Regulation for the importation of samples for research with Synthetic and non-Synthetic Formulated Pesticides, Technical Grade Active Ingredient, Related Substances, Physical devices that contain pesticides or related substances incorporated and Adjuvants of Agricultural Use 1º-Objectives. This technical regulation has the objective of establishing the requirements for granting the authorization for importation and use of samples for research with formulated synthetic and non-synthetic pesticides, technical grade active ingredient, related substances and adjuvants, as well as those physical devices that contain pesticides or related substances incorporated of agricultural use for research purposes.
2º-Scope of application. The following regulation applies in the following cases:
2.1. When a pesticide as a technical grade active ingredient or forming part of a formulated synthetic and non-synthetic pesticide, physical devices that contain incorporated pesticides are not registered by the applicant in the country.
2.2. When a related substance or physical device that contains incorporated related substances and an adjuvant are not registered by the applicant in the country.
3º-Definitions. For the purposes of this regulation, the following definitions will be considered:
3.1 Pesticide class: determines the biocidal action of the product, which may be an insecticide, fungicide, herbicide, nematicide or others.
3.2 Adjuvant: chemical substance that contributes, assists or helps to perform a better action when mixed correctly with a formulated synthetic pesticide.
3.3 Component: Common name of the main substances that form part of an adjuvant.
3.4 Median lethal concentration (LC50): the concentration of a substance that causes 50% of mortality in test animals, usually under exposure for a determined period. It is expressed in milligrams or grams per cubic decimeter liter or cubic meter of air.
3.5 Physical device: Those inert materials that contain incorporated pesticides or related substances.
3.6 Median lethal dose (LD50): the amount of a toxic substance that produces 50% mortality in the test animals, in a given time, usually 24 hours, under special conditions. It is expressed as milligrams per kilograms of body weight.
3.7 Product efficacy: degree of desired effect that a formulated synthetic pesticide, adjuvant and related substance has in relation to the control subject (insects, mites, fungi, others.) or regulation of plant metabolism/growth.
3.8 Label: any tag, marbete, brand, image or other descriptive or graphic matter, that has been written, printed, stenciled, marked, marked in relief or intaglio or attached to the container, that identifies and describes the product contained in it.
3.9 Manufacturer: natural or legal person dedicated to the synthesis of technical grade active ingredient in any of its formulations.
3.10 Formulation: any product that contains one or more active ingredients uniformly distributed in one or more inert carriers, with or without the aid of formula conditioners.
3.11 Formulator: natural or legal person dedicated to the formulation of formulated synthetic pesticides and related substances.
3.12 Original information (product's own): is the technical-scientific information specifically developed for the registration of a technical grade active ingredient, non-synthetic and synthetic formulated pesticide, adjuvant or related substance of agricultural use.
3.13 Active ingredient: the component of a formulation, responsible for the direct or indirect biological activity against pests and diseases, or for the regulation of plant metabolism/growth. A single formulated synthetic pesticide may be composed of one or more chemical or biological entities that may differ in relative activity. A formulation may contain one or more active ingredients.
3.14 Technical grade active ingredient: the technical grade active ingredient can be found under two formulations: TC (technical product), and TK (technical concentrate). The TC normally has a high concentration of active ingredient, may have essential additives such as stabilizers, but has no diluents or solvents. The TK on its side, normally contains a lower concentration, either because a diluent has been added to a TC or because it may be impractical or undesirable to isolate the active ingredient from the solvent, impurities, among others. Additionally, the TK may have essential additives such as stabilizers, as well as diluents or solvents.
3.15 Authorized researcher: Professional authorized to carry out research with pesticides and related substances, in accordance with the legislation in force in our country.
3.16 Registration book: book legally constituted by the Department of the SFE that administers the registry, where the importation and use authorization granted to the applicant on the product with which experimentation will be conducted is recorded; the registration number, date, concentration, formulation, generic or common name of the active ingredient, class type, name of the natural or legal person applicant, manufacturer and origin must be recorded.
3.17 Common name of the active ingredient: common name of the active ingredient that forms part of a formulated synthetic pesticide, related substance and of a technical grade active ingredient, approved by some official international standardization body.
3.18 Chemical name: refers to the name of the molecule(s) of the active ingredient or component of an approved product.
3.19 Pesticide: any substance or mixture of substances intended to prevent, destroy or control any pest, including vectors of human or animal diseases, undesirable species of plants or animals that cause damage or that interfere in any other way in the production, processing, storage, transportation or marketing of food, agricultural products, wood and wood products or animal feed, or that may be administered to animals to combat insects, arachnids or other pests in or on their bodies. The term includes growth and maturation regulators, flowering inducers and inhibitors of plants, synthetic ones that are not produced naturally by plants and those devices that contain them.
3.20 Pest: any living organism that competes or causes damage to plants or their products and that can be considered as such, due to its economic, invasive or extensive nature.
3.21 Formulated synthetic pesticide: commercial product that has been prepared from one or more technical grade active ingredient(s) plus other formulation components.
3.22 Formulated non-synthetic pesticide: Substances found in nature in mineral form and that can be used as a pesticide either in simple form or forming part of a more complex pesticide compound.
3.23 Efficacy test: Set of studies that tend to demonstrate the efficacy of the product for a specific purpose; it may be composed of biocidal efficacy studies, phytotoxicity studies and studies to determine the pre-harvest interval.
3.24 Company registration: It is the legal procedure by which a natural or legal person is authorized for all the effects of this Regulation before the Unit that Administers the Registry of the SFE.
3.25 Permit for importation of samples: It is the authorization issued by the Competent Authority (Department of Agricultural Inputs of the SFE) to import and use, for research purposes and under the terms established in this regulation, technical grade active ingredients or formulated synthetic and non-synthetic pesticides, related substances and adjuvants.
3.26 Related substance of agricultural use: Substances without biocidal properties for pests, intended to be used as growth and maturation regulators, flowering inducers and inhibitors of plants that are produced naturally in them and that have been able to be reproduced synthetically, defoliants, repellents, desiccants, pheromones, attractants, agents to reduce fruit density or agents to prevent premature fruit fall, sunscreens and substances applied to crops before or after harvest to protect the product against deterioration during storage and transportation, such as waxes, Hydrogen peroxide, soaps and those other products classified as related substance, as well as those devices that contain a related substance.
3.27 Type of pesticide: chemical group to which an active ingredient belongs.
4º-Abbreviations. For the purposes of this regulation, it will be understood as:
4.1. ANSI: American National Standards Institute.
4.2. BSI: British Standards Institute.
4.3 CAS: Chemical identification number according to the Chemical Abstracts Service.
4.4. GC: Gas Chromatography.
4.5. CIPAC: Collaborative International Pesticides Analytical Council.
4.6. FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
4.7. FIFRA: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act.
4.8. TGAI: Technical grade active ingredient.
4.9. ISO: International Organization for Standardization.
4.10. IUPAC: International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.
4.11. MRL: Maximum residue limit.
4.12. MAG: Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.
4.13. MINAE (*): Ministry of Environment and Energy (*) (*)(Thus modified its denomination by article 11 of the Law "Transfer of the Telecommunications sector from the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications to the Ministry of Science and Technology, N° 9046 of June 25, 2012) 4.14. MS: Ministry of Health.
4.15. OECD: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
4.16. SFE: State Phytosanitary Service.
4.17. US EPA: Environmental Protection Agency of the United States of America.
4.18. WSSA: Weed Science Society of America.
5º-General provisions for the administration of the sample importation process for research.
5.1 Competent authority. The competent authority that authorizes the importation of samples of non-synthetic and synthetic formulated pesticides, technical grade active ingredient, Physical devices containing incorporated pesticides and related substances, related substances and adjuvants of agricultural use for research purposes, is the Department of Agricultural Inputs of the SFE.
5.2 Other authorities that will participate in the process. The Ministries of Health and of Environment and Energy (*), in accordance with their legal competencies, will participate in the stages of the sample importation authorization process that will be indicated. The opinion they render will be binding for the SFE. All inter-institutional administrative management will be carried out by the Department of Agricultural Inputs of the SFE.
(*)(Thus modified its denomination by article 11 of the Law "Transfer of the Telecommunications sector from the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications to the Ministry of Science and Technology, N° 9046 of June 25, 2012) 5.3 Place of submission of petitions.
5.3.1 Any act or petition related to the application or interpretation of this regulation must be submitted before the Department of Agricultural Inputs of the SFE, which will be the competent body to receive, hear, process, and resolve it, in the first instance.
5.4 Form of submission of petitions and information.
5.4.1 Any act or petition related to the application or interpretation of this regulation must be submitted in the Spanish language.
5.4.2 The documents and technical information attached in a language other than Spanish must be accompanied by an unofficial translation in the Spanish language. Only in the event that at some stage of the process a technically justified doubt or discrepancy arises, the authority may request the official translation of the document.
5.4.3 The application for authorization for the importation and use of samples of non-synthetic and synthetic formulated pesticides, technical grade active ingredient, related substances, physical devices containing incorporated pesticides or related substances and adjuvants for research, accompanied by the documents that support it according to the established requirements, must be submitted in a cartapacio or folder, with the pages duly foliated in ascending order, that is, the first folio will correspond to the last foliated page and in the thematic order established in this regulation, in original and two copies.
5.4.4 All information regarding physical and chemical properties, toxicology, ecotoxicology, effects on the abiotic environment, efficacy, phytotoxicity and residues, must be provided through data from original trials or studies (original information) carried out on the product to be imported. This summary must contain an introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion and conclusions. The toxicological and ecotoxicological studies may be submitted using the summary presentation formats established in the OECD or US EPA guidelines.
5.4.5 Exception to the submission of some requirements. In specific and qualified cases, the interested party may request the Department of Agricultural Inputs of the SFE, with the contribution of the technical and scientific basis, the non-submission of some of the requested requirements, to be evaluated by the competent authority in each matter. If the exemption from the submission of requirements includes aspects related to the evaluation of health and environmental risks to be evaluated by the competent authority in each matter, the interested party must present the risk mitigation and management measures that will be implemented in the physical space where the product is going to be used and demonstrate that there will be no exposure of the non-target organism(s) in the research trials.
5.4.6 In exceptional cases, the Department of Agricultural Inputs of the SFE, the MS and MINAE (*) may request from the interested party additional information, legal documents or studies to those already provided, with prior written justification for said requirement, this information being necessary for the resolution of the application. Said requirement will be made in writing and indicating the technical, scientific and legal justifications, in the latter case when applicable, for said requirement.
(*)(Thus modified its denomination by article 11 of the Law "Transfer of the Telecommunications sector from the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications to the Ministry of Science and Technology, N° 9046 of June 25, 2012) 5.4.7 In the case of efficacy trials for non-synthetic and synthetic formulated pesticides, related substances, adjuvants and physical devices containing incorporated pesticides or related substances, the Department of Agricultural Inputs of the SFE will carry out supervisions of said trials, without prejudice to the possibility that the other competent Ministries may also carry them out. Said supervisions will be carried out at random, with a minimum of one visit per trial; the total number of visits will be determined by the competent authority based on the type of trial, so the authorization will indicate the number of visits to be made.
5.4.8 It is the responsibility of the importer and the researcher, the adequate disposal of the harvest, its waste treated with the product and product remnants, both those used in the efficacy research and those resulting from the synthesis and formulation of the product, as specified in the corresponding research protocol.
5.5 Custody of the application for authorization of importation of pesticide, related substance and adjuvant samples.
5.5.1 The information that forms part of the application for authorization of importation of pesticide, related substance and adjuvant samples and its copies, will be in the custody of the Department of Agricultural Inputs of the SFE, except for the copies of the same when they are under consultation in the Ministries of Health and of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications, the custody of which will be the responsibility of those Ministries.
5.5.2 The Department of Agricultural Inputs of the SFE will take the necessary measures to safeguard the application file against any unfair commercial use and prevent said information from being revealed or transferred to third parties. The information located in the Department of Agricultural Inputs of the SFE will be available for consultation in the Registration Department, and the information under consultation in the Ministries of Health and of Environment and Energy (*) will be available in the pertinent facilities that each Ministry has for that purpose, for the proper safekeeping of the authorization applications for importation of pesticide, related substance and adjuvant samples, which will have the internal controls that regulate access to said information.
(*)(Thus modified its denomination by article 11 of the Law "Transfer of the Telecommunications sector from the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications to the Ministry of Science and Technology, N° 9046 of June 25, 2012) 5.6 Access to the file that contains the application information.
5.6.1 For all applications for authorization for importation of pesticide, related substance and adjuvant samples, access is reserved to: the personnel of the SFE unit in charge of the procedure, the other authorities participating in the process, the applicant and the persons reliably authorized by the applicant.
5.6.2 For the purpose of maintaining a record of the authorized persons, each Ministry must authorize in writing before the Department of Agricultural Inputs of the SFE the officials who may have access to the information; said Department must also leave written record of the officials who will have access to it.
6º-Purpose of the application. This modality of authorization for the importation of samples is applicable to the following cases:
6.1. Development of formulations.
6.2. Development of synthesis tests.
6.3. Evaluation of biological efficacy and residues.
7º-Requirements for granting authorizations. The requirements for evaluating and granting the authorization for importation and use of samples of synthetic and non-synthetic formulated pesticides, technical grade active ingredient, Physical devices containing incorporated pesticides or related substances, related substances and adjuvants for research, are the following:
7.1. General information to be submitted.
7.1.1. Application (Annex I).
7.1.2. Provide the proof of payment for the service, according to the current fee in Executive Decree 28560 - MAG, issued on February 18, 2000, and published in La Gaceta on April 12, 2000 .
7.2. Technical information of the product: This information will be submitted with the documentation arranged by topics, namely:
7.2.1. Identity of the active ingredient:
7.2.1.1. Common name: accepted by ISO, or proposed, in that order, by BSI, ANSI, WSSA or the manufacturer, until its acceptance or denomination by ISO. Indicate which one it corresponds to.
7.2.1.2. CAS Number (for each isomer or mixture if applicable).
7.2.1.3. CIPAC Number.
7.2.1.4. Chemical Name: accepted or proposed by IUPAC.
7.2.1.5. Pesticide Class and Type.
7.2.2. Physical and chemical properties of the product:
7.2.2.1. Physical state:
7.2.2.2 Color.
7.2.2.3. Odor.
7.2.2.4. Melting Point: (for solid substances) 7.2.2.5. Boiling Point (B.P.). In case it cannot be determined, indicate the Decomposition Temperature.
7.2.2.6. Density for liquid and solid products.
7.2.2.7. Vapor pressure. (For substances with B.P. greater than or equal to thirty degrees Celsius (30 ºC).
7.2.2.8. Solubility in water in g/L, at twenty degrees Celsius.
7.2.2.9. Solubility in organic solvents: by suitable method and at room temperature.
7.2.2.10. n-octanol/water partition coefficient.
7.2.2.11. Degradation characteristics (Hydrolysis, photolysis), applies only for the technical product.
7.2.2.12. Flammability: flash point.
7.2.2.13. Explosive properties.
7.2.2.14. Oxidizing properties:
7.2.2.15 Corrosivity.
7.2.2.16. Reactivity with the packaging material.
7.2.2.17. Acidity/Alkalinity or pH , applies only for formulated products.
8º-Safety data sheet (applies to all cases) must contain the following information:
8.1. Product Identification: common name, CIPAC and CAS number, chemical name.
8.2. Manufacturer or Formulator Identification.
8.3. Use: Class and Type.
8.4. Toxicological Classification. According to the current toxicological classification table of the WHO/FAO.
8.5. Physical and chemical properties indicated in numeral 7.2.2 (in case there is a mixture of isomers, the physical and chemical properties of each one must be submitted, and indicate which of them is responsible for the biocidal activity).
8.6 Fire-fighting measures.
8.7 Handling and storage.
8.8 Stability and reactivity.
8.9 Potential health effects: Inhalation, Eyes, Skin, Ingestion.
8.10 Acute toxicological information: Indicate the Oral LD50, Dermal LD50, Inhalation LC50 values, Indicate if it presents Skin Irritation, Eye Irritation, Skin Sensitization.
8.11 Ecotoxicological information: birds, bees, fish, Daphnia, earthworm, toxicity to algae, indicate the value for each case, as applicable LD50, LC50 or EC50, according to the organism.
8.12 First aid: Inhalation, Skin, Eyes, Ingestion.
8.13 Emergency actions: Spills, leaks, fire. Final waste disposal.
8.14 Transport information: land, air or sea.
9º-Information required for the following cases, in addition to that requested in points 7 and 8 above:
9.1 Trials for formulations and synthesis of pesticides, related substances or Physical devices containing incorporated pesticides or related substances and adjuvants. A note must be submitted indicating in general terms the purpose of the research and the label format according to Annex IV.
9.2 Information to submit for Agronomic evaluation.
9.2.1 For the case of adjuvants, submit the research protocol according to Annex III and the label format according to annex IV, whether or not for registration purposes.
9.2.2 For formulated pesticides, related substances (sustancias afines), and physical devices containing pesticides or related substances, submit the following:
9.2.2.1 For non-synthetic and synthetic formulated pesticides and physical devices containing pesticides (for non-registration purposes), the research protocol must be submitted, according to Annex II (Anexo II), and the label according to Annex IV (Anexo IV).
9.2.2.2 For non-synthetic and synthetic formulated pesticides and physical devices containing pesticides (for registration purposes), the research protocol must be submitted according to the current Standard Protocol for Biological Efficacy Trials of Agricultural Pesticides (Protocolo Patrón para Ensayos de Eficacia Biológica de Plaguicidas de Uso Agrícola); in the case of residue trials, the research protocol based on the FAO guidelines on pesticide residue trials and the label according to Annex IV (Anexo IV) must be submitted, for both cases.
9.2.3 For related substances (sustancias afines) and physical devices containing them, the research protocol must be submitted according to Annex II (Anexo II) and the label according to Annex IV (Anexo IV).
9.2.4 For all cases cited in the preceding subsections, indicate the following:
a- Place of application (Open field, controlled environments).
b- Mode and mechanism of action on pests (when they are pesticides), or effect on plants (when they are plant growth regulators).
c- Conditions under which the product may or may not be used. Description of the ideal conditions for maintaining the efficacy of the formulated product (pH, temperature, water hardness, order of preparation of the mixture, among others).
d- Geographic location of the trials, indicating Province, Canton, and District, farm number, and exact address where the efficacy and residue trials are planned to be carried out, size of the plots, and volume of the product to be used per trial cycle.
e- For efficacy or residue trials for registration purposes, the interested party must coordinate with the Agronomic Evaluation Unit (Unidad de Evaluación Agronómica) of the SFE Department of Agricultural Inputs (Departamento de Insumos Agrícolas SFE) regarding their execution.
f- Upon completion of the research for the purpose authorized by the SFE, the applicant is obligated to report the termination of the trial within a period not exceeding forty business days after its completion.
g- In the case of research for registration purposes, once it is completed, the final report must be submitted to the Agronomic Evaluation Unit (Unidad de Evaluación Agronómica) of the Department of Agricultural Inputs (Departamento de Insumos Agrícolas).
h- The volume or quantity of the product to be authorized by the SFE for import and for the applicant to conduct the research must be in accordance with the quantities estimated and approved in the research protocol by the SFE.
i- Every application for authorization to import and use samples must be accompanied by the draft label to be displayed on the container holding the product, written in the Spanish language, according to Annex IV (Anexo IV), as well as the requirements within the competence of the Ministry of Health (Ministerio de Salud) indicated in Annex V (Anexo V) and those of the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) indicated in Annex VI (Anexo VI).
10.- Consultation with the competent Ministries. The SFE Department of Agricultural Inputs (Departamento de Insumos Agrícolas del SFE) will forward the application for authorization to import samples for research purposes to the MS and MINAE (*), which will analyze them according to their competencies and issue the respective decision, communicating it via resolution (resolución) to the Department of Agricultural Inputs (Departamento de Insumos Agrícolas). These decisions shall be binding on the SFE Department of Agricultural Inputs (Departamento de Insumos Agrícolas del SFE).
(*)(Name thus amended by Article 11 of the Law "Transfer of the Telecommunications sector from the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications to the Ministry of Science and Technology, No. 9046 of June 25, 2012" - Ley "Traslado del sector Telecomunicaciones del Ministerio de Ambiente, Energía y Telecomunicaciones al Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, N° 9046 del 25 de junio de 2012") For molecules of chemical substances for agricultural use that are in development phases, and that have availed themselves of what is indicated in subsection 5.4.5, the SFE Department of Agricultural Inputs (Departamento de Insumos Agrícolas del SFE) will analyze the application for authorization to import the samples and, if the application is approved, will notify the other Ministries of said approval via resolution (resolución), attaching a copy of the application for authorization to import the sample.
11.- Import and use permit. Once the application is approved, the SFE Department of Agricultural Inputs (Departamento de Insumos Agrícolas del SFE) shall authorize the application for import and use of the product sample, via resolution (resolución), indicating the timeframe to conduct the research trial and the quantity of product to be used therein and assigning a number in the logbook (libro de inscripciones) kept for this purpose.
12.- Procedure for authorizing the import and use permit.
12.1 Reception and Analysis by the Ministries:
12.1.1. The applicant must submit to the SFE Department of Agricultural Inputs (Departamento de Insumos Agrícolas del SFE) the application for authorization to import samples (Annex I - Anexo I) and other required documents and information, which shall be stamped as received upon submission and will be forwarded to the MS and MINAE (*) for evaluation.
(*)(Name thus amended by Article 11 of the Law "Transfer of the Telecommunications sector from the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications to the Ministry of Science and Technology, No. 9046 of June 25, 2012" - Ley "Traslado del sector Telecomunicaciones del Ministerio de Ambiente, Energía y Telecomunicaciones al Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, N° 9046 del 25 de junio de 2012") 12.1.2 The Ministries of Health and Environment and Energy (*) shall have a period of 22 calendar days for the analysis and issuance of the respective resolution (resolución), which must be communicated to the SFE Department of Agricultural Inputs (Departamento de Insumos Agrícolas del SFE); this Department shall issue a resolution (resolución) that includes the result of the application analysis according to the decision issued by the three Ministries and communicate it to the applicant within a period of 8 calendar days. If approved, the SFE Department of Agricultural Inputs (Departamento de Insumos Agrícolas) shall indicate, via resolution (resolución), the import authorization and the quantity of product to be imported, with its validity, and shall proceed to notify the other Ministries.
(*)(Name thus amended by Article 11 of the Law "Transfer of the Telecommunications sector from the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications to the Ministry of Science and Technology, No. 9046 of June 25, 2012" - Ley "Traslado del sector Telecomunicaciones del Ministerio de Ambiente, Energía y Telecomunicaciones al Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, N° 9046 del 25 de junio de 2012") 12.1.3 Should it be verified that the information and documents submitted require clarification or are incomplete, the SFE Department of Agricultural Inputs (Departamento de Insumos Agrícolas del SFE) may make observations in writing, on a single occasion, to the applicant, indicating that they must fulfill the omitted requirements or documents, including those indicated by the Ministries of Health and Environment and Energy (*) in their decisions, for which a period of 10 business days shall be granted. Once this period has elapsed without the applicant proceeding to rectify the omission, the corresponding resolution (resolución) shall be issued ordering the rejection and definitive archiving of the application. In the event that compliance is achieved, the procedure shall follow what is indicated in subsection 12.1.2.
(*)(Name thus amended by Article 11 of the Law "Transfer of the Telecommunications sector from the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications to the Ministry of Science and Technology, No. 9046 of June 25, 2012" - Ley "Traslado del sector Telecomunicaciones del Ministerio de Ambiente, Energía y Telecomunicaciones al Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, N° 9046 del 25 de junio de 2012") 12.1.4 The Ministries are empowered to request additional information, provided it is technically justified via resolution (resolución). The original of this shall be forwarded to the SFE Department of Agricultural Inputs (Departamento de Insumos Agrícolas del SFE), which shall send it along with the final criterion issued in the respective resolution (resolución). In the event that the application requires clarifications and additional information necessary for the resolution of the case, the SFE Department of Agricultural Inputs (Departamento de Insumos Agrícolas del SFE) shall grant the applicant a period of ten business days for the submission of said clarifications and additional information, which may be extended upon request by the party, in accordance with the provisions of Article 258 of the General Law of Public Administration (Ley General de la Administración Pública), by half the period. However, in cases where, due to legal or material impossibility, or following technical and legal criteria of proportionality, reasonableness, science, technique, or the elementary principles of justice, logic, or convenience set forth in Articles 14 and 16 of the General Law of Public Administration (Ley General de la Administración Pública) and in Public Law, a longer period may be granted. Once the information is submitted, the competent authority shall have a period of 22 calendar days to issue the criterion indicated in subsection 12.1.2.
12.1.5 The approval resolution (resolución) is the valid document to be presented before the Single Window Office (Ventanilla Única) of the Department of Quarantine (Departamento de Cuarentena), located in the offices of the Foreign Trade Promoter (Promotora de Comercio Exterior, PROCOMER), so that the import permit for the sample can be processed. Said authorities shall notify the Department of Agricultural Inputs (Departamento de Insumos Agrícolas) of the respective import at the time it occurs.
13.- Procedure for subsequent applications. The permit for the import and experimental use of a specific substance is temporary, renewable upon prior technical justification, and shall be granted solely for conducting the research authorized by the SFE Department of Agricultural Inputs (Departamento de Insumos Agrícolas del SFE), for which the applicant must submit the application (Annex I - Anexo I), the Research Protocol, and the draft label, according to Annex IV (Anexo IV), referencing the initial permit, which shall be communicated in writing to the Ministries of Health and Environment and Energy. (*) (*)(Name thus amended by Article 11 of the Law "Transfer of the Telecommunications sector from the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications to the Ministry of Science and Technology, No. 9046 of June 25, 2012" - Ley "Traslado del sector Telecomunicaciones del Ministerio de Ambiente, Energía y Telecomunicaciones al Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, N° 9046 del 25 de junio de 2012") 14.- Procedure for applications to import analytical standards (Patrones Analíticos). For applications to import Analytical Standards (Patrones Analíticos), the applicant must submit to the SFE Department of Agricultural Inputs (Departamento de Insumos Agrícolas del SFE) an application indicating the reason for its import, accompanied by a copy of the invoice or bill of lading. When the import of the Analytical Standard (Patrón Analítico) is for registration purposes or for Quality Control purposes by the SFE, the applicant must also present the requirements established by the SFE Quality Control Laboratory (Laboratorio de Control de Calidad del SFE) for Analytical Standards (Patrones Analíticos), which shall be made available on the website of the Servicio Fitosanitario and at the offices of said laboratories. Such applications shall not require consultation with the MS and MINAE(*).
(*)(Name thus amended by Article 11 of the Law "Transfer of the Telecommunications sector from the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications to the Ministry of Science and Technology, No. 9046 of June 25, 2012" - Ley "Traslado del sector Telecomunicaciones del Ministerio de Ambiente, Energía y Telecomunicaciones al Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, N° 9046 del 25 de junio de 2012") 15.- For applications to import samples of synthetic and non-synthetic formulated pesticides, technical-grade active ingredient (ingrediente activo grado técnico), or related substances (sustancias afines), for the purpose of determining physicochemical properties, the applicant must submit the following to the SFE Department of Agricultural Inputs (Departamento de Insumos Agrícolas del SFE): Application according to ANNEX 1 (ANEXO 1) and the information requested in Article 2, subsection 8 (Safety Data Sheet - Hoja de seguridad).
16.- For applications to import samples of synthetic and non-synthetic formulated pesticides, technical-grade active ingredient (ingrediente activo grado técnico), or related substances (sustancias afines), for the purpose of conducting toxicological, ecotoxicological studies or studies in the abiotic environment, the applicant must submit the following to the SFE Department of Agricultural Inputs (Departamento de Insumos Agrícolas del SFE): Application according to ANNEX 1 (ANEXO 1) and the information requested in Article 2, subsection 7 (Requirements for granting authorizations) and 8 (Safety Data Sheet - Hoja de seguridad).
17.- Use restrictions. No authorization shall be approved to import and use samples for research purposes when involving research that entails aerial applications of chemical substances for agricultural use.