Adoption of the National Civil Aviation Security Programme

January 30, 2004

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 277

APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE NATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY PROGRAMME, CREATING THE OFFICE FOR TRANSPORTATION SECURITY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS, AND RECONSTITUTING THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY AS THE NATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY COMMITTEE

WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to safeguard civil aviation against acts of unlawful interference while taking into account the safety, regularity and efficiency of flights;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Executive Order No. 336 dated January 5, 2001, the National Council for Civil Aviation Security is responsible for formulating plans to direct, control, supervise and integrate all measures aimed at preventing and suppressing all terrorist threats to civil aviation;

WHEREAS, under Section 31, Chapter 10, Title III, Book III of the Administrative Code of 1987, the President has continuing authority to reorganize the administrative, structure of the Office of the President. CDTAbench

NOW, THERE, 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. The National Civil Aviation Security Programme (NCASP), hereto attached as Annex "A", is hereby approved and adopted.

SECTION 2. An Office for Transportation Security under the Department of Transportation and Communications is hereby created to be headed by an Undersecretary, who shall be primarily responsible for the implementation of Annex 17 of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Convention on aviation security.

SECTION 3. The National Council for Aviation Security is hereby reconstituted as the National Civil Aviation Security Committee (NCASC), to be composed of the following:

Secretary, Department of Transportation and Communications	Chairman
Secretary, Department of Interior and Local Government	Co-Chairman
Undersecretary, DOTC Office for Transportation Security	Vice-Chairman
Assistant Secretary, Air Transportation Office	Member
General Manager, Manila International Airport Authority	Member
General Manager, Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority	Member
General Manager, Clark International Airport Corporation	Member
General Manager, Subic Bay International Airport Authority	Member
Manager, Davao International Airport	Member
Manager, General Santos International Airport	Member
Manager, Laoag International Airport	Member
Manager, Zamboanga International Airport	Member
Director, Philippine National Police Aviation Security Group	Member
Commissioner, Bureau of Customs	Member
Commissioner, Bureau of Immigration	Member
Administrator, Philippine Overseas Employment Administration	Member
Administrator, Overseas Worker Welfare Administration	Member
Executive Director, Department of Tourism	Member
Protocol Officer, Department of Foreign Affairs	Member
Director, National Bureau of Investigation	Member
Group Commander, Intelligence Service of the Armed	Member
	Forces of the Philippines
Director General, National Intelligence Coordinating Agency	Member
Group Commander, Presidential Security Group	Member
Director, DA Bureau of Plant Industry	Member
Director, DA Bureau of Animal Industry	Member
Chief Superintendent, Bureau of Fire Protection	Member
Director, DOH Bureau of Quarantine and	Member
	International Health Surveillance

SECTION 4. In addition to its current functions, the NCASC shall be responsible for the implementation and maintenance of the NCASP and shall:

a. Define and allocate tasks and coordinate activities among the agencies of the government, airport authorities, aircraft operators and other entities concerned with, or responsible for, the implementation of various aspects of the NCASP;

b. Coordinate security activities among the agencies of the government, airport authorities, aircraft operators and other entities concerned with, or responsible for, the implementation of various aspects of the NCASP;

c. Define and allocate tasks for the implementation of the NCASP among the agencies of the government, airport authorities, aircraft operators and other concerned entities;

d. Ensure that each airport serving international civil aviation shall establish and implement a written airport security programme appropriate to meet the requirements of the NCASP;

e. Arrange for an authority at each airport serving international civil aviation to be responsible for coordinating the implementation of security controls;

f. Arrange for the establishment of an airport security committee at each airport serving international civil aviation to assist the authority mentioned in paragraph (e) above, in the coordination of the implementation of security controls and procedures;

g. Coordinate and collaborate with the Task Force for Security of Critical Infrastructure under the Cabinet Oversight Committee on International Security; and

h. Perform such other functions as the President may direct.

The DOTC Office for Transportation Security shall serve as the Secretariat of the NCASC.

SECTION 5. Repeal. — All orders, rules, regulations and issuances, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 6. Effectivity. — This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

City of Manila, January 30, 2004