[sustran] motor vehicle inspection syste

[roberto evangelio]

dear guys,

We national Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) received a proposal 
from a private entity to finance and build a Motor Vehicle Inspection System 
(MVIS) nationwide under a Built-Own-Operate (BOO)scheme. This variance is 
allowed in The Philippines under its BOT Law.

By the way, the MVIS is used as a test center for vehicle worthiness, 
including vehicle emmision before it can be registered. Although it is not 
strictly implemented here (as far as i know).

At present, the government has built 5 (im not sure of the number) MVIS 
station. Our position then is to allow private sector to handle the testing 
through accreditation. That means allowing any existing or even new repair 
shop to test any vehicle for registration. In this way, we will encourage 
competition and hopefully reduce the cost. Of course, we have to set up 
standards for these private entities to follow.

Im afraid that the impact of the new proposal is a virtual monopoly of the 
service and therefore may be costly for vehicle owners.

Anyway, my concern is that this group may have an information on the current 
practice in other countries, which we can use as a pattern.

Any feedback is most welcome

thanks

obet evangelio
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