S.L. 545.25 ст. 8Applicationsforan authorisation and application fee.

(1) The Regulator shall establish its procedure for the purposes of determining an application for the following bunkering operations and activities

(a) an authorisation for the operation of a marine fuel retail station through dispensers operated in the proximate vicinity of the shoreline and operating exclusively for ships;

(b) an authorisation for the loading, discharging and transferring of fuels between a bunker barge or a marine terminal or a marine facility or any two or more of the preceding, to a receiving ship where those fuels are for fuelling the same ship or its machinery;

(c) an authorisation for the loading, discharging and transferring of fuels between a road tanker and a receiving ship.

(2) The Regulator shall communicate to the applicant in writing within a reasonable time, which reasonable time shall not be of more than two months from the date of receipt of a valid application, any decision taken concerning an application for an authorisation or an application for the renewal of an authorisation or any valid reason impeding the Regulator to reach such a decision.