ARTICLE 167C: DEADLINE FOR CUSTOMS AUTHORITY TO ISSUE A RESOLUTION OF SUSPENSION, CANCELLATION OR EXTINCTION

The customs authorities must issue the corresponding resolution, within a period not exceeding three months, in the case of the suspension procedure, and four months in those of termination and cancellation, both periods counted from the notification of the start of the procedure.

In the case of the procedures for termination and cancellation of the patent, after four months have elapsed without notification of the resolution, the interested party may consider that the customs authority terminated said procedure by resolving in the sense of canceling or, where appropriate, terminating the respective patent and may file the means of defense (LA: Art. 203) at any time after that period, or wait for the resolution to be issued.

In the case of the suspension procedure, after three months without express resolution, the respective procedure shall be deemed expired, without prejudice to the subsequent exercise of the faculties of the customs authorities subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of article 167 of this Law. (LA: Art. 167)

Both the act of initiation and the resolution that terminates the procedures for suspension, cancellation or termination of the customs patent, as well as the disability of a customs agent, shall be notified (CFF: Art. 137) to the interested party through the customs, which will proceed to comply, or by the competent authority.