7 As expert witnesses called by the Inter-American Court (Article 44(1) of the Rules of Procedure)1: José Luis Cea Egaña, and Francisco Cumplido. 34. On September 18, 2000, Sergio García Valdés submitted a brief as an amicus curiae. 35. On October 6, 2000, on instructions from the President, the Secretariat notified the Commission and the State that it granted them until November 6, 2000, to submit their final written arguments on the merits of the case. On October 23, the Commission requested an extension of 20 days. On October 24, the Secretariat informed the parties that the President had granted them an extension until November 27, 2000. 36. On November arguments. 27, 2000, the Commission submitted its final written 37. On November 30, 2000, on the instructions of the Court in plenary and in accordance with Article 44 of the Rules of Procedure, the Secretariat requested the Commission to submit the documentary evidence that justified the request for payment of costs and expenses submitted in the petitionary clauses of its application, together with the corresponding arguments, by December 13, 2000, at the latest. On December 12, 2000, the Commission requested an extension of one month to submit that information. On December 13, 2000, the Secretariat informed the Commission that the President had granted it a non-extendable period until January 8, 2001. 38. On January 8, 2001, the Commission submitted the documentary evidence that, in its opinion, justified the request for the payment of expenses, submitted in the petitionary clauses of its application, together with the corresponding arguments. The following day, the Secretariat acknowledged reception and, on the instructions of the President, granted the State until January 24, 2001, to submit its observations. 39. On January 22, 2001, the State submitted a note providing information on the procedure being followed for the draft constitutional reform that would eliminate cinematographic censorship in Chile. The same day, the Secretariat transmitted this brief to the Commission. 40. On January 25, 2001, Ambassador Guillermo Yunge Bustamante submitted a copy of the note issued by Heraldo Muñoz Valenzuela, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Chile, a.i., advising that Alejandro Salinas Rivera, Director of Human Rights of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile had been appointed agent and the Chilean Ambassador to Costa Rica, Guillermo Yunge Bustamante, deputy agent. 41. On January 31, 2001, the State submitted its observations on the Commission’s brief of January 8 that year, with regard to the request for payment of 1 Article 44(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court states: At any stage of the case, the Court may: 1. Obtain, on its own motion, any evidence it considers helpful. In particular, it may hear as a witness, expert witness, or in any other capacity, any person whose evidence, statement or opinion it deems to be relevant.