Presidential Decree No. 599 (PD 599) — Amending the Approved Staffing Pattern of the Bureau of Customs by Creating New Divisions/Units Therein, Including the Increase of Positions in the Operation and Enforcement, Communications and the National Police Groups.
WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 1 dated September 24,
1972, the Integrated Reorganization Plan was adopted and made part of
the law of the land; and
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to create new
divisions/units in the Bureau of Customs such as the economic
intelligence and research division; increase the number of positions in
the communications, export coordination, port operations coordination,
customs laboratory and customs police groups in order to effectively
carry out the desired objectives of reorganization as invisioned in the
Integrated Reorganization Plan;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972, and General
Order No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, in order to effect the desired
changes and reforms in the Bureau of Customs, do hereby order and decree
the following:
SECTION 1. An Economic Intelligence and Research Division is
hereby created under the Operation and Enforcement Service which shall
handle matters pertaining to economic intelligence and research, the
specialized staff study of the actual application of the tariff and
commodity classifications, the international commitments and agreements
involving Customs operations and the impact of various incentives and
concessions given to industries. It shall have the following sections:
National Tariff and Customs Research Section and International Tariff
and Trade Research Section.
SEC. 2. A Port Operations Coordination Division is hereby
created under the Operation and Enforcement Service which shall serve as
the central evaluation and coordinating unit on ports, arrastre,
pilotage, cargo, disposal, storage and bonded warehousing operations. It
shall have the following sections: Port Operations Section and Bonded
Warehousing and Cargo Disposal Section.
SEC. 3. A Central Radio Communication Division is hereby
created under the Administrative Service which shall take charge of all
types of radio communications between the central office and field
offices including those involving ship to shore and ship to ship
facilities.
SEC. 4. A Customs Laboratory Division is hereby created
under the Operation and Enforcement Service to render laboratory
examination and analysis of samples of imported commodities to establish
proper classification.
SEC. 5. The Cash Section and Liquidation Section of the
Assessment Branch of the Port of Manila are hereby made into divisions
to be known as cash Division and Liquidation Division, respectively. The
Collection Division is hereby abolished.
SEC. 6. One hundred forty-five (145) positions are hereby
created and apportioned as follows:
A. OPERATION AND ENFORCEMENT GROUP
45
1.
Economic Intelligence and Research Division
10
2.
Port Operation Coordination Division
10
3.
Export Coordination Division
15
4.
Customs Laboratory
10
B. RADIO COMMUNICATIONS GROUP
30
C. NATIONAL CUSTOMS POLICE
GROUP
70
The amount of Eight Hundred Thousand Pesos (P800,000) is hereby
appropriated out of the funds of the National Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the aforementioned positions; Provided, That
the same positions shall be subject to final WAPCO classification action
and approval by the Commissioner of the Budget.
Two Hundred Thousand Pesos (P200.000) is hereby appropriated for
equipment, supplies and materials of the Customs laboratory unit and the
radio communications unit.
SEC. 7. All laws, decrees,
rules and regulations or parts thereof, inconsistent with any of the
provisions of this Decree are repealed or modified accordingly.
SEC. 8. This Decree shall take effect immediately along
with Presidential Decree No. 1 insofar as it affects the Bureau of
Customs.
Done in the City of Manila, this 4th day of December, in the
year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.
(Sgd.)
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
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