The Decree amends 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 1
• 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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