REMEDY OF TENTATIVE RELEASE FOR CRF CONTESTED SHIPMENTS
National Administrative Register [ BOC MEMORANDUM, December 01, 1997 ]
To strictly implement the conditions under which the remedy of tentative release for CRF contested shipments may be availed of pursuant to CMO 3-95, as amended, the following guidelines are hereby issued:
1. The plus or minus 20% difference rule as provided for in CMO 3-95 as amended by CMO 3-95B shall be strictly observed. Hence, it is hereby reiterated that contested shipments which are covered by a previous Committee resolution or a published value whose difference in value compared to the contested CRF does not exceed + or – 20% should not be allowed tentative release.
2. To reject outrightly, application for tentative release which is not supported by strong prima-facie evidence, as listed in CMO 3-95, as amended, that the CRF is either inaccurate or totally wrong.
For strict compliance.
Adopted: 01 Dec. 1997
(SGD.) GUILLERMO L. PARAYNO, JR.
(Commissioner)
(Commissioner)