concerned, taking into account inflation and other economic indicators. The Council may use other variables such as number of employees, equity capital and assets size.

"The Council shall ensure that notwithstanding the plans and programs set for MSMEs as a whole, there shall be set and implemented other plans and programs varied and distinct from each other, according to the specific needs of each sector, encouraging MSMEs to graduate from one category to the next or even higher category."