Published: 2002
Key Benefits:
The Act on Confirmation, etc. of Release Amounts of Specific Chemical
Substances in the Environment and Promotion of Improvements to the
Management Thereof is promulgated as set forth below.
Act on Confirmation, etc. of Release Amounts of
Specific Chemical Substances in the Environment
and Promotion of Improvements to the Management
Thereof
(Act No. 86 of July 13, 1999)
Table of Contents
Chapter I General Provisions (Article 1-Article 4)
Chapter II Confirmation, etc. of Release Amounts, etc. of Class I Designated
Chemical Substances (Article 5-Article 13)
Chapter III Provision of Information, etc. by Business Operators Handling
Designated Chemical Substances, etc. (Article 14-Article 16)
Chapter IV Miscellaneous Provisions (Article 17-Article 23)
Chapter V Penal Provisions (Article 24)
Supplementary Provisions
Chapter I General Provisions
(Purpose)
Article 1 The purpose of this Act is to promote voluntary improvement of the
management of chemical substances by business operators and to prevent any
impediments to the preservation of the environment by taking measures for
the confirmation of release amounts, etc. of specific chemical substances in the
environment, measures for the provision of information concerning the
properties and handling of specific chemical substances by business operators,
and other relevant measures, while giving consideration to the trend for
international cooperation on the management of chemical substances
pertaining to the preservation of the environment, taking into account
scientific knowledge on chemical substances and the condition of the
manufacture, use, and other handling of chemical substances, and gaining the
understanding of business operators and citizens.
(Definitions, etc.)
Article 2 (1) The term "Chemical Substance" as used in this Act shall mean
either an element or a compound (excluding a radioactive substance in either
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case).
(2) The term "Class I Designated Chemical Substance" as used in this Act shall
mean a chemical substance that falls under any of the following items and in
view of its physical and chemical properties, the condition of its manufacture,
import, use, or generation or other factors, is specified by a Cabinet Order as
constituting a Chemical Substance continuously existing in the environment of
a considerably wide area:
(i) Said Chemical Substance poses a risk of being injurious to human health or
a risk of impeding the inhabitation or growth of animals and plants.
(ii) In the case where said Chemical Substance does not fall under the
preceding item, a Chemical Substance easily formed by naturally occurring
chemical transformation of said Chemical Substance falls under the same
item.
(iii) Said Chemical Substance is likely to injure human health by depleting the
ozone layer and increasing the amount of solar ultraviolet radiation reaching
the surface of the earth.
(3) The term "Class II Designated Chemical Substance" as used in this Act shall
mean a Chemical Substance that falls under any of the items of the preceding
paragraph and is expected to continuously exist in the environment of a
considerably wide area in view of its physical and chemical properties, the
status of its manufacture, import, use, or generation or other factors (excluding
a Class I Designated Chemical Substance) and that is specified by a Cabinet
Order.
(4) The Cabinet Order referred to in the preceding two paragraphs shall be
established by taking into account the international trend on management of
chemical substances pertaining to the preservation of the environment,
scientific knowledge on chemical substances, the status of manufacture, use,
and other handling of chemical substances and other factors, and giving
sufficient consideration so as to prevent any injury to human health and
impediments to the inhabitation or growth of animals and plants caused by
environmental pollution by chemical substances.
(5) The term "Business Operator Handling a Class I Designated Chemical
Substance, etc." as used in this Act shall mean a business operator who falls
under any of the following items, engages in a type of business specified by a
Cabinet Order, and satisfies the requirements specified by a Cabinet Order
when taking into consideration the handling amount, etc. of a Class I
Designated Chemical Substance by said business operator:
(i) A natural or juridical person engaged in the business of manufacturing a
Class I Designated Chemical Substance, a natural or juridical person who
uses in the course of trade a Class I Designated Chemical Substance or a
product containing a Class I Designated Chemical Substance that satisfies
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the requirements specified by a Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as a
"Class I Designated Chemical Substance, etc."), and any other natural or
juridical person who handles a Class I Designated Chemical Substance, etc.
in the course of trade
(ii) A natural or juridical person other than those who are set forth in the
preceding item who is expected to incidentally generate or release a Class I
Designated Chemical Substance in the course of business activities
(6) The term "Business Operator Handling a Designated Chemical Substance,
etc." as used in this Act shall mean a business operator who falls under any of
the items of the preceding paragraph, engages in the manufacture of a Class II
Designated Chemical Substance, uses in the course of trade a Class II
Designated Chemical Substance or a product containing a Class II Designated
Chemical Substance that satisfies the requirements specified by a Cabinet
Order (hereinafter referred to as a "Class II Designated Chemical Substance,
etc."), or otherwise handles a Class II Designated Chemical Substance, etc. in
the course of trade.
(Chemical Substance Management Guidelines)
Article 3 (1) In order to promote the voluntary improvement of the management
of chemical substances by business operators and to prevent any impediments
to the preservation of the environment, the competent minister, by taking into
consideration scientific knowledge of the physical and chemical properties of
the Chemical Substances and the trends of technology concerning the
manufacture, use, and other handling of Chemical Substances, shall establish
guidelines (hereinafter referred to as the "Chemical Substance Management
Guidelines") on measures to be taken by Business Operators Handling
Designated Chemical Substances, etc. with respect to the management of Class
I Designated Chemical Substances, etc. and Class II Designated Chemical
Substances, etc. (hereinafter referred to as "Designated Chemical Substances,
etc.").
(2) The Chemical Substance Management Guidelines shall provide for the
following matters:
(i) Matters concerning methods of management of Designated Chemical
Substances, etc. including improvement of facilities pertaining to
manufacture, use or other handling of Designated Chemical Substances, etc.
(ii) Matters concerning the rational use of Designated Chemical Substances,
etc. including the recovery and reutilization of Designated Chemical
Substances, etc. in their manufacturing process
(iii) Matters concerning promotion of the understanding of citizens about the
methods of management of and the rational use of Designated Chemical
Substances, etc. and the status of release of Class I Designated Chemical
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Substance
(iv) Matters concerning utilization of information on the properties and
handling of Designated Chemical Substances, etc.
(3) When the competent minister intends to establish or change the Chemical
Substance Management Guidelines, he/she shall confer with the heads of the
relevant administrative organs.
(4) When the competent minister has established or changed the Chemical
Substance Management Guidelines, he/she shall make them public without
delay.
(Responsibilities of Business Operators)
Article 4 A Business Operator Handling a Designated Chemical Substance, etc.,
recognizing that a Class I Designated Chemical Substance or a Class II
Designated Chemical Substance falls under one of the items of Article 2,
paragraph 2 as being something that poses a risk of being injurious to human
health and paying attention to the Chemical Substance Management
Guidelines, shall manage the manufacture, use, or other handling of the
Designated Chemical Substance, etc. and endeavor to promote the
understanding of citizens about the circumstances surrounding such
management.
Chapter II Confirmation, etc. of Release Amounts, etc. of Class I
Designated Chemical Substances
(Confirmation and Notification of Release Amounts, etc.)
Article 5 (1) Pursuant to the provisions of an ordinance of the competent
ministry, a Business Operator Handling a Class I Designated Chemical
Substance, etc. shall confirm the release amount (meaning the amount
calculated as the amount of Class I Designated Chemical Substance released
into the environment at the relevant place of business by a calculation method
based on the amount of change in the relevant Class I Designated Chemical
Substance in the manufacture, use, or other handling of the Class I Designated
Chemical Substance, etc. or by other method specified by an ordinance of the
competent ministry; the same shall apply in the following paragraph and
Article 9, paragraph 1) and the transfer amount (meaning the amount
calculated by a method specified by an ordinance of the competent ministry as
the amount of Class I Designated Chemical Substance transferred outside of
the relevant place of business in conjunction with the disposal of waste in
connection with the Business Operator Handling a Class I Designated
Chemical Substance, etc.'s business activities outside of said place of business;
the same shall apply in the following paragraph) of the Class I Designated
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Chemical Substance in conjunction with its business activities.
(2) Pursuant to the provisions of an ordinance of the competent ministry, a
Business Operator Handling a Class I Designated Chemical Substance, etc.
shall notify the competent minister of matters specified by an ordinance of the
competent ministry concerning the release amount and the transferred amount
of the Class I Designated Chemical Substance in the previous fiscal year, as
confirmed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph every fiscal
year for each Class I Designated Chemical Substance and each place of
business.
(3) The notification under the preceding paragraph (excluding the one concerning
the Class I Designated Chemical Substance specified in the request under
paragraph 1 of the following Article) shall be given via the prefectural governor
having jurisdiction over the location of the place of business pertaining to said
notification. In this case, said prefectural governor may append an opinion
concerning the matters reported in said notification.
(Use of Name of Category Corresponding to Chemical Substance)
Article 6 (1) In the event that information relating to the use or other handling
of a Class I Designated Chemical Substance set forth in a notification under
paragraph 2 of the preceding paragraph involves a production method or other
technical information useful for business activities that is maintained as a
secret and not known to the public, a Business Operator Handling a Class I
Designated Chemical Substance, etc. may request that the competent minister
give the notice under paragraph 1 of the following Article by using the name of
the category to which said Class I Designated Chemical Substance belongs and
which is specified by an ordinance of the competent ministry (hereinafter
referred to as the "Name of Category Corresponding to Chemical Substance")
instead of the name of said Class I Designated Chemical Substance.
(2) When a Business Operator Handling a Class I Designated Chemical
Substance, etc. makes a request set forth in the preceding paragraph, said
business operator shall make the request by appending the reason thereof
pursuant to the provisions of an ordinance of the competent ministry together
with a notification under paragraph 2 of the preceding Article.
(3) When a request set forth in paragraph 1 has been made, the competent
minister shall, without delay, notify the prefectural governor having
jurisdiction over the location of the place of business relevant to the Class I
Designated Chemical Substance specified in said request of the matters
reported in a notification under paragraph 2 of the preceding Article that
pertain to said Class I Designated Chemical Substance (hereinafter referred to
as a "Relevant Prefectural Governor"), by using the Name of the Corresponding
Chemical Substance Category instead of the name of said Class I Designated
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Chemical Substance.
(4) When the competent minister approves a request set forth in paragraph 1,
he/she shall decide to that effect and give a notice to that effect to the Business
Operator Handling a Class I Designated Chemical Substance, etc. who has
made said request.
(5) When the competent minister does not approve a request set forth in
paragraph 1, he/she shall decide to that effect and give a notice to that effect
and the reasons thereof to the Business Operator Handling a Class I
Designated Chemical Substance, etc. who has made said request.
(6) A decision set forth in the preceding two paragraphs shall be made within 30
days from the day on which a request set forth in paragraph 1 was made.
(7) Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the competent
minister may extend the period set forth in the same paragraph by only up to
30 days, when there is a difficulty in administrative processing or any other
justifiable reason.
(8) When a Business Operator Handling a Class I Designated Chemical
Substance, etc. needs to maintain the Name of the Corresponding Chemical
Substance Category that was recorded in a file pursuant to the provisions of
Article 8, paragraph 1 in any fiscal year preceding the current fiscal year, said
business operator shall make a request to the competent minister to that effect
pursuant to the provisions of a Cabinet Order every fiscal year.
(9) The provisions from paragraphs 4 to 7 inclusive shall apply mutatis mutandis
to a request set forth in the preceding paragraph. In this case, the term
"paragraph 1" in the provisions from paragraphs 4 to 6 inclusive shall be
deemed to be replaced with "paragraph 8."
(Notice, etc. of the Notified Matters)
Article 7 (1) When a notification under Article 5, paragraph 2 has been given,
the competent minister shall notify the Minister of Economy, Trade and
Industry and the Minister of the Environment of the matters reported in said
notification without delay; provided, however, that when a request set forth in
paragraph 1 of the preceding Article has been made with regard to the name of
a Class I Designated Chemical Substance, the name of said Class I Designated
Chemical Substance in the matters reported in said notification shall be
notified by using the Name of the Corresponding Chemical Substance Category.
(2) When the competent minister has made a decision set forth in paragraph 5 of
the preceding Article (including cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis
pursuant to paragraph 9 of the same Article; the same shall apply hereinafter)
he/she shall give notification of the name of the Class I Designated Chemical
Substance pertaining to said decision to the Minister of Economy, Trade and
Industry, the Minister of the Environment, and the Relevant Prefectural
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Governors pertaining to said decision. In this case, said notice shall be given
promptly after the day on which two weeks have elapsed from the day a notice
was given to a Business Operator Handling a Class I Designated Chemical
Substance, etc. under paragraph 5 of the same Article.
(3) When the competent minister has made a decision set forth in paragraph 4 of
the preceding Article (including cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis
pursuant to paragraph 9 of the same Article) in any fiscal year preceding the
current fiscal year and when a request set forth in paragraph 8 of the same
Article has not been made in the current fiscal year, he/she shall give
notification of the name of the Class I Designated Chemical Substance
pertaining to said decision to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, the
Minister of the Environment, and the Relevant Prefectural Governors
pertaining to said decision.
(4) The Minister of the Environment may, where he/she finds it necessary,
request the competent minister to provide an explanation on the matters that
have been notified pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph 2 with
regard to the Class I Designated Chemical Substance pertaining to a notice
under the proviso to paragraph 1.
(5) When a Relevant Prefectural Governor finds it necessary, he/she may request,
pursuant to the provisions of an ordinance of the competent ministry, that the
competent minister provide an explanation on the matters that have been
notified pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph 2 regarding the
Class I Designated Chemical Substance specified in a notice under paragraph 3
of the preceding Article, which has been given in connection with the
jurisdictional district of said prefectural governor.
(Aggregation, etc. of Notified Matters)
Article 8 (1) Pursuant to the provisions of an Ordinance of the Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry and an Ordinance of the Ministry of the
Environment, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of
the Environment shall record the matters that were notified, pursuant to the
provisions of paragraphs 1 to 3 inclusive of the preceding Article, in a file in a
computer.
(2) Pursuant to the provisions of an Ordinance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade
and Industry and an Ordinance of the Ministry of the Environment, when the
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of the Environment
have carried out the recording under the preceding paragraph, they shall,
without delay, notify the competent minister of the matters recorded in the file
set forth in the same paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "Matters Recorded
in the File") that pertain to places of business engaged in the business under
the jurisdiction of said competent minister and notify prefectural governors of
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the Matters Recorded in the File that pertain to places of business located in
the prefectural districts under the jurisdiction of said prefectural governors.
(3) The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of the
Environment shall aggregate the Matters Recorded in the File without delay
pursuant to the provisions of an Ordinance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade
and Industry and an Ordinance of the Ministry of the Environment.
(4) The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of the
Environment shall, without delay, notify the competent minister and
prefectural governors of the results aggregated pursuant to the provisions of
the preceding paragraph and make them public.
(5) When a notice under paragraph 2 has been given, the competent minister and
prefectural governors may aggregate the matters pertaining to said notice and
make the results public.
(Calculation, etc. of Release Amounts Other than Those Notified)
Article 9 (1) By gaining the cooperation of the relevant administrative organs,
the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of the
Environment shall calculate the release amounts of Class I Designated
Chemical Substances associated with the business activities of business
operators other than Business Operators Handling Class I Designated
Chemical Substances, etc. and the amounts of Class I Designated Chemical
Substances that are assumed to be released in the environment apart from the
release amounts of Class I Designated Chemical Substances that have been
notified pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph 2 for each of the
matters specified by an Ordinance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry and an Ordinance of the Ministry of the Environment.
(2) The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of the
Environment shall aggregate pursuant to the provisions of an Ordinance of the
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and an Ordinance of the Ministry of
the Environment the results calculated under the preceding paragraph and
make such results public together with the results aggregated under paragraph
4 of the preceding Article.
(Right to Request for Disclosure)
Article 10 (1) When publication under Article 8, paragraph 4 has been given, any
person may request the competent minister to disclose Matters Recorded in the
File that are included in the aggregation results pertaining to said publication
and that are possessed by said competent minister, after the day of said
publication.
(2) A request set forth in the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a
"Disclosure Request") shall be made by clarifying the following matters:
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(i) The name and domicile or residence of the person making the Disclosure
Request and, in the case of a juridical person or any other organization, the
name of the representative
(ii) The name and location of the place of business and other matters sufficient
for identifying the place of business pertaining to the Disclosure Request
(Duty of Disclosure of Release Amounts, etc.)
Article 11 When a Disclosure Request has been made, the competent minister
shall promptly disclose the portion of the Matters Recorded in the File that
pertains to said Disclosure Request to the person who made said Disclosure
Request.
(Implementation of Research, etc.)
Article 12 The State shall comprehensively and effectively carry out research to
gain understanding of the status of the environment as it pertains to Class I
Designated Chemical Substance, and research to gain scientific knowledge
about the influences of Class I Designated Chemical Substances on human
health and inhabitation of animals and plants, by taking into consideration the
results prescribed in Article 8, paragraph 4 and Article 9, paragraph 2 as well
as the domestic and overseas trends of safety assessment of Class I Designated
Chemical Substances, and shall make the results public.
(Request for Provision of Materials, etc.)
Article 13 With regard to research prescribed in the preceding Article that is
carried out by the State in the district of the relevant prefecture, a prefectural
governor may request necessary materials from or state opinions to the head of
the administrative organ that carried out said research.
Chapter III Provision of Information, etc. by Business Operators Handling
Designated Chemical Substances, etc.
(Provision of Information on the Properties and Handling of Designated
Chemical Substances, etc.)
Article 14 (1) When a Business Operator Handling a Designated Chemical
Substance, etc. transfers or provides a Designated Chemical Substance, etc. to
another business operator, said business operator shall provide information on
the properties and handling of said Designated Chemical Substance, etc. to the
party to which the transfer or provision is to be made by delivering a document
or a magnetic disk or any other method specified by an Ordinance of the
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry by the time of the transfer or
provision.
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(2) When there is a need to change the contents of information on the properties
or handling of a Designated Chemical Substance, etc. provided pursuant to the
provisions of the preceding paragraph, a Business Operator Handling a
Designated Chemical Substance, etc. shall endeavor to promptly provide the
changed information on the properties and handling of said Designated
Chemical Substance, etc. to the party to which the transfer or provision was
made by delivering a document or a magnetic disk or any other method
specified by an Ordinance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
(3) In addition to what is provided for in the preceding two paragraphs,
necessary matters concerning provision of information prescribed in the
preceding two paragraphs shall be specified by an Ordinance of the Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry.
(Recommendations and Publication)
Article 15 (1) When any Business Operator Handling a Designated Chemical
Substance, etc. is in violation of the provisions of paragraph 1 of the preceding
Article, the Minster of Economy, Trade and Industry may recommend said
Business Operator Handling a Designated Chemical Substance, etc. to provide
necessary information in accordance with the provisions of the same paragraph.
(2) If a Business Operator Handling a Designated Chemical Substance, etc. that
has received a recommendation under the preceding paragraph fails to follow
the recommendation, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may
publicize to that effect.
(Collection of Report)
Article 16 The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may, as far as it is
necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of this Chapter, have a
Business Operator Handling a Designated Chemical Substance, etc. make a
report on the provision of information on the properties and handling of the
Designated Chemical Substance, etc. of said business operator.
Chapter IV Miscellaneous Provisions
(Measures by the State and Local Public Entities)
Article 17 (1) The State shall endeavor to increase the scientific knowledge on
the properties of chemical substances and develop testing methods and other
technical methods concerning safety assessment of chemical substances, while
giving sufficient consideration to international trends of safety assessment of
chemical substances.
(2) The State shall endeavor to prepare and promote use of a database (a
collection of theses, numerical values, figures, and other information that are
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systematically composed so as to enable computer searches of such
information) pertaining to information on the properties and handling of
chemical substances.
(3) The State and local public entities shall endeavor to provide technical advice
and take other measures to promote voluntary improvement of the
management of Designated Chemical Substances, etc. by Business Operators
Handling Designated Chemical Substances, etc.
(4) The State and local public entities shall endeavor to increase the
understanding of citizens about the properties and management of Designated
Chemical Substances, etc. and the status of release of Class I Designated
Chemical Substances through activities such as educational activities and
public relations activities.
(5) The State and local public entities shall endeavor to develop necessary human
resources for performing the responsibilities set forth in the preceding two
paragraphs.
(Hearing of Opinions at a Council, etc.)
Article 18 When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of
Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of the Environment intend to
plan the establishment or revision of a Cabinet Order set forth in Article 2,
paragraph 2 or paragraph 3, they shall hear in advance the opinions of the
council, etc. (which means organs prescribed in Article 8 of the National
Administrative Organization Act [Act No. 120 of 1948]) specified by a Cabinet
Order.
(Fees)
Article 19 A person who receives disclosure of Matters Recorded in the File shall
pay a fee pertaining to implementation of the disclosure of the amount
specified by a Cabinet Order within an amount not exceeding the actual cost,
pursuant to the provisions of a Cabinet Order.
(Notification by a Magnetic Disk, etc.)
Article 20 (1) The competent minister may accept a notification under Article 5,
paragraph 2 or a request under Article 6, paragraph 1 or paragraph 8 by a
magnetic disk (including an object that may securely record certain matters by
an equivalent method; the same shall apply hereinafter) pursuant to the
provisions of a Cabinet Order.
(2) The competent minister may give notice under Article 6, paragraph 4 or
paragraph 5 (including cases where these provisions are applied mutatis
mutandis pursuant to paragraph 9 of the same Article) by a magnetic disk
pursuant to the provisions of a Cabinet Order.
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(3) The competent minister may accept a request under Article 10, paragraph 1
or make a disclosure under Article 11 by a magnetic disk pursuant to the
provisions of a Cabinet Order.
(Transitional Measures)
Article 21 In the case of establishing, revising or abolishing an order based on
the provisions of this Act, required transitional measures (including
transitional measures concerning penal provisions) may be provided for in such
order as far as it is judged to be reasonably necessary in line with such
establishment, revision, or abolition.
(Competent Minister(s), etc.)
Article 22 (1) The competent minister(s) in this Act shall be as follows:
(i) With regard to matters concerning establishment of Chemical Substance
Management Guidelines under Article 3, paragraph 1, conference under
paragraph 3 of the same Article, and publication under paragraph 4 of the
same Article (excluding those pertaining to matters set forth in paragraph 2,
item 4 of the same Article), the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and
the Minister of the Environment
(ii) With regard to matters concerning establishment of Chemical Substance
Management Guidelines under Article 3, paragraph 1, conference under
paragraph 3 of the same Article, and publication under paragraph 4 of the
same Article (limited to those pertaining to matters set forth in paragraph 2,
item 4 of the same Article), the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
(iii) With regard to matters concerning notification under Article 5, paragraph
2, a request under Article 6, paragraph 1, a notice under paragraph 3 of the
same Article, a decision and a notice under paragraph 4 and paragraph 5 of
the same Article (including cases where they are applied mutatis mutandis
pursuant to paragraph 9 of the same Article), extension of a period under
paragraph 7 of the same Article (including cases where it is applied mutatis
mutandis pursuant to paragraph 9 of the same Article), a request under
paragraph 8 of the same Article, a notice under Article 7, paragraphs 1 to 3
inclusive, explanation under paragraph 4 and paragraph 5 of the same
Article, a notice under Article 8, paragraph 2 and paragraph 4 and
aggregation and publication under paragraph 5 of the same Article, and
matters specified in Article 20, paragraph 1 and paragraph 2, the minister
having jurisdiction over the business of the relevant Business Operator
Handling a Class I Designated Chemical Substance, etc.
(iv) With regard to matters concerning a request under Article 10, paragraph 1
and disclosure under Article 11, and matters specified in Article 20,
paragraph 3, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Minister of
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the Environment or the minister having jurisdiction over the business of the
relevant Business Operator Handling a Class I Designated Chemical
Substance, etc.
(2) An ordinance of the competent ministry in this Act shall be an order issued by
the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Minister of the Environment
and the minister having jurisdiction over the business of the relevant Business
Operator Handling a Class I Designated Chemical Substance, etc.
(Category of Affairs)
Article 23 The affairs to be processed by a prefecture pursuant to the provisions
of the first sentence of Article 5, paragraph 3 shall be item 1 legally delegated
affairs, as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph 9, item 1 of the Local Autonomy
Act (Act No. 67 of 1947).
Chapter V Penal Provisions
Article 24 A person who falls under any of the following items shall be punished
by a fine of not more than 200,000 yen:
(i) A person who has failed to give a notification under Article 5, paragraph 2
or who has given a false notification
(ii) A person who has failed to make a report under Article 16 or who has made
a false report
Supplementary Provisions [Extract]
(Effective Date)
Article 1 This Act shall come into force as from the date specified by a Cabinet
Order within a period not exceeding nine months from the day of promulgation;
provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items shall
come into force as from the dates respectively prescribed in those items:
(i) Provisions of Article 18 The day of promulgation
(ii) Provisions of Chapter 3 and Article 24 (excluding item 1) The date specified
by a Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year and six months
from the day of promulgation
(iii) Provisions of Chapter 2, Article 19, Article 20, and Article 24 (limited to
item 1) and the following Article The date specified by a Cabinet Order
within a period not exceeding two years and six months from the day of
promulgation
(iv) Provisions of Article 23 of the Act and Article 4 of the Supplementary
Provisions April 1, 2000 or the date specified in the preceding item,
whichever comes later
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(Transitional Measure)
Article 2 When the day prescribed in Article 6, paragraph 6 is included in the
fiscal year following the fiscal year that contains the day of enforcement of
provisions prescribed in item 3 of the preceding Article, the phrase "up to 30
days" in the same paragraph shall be deemed to be replaced with "up to five
months."
(Review)
Article 3 The government shall review the status of enforcement of this Act
when seven years have elapsed from the enforcement of this Act, and take
necessary measures based on the results.
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