The New York Office will verify the calculations and may ask the Class Society or other Recognized Organization for additional information. In case of a discrepancy, the Directorate may request that the certificate be modified prior to its issue. Once the calculations are verified, the New York Office will validate the Certificate by the signature of an authorized person and will send it back to the Class Society or Recognized Organization for forwarding to its destination. The basic fee shall be applicable in full with the issue of every Tonnage Certificate. However, when a Tonnage Certificate is issued in duplicate forms, one each for the Spanish and English languages, the fee shall be paid for only one of the forms.
Payments are to be made quarterly every year.
Payments can be made in bank drafts, international money orders or transfers to the order of the Directorate of Consular and Maritime Affairs, Republic of Panama. As of 1 January 1987 the Directorate General of Consular and Maritime Affairs, New York Office, has the exclusive responsibility for the issuance and calculations of the Tonnage Admeasurement Certificates for Pleasure Craft and Fishing Vessels. This procedure invalidates the previous authorization granted to Class Societies and other Recognized Organizations for the Issuance of Tonnage Admeasurement Certificates for Pleasure Craft and Fishing Vessels. Owners may apply directly to the Directorate, New York Office, in these cases, without going to the organization involved in the calculations. Reference is made to the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships 1969, which will come into force existing ships on 18 July 1994.