The registration of the shipowner is carried out within 15 days from the date of entry of the application at the regulator, and within the same period the respective document certifying the registration must be issued and sent to the applicant.For other requests, administrative procedures of private initiative must be decided within a period of 60 days, unless another period arises from the law, and the period, in exceptional circumstances duly justified, may be extended by the person responsible for directing the procedure, for one or more periods, until the maximum limit of 90 days. There is tacit deferral when the law or regulation determines that the absence of notification of the final decision on the claim addressed to the competent body within the legal term has the value of deferral. It is considered that there is tacit deferral if the notification of the act is not issued by the first working day following the end of the decision's deadline.