LPGIA REQUEST FOR CONCERTED EFFORTS AGAINST ILLEGAL, UNFAIR AND UNSAFE PRACTICES IN THE LPG INDUSTRY
National Administrative Register [ BOC MEMORANDUM, November 13, 2003 ]
The LPG Industry Association has reported the proliferation in the domestic market of illegal, dilapidated and unsafe imported used/second hand LPG cylinders.
These substandard used/second hand LPG cylinders had been reported to cause 3% of the total fire incidents in 2000-2002.
In this connection, you are hereby directed to monitor and cause the issuance of Alert/Hold Orders against all shipments of used/second hand LPG cylinders and LPG cylinders declared as scrap.
For strict compliance.
Adopted: 13 Nov. 2003
(SGD.) ANTONIO M. BERNARDO
Commissioner