QuestionsQuestions (LTFRB MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 2014-008)
It clarifies the rules and guidelines governing freight truck services in the implementation and enforcement of Joint Administrative Order 2014-001 (revised schedule of fines and penalties for violations of land transportation laws, rules, and regulations).
Yes. Trucks covered by a pending Application for Extension of Validity are authorized to operate as freight truck services during the pendency of the applications.
They are provisionally authorized to operate for one hundred twenty (120) days, reckoned from June 19, 2014, or until October 17, 2014.
They are given provisional authority to operate only up to October 17, 2014.
A provisional authority may be issued pursuant to LTFRB Memorandum Circular No. 2012-022.
Applicants must submit photocopies of the applications (since there are many units applied for) and upon payment of the filing fee for provisional authority, the grant of Provisional Authority shall be stamped on each photocopy.
Only (1) four (4) copies of the Verified Application Form, and (2) the Certificate of Registration (CR) and Official Receipt (OR) of the units applied for in the name of the applicant or being leased by him.
Additional documentary requirements shall be submitted on the date of the hearing of the application.
The MC provides a specific stamping/notation on the photocopy of the application with the attached Official Receipt of payment of the filing fee, which “serves as the provisional authority” to operate a truck for hire service, with plate number and validity stated up to October 17, 2014.
The stamping is to be signed by the Acting Chief of the Technical Division or the Regional Director.
No. Upon effectivity of the memorandum circular, trailers need not secure a CPC.
They may opt to file a Petition for Dropping if they so desire.
All issuances inconsistent herewith are superseded and amended accordingly.
It shall take effect immediately days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines pursuant to Article 2 of the Civil Code (as referenced by the New Civil Code publication principle).
Three (3) copies must be furnished to the UP Law Center pursuant to Presidential Memorandum Circular No. 11 dated October 9, 1992.
Key timelines include: provisional authorization for certain pre-effectivity filings valid 120 days from June 19, 2014 (until October 17, 2014); provisional authority only until October 17, 2014 for filings between effectivity and October 17, 2014; and post-October 17, 2014 filings follow MC 2012-022 for provisional authority.