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Directriz 581 · 20/05/2020
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SINAC Directive 581-2020 establishes an extraordinary measure for artisanal butterfly farms categorized as restricted-management arthropod captive-breeding sites. In response to the national COVID-19 emergency, which reduced visitor numbers, permit holders may submit the regency report for the second quarter of 2020 (April, May, June) together with the third-quarter report, upon written request. They must commit to maintaining the breeding stock and notify SINAC when exhibition activities resume. The directive is grounded in the Biodiversity Law, Wildlife Conservation Law, Environmental Organic Law, and the national emergency declaration. It aims to mitigate economic and social impacts on these management sites while ensuring wildlife protection. Administrative responsibility of SINAC personnel and the mandatory nature of the measures are emphasized.La Directriz 581-2020 del SINAC establece una medida extraordinaria para zoocriaderos artesanales de manejo restringido de artrópodos que reproducen mariposas para exhibición. Ante la emergencia nacional por COVID-19, que redujo el flujo de visitantes, se permite que el informe de regencia del segundo trimestre de 2020 (abril, mayo, junio) se presente conjuntamente con el del tercer trimestre, previa solicitud formal del permisionario. Deben comprometerse a mantener el pie de cría y notificar al reanudar la exhibición. La directriz se fundamenta en la Ley de Biodiversidad, Ley de Conservación de Vida Silvestre, Ley Orgánica del Ambiente y la declaración de emergencia nacional. Busca mitigar el impacto económico y social en estos sitios de manejo, garantizando al mismo tiempo la protección de la vida silvestre. Se enfatiza la responsabilidad administrativa del personal del SINAC y el carácter obligatorio de las medidas.
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1º- SINAC, through the Conservation Areas, shall authorize, by administrative resolution, the management sites subject to this directive to submit the regency report for the period April, May, and June jointly with the regency report for the third quarter of 2020. 2º- To authorize this extension of the deadline for submission of regency reports, the management sites must meet the following conditions: a. Submit a written request, if possible digitally, as provided by Law No. 8454 on Certificates, Digital Signatures and Electronic Documents and its Regulations (Executive Decree No. 33018), using the attached form requesting the extension for the submission of the report. b. State in the request that, during the third quarter period, they undertake to maintain the breeding stock, in order to resume operations once the emergency is over.1º-El SINAC a través de las Áreas de Conservación autorizará mediante resolución administrativa, a los sitios de manejo sujetos a esta directriz, para que puedan presentar el informe de regencia correspondiente al periodo abril, mayo y junio, de manera conjunta con el informe de regencia correspondiente al tercer trimestre del año 2020. 2º-Para autorizar esta ampliación de plazo de presentación de informes de regencia, los sitios de manejo deberán cumplir las siguientes condiciones: a. Presentar solicitud por escrito de ser posible digitalmente, conforme a lo dispuesto por la Ley Nº 8454 de Certificados, Firmas Digitales y Documentos Electrónicos y su Reglamento (Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 33018), mediante el formulario adjunto en donde se solicite la prórroga a la presentación del informe. b. Manifestar en la solicitud que, durante el periodo del tercer trimestre, se comprometen a mantener el pie de cría, para reanudar las operaciones una vez terminada la emergencia.
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"es necesario aplicar medidas que permitan mitigar los efectos económicos y sociales derivados de tal declaratoria."
"it is necessary to apply measures that mitigate the economic and social effects derived from said declaration."
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"es necesario aplicar medidas que permitan mitigar los efectos económicos y sociales derivados de tal declaratoria."
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"Toda conducta administrativa que implique un eventual daño, puede significar la existencia de responsabilidad objetiva por parte de la Administración, al no adoptarse las medidas necesarias y suficientes para evitar la afectación de la vida silvestre."
"Any administrative conduct that implies eventual damage may result in the existence of objective liability on the part of the Administration, for not adopting the necessary and sufficient measures to prevent harm to wildlife."
4º - Responsabilidad administrativa
"Toda conducta administrativa que implique un eventual daño, puede significar la existencia de responsabilidad objetiva por parte de la Administración, al no adoptarse las medidas necesarias y suficientes para evitar la afectación de la vida silvestre."
4º - Responsabilidad administrativa
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in the entirety of the text - Full Text of Regulation 581 Submission of the management report (informe de regencia) for the second quarter of 2020, which will apply only to management sites under the category of artisanal restricted-management breeding facility (zoocriadero artesanal de manejo restringido) of arthropods that breed butterflies for exhibition Full Text of record: 137AB0 NATIONAL SYSTEM OF CONSERVATION AREAS DIRECTIVE No. 581-2020 In accordance with the provisions of Article 22 of the Biodiversity Law (Ley de Biodiversidad) No. 7788 and Article 7 of the Wildlife Conservation Law (Ley de Conservación de Vida Silvestre) No. 7317 and its Amendments;
Considering:
7554 of October 4, 1995, the State, through the Ministry of Environment and Energy, is empowered to regulate human conduct, individual or collective, and public or private activity regarding the environment, as well as the relations and actions arising from environmental use and conservation.
7317, the National System of Conservation Areas has the following powers: a) to establish the technical measures to be followed for the sound management, conservation, and administration of wildlife, the object of this law and of the respective international conventions and treaties ratified by Costa Rica; and n) to establish contingency plans for the protection of wildlife in the event of natural disasters.
8488, empower the Executive Branch to declare a state of emergency, which empowers the Public Administration to adopt extraordinary measures in cases of urgent or unforeseen needs in order to protect the most relevant legal interests, such as the life and health of people, which, once decreed, permits exceptional treatment so that the Government can swiftly obtain sufficient economic, material, or other resources to attend to people, goods, and services in danger of being affected, among other causes, by a public calamity, subject to subsequently rendering the accounts demanded by the economic, legal, and fiscal control laws.
09-20, on March 8, 2020, and within its framework, a series of measures have been taken with the objective of regulating the operation of public and private facilities where the spread of COVID-19 could be facilitated, whether through the attendance of users, clients, workers, and the general public.
8488 of November 22, 2005, in its Article 2 states: "the purpose of these regulations is to provide an agile and effective legal framework that guarantees the reduction of the causes of risk, as well as the timely, coordinated, and efficient management of emergency situations." Likewise, this law empowers the administration to act urgently in a state of emergency, by carrying out immediate actions that operate in the face of an imminent danger, understood as the probability of contagion existing through a field inspection or through technical and scientific observations and studies, which entails an eventual emergency within an unpredictable timeframe. Therefore, an anticipated and effective response must be ensured against the possible negative impact, thereby seeking adequate control of the risk elements, through the management of factors that constitute a threat, as well as vulnerability factors.
42227-MP-S of March 16, 2020, based on the state of necessity and urgency caused by the circumstances generated by the COVID-19 pandemic, declared a national state of emergency throughout the territory of the Republic of Costa Rica.
077-S-MTSS-MIDEPLAN on the operation of state institutions during the declaration of national emergency for COVID-19, through which the Central Administration is instructed to reduce, by at least 80% of its payroll —during the time the declaration of the national state of emergency is in effect— the volume of servants performing their duties in person, thus limiting itself to guaranteeing the continuity of those tasks strictly necessary to ensure the institutional public purpose.
10.—That with the state of emergency mentioned having been ordered, and given that the main activity of artisanal restricted-management breeding facilities for arthropods —mainly butterfly gardens (mariposarios)— is the exhibition of wildlife specimens, it is necessary to apply measures to mitigate the economic and social effects derived from such declaration. Therefore, THE NATIONAL SYSTEM OF CONSERVATION AREAS Issues this DIRECTIVE:
Regarding the submission of the management report for the second quarter of 2020, which will apply only to management sites under the category of artisanal restricted-management breeding facility of arthropods that breed butterflies for exhibition nationwide, which have suffered or foresee a decrease in visits due to the indicated situation.
a. Submit a written request, digitally if possible, in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 8454 on Digital Certificates, Signatures, and Electronic Documents and its Regulation (Executive Decree No. 33018), using the attached form, requesting the extension for the submission of the report.
b. State in the request that, during the period of the third quarter, they commit to maintaining the breeding stock (pie de cría), in order to resume operations once the emergency is over.
c. Inform SINAC, by written note, when the wildlife specimen exhibition activities are resumed.
a. Requests will be received primarily in digital format; therefore, an electronic address must be provided to the permit holder (permisionario) for them to send the request.
b. This request will be received within the established period of eight business days from the publication of this Directive.
c. Once the period for receiving requests is closed, the Conservation Area must issue an administrative resolution, based on the emergency decree and other directives generated, authorizing the permit holders to submit the management report for period II of 2020 jointly with period III of 2020. The Conservation Area may issue a single resolution that includes all the management sites whose requests are being resolved.
d. Once the resolution is issued, it will be notified electronically and filed in the administrative case file (expediente administrativo).
These issued measures are mandatory for all personnel of the National System of Conservation Areas. Any situation not contemplated herein must be resolved in strict observance of the official governmental provisions related to the response to the national emergency due to the COVID-19 disease, and interpreted in light of the applicable national legal system. Any administrative conduct that implies potential harm may signify the existence of strict liability (responsabilidad objetiva) on the part of the Administration, for not adopting the necessary and sufficient measures to avoid harm to wildlife.
These measures aim to respond to the urgent need to protect life, ensure health, and seek at all costs the safety not only of public servants and users, but also of the wildlife present in its different habitats.
It shall take effect upon its publication in the Official Gazette La Gaceta.
Given in San José, at three o'clock in the afternoon on May twentieth, two thousand twenty.
en la totalidad del texto - Texto Completo Norma 581 Presentación de informe de regencia para el segundo trimestre del año 2020 y que aplicará únicamente para sitios de manejo bajo la categoría de zoocriadero artesanal de manejo restringido de artrópodos que reproduzcan mariposas para la exhibición Texto Completo acta: 137AB0 SISTEMA NACIONAL DE ÁREAS DE CONSERVACIÓN DIRECTRIZ Nº 581-2020 De conformidad con lo dispuesto en los artículos 22 de la Ley de Biodiversidad Nº 7788 y el artículo 7 de la Ley de Conservación de Vida Silvestre Nº 7317 y sus Reformas;
Considerando:
Así mismo, esta ley faculta a la administración a actuar de manera urgente ante un estado de emergencia, mediante la realización de acciones inmediatas que operen ante un peligro inminente, entendido como la probabilidad que existe de contagio por una inspección de campo o por observaciones y estudios técnicos y científicos, lo que conlleva a una eventual emergencia en un plazo no predecible. Por lo que se debe asegurar una respuesta anticipada y efectiva ante el posible impacto negativo y así procurar un adecuado control de los elementos del riesgo, mediante el manejo de los factores que constituyen una amenaza, así como de los factores de vulnerabilidad.
10.-Que al haberse ordenado el estado de emergencia mencionado y siendo que la principal actividad de los zoocriaderos artesanales de manejo restringido de artrópodos -principalmente mariposarios- es la exhibición de individuos de vida silvestre, es necesario aplicar medidas que permitan mitigar los efectos económicos y sociales derivados de tal declaratoria. Por tanto, EL SISTEMA NACIONAL DE ÁREAS DE CONSERVACIÓN Emite la presente DIRECTRIZ:
Sobre la presentación de informe de regencia para el segundo trimestre del año 2020, y que aplicará únicamente para los sitios de manejo bajo la categoría de zoocriadero artesanal de manejo restringido de artrópodos que reproduzcan mariposas para la exhibición a nivel nacional, que han sufrido o prevén una disminución en las visitas debido a la situación indicada.
a. Presentar solicitud por escrito de ser posible digitalmente, conforme a lo dispuesto por la Ley Nº 8454 de Certificados, Firmas Digitales y Documentos Electrónicos y su Reglamento (Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 33018), mediante el formulario adjunto en donde se solicite la prórroga a la presentación del informe.
b. Manifestar en la solicitud que, durante el periodo del tercer trimestre, se comprometen a mantener el pie de cría, para reanudar las operaciones una vez terminada la emergencia.
c. Informar al SINAC, mediante nota escrita cuanto se retomen las labores de exhibición de individuos de vida silvestre.
a. Se recibirán las solicitudes principalmente en formato digital, por lo que se debe de brindar una dirección electrónica al permisionario para que éste envíe la solicitud.
b. Esta solicitud se recibirá dentro del plazo establecido de ocho días hábiles a partir de publicada la presente Directriz.
c. Una vez cerrado el periodo de recepción de solicitudes, el Área de Conservación deberá emitir una resolución administrativa, basada en el decreto de emergencia y demás directrices generadas, donde autoriza a los permisionarios la presentación del informe de regencia del periodo II del año 2020, en conjunto con el periodo III del año 2020. El Área de Conservación podrá emitir una sola resolución que incluya todos los sitios de manejo cuyas solicitudes se están resolviendo.
d. Una vez emitida la resolución se notificará vía electrónica, y se archivará en el expediente administrativo.
Las presentes medidas emitidas son de acatamiento obligatorio para todo el personal del Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación. Cualquier situación no contemplada, deberá resolverse en estricto respeto de las disposiciones gubernamentales oficiales relativas a la atención de la emergencia nacional por la enfermedad COVID-19, e interpretarse a la luz del ordenamiento jurídico nacional aplicable. Toda conducta administrativa que implique un eventual daño, puede significar la existencia de responsabilidad objetiva por parte de la Administración, al no adoptarse las medidas necesarias y suficientes para evitar la afectación de la vida silvestre.
Estas medidas pretenden responder ante la urgente necesidad de proteger la vida, asegurar la salud y procurar a toda costa la seguridad, no sólo de los servidores públicos y de los usuarios, sino también de la vida silvestre que se encuentra presente en sus diferentes hábitats.
Rige a partir de su publicación en el Diario Oficial La Gaceta.
Dado en San José, a las quince horas del veinte de mayo del año 2020.
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