AMENDING SECTION 2 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 247 ENTITLED “MANDATING THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TO COORDINATE NATIONAL TRANSIT TRANSPORT”

WHEREAS, the provisions
of the ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Goods in
Transit (“Framework Agreement”) and the protocols associated with it
encompass areas requiring the expertise of other agencies and
instrumentalities not otherwise mentioned under Executive Order No.
247;

WHEREAS, to safeguard the
interest of the country and to fully accomplish the objectives of the
Framework Agreement, there is a need to include other government
agencies and instrumentalities not provided for under the subject
Executive Order;

WHEREAS, to
properly implement the Framework Agreement, the Secretary of
Transportation and Communications shall be afforded greater leeway in
selecting agencies and instrumentalities which can ably assist him in
coordinating the national transit
transport;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA
MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law. Do hereby
order:

Section 1. 
Section 2 of Executive Order No. 247 is hereby amended as
follows:

“Section 2. In
pursuit of said objectives, the Secretary of the Department of
Transportation and Communications may call upon for assistance any or
all of the government agencies or instrumentalities, as may be
necessary, including but not limited to the
following:

Department of
Agriculture
Department of Health
Department of
Justice
Department of Finance
Department of Foreign
Affairs
Department of Public Works and
Highways
Department of Trade and Industry
Department
of Transportation and
Communications

Section
2. Repealing Clause – All Presidential directives, issuances,
order, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this
Executive Order are hereby repealed and modified
accordingly.

Section 3.
Effectivity – This Executive Order shall take effect immediately upon
its approval.

Done in the City of Manila,
this  9^th day of March, in the year of
Our Lord Two Thousand and Nine.

By the
President:

(Sgd.) EDUARDO R.
ERMITA
Executive
Secretary