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ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND LAW OF PUBLIC OFFICERS TEXT AND RULES

CHAPTER 6 Office of the Undersecretary for Regional

Operations

SECTION

13.

Office

of

the

Undersecretary

for

Regional Operations . — The Office of the Undersecretary

for Regional Operations shall exercise supervision and

control

over

the

Department's

Regional

Offices,

described in Section 9, par. 1 hereof. It shall be responsible

for the field operations of the Department, ensuring full

compliance

with

Department

policies,

rigorous

implementation of Department rules and regulations,

and proper implementation of Department plans and

programs by the Regional Offices in their respective

administrative jurisdictions.

SECTION 14. Regional Offices . — The Department is

hereby authorized to establish, operate and maintain a

Department-wide regional office in each of the country's

administrative regions. Each Regional Office shall be

headed by a Regional Director who shall be assisted by an

Assistant Regional Director. A Regional Office shall have,

within its administrative region, the following functions:

(1)

Implement

pertinent

laws,

and

the

rules,

regulations, policies, plans, programs and projects of the

Department;

(2) Provide efficient and effective service to the people;

(3)

Coordinate

with

the

regional offices of other

departments, offices and agencies in the region;

(4) Coordinate with the local government units; and

(5) Perform such other functions as may be provided

by law or appropriately assigned by the Secretary.

CHAPTER 7 Attached Agencies

SECTION

15.

Line

Corporate

Agencies

and

Government

Entities . — The following are the Line

Corporate Agencies and Government Entities that will

perform their specific regulatory functions, particular

developmental responsibilities, and specialized business

activities in a manner consonant with the Departments'

mandate, objectives, policies, plans, and programs:

(1) National Development Company . This Company

shall promote investments in or establish enterprises for

the express purposes of encouraging the private sector to

follow suit by proving the financial viability of such

enterprises; or of filling critical gaps in the input-output

structure of Philippine commerce and industry when the

private sector is unwilling or unable to engage in such

enterprises because of the magnitude of investments

required or the risk complexion of the undertaking.

(2) Garments and Textile Export Board . This Board,

which shall be supervised by the Undersecretary for

International Trade, shall oversee the implementation of

the

garment

and

textile

agreements

between

the

Philippines and other countries, particularly garments

and textiles quotas; approve quota allocations and export

authorizations;

issue

export

licenses

and

adopt

appropriate

measures

to

expedite

their

processing;

provide the necessary information and statistics relating

to the administration of garments and textiles export

quotas and the flow of garments and textiles exports for

monitoring purposes and for negotiations with other

countries;

implement

rules

and

regulations

for

the

administration

of all international textile agreements

entered into between the Philippines and importing

countries; and fix and collect reasonable fees for the

issuance of export quotas, export authorizations, export

licenses, and other related services, in accordance with

the Department policies, rules and regulations.

(3)

International

Coffee

Organization-Certifying

Agency . This Agency, which shall be supervised by the

Undersecretary for International Trade, shall oversee the

implementation of the coffee agreements between the

Philippines

and

other

countries,

particularly

coffee

quotas.

(4) Philippine International Trading Corporation . This

Corporation,

which

shall

be

supervised

by

the

Undersecretary for International Trade, shall only engage

in

both

export

and

import

trading

on

new

or

non-traditional

products

and

markets

not

normally

pursued by the private business sector; provide a wide

range of export oriented auxiliary services to the private

sector; arrange for or establish comprehensive systems

and

physical

facilities

for

handling

the

collection,

processing,

and

distribution

of

cargoes

and

other

commodities;

monitor

or

coordinate

risk

insurance

services for existing institutions; promote or organize,

whenever

warranted,

production

enterprises

and

industrial establishments and collaborate or associate in

joint venture with any person, association, company, or

entity, whether domestic or foreign, in the fields of

production, marketing, procurement, and other related

businesses; and provide technical, advisory, investigatory,

consultancy, and management services with respect to

any and all of the functions, activities, and operations of

the corporation.

(5) Board of Investments . This Board, which shall be

supervised

by

the

Undersecretary

for

Industry

and

Investments shall be responsible for coordinating the

formulation and implementation of short, medium and

long

term

industrial

plans

as

well

as

promoting

investments

in

the

Philippines

in

accordance

with

national policies and priorities; register, monitor, and

grant investment incentives to individual enterprises;

formulate policies and guidelines aimed at creating an

environment conducive to the expansion of existing

investments or attracting prospective investments in the

Philippines, Provided, That the Board shall place primary

emphasis on its promotive functions.

(6) Export Processing Zone Authority . This Authority

which shall be supervised by the Undersecretary for

Industry and Investments, shall develop and manage

export processing zones, in consonance with Department

policies and programs.

(7) The Center for International Trade Expositions and

Missions, Inc. is hereby merged with the Philippine Trade

Exhibition Center. The latter shall be the surviving entity

and is hereby renamed "Center for International Trade

Expositions and Missions."

TITLE XI Agrarian Reform

CHAPTER 1 General Provisions

SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy . — The State shall

undertake an agrarian reform program founded on the

right

of

farmers

and

regular

farmworkers

who

are

landless to own directly or collectively the lands they till

or, in the case of other farmworkers, to receive a just share

of the fruits thereof.

The

State

shall

recognize

the

right

of

farmers,

farmworkers, and landowners, as well as cooperatives,

and

other

independent

farmers'

organizations

to

participate

in

the

planning,

organization

and

management of the land reform program, and shall

provide

support

to

agriculture

through

appropriate

technology

and

research,

and

through

adequate

financial,

production,

marketing,

and

other

support

services.

The

State

shall

provide

incentives

for

voluntary

land-sharing.

It

may

resettle

landless

farmers

and

farmworkers in its own agricultural estates which shall be

distributed to them in the manner provided by law.

SECTION 2. Mandate . — The Department shall provide

central

direction

and

coordination

to

the

national

agrarian reform program extended to transform farm

lessees

and

farm

tenants

into

owner-cultivators

of

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