Visión

"To be the Inter-Agency Body for the supervision, construction and operation of marinas and tourist berths in the country, which allows Costa Rica to be positioned as a quality and environmentally responsible nautical destination."

Misión

"Regulate the development of marinas and tourist berths in the country, in order to ensure a quality, comfortable and safe service, for domestic and foreign vessels, tourists, users and visitors, generating an opportunity for employment aimed at improving the standard of living of Costa Ricans, safeguarding the environment and natural resources of the area."

Law 7744 for the concession and operation of tourist marinas created the Inter-Agency Commission on Marines and Tourist Berths (CIMAT), the only body authorized to oversee the development of marinas and tourist berths in the country and which is consisting of:

• Instituto Costarricense de Turismo.
• Instituto Nacional de Vivienda y Urbanismo.
• Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes.
• Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía.
• Ministerio de Salud.

The commission shall be headquartered at the Costa Rican Institute for Tourism and for the performance of its functions shall have the technical assistance required by the entities that comprise it, which are authorized to designate technical personnel to assist the Commission ( Article 6 of the Law and 15 of the Regulations).

For the performance of its functions, CIMAT has a Board of Directors, an Executive Directorate, a Technical Unit made up of professionals from the different institutions, a Legal Advice and an Administrative Unit (Article 14 Regulations):

Instituto Costarricense de Turismo.

• Doctor Alberto López Chaves, Presidente CIMAT.
• Ingeniero Civil Oscar Villalobos Charpentier, Director Ejecutivo.
• Oceanóloga Roxana Badilla Toruño, Coordinadora Unidad Técnica.
• Arquitecto Francisco Aragón Solórzano, Unidad Técnica.
• Biólogo Marino Ricardo Mora Ugalde, Unidad Técnica.
• Economista Licda. Vivian García Wong, Gestión y Asesoría al Turista.
• Economista Lic. Javier Cordero Valverde, Gestión y Asesoría al Turista.
• Lic. Marlene Marenco Vargas, Asesoría Legal.
• Lic. Monikha Cedeño Castro, Asesoría Legal.
• Srta. Bibiana Vargas Fonseca, Secretaria.

Instituto Nacional de Vivienda y Urbanismo.

• Ing. Civil Edgar Jiménez Mata, miembro Junta Directiva.
• Arq. Lucia Artavia Guzmán, miembro Junta Directiva, suplente
• MAG. Jorge Mora Ramírez, Jefe Departamento de Urbanismo
• Arq. Geovanna Calderón Sánchez, Unidad Criterios Técnicos y Operativos de Ordenamiento Territorial
• Geog. María del Carmen Sibaja Cascante, Unidad Criterios Técnicos y Operativos de Ordenamiento Territorial

Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes.

• Ing. Civil Jorge Hernández Chavarría, Director General de la División Marítimo Portuarias.
• Ing. Ana Yanci Paniagua Cascante, Dirección de Obras Marítimo Portuarias.
• Ing. Civil Braulio Fonseca Ramírez, Dirección de Obras Marítimo Portuarias.

Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía.

• Haydee Rodríguez Romero, Viceministra de Aguas y Mares MINAE
• Licda. Jenny Asch Corrales, Coordinadora Programa Marino Costero, Gerencia de Conservación y uso Costero del SINAC
• Biól. Juan Diego Pacheco Polanco, Auditoría y Seguimiento Ambiental SETENA.
• Biól. Vicente Meza García, MINAE SINAC, Departamento de Prevención, Protección y Control

Ministerio de Salud.

• Ing. Civil Juan Carlos Oreamuno, Unidad Administración de los Servicios de Salud en Ambiente Humano.
• Arq. Gastón Ureña Brenes, Unidad de Normalización en Salud Ambiental.
• Lic. Fernando León Blanco, Unidad Administración de los Servicios de Salud en Ambiente Humano.

To promote that the realization of marine and tourist berth projects in the coastal areas of the country, comply with the corresponding regulations.

Issue the technical decision approving or rejecting the proposed and submitted preliminary draft marine or tourist berth as indicated by the Law and this Regulation.

Establish, by regulation, as indicated in Article 7(c) of the Law, the technical terms of reference to be included in the planning and implementation of the works and in the operation of these projects.

The monitoring, control and control of activities related to the construction, operation and operation of marinas and tourist berths.

Determine the areas that each port area must assign to the State as areas for public use, in accordance with the provisions of the Coastal Regulatory Plan of the area concerned.

Establish your own internal operating rules within the current legal framework.

Municipalities may grant concessions for the development of marinas and tourist berths to natural or legal persons, national or foreign. Any holder of a concession given under this law shall be subject to the national law and jurisdiction of the Costa Rican courts(Article 12 Law 7744).

The concerning concessions relating to the areas of the Gulf of Papagayo Project will be governed by Law 7744 unless the Costa Rican Institute of Tourism will be responsible for granting the concession (Article 25 Law 7744).

The corresponding Municipality may grant the respective concession contract for the marina or tourist berth, for a maximum period of up to thirty-five years. This period may be extended for periods of ten years each, provided that the following requirements are met:

a) The technical endorsement issued by CIMAT that the interested party has complied with the legal and technical requirements established in this law and the concession contract.

(b) Certification, issued by SETENA, on compliance with environmental commitments.

c) The certification that the interested party is up to date in fulfilling his obligations with the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS).

The minimum period for which the concession will be granted for marinas shall be fifteen years and five years for tourist berths.

The Municipality, in all cases shall be entitled to collect and receive an annual fee for the concession, of 0.25% on the value of maritime and complementary works on land, built in the concession area, in accordance with article 17 of Law 7 744.

Dealers are required to pay the other authorities the fees, fees or taxes they owe for the construction, administration and operation of marinas or tourist berths.