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Thursday, November 24, 2005
Centralized system to stop issuance of fake clearances
THE DOTC and the LTO will centralize the uploading of vehicle emission test results by accrediting and authorizing information technology (IT) providers.
The plan will stop the issuance of fake copies of the certificate of emission compliance (CEC).
In a department order dated last Nov. 11, Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Secretary Leandro Mendoza pushed the need to curb the proliferation of fraudulent CECs.
Owners are required to secure CECs from private emission testing centers (PETC) so they can register their vehicles with the Land Transportation Office (LTO).
But the DOTC noted many CECs were issued to vehicles that did not undergo emission testing.
Last year, the DOTC ordered the closure of six PETCs in Cebu and Bohol after they were caught issuing passing grades to vehicles that did not undergo smoke testing, in violation of Republic Act 8749 (Clean Air Act).
Under the new system, a PETC will submit the test to the IT provider. The IT provider will then upload the emission test results on-line for the DOTC-LTO IT System to verify the results.
If the IT provider will reject the result because it did not pass the tolerable smoke emission limit set by law, the PETC cannot issue a CEC to the vehicle owner.
If a vehicle fails the smoke emission test, the LTO shall not register it until the owner fixes his car to pass the test.
Pursuant to the Clean Air Act, the DOTC and the Department of Trade and Industry issued a joint administrative order on July 11, 2001 to provide guidelines for PETCs, because government lacks the equipment to conduct the test.
The guidelines, though, had deficiencies, prompting Mendoza to correct them. (EOB)
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