BOC CUSTOMS MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 34-2010 IMPLEMENTATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 736 August 31, 2010

WHEREAS,an Intellectual Property Unit (IPU) in the Bureau of Customs was established through Customs Administrative Order No. 6-2002;

WHEREAS,Customs Special Order No. 19-2003 provides that the IPU shall be headed by the Chief, Internal Inquiry and Prosecution Division (IIPD);

WHEREAS,Executive Order No. 736 decreed the creation of permanent Intellectual Property Division in all enforcement agencies of the government;

WHEREAS,Customs Administrative Order (CAO) No. 9-2008 was promulgated to implement E.O. 736, creating for the purpose the Intellectual Property Rights Division;

WHEREAS,CAO 9-2008 has been published in a newspaper of general circulation;

NOW THEREFORE,by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines in relation to Executive Order No. 292, the following are hereby directed:

1. Customs Special Order No. 19-2003 is hereby revoked

2. Customs Administrative Order No. 6-2002 is hereby deemed superseded by Customs Administrative Order No. 9-2008

3. The Intellectual Property Rights Division created under CAO 9-2008 is hereby separated from the Internal Inquiry and Prosecution Division.

4. Unless sooner revoked by another memorandum, CAO 9-2008 shall remain effective and the provisions therein shall have the effect of a valid law or regulation.

This memorandum shall take effect immediately.

Adopted: 31 August 2010

(SGD.) ANGELITO A. ALVAREZ
Commissioner