Section 10Sec./Art. 10

Responsibilities of Persons. It shall be the responsibility of any person, subject to this Act; who intends to engage in the export, import, transit, and transshipment of strategic goods, under the NSGL, or the provision of related services to obtain an authorization from the STMO as provided in this Act and its implementing rules and regulations. In addition, any person who intends to engage in the re-export or reassignment of strategic goods is required to obtain an authorization when this has been made a condition for the authorization of the exports from the Philippines.

No person shall be allowed to place .any strategic goods in or on any carrier located within the territorial and economic jurisdiction of the Philippines without the consent of the owner or operator of the carrier. Such owners and operators shall be prohibited from allowing the placement of strategic goods in or on any carrier unless the person presents an authorization issued by the STMO to export, import, transit or transship strategic goods.

All persons engaged in the business involving strategic goods are required to keep at their principal place of business, in the manner prescribed by the IRR to be issued by the NSC-STMCom for a period often (10) years from the date of the completion of the transaction, all records of the transaction and/or books of accounts, business and computer systems and all commercial and technical data related to the transaction including:

a. The description of the strategic goods or related services;

b. The quantity and the value of the strategic goods or value of the related service provided;

c. The name and address of the parties in the transaction or activity;

d. The end-use and end-user of the strategic goods or related services; and

e. The date of the transaction or activity.

The customs broker shall submit to the BOC, a copy of the authorization and a copy of the extract of the manifest of the carrier, in or on which the strategic goods were loaded prior to its departure or arrival.