Section 13
SECTION 13.—Personnel. Subject only to the organizational framework and guidelines prescribed by the Governing Council, the President of the Export Council shall draw up and implement the staffing pattern of the Export Council; Provided that, in the filling of positions through, such personnel as may be necessary, appropriate and qualified from the Bureau of Foreign Trade of the Department of Trade, The Institute of Export Development of the Board of Investments, and the National Economic and Development Authority, and such personnel from the foregoing government agencies who have been detailed to the RP/UNDP Export Promotion Project shall be given priority of consideration for recruitment. All positions in the Export Council are hereby declared policy determining, highly technical and/or primarily confidential and shall be exempt from Career Executive Service, OCPC, and Civil Service eligibility rules and regulations; provided that, consistent with their individual employment status, the personnel of the Export Council shall be entitled to the appropriate benefits and privileges normally accorded to government employees of similar employment status, such as GSIS insurance and retirement benefits, Medicare, leave, and other similar benefits; provided further that, personnel services contributed to or contracted by the Export Council which are actually paid for by private sector entities or organizations shall not fall under the coverage of the immediately preceding provisions.