LTO MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. ACL-2009-1171

: The main purpose is to enforce the mandatory validation of emission testing results in the LTO IT system to ensure compliance with smoke emission tests before motor vehicle registration or renewal.
: For-Hire vehicles are specifically mentioned to be included under the mandatory validation of smoke emission tests in addition to other motor vehicle classifications.
: LTO evaluators must verify if there is an uploaded smoke emission test reflected in the Emission Tab of the evaluator workstep in the system.
: The evaluator shall reject the transaction if there is no uploaded smoke emission test found in the system.
: The evaluator must validate that the result of the smoke emission test is "Passed" before processing the registration.
: The evaluator shall reject the registration or renewal transaction if the smoke emission test result is not passed.
: All concerned found to be violating this Memorandum Circular shall be dealt with accordingly, implying administrative or legal sanctions may be imposed.
: All orders and memoranda that conflict with this memorandum circular are deemed superseded.
: The memorandum circular was adopted on June 23, 2009.