Executive Order No. 587 (2006)

Section 1. The Secretary of Trade and Industry is hereby directed to establish and administer comprehensive and integrated programs for business registration and facilitation at the national, regional and local levels with due consideration to advances in convergence and other emerging technologies. For this purpose, he may call on any agency, corporation or organization, whether public of private, whose development programs in business registration and preparation and implementation of such programs. Technical Working Groups (TWGs) may also be created to address specific issues and concerns.

Section 2. The Secretary of Trade and Industry shall formulate and recommend national policies and guidelines that will promote business registration and facilitation with both public and private sectors. ℒαwρhi৷ For this purpose he shall consult the --

1. Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

2. Commission, Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)

3. Commissioner, Bureau of Customs (BOC)

4. President and Chief Executive Officer, Social Security System (SSS)

5. Administrator, National Statistics Office (NSO)

6. President and Chief Executive Officer, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth)

7. Secretary, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)

8. President, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI)

Section 3. The Secretary of Trade and Industry shall perform such other powers and functions as may be prescribed by law or as may be necessary, incidental or proper to pursue its mandate or as may be assigned from time to time by the President. He shall submit a periodic report of its activities to the President.

Section 4. To carry out the provisions of this Order, funds for the necessary expenses for the operations of the PBR shall come from Philippine Business Registry (PBR) project funds administered by the Department of Trade and Industry subject to existing accounting and auditing rules and regulations.

This Order shall take effect immediately

Section 5. This Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 8th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Six.

(SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President:

(SGD.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA Executive Secretary