In view of the reported continuous proliferation of œNon-Appearance  of motor vehicles in emission testing, a direct violation of Department Orders Nos. 2005-34 and 37 and Memorandum Circular Nos. RIB-2007-883 and Memorandum dated 21 April 2008, Supplemental I.T. Guidelines on Emission Testing requirement are hereby formulated, as follows:

1. Picture of motor vehicle/s must be saved on the database format rather than directory base.

2. Only one (1) computer, if test machine is dual-gas & diesel or two (2), if test machine is being used separately for gas & diesel, per lane shall be allowed for emission tests. Strictly there shall no back-up computer/s.

3. Interface cable must be one (1) per (test equipment) machine and the Client program of the I.T. Provider must be capable of detecting if the said cable is defective.

4. No Laptop Computer, LCD or extra webcam shall be allowed inside PETCs premises. Presence of these equipment shall give rise to the presumption of violation of these guidelines.

5. No pictures (motor vehicle) shall be saved on the PETCs computer/s Harddisk, USB or any external drive or discs.

6. Only the following Certificate of Emission Compliance supported by the clear picture of motor vehicle taken during testing with the following details, shall be accepted:

a) visible (rear side of motor vehicle) plate number, if improvised (plate number) then the owner/technician of motor vehicle must attach a xerox copy of certification/authorization from LTO to use said plate number before conducting emission test.
b) test probe (inserted at tailpipe)
c) technician (who conducted the test)
d) LTO logo (upper right side of CEC paper)
e) if the color of motor vehicle (picture) differs from the certificate of registration, the owner/technician must attach pertinent documents to justify that said motor vehicle has undergone change color before conducting emission test.

7. No other application program (software) shall be present or installed which is susceptible or contributory to the editing or tampering of processed information, to wit:

a) Bitmap/Vector Editing Software - Photoshop (Macromedia or Adobe versions), Coreldraw, Fireworks and the likes;
b) Virtual Camera Applications - Anycam, Vsoft, VirtualCam and the likes;
c) Emission Result Editing Software - usually disguised as a game, media player or mp3. Which are mostly installed in USB or any external drive or discs.

8. PETCs are allowed to use only the series number of CECs which are officially allocated or issued to them.

Failure by PETCs and I.T. Service Provider/s to comply with the herein Supplementary I.T. Guidelines on Emission Testing Requirements shall be deemed a violation subject to the penalties as prescribed in Section 10.1 of the Department Order No. 2005-37.

All Orders/Circulars/Memoranda issued in conflict or inconsistent herewith are deemed superseded and/or modified accordingly.

This Memorandum Circular shall take effect immediately.

For guidance and strict compliance.

Adopted: 15 June 2009

(SGD.) ARTURO C. LOMIBAO
Assistant Secretary