4 Lastly, the Commission granted the State a period of two months to adopt measures aimed at fulfilling its recommendations. 15. By a note of March 17, 1999, the State requested the Commission to grant it a 14-day extension in order to comply with the recommendations issued by the Commission and indicated that it waived its right to have that period counted within the period set forth in Article 51(1) of the Convention. 16. On March 18, 1999, the Commission acceded to the State’s request and stated that it would grant an extension until March 31, 1999. It also stated that the extension would push back the deadline for filing the application with the Court. 17. When the agreed date for the State to indicate that it had complied with the recommendations had elapsed, without it having communicated with the Commission, the Commission decided to refer the case to the Inter-American Court, under the terms of Article 51 of the Convention. IV PROCEEDING BEFORE THE COURT 18. On March 31, 1999, the Commission filed the application with the InterAmerican Court (supra paras. 1, 2, 3 and 4). 19. The Commission appointed Hélio Bicudo and Claudio Grossman as its delegates; Jorge E. Taiana, Hernando Valencia Villa, Christina M. Cerna, Ignacio Alvarez and Santiago Cantón as advisors; and Alberto A. Borea Odría, Elliot Abrams, Viviana Krsticevic and María Claudia Pulido as assistants. 20. Pursuant to Article 34 of the Rules of Procedure, on April 20, 1999, the President of the Court (hereinafter “the President”) requested the Commission to correct certain problems in the presentation of the application within 20 days. On May 5, 1999, the Commission corrected the problems. 21. On May 10, 1999, the Secretariat of the Court (hereinafter “the Secretariat”) transmitted the application to Peru and informed it about the time limits for answering the application, filing preliminary objections and appointing it agents. It also informed the State that it had the right to appoint a ad hoc judge. 22. On May 17, 1999, the Ambassador of Peru to Costa Rica informed the Court that the Office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Peru had received the application corresponding to this case on May 12, 1999. 23. On June 8, 1999, the State appointed Mario Federico Cavagnaro Basile as its agent and Sergio Tapia Tapia as deputy agent and indicated the address where communications relating to the case would be officially received. 24. On June 11, 1999, the State filed a brief in which it indicated the discrepancies that, in its opinion, existed with regard to the time period for appointing an ad hoc judge, and also requested a reasonable extension of that period. The extension was granted until July 11, 1999. 25. On August 4, 1999, the Minister and the Counselor of Peru’s Embassy in Costa Rica appeared before the Secretariat to return the application in this case and