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(NAR) VOL. 29 NO. 1/ JANUARY - MARCH 18
[ MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 2018-007, March 16, 2018 ]
NON-ACCEPTANCE OF APPLICATIONS FOR TH SERVICES WITH UNITS MORE THAN FIFTEEN YEARS OLD PURSUANT TO DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 2017-009
Adopted: 15 March 2018
Date Filed: 16 March 2018
Date Filed: 16 March 2018
In conformity with Department Order (DO) No. 2017-009, Re: REITERATING DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 2002-030 AND STRENGTHENING THE MANDATORY AGE LIMIT FOR BUS TYPE UNIT AND TRUCKS SUBJECT OF OR COVERED BY CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE (CPC), filing of new Applications for Issuance of Certificate of Public Convenience to Operate Truck-for-Hire Services with proposed units to be authorized which are fifteen (15) years old (reckoned from the date of manufacture) and above, shall not be accepted. Further, imported used truck as defined under the Executive Order No. 156 series of 2002 shall not be granted a CPC.
Units, which are not brand new but below the fifteen (15) year age limit shall be accepted, but can only be authorized corresponding to the year model of the unit/ s and only until the said maximum age limit for trucks.
For existing CPCs and pending applications for Truck-for-Hire Service, there shall be a Two and one-half (2!) years transition period or until 30 June 2020 within which, operators of Truck-for-Hire Service will be required to substitute their non-compliant units per DO No. 2017-009.
However, upon the establishment of Motor Vehicle Inspection System (MVIS) Centers during the transition period, the Roadworthiness Certificate shall be the basis to determine a Public Utility Vehicle’s roadworthiness.
All other issuances or parts thereof inconsistent herewith are hereby modified, amended or superseded accordingly.
This Memorandum Circular shall take effect immediately following its publication in a newspaper of general circulation and the filing of three (3) copies hereof with the UP Law Center pursuant to Presidential Memorandum Circular No. 11, dated 09 October 1992.
SO ORDERED.
Quezon City, Philippines, 15 March 2018.
(SGD) ATTY, MARTIN B. DELGRA, III Chairman | |
(SGD) ENGR. RONALDO F. CORPUS Board Member | (SGD) ATTY. AILEEN LOURDES A. LIZADA Board Member |
Attested by: | |
(SGD) ATTY. CARL SHA JEMIMAH F. MARBELLA Officer-in-Charge Office of the Executive Director | |