The fees are payable annually and are in respect of the 12 month period beginning on October 1 st in the year in which they are required to be paid. Therefore, a fee is payable even if sale of the product has just begun.
Invoices reflect fees for the upcoming year.
The company on record as owning the DIN when the invoice is issued is responsible for payment. The DIN owner is responsible for updating TPP on discontinued DINs and written instruction is required in this respect. If a new DIN has been assigned to a product in order to replace an existing product, but the previous DIN has not been inactivated by its owner , the owner of each DIN is held responsible for payment of an annual fee whether or not the previous DIN is still available on the Canadian market. For example, where the ownership of a product has been transferred to another company and the new owner has received a new DIN, an annual fee will be applied to both the old DIN and the new DIN if both are on TPP records as being marketed. The Food and Drug Regulations require a DIN owner to provide TPP with written notice within 30 days of discontinuing sale of a product.