Section 69 (n) of Republic Act No. 9593, otherwise known as the Tourism Act of 2009, provides that the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority, formerly the Philippine Tourism Authority, an attached agency of the Department of Tourism shall œregister, monitor and regulate enterprises seeking to invest and operate within a TEZ and approve and grant incentives to such registered enterprises   In this regard, for purposes of CPRS registration of Tourist Enterprise Zone (TEZ) Operators and Registered Tourism Enterprises (RTEs) with the electronic-to-mobile or e2m Customs System, Section 2.4 of CMO 39-2008 is hereby amended to include TEZ operators and RTEs as BOC stakeholders and with TIEZA as the accrediting government agency. TEZ operators and RTEs shall be registered in CPRS by TIEZA using the Other Government Agency (OGA) gateway of the e2m Customs.

Further, for purposes of Tax Identification Number (TIN) updating of TEZ operators and RTEs in e2m Customs, TIEZA shall provide the management Information System and Technology Group (MISTG) of the Bureau of Customs soft copy and hard copy signed by a TIEZA-authorized officer the list of TEZ operators and rTes in good standing by January 31 of each year.  TIEZA shall likewise inform mISTG in writing of the TIN of newly-registered TEZ operators and RTEs before approval of CPRS registration.

This Order takes effect immediately upon publication and copy sent to the UP Law Center in compliance with the provisions of the Revised Administrative Code.