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Published on Thursday, October
20,
2022
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
President
Rodrigo Chaves-Robles signed the new
decree to reform Law No.7744 entitled
"Concession and Operation of Marinas
and Tourist Ports." According
to Chaves, the new regulation allows
for the elimination of complicated
bureaucratic procedures that stop more
marinas and ports from being built or
improved in the country's coastal
touristic zones. The new
regulation makes it more agile, faster
and clearer to comply with the
requirements and deadlines in all the
procedures that investors must do
before the Inter-institutional
Commission of Marinas and Tourist
Ports, the organization in charge of
authorizing the construction of
marinas and ports. For
example, when construction projects or
improvements in marinas or ports are
located in private properties or next
to private properties, the investor
only should present one requirement to
the authorities. Before
the signing of this regulation, the
requirement to obtain approval for the
construction of the project was to
present a regulation plan for coastal
zones. That was making the procedure
to build or make improvements in
infrastructure in the coastal zone
bureaucratic and complicated.
Also,
the regulation incorporates a faster
system for submitting construction
plans which will reduce the costs of
projects. The
reform also includes a faster
authorization process of permits for
ports or berths built before 2006.
This aims to help communities use
the berths that were already built
but could not be used due to a lack
of compliance with the requirements
established in the old law. The
changes in the law also favor
foreign vessels, allowing ships to
remain in marinas or tourist ports
for two years with the option to
extend that permit for another two
years. According
to William Rodríguez, Minister of
Tourism, these reforms will allow
investors to see Costa Rica as a
state in favor of development. People
interested in knowing more about the
new changes to this law should
contact the local municipality. What have you heard about the lack of marinas and ports in coastal areas of Costa Rica? We would like to know your thoughts on this story. Send your comments to news@amcostarica.com              |
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