Question & AnswerQ&A (LTO MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 520-2004)
The main objective is to ensure the safety and comfort of tourists during their land travel by adopting a new design format for the license plates of tourist-oriented Public Utility Vehicles (PUVs) to differentiate them from for-hire vehicles and provide security from criminal elements.
Republic Act No. 4136, otherwise known as the Land Transportation and Traffic Code, as amended.
Four-door sedan vehicles, vans (e.g., Mitsubishi L-300, Nissan Urvan, Toyota Hi-Ace, Hyundai Starex, Kia Besta, Kia Pregio, MB 100 or their equivalent), and Asian Utility Vehicles (AUV) plying airports, seaports, and hotels with specific body modifications such as removal of backseats in AUVs with liftbacks and no top light installed.
They include coasters, vans, air-conditioned jeepneys accommodating at least 12 passengers, mini-buses, and buses, must be covered by a Contract of Service, and have body markings indicating trade name, plate number, and LTFRB case number.
Luxury vehicles including pick-ups, limousines, SUVs, and vans with plush carpeting, luxurious upholstery, Audio/Video amenities, engine displacement of at least 2000 cc, a minimum wheelbase of 2670 mm, and no body markings.
The plates have characteristics of the regular Rizal Monument full-color graphic plates but predominantly yellow to signify tourist-oriented for-hire motor vehicles. Features include reflective full-color graphics, embossed black alphanumeric characters, black 'Matatag na Republika', block border, space for plate year tags, and white LTO markings as security features.
The plates measure 140mm x 390mm, are reflective, have visible multiple LTO acronym security watermarks at the bottom with yellow color, and include a stripe of white LTO markings as part of the security features.
Yes, previously registered vehicles can have the new design with the inclusion of the letter 'D' after the numeric to denote a duplicate plate.
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB).
It took effect immediately after filing copies with the University of the Philippines Law Center on June 22, 2004.