2,900 used cars can’t leave Subic
The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority has stopped importers from withdrawing at least 2,970 used passenger vehicles out of the Subic Bay Freeport.
By Tonette Orejas - Inquirer
The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority has stopped importers from withdrawing at least 2,970 used passenger vehicles out of the Subic Bay Freeport.
SBMA Administrator Armand Arreza said he issued the order after the Supreme Court made a final ruling denying the motion of the Motor Vehicle Importers Association of Subic Bay Freeport Inc. (MVIASBFI) to sell the used cars outside the freeport.
The Office of the Solicitor General received a copy of the court’s Oct. 30 resolution on Nov. 9. Arreza said his office received a copy on Nov. 16.
The court maintained its previous positions. On Feb. 20, 2006, it exempted the Subic Bay Freeport from the ban on the importation of used motor vehicles on the condition that it cannot sell or market them outside the freeport.
President Macapagal-Arroyo imposed the ban through a provision in Executive Order 156 that she issued on Dec. 12, 2002, as part of the guidelines of the government’s motor vehicle development program.
The Feb. 26, 2006 decision, penned by Associate Justice Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, said “motor vehicles that come into the Philippine territory via the secured fenced-in former Subic Naval Base area may be stored, used or traded therein or exported out of the Philippine territory, but they cannot be imported into the Philippine territory outside of the secured fenced-in former Subic Naval Base area.”
In an Aug. 22, 2006 resolution, the court denied the motions for clarification and reconsideration of the Southwing Heavy Industries Inc., United Auctioneers Inc., Microvan Inc., Subic Integrated Macro Ventures Corp. and the MVIASBFI to import cars into the Philippines through the freeport.
They said EO 418, which imposed an import duty of P500,000 on used motor vehicles except trucks, buses and special purpose vehicles, impliedly repealed EO 156.
“Their motions are without merit,” the court said. “Notwithstanding the issuance of EO 418, used motor vehicles imported via the presently secured fenced-in former Subic Naval Base area cannot further be imported into the other parts of the Philippine territory,” said the resolution penned by Associate Justice Renato Corona.
The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority has stopped importers from withdrawing at least 2,970 used passenger vehicles out of the Subic Bay Freeport.
SBMA Administrator Armand Arreza said he issued the order after the Supreme Court made a final ruling denying the motion of the Motor Vehicle Importers Association of Subic Bay Freeport Inc. (MVIASBFI) to sell the used cars outside the freeport.
The Office of the Solicitor General received a copy of the court’s Oct. 30 resolution on Nov. 9. Arreza said his office received a copy on Nov. 16.
The court maintained its previous positions. On Feb. 20, 2006, it exempted the Subic Bay Freeport from the ban on the importation of used motor vehicles on the condition that it cannot sell or market them outside the freeport.
President Macapagal-Arroyo imposed the ban through a provision in Executive Order 156 that she issued on Dec. 12, 2002, as part of the guidelines of the government’s motor vehicle development program.
The Feb. 26, 2006 decision, penned by Associate Justice Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, said “motor vehicles that come into the Philippine territory via the secured fenced-in former Subic Naval Base area may be stored, used or traded therein or exported out of the Philippine territory, but they cannot be imported into the Philippine territory outside of the secured fenced-in former Subic Naval Base area.”
In an Aug. 22, 2006 resolution, the court denied the motions for clarification and reconsideration of the Southwing Heavy Industries Inc., United Auctioneers Inc., Microvan Inc., Subic Integrated Macro Ventures Corp. and the MVIASBFI to import cars into the Philippines through the freeport.
They said EO 418, which imposed an import duty of P500,000 on used motor vehicles except trucks, buses and special purpose vehicles, impliedly repealed EO 156.
“Their motions are without merit,” the court said. “Notwithstanding the issuance of EO 418, used motor vehicles imported via the presently secured fenced-in former Subic Naval Base area cannot further be imported into the other parts of the Philippine territory,” said the resolution penned by Associate Justice Renato Corona.
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