Question & AnswerQ&A (ERB Resolution NO. 91-10)
The main purpose of ERB Resolution No. 91-10 is to require LPG dealers/sub-dealers and their retail outlet operators to execute a joint sworn statement certifying that the retail outlet is not affiliated with any other LPG supplier/dealer/sub-dealer, to facilitate proper identification for the payment of license fees and to keep an updated list of LPG dealers and their appointed retail outlets.
The appointing or supplying LPG dealers or sub-dealers are responsible for obtaining the licenses and paying the license fees of their retail outlet operators.
Because routine field inspections revealed that many LPG retail outlets sell or offer different brands of LPG, making it difficult to ascertain which dealer is responsible for the license fee payment.
They must submit a joint sworn statement indicating that the retail outlet is exclusively appointed by the dealer/sub-dealer and is not a retail outlet of any other supplier/dealer/sub-dealer.
For retail outlets already registered, the joint sworn statement must be submitted within five (5) days from receipt of the resolution copy. For newly appointed retail outlets, it must be submitted upon registration.
Copies of the resolution should be furnished to the oil companies, which are directed to disseminate the contents to their respective LPG suppliers, dealers, sub-dealers, and retailers.
The resolution takes effect immediately upon its adoption on May 9, 1991.
It creates difficulty for the Board in identifying which dealer should be held responsible for license fee payment.
Each retail outlet operator must have a license obtained and paid for by the dealer or sub-dealer they are appointed under, with proof of exclusive appointment certified by a joint sworn statement.
The resolution was signed by Rex V. Tantiangco as Acting Chairman, Alejandro B. Afurong, and Oscar E. Ala as members.