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matters that require special attention, whether involving

a matter that crosses several functional areas, demands

urgent

action,

or

otherwise

necessitates,

in

the

Secretary's opinion, attention by a special group.

SECTION 6. Undersecretaries . — The Secretary shall

be

assisted

by

five

(5)

Undersecretaries.

They

shall

exercise supervision over the offices, services, operating

units

and

individuals

under

their

authority

and

responsibility.

The Secretary may designate any Undersecretary to

supervise the bureaus, offices, and agencies, including

the attached entities, consistent with the mandate of the

Department.

SECTION 7. Assistant Secretaries . — The Secretary

shall also be assisted by five (5) Assistant Secretaries who

shall

be

appointed

by

the

President

upon

the

recommendation

of

the

Secretary.

The

Secretary

is

hereby authorized to delineate and assign the respective

areas

of

functional

responsibility

of

the

Assistant

Secretaries. Within his functional area of responsibility, an

Assistant Secretary shall assist the Secretary and the

Undersecretaries in the formulation, determination and

implementation of laws, policies, plans, programs and

projects on trade and industry and shall oversee the

day-to-day administration of the constituent units of the

Department.

SECTION

8.

Staff

Bureaus

and Services . — The

Bureaus

and

Service

Units

shall

be

responsible

for

research, formulation of policy, development of standards,

framing of rules and regulations, program formulation

and program monitoring, related to the concerns covered

by the Department's mandate, powers, and functions.

Implementation of such policies, standards, rules and

regulations, and programs shall be the responsibility of

the Department's Line Operating Units.

SECTION 9. Department Line Operating Units . — The

Department Line Operating Units shall be composed of

the following:

(1) Regional Offices. These are offices which shall be

located in the National Capital Region and each of the

twelve (12) other administrative regions of the country.

They

shall

be

operated

and

maintained

on

a

Department-wide basis, acting as implementing arms in

the regions under their jurisdiction, of the Department's

policies, programs, rules and regulations as well as those

laws which the Department is mandated to enforce.

(2) Line Corporate Agencies and Government Entities.

These

are

the

government

entities

and

the

government-owned or controlled corporations under the

administrative supervision of the Department which are

deemed to be integral parts of the Department structure

notwithstanding their organizational form, and which

perform

a

focal

and

implemental

role

in

the

Department's programs for the development of trade,

industry and investments.

CHAPTER 3 Office of the Undersecretary for Domestic

Trade

SECTION

10.

Office

of

the

Undersecretary

for

Domestic Trade . — The Office of the Undersecretary for

Domestic Trade shall include all the staff bureaus and

services

involved

in

policy

formulation,

standards

development,

programs

development,

and

program

monitoring of the development, regulatory, and service

delivery

programs

pertinent

to

domestic

trade

and

commerce being implemented by the Department's line

operating units. The Undersecretary for Domestic Trade

shall supervise the following:

(1)

Bureau

of

Trade

Regulation

and

Consumer

Protection . This Bureau shall formulate and monitor the

implementation

of

programs

for

the

effective

enforcement of laws, correct interpretation and adoption

of

policies

on

monopolies

and

restraint

of

trade,

mislabelling, product misrepresentation and other unfair

trade

practices; monitor the registration of business

names

and

the

licensing

and

accreditation

of

establishments and practitioners; protect and safeguard

the interest of consumers and the public, particularly the

health

and

safety

implications

of

intrinsic

product

features,

product

representation,

and

the

like;

and

establish the basis for evaluating consumer complaints

and product utility failures.

(2) Bureau of Domestic Trade Promotion . This Bureau

shall prepare and monitor the implementation of plans

and

programs

directed

at

the

promotion

and

development of domestic trade, particularly in the area of

efficiency, fairness and balance in the distribution of

essential products and services and in the strengthening

of the domestic base for export activities; conceptualize,

monitor,

and

evaluate programs, plans and projects

intended to create awareness of domestic marketing

opportunities for new projects, new technologies and

investments.

(3) Bureau of Patents, Trademarks, and Technology

Transfer . This Bureau shall examine applications for grant

of

letters,

patent

for

inventions,

utility

models

and

industrial designs, and the subsequent grant or refusal of

the same; register trademarks, tradenames, service marks

and other marks of ownership; hear and adjudicate

contested proceedings affecting rights to patents and

trademarks; receive, process for registration and evaluate

technology

transfer

arrangements

as

to

their

appropriateness and need for the technology or industrial

property

rights,

reasonableness

of

the

technology

payment, and for the prohibition of restrictive business

clauses, and comply with all its statutory publication

requirements by publishing the same in a newspaper of

general circulation or in the Official Gazette .

(4) Bureau of Product Standards . This Bureau shall

review the products contained in the critical imports list

in accordance with established national standards or

relevant

international

standards

and

buyer-seller

specifications;

promulgate

rules

and

regulations

necessary for the country's shift to the international

system of units; study and carry out research on the

various reference materials to be used as basis for the

start of whatever analysis or evaluation is demanded by

the

products

under

examination

or

investigation;

establish standards for all products of the Philippines for

which no standards have as yet been fixed by law,

executive

order,

rules

and

regulations

and

which

products are not covered by the standardization activities

of other government agencies; participate actively in

international activities on standardization, quality control

and metrology; ensure the manufacture, production, and

distribution of quality products for the protection of

consumers;

test

and

analyze

standardized

and

unstandardized

products

for

purposes

of

product

standard formulation and certification; extend technical

assistance to producers to improve the quality of their

products; check length, mass and volume measuring

instruments; and maintain consultative liaison with the

International Organization for Standardization, Pacific

Area

Standards

Congress,

and

other

international

standards organizations.

(5) Video Regulatory Board . This Board shall regulate

videogram

establishments;

prevent

unfair

practices,

unfair

competition, pirating of legitimately produced

video

products,

and

other

deceptive,

unfair

and

unconscionable acts and practices to protect the viewing

public and the general public.

CHAPTER 4 Office of the Undersecretary for International

Trade

SECTION

11.

Office

of

the

Undersecretary

for

International Trade . — The Office of the Undersecretary

for International Trade shall include all the units involved

in policy formulation, standards development, program

development,

and

program

monitoring

of

the

development, regulatory, and service delivery programs

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