The companies are not charged individual fees for the special reviews or re-evaluations. There is an annual regulatory charge that applies to cover these types of costs. However, whenever a special review is initiated, the companies that register their product are contacted and informed that the special review is going on, in case they have additional information that we should also be considering. We also contact the provinces to see if they have additional information that should be considered as part of our special review.
There can be additional costs for both ourselves to do these reviews, to publicly propose decisions, consult on them and publish final decisions, in addition to potential costs for provinces and/or the registrants if they are looking to have additional information provided to us.