November 21, 2019 2019-6463 Costa Rica’s Executive Power publishes decree amending the General Customs Law regulations Costa Rica’s Executive Power published Decree No. 42017-H, amending the General Customs Law regulations. Modified articles of the regulations The Decree modified: Article 9, “Competence of the Normative Directorate,” first paragraph Article 9 bis, “Functions of the Regulatory Directorate,” subsection l Article 12, “Competence of the Department of Administrative Procedures,” first paragraph Article 13, “Functions of the Procedures Department Administrative,” subsections a, e, g and q Article 19, “Competence of the Statistics and Registries Department,” first paragraph Article 19 bis, “Functions of the Statistical Department and Registries,” subsection r becomes subsection s Article 22, “Competence of the National Valuation Body and Customs Verification,” first paragraph Article 23, “Functions of the Directorate of the National Customs Valuation and Verification Body,” subsections m and y Article 24, “Competence of the Department of Immediate Control of Customs Value” Article 26, “Competence of the Fiscalization Directorate” Article 26 bis, “Functions of the Fiscalization Directorate,” subsection r Article 29 bis, “Functions of the Department of Complaints and Special Operatives,” subsection a Article 35 bis, “Customs Management Functions,” subsection p Article 43, “Supervisory bodies,” first paragraph
Additions to the regulations The Decree: Added subsections q and r to Article 9 bis and changed the order of the current subsections from q to s Added subsections t and u to Article 13 and changed the order of the subsections from t to v Added subsections z, aa, bb, cc, dd, ee, ff, gg, hh, ii, jj, kk, ll, mm, nn, oo, pp to Article 23 and changed current subsection y to subsection qq Added subsections r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z, aa, bb, cc, dd, ee, ff, gg, hh, to Article 26 bis and changed current subsection r to subsection ii
Eliminated articles The Decree eliminated: Article 14 bis (i) Article 15, paragraph 2 Article 15 bis (h) Article 25 bis (c) Article 26 bis (h)
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