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# This English translation of the Act on Recycling, etc. of End-of-Life Vehicles has been prepared (up to the revisions of Act No. 50 of 2006 (Yet to enter into force)) in compliance with the Standard Bilingual Dictionary March 2007 edition. This is an unofficial translation. Only the original Japanese texts of laws and regulations have legal effect, and the translations are to be used solely as reference material to aid in the understanding of Japanese laws and regulations. The Government of Japan shall not be responsible for the accuracy, reliability or currency of the legislative material provided in this Website, or for any consequence resulting from use of the information in this Website. For all purposes of interpreting and applying law to any legal issue or dispute, users should consult the original Japanese texts published in the Official Gazette.
Act on Recycling, etc. of End-of-Life Vehicles (Act No. 87 of July 12, 2002)
Chapter 1 General Provisions (Article 1 to Article 7)
Chapter 2 Implementation of Recycling, etc.
Section 1 Implementation of Recycling by Related Business Operators (Article 8 to Article 20)
Section 2 Implementation of Recycling, etc. by Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. (Article 21 to Article 41)
Chapter 3 Registrations and Licenses
Section 1 Registration of Collection Operators (Article 42 to Article 52)
Section 2 Registration of Fluorocarbon Recovery Operators (Article 53 to Article 59)
Section 3 Licenses for Dismantling Operations (Article 60 to Article 66)
Section 4 Licenses for Shredding and Sorting Operations (Article 67 to Article 72)
Chapter 4 Recycling Deposit, etc. (Article 73 to Article 79)
Chapter 5 Report on Movements (Article 80 to Article 91)
Chapter 6 Designated Entities
Section 1 Deposit Management Entities (Article 92 to Article 104)
Section 2 Designated Recycling Organizations (Article 105 to Article 113)
Section 3 Information Management Entities (Article 114 to Article 120)
Chapter 7 Miscellaneous Provisions (Article 121 to Article 136)
Chapter 8 Penal Provisions (Article 137 to Article 143)
Supplementary Provisions
Chapter 1 General Provisions
Article 1 (Purpose)
The purpose of this Act is to ensure that waste from End-of-Life Vehicles is properly disposed of and that resources are used effectively through reduction of the amount of waste from End-of-Life Vehicles, and Recycling and sufficiently using the recycled parts of such End-of-Life Vehicles. This is to be accomplished by having Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. and Operators of Related Businesses collect and deliver the End-of-Life Vehicles, and by devising means of Recycling, etc. End-of-Life Vehicles in an appropriate and smooth manner, thereby contributing to the preservation of the environment and the development of a sound national economy.
Article 2 (Definitions)
(1) In this Act, "Vehicle" is defined as a vehicle prescribed in the Road Transport Vehicle Act (Act No. 185 of 1951), Article 2, Paragraph 2 (except for the following).
(i) Towed vehicles ( Among the vehicles prescribed in the Road Transport Vehicle Act, Article 2, Paragraph 2, those that are equipment manufactured for towing and moving over land; the same shall apply hereinafter in this paragraph).
(ii) Compact vehicles and light vehicles prescribed in the Road Transport Vehicle Act, Article 3 (except for towed vehicles) and two-wheel vehicles (including those with a side car)
(iii) The large custom-made vehicles and small custom-made vehicles (except for towed vehicles) prescribed in the Road Transport Vehicle Act, Article 3
(iv) In addition to what is listed in the preceding three items, Vehicles specified by Cabinet Order
(2) In this Act, "End-of-Life Vehicles", are defined among Vehicles, as those Vehicles (including those used in warehouses and those used for purposes other than conveyance; the same shall apply hereinafter) the use of which are finished (In Vehicles possessing anything specified by a Cabinet Order consisting of refrigeration equipment for refrigerated cargo or equipment that is removed and recycled when other Vehicles are removed from regular use and recycled, those for which the termination of such use and the removal of such equipment has occurred.).
(3) In this Act, "Dismantled Vehicles" are defined as that which remains after the recovery of parts, materials and other useful items that have been separated by dismantling the End-of-Life Vehicles.
(4) In this Act, "Parts Specified for Recycling" are defined as Automobile Shredder Residue and Parts Designated for Recovery; "Parts Specified for Recycling, etc." are defined as Parts Specified for Recycling and Fluorocarbons.
(5) In this Act, "Automobile Shredder Residue" is defined as the residue which remains after the Dismantled Vehicles have been shredded and metal and other useful substances have been separated and recovered.
(6) In this Act, "Parts Designated for Recovery" are defined as parts specified by Cabinet Order as having been installed in Vehicles which fall under any of the following.
(i) Vehicles for which, when the said vehicles have become End-of-Life Vehicles, the recovery by Dismantling Operators of the said parts from the said End-of- Life Vehicles, the transfer of the said parts to the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc, and Recycling makes Recycling of the said End-of-Life Vehicle proceed adequately and smoothly, and for which it is necessary to reduce the volume of waste materials and make effective use of recycled resources.
(ii) Vehicles found not to be significantly limited from an economic standpoint when planning Recycling of the said parts
(iii) Vehicles for which the design of the parts or the parts or the type of raw material is recognized as having a significant impact on the planning Recycling of the said goods when the said vehicles have become End-of-Life Vehicles
(7) In this Act, "Fluorocarbons" are defined as the Fluorocarbons prescribed in Article 2, Paragraph 1 of the Act for Securing, etc. the Implementation of Recovery and Destruction of Fluorocarbons Contained in Specified Products (Act No. 64 of 2001; hereinafter referred to as "the Fluorocarbons Recovery and Destruction Act").
(8) In this Act, "Specified Air Conditioners" indicates air conditioners which have been installed in Vehicles (of these Vehicles, restricted to those used for cooling a location and installed in passenger vehicles; the same shall apply hereinafter) in which Fluorocarbons have been packed as a cooling medium.
(9) In this Act, "Recycling" is defined as the following acts.
(i) Acts making it possible to use all or part of End-of-Life Vehicles, Dismantled Vehicles or Parts Specified for Recycling as raw materials, parts and the parts of other products
(ii) Acts making it possible to use all or part of End-of-Life Vehicles, Dismantled Vehicles or Parts Specified for Recycling, making it possible to supply them for incineration or for obtaining recovering energy from those which may be combustible.
(10) In this Act, "Recycling, etc." is defined as Recycling and the destruction of Fluorocarbons (indicating destruction as prescribed in Article 33, Paragraph 3 of the Fluorocarbons Recovery and Destruction Act; the same shall apply hereinafter).
(11) In this Act, "Collection Operations" is defined as operations involving the collecting of End-of-Life Vehicles from the owners of Vehicles (except for operations wherein transportation is carried out only in order to deliver End-of-Life Vehicles to a party designated by the owner of the Vehicle after receiving an entrustment therefrom), and "Collection Operators" is defined as entities having obtained the registration of Article 42, Paragraph 1 for carrying out Collection Operations.
(12) In this Act, "Fluorocarbons Recovery Operations" is defined as operations involving the recovery of Fluorocarbons from Specified Air Conditioners installed in End-of-Life Vehicles, and "Fluorocarbons Recovery Operators" is defined as entities having obtained the registration of Article 53, Paragraph 1 for carrying out Fluorocarbons Recovery Operations.
(13) In this Act, "Dismantling Operations" is defined as operations involving the dismantling of End-of-Life Vehicles or Dismantled Vehicles, and "Dismantling Operators" is defined as entities having obtained the license of Article 60, Paragraph 1 for carrying out Dismantling Operations.
(14) In this Act, "Shredding and Sorting Operations" is defined as operations involving the shredding and sorting of Dismantled Vehicles and pre-shredding and sorting processing (referring to compressing and such other pre-shredding and sorting processing as specified by ordinance of the competent minister; the same shall apply hereinafter), and "Shredding and Sorting Operators" is defined as entities having obtained the license of Article 67, Paragraph 1 for carrying out Shredding and Sorting Operations.
(15) In this Act, "Manufacturing, etc." is defined as the following acts.
(i) Acts of manufacturing Vehicles (except for entities receiving an entrustment (limited to that specified by ordinance of the competent minister; the same shall apply hereinafter in this paragraph) from another entity (excluding the non-residents prescribed in the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (Act No. 228 of 1949), Article 6; the same shall apply hereinafter in this paragraph)
(ii) Acts of importing Vehicles (except for those where an entrustment is received from another entity)
(iii) Acts of entrusting the acts listed in the preceding (i), (ii) to another entity
(16) In this Act, "Vehicle Manufacturers, etc." is defined as entities carrying out the Manufacture, etc. of Vehicles in the course of trade.
(17) In this Act, "Related Business Operators" is defined as Collection Operators, Fluorocarbons Recovery Operators, Dismantling Operators or Shredding and Sorting Operators.
Article 3 (Obligations of Vehicle Manufacturers, etc.*1)
(1) Vehicles Manufacturers, etc. shall promote long-term use of Vehicles, facilitate the Recycling, etc. of End-of-Life Vehicles and endeavor to reduce the expenses required for the Recycling, etc. of End-of-Life Vehicles by devising the design of Vehicles and parts thereof or types of raw materials.
(2) Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. shall take into account the importance of the role they play in the implementation of the Recycling, etc. of End-of-Life Vehicles to provide implementation in an appropriate and smooth manner, and adequately provide information regarding the structure of Vehicles they Manufacture, etc. as well as parts and raw materials used to Related Business Operators, and endeavor to cooperate as necessary to implement Recycling, etc. of End-of-Life Vehicles.
Article 4 (Obligations of Related Business Operators)
(1) The Related Business Operators shall endeavor to improve their knowledge and competence relating to Recycling of End-of-Life Vehicles to properly dispose the waste pertaining to the End-of-Life Vehicles and to ensure that the resources are used effectively by implementing Recycling of End-of-Life Vehicles in a proper and smooth manner.
(2) Collection Operators shall work in concert with the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. to ensure that the Vehicle owners are thoroughly familiar with the fees for Recycling, etc. of Vehicles and other matters and shall endeavor such that the delivery of the End-of-Life Vehicles by the owners of the Vehicles is carried out in a smooth manner.
Article 5 (Obligations of Vehicle Owners)
Vehicle owners shall endeavor so as to prevent vehicles from becoming End-of-Live Vehicles by using the vehicle for as long a period as possible, and endeavor to promote Recycling, etc. of End-of-Life Vehicles by selecting a Vehicle manufactured taking into account the implementation of Recycling, etc. when they purchase a vehicle and using goods obtained from Recycling of End-of-Life Vehicles or goods using them.
Article 6 (Obligations of the State)
(1) The State shall endeavor to promote research and development relating to Recycling, etc. of End-of-Life Vehicles, to disseminate the results, and take other necessary measures.
(2) The State shall endeavor to appropriately provide expenses required for Recycling, etc. of End-of-Life Vehicles, to provide resources in an amount which can be effectively utilized in Recycling, and other information required for Recycling, etc. End-of-Life Vehicles to promote the delivery of End-of-Life Vehicles by the Vehicle owners as well as implement Recycling by Related Business Operators in a proper and smooth manner.
(3) The State shall, through educational and publicity activities, endeavor to increase the public understanding of the Recycling, etc. of End-of-Life Vehicles and to ask for public cooperation for the implementation of such activities. The State shall, through educational and publicity activities, endeavor to increase the public understanding of promotion of the effective use of recycled resources and to ask for public cooperation for the implementation of such activities
Article 7 (Obligations of Local Governments)
Local governments shall endeavor to take the measures required to promote Recycling, etc. of End-of-Life Vehicles pursuant to local circumstances conjointly with national policies.
Chapter 2 Implementation of Recycling, etc.
Section 1 Implementation of Recycling by Related Business Operators
Article 8 (Obligation to Deliver End-of-Life Vehicles)
When a vehicle has become an End-of-Life Vehicle, the vehicle owner shall deliver the End-of-Life Vehicle to a Collection Operator.
Article 9 (Collection Obligation of Collection Operators)
(1) When a request is made for collection of an End-of-Life Vehicle, the Collection Operator shall confirm whether or not a Recycling deposit, etc. (hereinafter referred to in this article simply as "Recycling Deposit, etc.") prescribed in Article 73, Paragraph 6 for the End-of-Life Vehicle has been deposited with a Deposit Management Entity prescribed in Article 92, Paragraph 1 (hereinafter referred to simply as "Deposit Management Entity" in this chapter, Chapter 4 and Chapter 5) and, except for the cases falling under any of the following items, collect said End-of-Life Vehicle from the entity requesting collection.
(i) When a Recycling Deposit, etc. for said End-of-Life Vehicles has not been deposited with a Deposit Management Entity
(ii) When there are justifiable grounds specified by ordinance of the competent minister
(2) In cases falling under Item 1 of the preceding paragraph, the Collection Operator shall inform the entity requesting collection pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph that the Recycling Deposit, etc. has been deposited with a Deposit Management Entity.
Article 10 (Delivery Obligation of Collection Operator)
When an End-of-Life Vehicle has been collected, the Collection Operator shall promptly deliver the End-of-Life Vehicle to a Fluorocarbons Recovery Operator if a Specified Air Conditioner is installed in the End-of-Life Vehicle and to a Dismantling Operator if one is not installed.
Article 11 (Collection Obligation of Fluorocarbons Recovery Operators)
When a request has been made by a Collection Operator to collect an End-of-Life Vehicle as indicated in the preceding Article, the Fluorocarbons Recovery Operator shall collect the End-of-Life Vehicle unless there are justifiable grounds specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
Article 12 (Recovery Obligation of Fluorocarbons Recovery Operators)
When an End-of-Life Vehicle has been collected, the Fluorocarbons Recovery Operator shall recover the Fluorocarbons from the Specified Air Conditioner installed in the End-of-Life Vehicle in accordance with standards relating to recovery of Fluorocarbons specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
Article 13 (Obligation of Fluorocarbons Recovery Operators to Deliver Fluorocarbons)
(1) When the Fluorocarbons are recovered pursuant to the provisions of the preceding article, except for instances in which the Fluorocarbons themselves are to be recycled (used as a refrigerant and as raw material for other products or when bringing them to a condition whereby they are transferred gratuitously or for a fee to entities using them as a refrigerant or as raw material for other products; the same shall apply hereinafter), the Fluorocarbons Recovery Operator shall deliver the Fluorocarbons to Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. who shall collect the Parts Specified for Recycling, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 21 (when there are no Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. or when it is not possible to confirm any Vehicle Manufacturers, etc., the parties to whom they are to be delivered are Designated Recycling Organizations; the same shall apply hereinafter in this article; Article 16, Paragraph 3; and Article 18, Paragraph 6). In this case, when collection standards are specified by the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 22, Paragraph 1, and the Fluorocarbons shall be delivered pursuant to said collection standards.
(2) When the Fluorocarbons are delivered pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Fluorocarbons Recovery Operator (including entities having been entrusted with transport of the Fluorocarbons) shall transport said Fluorocarbons in accordance with the standards relating to the transport of Fluorocarbons specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
Article 14 (Obligation of Fluorocarbons Recovery Operators to Deliver End-of-Life Vehicles)
When the Fluorocarbons are recovered pursuant to the provisions of Article 12, the Fluorocarbons Recovery Operator shall, after recovering said Fluorocarbons, promptly deliver the End-of-Life Vehicles to a Dismantling Operator.
Article 15 (Collection Obligation of Dismantling Operators)
When the collection of an End-of-Life Vehicle of Article 10 is requested by a Collection Operator or the collection of an End-of-Life Vehicle of the preceding article is requested by a Fluorocarbons Recovery Operator, except when there are justifiable grounds specified by ordinance of the competent minister, the Dismantling Operator shall collect said End-of-Life Vehicle.
Article 16 (Obligation, etc. of Dismantling Operators to Implement Recycling)
(1) When an End-of-Life Vehicle which has been collected is dismantled, the Dismantling Operator shall recycle said End-of-Life Vehicle by separating the useful parts from said End-of-Life Vehicle and ensure they can be used as parts therefor or otherwise as parts of another product and otherwise recycle said End-of-Life Vehicle.
(2) Recycling indicated in the preceding paragraph shall be carried out in accordance with the standards specified by the ordinance of the competent minister as standards for Recycling End-of-Life Vehicles by Dismantling Operators.
(3) When an End-of-Life Vehicle which has been collected pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 1 is dismantled, the Dismantling Operator shall recover the Parts Designated for Recovery from said End-of-Life Vehicle and deliver said Parts Designated for Recovery to the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. who shall collect the Parts Specified for Recycling, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 21. In this case, when collection standards are specified by the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 22, Paragraph 1, these parts shall be delivered pursuant to said collection standards.
(4) When an End-of-Life Vehicle which has been collected is dismantled pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 1, the Dismantling Operator shall deliver the Dismantled Vehicle pertaining to the End-of-Life Vehicle to another Dismantling Operator or Shredding and Sorting Operator. However, this shall not apply to cases of delivery to Scrap Dealers of Whole Dismantled Vehicles (referring to entities which collect Dismantled Vehicles and use the entire Dismantled Vehicle as raw material for steel or another method specified by ordinance of the competent minister without generating residue).
(5) When a Dismantled Vehicle is delivered to Scrap Dealers of Whole Dismantled Vehicles pursuant to the provisions of the proviso in the preceding paragraph, the Dismantling Operator shall preserve items specified by ordinance of the competent minister as documentation certifying of that fact for the time period specified by ordinance of the competent minister from the delivery date.
(6) When the End-of-Life Vehicle which has been collected is not dismantled by the Dismantling Operator itself, it shall promptly deliver said End-of-Life Vehicle to another Dismantling Operator.
(7) The provisions of Paragraph 1, Paragraph 2, and the preceding three paragraphs shall apply mutatis mutandis to the dismantling of Dismantled Vehicles which have been collected by Dismantling Operators.
Article 17 (Collection Obligation of Shredding and Sorting Operators)
When the collection of a Dismantled Vehicle of Paragraph 4 of the preceding article is requested by a Dismantling Operator, except when there are justifiable grounds specified by ordinance of the competent minister, the Shredding and Sorting Operator shall collect the said Dismantled Vehicle.
Article 18 (Obligations, etc. of Shredding and Sorting Operators to Implement Recycling)
(1) When pre-shredding and sorting processing is carried out on a Dismantled Vehicle which has been collected, the Shredding and Sorting Operator shall carry out pre-shredding and sorting processing in accordance with the standards specified by ordinance of the competent minister as standards relating to pre-shredding and sorting processing to promote Recycling of the Dismantled Vehicle by the Shredding and Sorting Operator.
(2) When pre-shredding and sorting processing set forth in the preceding paragraph is carried out, except for instances of shredding and sorting the Dismantled Vehicle after by the Shredding and Sorting Operator itself the preprocessing has been carried out, the Shredding and Sorting Operator shall deliver the Dismantled Vehicle to another Shredding and Sorting Operator (except for entities carrying out solely preprocessing prior to shredding and sorting in the course of trade). However, this shall not apply when delivery is made to Scrap Dealers of Whole Dismantled Vehicles.
(3) Unless there are justifiable grounds specified by ordinance of the competent minister, when the collection of a Dismantled Vehicle of preceding paragraph is requested by another Shredding and Sorting Operator (restricted to entities carrying out solely pre-shredding and sorting processing) in the course of trade the Shredding and Sorting Operator (except for entities carrying out solely preprocessing prior to shredding and sorting in the course of trade) shall collect said Dismantled Vehicle.
(4) When the Dismantled Vehicle which has been collected is shredded and sorted, the Shredding and Sorting Operator shall separate the useful metal from said Dismantled Vehicle and render it in a condition whereby it can be used as a raw material and otherwise recycle the Dismantled Vehicle.
(5) Recycling set forth in the preceding paragraph shall be carried out in accordance with the standards specified by the ordinance of the competent minister as standards relating to Recycling of Dismantled Vehicles by Shredding and Sorting Operators.
(6) When shredding and sorting set forth in Paragraph 4 is carried out, the Shredding and Sorting Operators shall deliver the Automobile Shredder Residue to a Vehicle Manufacturer, etc. who shall collect the Parts Specified for Recycling, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 21. In this case, when the collection standards are specified by the relevant Automobile Manufacturers, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 22, Paragraph 1, this shall be delivered based on the said Collection Standards.
(7) When shredding and sorting and pre-shredding and sorting processing of Dismantled Vehicles which have been collected are not carried out by the Shredding and Sorting Operator itself, the Shredding and Sorting Operators shall deliver the Dismantled Vehicles to another Shredding and Sorting Operator.
(8) The provisions of Article 16, Paragraph 5 shall apply mutatis mutandis when the Shredding and Sorting Operators deliver Dismantled Vehicles to Scrap Dealers of Whole Dismantled Vehicles pursuant to the provisions of the proviso in Paragraph 2.
Article 19 (Guidance and Advice)
A governor (a mayor or ward chief when this is a municipality or special ward having a health section; the same shall apply hereinafter in this chapter to Chapter 7) may provide, guidance and advice required for implementing the activities required for collection or delivery or Recycling to a registered Collection Operator or Fluorocarbons Recovery Operator or a permitted Dismantling Operator or Shredding and Sorting Operator that collects or delivers an End-of-Life Vehicle or a Dismantled Vehicle when he/she has found it necessary in order to secure implementation required for delivery of Parts Specified for Recycling, etc. or for Recycling of an End-of-Life Vehicle or Dismantled Vehicle.
Article 20 (Recommendations and Orders)
(1) When there is a Related Business Operator that does not engage in the activities required for collection, delivery or Recycling prescribed in the preceding Article without a justifiable ground, the governor may recommend that said Related Business Operator carry out the activities required for collecting or delivering or Recycling.
(2) When the governor has found that a Fluorocarbons Recovery Operator is not in compliance with the standards relating to recovery of Fluorocarbons specified by ordinance of the competent minister set forth in Article 12 or when he/she has found that the Fluorocarbons Recovery Operator (including entities which have been entrusted with the transport of Fluorocarbons; the same shall apply hereinafter in this paragraph) is not in compliance with the standards relating to transport of Fluorocarbons specified by the ordinance of the competent minister set forth in Article 13, Paragraph 2 , the governor may recommend that said Fluorocarbons Recovery Operator comply with the standards.
(3) When a Related Business Operator who has received the recommendation prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs does not take the measures pertaining to the recommendation without a justifiable ground, the governor may order the Related Business Operator to take the measures pertaining to the recommendation.
Section 2 Implementation of Recycling, etc. by Vehicle Manufacturers, etc.
Article 21 (Collection Obligation of Vehicle Manufacturers, etc.)
When there are requests from Fluorocarbons Recovery Operators, Dismantling Operators or Shredding and Sorting Operators to collect Parts Specified for Recycling, etc., pertaining to Vehicles they have manufactured, etc. (when these entities are successors, surviving juridical persons following a merger or juridical persons established by a merger or juridical persons inheriting other Manufacturing, etc. operations when they are spun off or other entities taking over Manufacturing, etc. operations from another Vehicle Manufacturer, etc. when there is a succession, merger or spin-off of another Vehicle Manufacturer, etc. (restricted to succession of operations for Manufacturing, etc.), including heirs, juridical persons which have been liquidated in a merger or juridical persons which have been spun off or other Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. which have taken over Manufacturing, etc. operations; the same shall apply hereinafter), except when there are justifiable grounds specified by ordinance of the competent minister, the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. shall collect the Parts Specified for Recycling, etc. at a location (hereinafter referred to as a "Designated Collection Location") designated beforehand by the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. as a location for collecting the Parts Specified for Recycling, etc.
Article 22 (Collection Standard)
(1) The Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. or the Designated Recycling Organizations prescribed in Article 105 (hereinafter referred to simply as "Designated Recycling Organizations" in this section, Chapter 4, Chapter 5 and Chapter 6, Section 1) may specify standards for collection (hereinafter referred to as the "Collection Standard") for Parts Specified for Recycling, etc. as they relate to the characteristics of the relevant Parts Specified for Recycling, etc., when the Parts Specified for Recycling, etc. are collected, the method of collection and other matters specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
(2) When the Collection Standard prescribed in the preceding paragraph is specified pursuant to ordinance of the competent minister, the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. or Designated Recycling Organizations shall make public them without delay. The same shall apply to changes to such items.
Article 23 (Fluorocarbons Recovery Fee and Designated Recovery Fee)
(1) When Fluorocarbons are delivered to Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. (Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. prescribed in the preceding paragraph; the same shall apply hereinafter in this article), as specified by ordinance of the competent minister, the Fluorocarbons Recovery Operators may request payment of an amount of money (hereinafter referred to as the "Fluorocarbons Recovery Fee") specified by said Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. from said Vehicle Manufacturers for expenses required for recovery of the Fluorocarbons and for transportation to deliver the Fluorocarbons pursuant to the standards specified by ordinance of the competent minister in order to ensure implementation of recovery of the Fluorocarbons in a proper and reliable manner.
(2) When the Parts Designated for Recovery are delivered to the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, Paragraph 3, as specified by ordinance of the competent minister, the Dismantling Operator may request payment of an amount of money (hereinafter referred to as "Designated Recovery Fee") specified by said Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. from the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. specified by ordinance of the competent minister for expenses required for recovery of the Parts Designated for Recovery and for transportation to deliver the Parts Designated for Recovery pursuant to the standards specified by ordinance of the competent minister in order to ensure implementation of recovery of the Parts Designated for Recovery in a proper and reliable manner.
(3) When a request is made pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. shall remit a Fluorocarbons Recovery Fee or a Designated Recovery Fee in accordance with this request.
(4) The Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. shall publicize in advance the Fluorocarbons Recovery Fee and the Designated Recovery Fee specified by ordinance of the competent minister. The same shall apply to changes to such items.
Article 24 (Recommendations for Collection Standard, etc.)
(1) When the competent minister has found that the Collection Standard made public pursuant to the provision of Article 22, Paragraph 2, or the Fluorocarbons Recovery Fee or the Designated Recovery Fee made public pursuant to the provision of the preceding article, Paragraph 4 by Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. do not conform to the standards specified by ordinance of the competent minister as prescribed in Article 22, Paragraph 1 or Paragraph 1 or 2 of the preceding article, he/she may recommend that said Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. make changes to the published Collection Standard, the Fluorocarbons Recovery Fee or the Designated Recovery Fee by a set due date.
(2) When there are Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. who have not paid the Fluorocarbons Recovery Fee or Designated Recovery Fee as prescribed in Paragraph 3 of the preceding Article or have not published pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 4 of the same Article without a justifiable ground, the competent minister may recommend that said Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. pay or publish the Fluorocarbons Recovery Fee or Designated Recovery Fee by a set due date.
(3) When Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. who have received a recommendation prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs have not taken the measures pertaining to the recommendation without justifiable grounds, the competent minister may order the Vehicles Manufacturers, etc. to take the measures pertaining to the recommendation.
Article 25 (Obligations, etc. of Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. to Implement Recycling)
(1) When Parts Specified for Recycling have been collected, the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. or Designated Recycling Organization shall carry out Recycling of the Parts Specified for Recycling without delay.
(2) Recycling set forth in the preceding paragraph (except for that carried out by Designated Recycling Organizations) shall be implemented in accordance with the standards relating to the amount of Recycling to be implemented specified by ordinance of the competent minister for each of the Parts Specified for Recycling.
Article 26 (Obligation, etc. of Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. to Destroy Fluorocarbons)
(1) When Fluorocarbons have been collected, the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. or Designated Recycling Organizations shall commission without delay the destruction of the Fluorocarbons to Fluorocarbons Destruction Operators (referred to simply as "Fluorocarbons Destruction Operators" in the next paragraph) as prescribed in the Article 26, Item 2 (d) of Fluorocarbons Recovery and Destruction Act. However, this shall not apply when the Specified Vehicle Manufacturers, etc, prescribed in Article 106 Item 1 commission the destruction of the Fluorocarbons to the Designated Recycle Operators, these limitations shall not apply.
(2) When Fluorocarbons have been delivered to Fluorocarbons Destruction Operators, the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. and the Designated Recycling Organizations (including those entities which are commissioned to transport the Fluorocarbons by the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. and the Designated Recycling Organizations) shall transport said Fluorocarbons in accordance with the standards relating to transport of Fluorocarbons set forth in Article 13, Paragraph 2 of ordinance of the competent minister.
(3) When the competent minister has found that Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. (including those entities which have been commissioned to transport the Fluorocarbons by Vehicle Manufacturers, etc.; the same shall apply hereinafter in this article) are not in compliance with the standards relating to transport of the Fluorocarbons as set forth in Article 13, Paragraph 2 of ordinance of the competent minister, he/she may recommend that said Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. comply with the standards.
(4) When Vehicle Manufacturer, etc. who have received the recommendation prescribed in the preceding paragraph has not taken the measures pertaining to the recommendation without a justifiable ground, the competent minister may order said Vehicle Manufacturer, etc. to take the measures pertaining to the recommendation.
Article 27 (Providing, etc. Register)
(1) The Vehicle Manufacturers, etc., pursuant to ordinance of the competent minister, shall provide a register (including those made on magnetic disk (including media which can reliably record specific matters by using a method based thereon; the same shall apply hereinafter); the same shall apply hereinafter) and shall note or record matters specified by ordinance of the competent minister relating to the Recycling, etc. of Parts Specified for Recycling, etc. and shall retain the said register for safekeeping.
(2) The Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. shall make public the status of the Recycling, etc. of the Parts Specified for Recycling, etc., pursuant to ordinance of the competent minister.
Article 28 (Authorization for Recycling)
(1) When Recycling of Parts Specified for Recycling is carried out (including when Recycling entrusted to another entity is carried out), the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. shall receive authorization from the competent minister pursuant to the ordinance of the competent minister with regard to conforming to all of the following items. However, this shall not apply when the Specified Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. prescribed in Article 106, Item 1 entrust a Designated Recycling Organization to carry out Recycling.
(i) The entity implementing the activities required for Recycling conforms to the standards specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
(ii) The entity prescribed in the preceding item has facilities which are in compliance with the standards specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
(2) An entity which intends to receive the authorization set forth in the preceding paragraph shall submit to the competent minister a written application indicating the following matters or other documents which are provided by ordinance of the competent minister.
(i) The name or designation, and address and in the case of a juridical person the name of its representative
(ii) The entity implementing the activities required for Recycling in relation to said authorization
(iii) The facilities provided for activities required for Recycling relating to the relevant authorization
(3) When the competent minister has found that Recycling relating to the application for authorization set forth in Paragraph 1 conforms to all of the items in the same paragraph, he/she shall give the authorization set forth in the same paragraph.
Article 29 (Authorization of Changes)
(1) When the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. which have received authorization set forth in Paragraph 1 of the preceding article intend to make changes to matters listed in Paragraph 2, Item 2 or Item 3 of the same article (except for minor changes specified by the ordinance of the competent minister ), they shall obtain authorization from the competent minister.
(2) The provisions of Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3 of the preceding article apply mutatis mutandis to authorization for changes set forth in the preceding paragraph.
Article 30 (Rescission of Authorization)
When the competent minister has found that Recycling pertaining to the authorization of Article 28, Paragraph 1 is no longer in compliance with any of the items in the same paragraph, he/she may rescind the said authorization.
Article 31 (Authorization Pertaining to Entrustment of Implementation of Recycling of the Whole Dismantled Vehicles)
(1) When a Vehicle manufacturer has entrusted a Dismantling Operator or Shredding and Sorting Operator with Recycling of the whole Dismantled Vehicles (of Recycling, the user of the entire Dismantled Vehicle is able to use the Dismantled Vehicle after Recycling by the Dismantling Operator pursuant to the standards relating to Recycling prescribed by ordinance of the competent minister under Article 60 Section 2, as raw materials (The entity that may carry out this Recycling of the Dismantled Vehicle as a business is limited to domestic persons by ordinance of the competent minister) The same shall apply hereinafter), pursuant to the provisions of ordinance of the competent minister, it may obtain the approval of the competent minister with regard to conforming to all of the following items.
(i) Recycling of the whole dismantled vehicles contributes to a significant reduction in waste compared to Recycling by shredding and sorting of Dismantled Vehicles as well as to the effective use of resources.
(ii) The Dismantling Operators or Shredding and Sorting Operators who receives entrustment shall possess the technical expertise enabling them to carry out Recycling of the whole dismantled vehicles in an appropriate and smooth manner.
(2) An entity who intends to receive authorization set forth in the preceding paragraph shall submit to the competent minister a written application indicating the following matters or other documents provided by ordinance of the competent minister.
(i) The name or designation, address or in the case of a juridical person, the name of its representative.
(ii) The name or designation and address and in the case of a juridical person, the name of its representative, of the Dismantling Operators or Shedding and Sorting Operators entrusted with Recycling of the whole dismantled vehicles
(iii) The name or designation of Scrap Dealers of Whole Dismantled Vehicles.
(iv) The method of Recycling of the whole dismantled vehicles and the amount of Automobile Shredder Residue suppressed by this.
(3) When the competent minister has found that Recycling of the whole dismantled vehicles pertaining to the application for authorization in Paragraph 1 conforms to all of the items in this paragraph, he/she shall give the authorization set forth in the same paragraph.
(4) When the competent minister has given the authorization set forth in Paragraph 1, he/she shall notify the Deposit Management Entity to this effect and to the details of it without delay.
Article 32 (Authorization for Changes)
(1) When the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. which have received authorization set forth in Paragraph 1 of the preceding article intend to make changes to the matters listed in Paragraph 2, Item 2 to Item 4 of the same article (except for minor changes specified by the ordinance of the competent minister), they shall obtain the authorization from the competent minister.
(2) The provisions in Paragraph 2 to Paragraph 4 in the preceding article apply mutatis mutandis to the authorization for changes set forth in the preceding paragraph.
Article 33 (Rescission of Authorization)
(1) When the competent minister has found that Recycling of the whole dismantled vehicles pertaining to the authorization in Article 31, Paragraph 1 is no longer in compliance with any of the items in the same paragraph, he/she may rescind the said authorization.
(2) The provisions of Article 31, Paragraph 4 apply mutatis mutandis to rescission of authorization set forth in the preceding paragraph.
Article 34 (Publication, etc. of Fees for Recycling, etc.)
(1) The Vehicle Manufacturers, etc., pursuant to ordinance of the competent minister, shall determine and publicize fees as set forth in each of the relevant items for Recycling, etc. listed in the following Items related to vehicles which they themselves have manufactured by the time these are sold.
(i) Recycling of Automobile Shredder Residue: Fees relating to activities required for Recycling carried out by the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. for Automobile Shredder Residue pertaining to said Vehicles
(ii) Recycling of Parts Designated for Recovery: Fees relating to activities required for Recycling carried out by the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. for Parts Designated for Recovery pertaining to said Vehicles (including payment of Designated Recovery Fee for said Parts Designated for Recovery)
(iii) Destruction of Fluorocarbons: Fees relating to activities required for the destruction carried out by the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. (including the payment of Fluorocarbons Recovery Fee pertaining to said Fluorocarbons) for Fluorocarbons packed in Specified Air Conditioners installed in the said Vehicles
(2) The fees made public pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not exceed the appropriate cost of efficiently implementing activities required for Recycling, etc. of Parts Specified for Recycling, etc. and shall not be significantly less than the appropriate cost.
Article 35 (Recommendation, etc. for Fee relating to Recycling, etc.)
(1) When the competent minister has found that the fee made public by the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 1 of the preceding article is significantly exceeding the appropriate prime cost when activities required for Recycling, etc. of Parts Specified for Recycling, etc. are carried out efficiently or has found that the fee is significantly less than the appropriate prime cost, he/she may recommend that said Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. make changes to the published fee by a set due date.
(2) When Vehicle Manufacturers, etc., who have received the recommendation prescribed in the preceding paragraph have not taken measures pertaining to the recommendation without a justifiable ground, the competent minister may order said Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. to take the measures pertaining to the recommendation.
Article 36 (Display)
The Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. shall indicate the name of the entities engaged in the manufacture of the Vehicles and other matters specified by ordinance of the competent minister pursuant to the ordinance of the competent minister before the Vehicles are sold.
Article 37 (Guidance and Advice)
The competent minister may provide guidance and advice to the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. relating to the collection or the implementation of activities required for Recycling, etc. when he/she has found it necessary in order to secure collection of Parts Specified for Recycling, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 21 or to secure implementation of activities required for Recycling, etc. of the Parts Specified for Recycling, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 25, or Article 26, Paragraph 1.
Article 38 (Recommendation and Order)
(1) When there are Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. who are not engaged in collection or activities required for Recycling, etc. prescribed in the preceding article without justifiable grounds, the competent minister may recommend that said Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. carry out said collection or activities required for Recycling, etc.
(2) When Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. who have received the recommendation prescribed in the preceding paragraph does not take the measures pertaining to the recommendation without justifiable grounds, the competent minister may order said Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. to take the measures pertaining to the recommendation.
Article 39 (Placing, etc. of Designated Collection Locations)
(1) In setting up a Designated Collection Location, Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. shall set up an appropriate location taking into account the geographical conditions, transportation situation, condition of distribution of bases used for Vehicles manufactured by them to ensure the efficient implementation of activities required for Recycling, etc. of Parts Specified for Recycling, etc. and smooth delivery of the Parts Specified for Recycling, etc. by the Fluorocarbons Recovery Operators, Dismantling Operators or Shredding and Sorting Operators to the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc.
(2) When a Designated Collection Location is designated, the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. shall make public without delay the location of the Designated Collection Location pursuant to the ordinance of the competent minister. The same holds when a Designated Collection Location is changed.
Article 40 (Report Made by Fluorocarbons Recovery Operators, etc.)
When it has been found that significant obstacles may arise in the delivery of the Parts Specified for Recycling, etc. which are to be collected by the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 21 when the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. have not set up an appropriate Designated Collection Location, the Fluorocarbons Recovery Operators, Dismantling Operators and Shredding and Sorting Operators may report this to the competent minister pursuant to ordinance of the competent minister.
Article 41 (Recommendations Concerning Designated Collection Location)
The competent minister may recommend that the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. regarding the report set up a Designated Collection Location required to secure the smooth delivery of the Parts Specified for Recycling, etc. by the Fluorocarbons Recovery Operators, Dismantling Operators or Shredding and Sorting Operators who have made the report to the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. when he/she has found it particularly necessary in order to secure the appropriate delivery of the Parts Specified for Recycling, etc. by avoiding the obstacles prescribed in the preceding article when a report has been made pursuant to the provisions of the preceding article,.
Chapter 3 Registrations and Licenses
Section 1 Registration of Collection Operators
Article 42 (Registration of Collection Operators)
(1) Entities who intend to engage in Collection Operations shall be registered by the governor having jurisdiction over the address of business office where the operations are to be carried out.
(2) Unless the registration set forth in the preceding paragraph is renewed every five years, it is no longer valid once that period has elapsed.
(3) When an application for renewal as set forth in the preceding paragraph has been made and when no disposition has been made for the application by the expiration date of the period set forth in the same paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "Valid Period of Registration" in this article), the previous registration shall continue to be in effect after the valid period of the registration has expired until the disposition has been made.
(4) In the case set forth in the preceding paragraph and when registration has been renewed, the valid period of the registration shall be calculated from the day following the date of expiration of the valid period of the previous registration.
Article 43 (Application for Registration)
(1) An entity who intends to be registered as set forth in Paragraph 1 of the preceding article (hereinafter referred to as "Parties Applying to Register as Collection Operators") shall submit a written application indicating the following matters to the governor.
(i) The name or designation and address and in the case of a juridical person, the name of its representative.
(ii) The name and address of the business office
(iii) When the applicant is a juridical person, the name of its officers (employees engaged in business, directors, executives or persons qualifying as such; the same shall apply hereinafter in this section and the next section)
(iv) When the applicant is a minor, the name and address of its legal representative
(v) System used to confirm whether Fluorocarbons are contained as a refrigerant in the air conditioners installed in the End-of-Life Vehicles.
(vi) Other matters specified by ordinance of the competent ministry
(2) A written statement attesting to the fact that none of the items in Article 45, Paragraph 1 apply to the Parties Applying to Register as Collection Operators and other documents specified by ordinance of the competent minister shall be appended to the written application set forth in the preceding paragraph.
Article 44 (Implementation of Registration)
(1) When the written application pursuant to the provisions of the preceding article has been submitted, except when the governor rejected the registration pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 1 of the following article, the governor shall register the following matters in the Collection Operators registry.
(i) Matters listed in Paragraph 1, Item 1 to Item 4 of the preceding article
(ii) Date of registration and registration number
(2) When the governor made the registration pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, he/she shall notify the Parties Applying to Register as Collection Operators to that effect without delay.
Article 45 (Rejection of Registration)
(1) When the Parties Applying to Register as Collection Operators falls under any of the following and when the governor has found that the items listed in Article 43, Paragraph 1, Item 5 indicated in the written application do not conform to the standards set forth in the ordinance of the competent minister since it is possible that these will interfere with securing the implementation of the appropriate or smooth recovery of the Fluorocarbons from the Specified Air Conditioners which are installed in the End-of-Life Vehicles or when there has been falsification of important matters in the application or in the appended documents or when important matters are missing from these, the governor shall reject the registration.
(i) When the applicant is an adult ward or person under curatorship or a bankrupt who has not been rehabilitated
(ii) A person who was sentenced to a fine or severe punishment for the violation of any provisions of this Act, the Fluorocarbons Recovery and Destruction Act or the Act on Waste Disposal and Public Cleansing (Act No. 137 of 1970; hereinafter referred to as the "Waste Disposal Act") or a disposition given under these acts, where a period of two years has not yet elapsed since the person served out the sentence or ceased to be subject to the sentence
(iii) A person whose registration has been rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 51, Paragraph 1 and less than two years have elapsed since the date of the disposition
(iv) An entity who is a Collection Operator and a juridical person but was an officer of the Collection Operator 30 days or less prior to date of disposition when the registration was withdrawn pursuant to the provisions of Article 51, Paragraph 1 and less than two years have elapsed since the date of the disposition.
(v) A person who has been ordered to cease business operations pursuant to the provisions of Article 51, Paragraph 1 and have not elapsed the period in which business operations were ceased.
(vi) A minor who does not have the same legal capacity as an adult in Collection Operations and whose legal representative falls under any of the preceding items in this paragraph.
(vii) A juridical person, among whose officers are entities to whom Item 1 to Item 5 apply
(2) When the governor has rejected the registration pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, he/she shall notify the Parties Applying to Register as Collection Operators to that effect without delay indicating the reason for this.
Article 46 (Notification of Changes)
(1) When changes have been made to the matters indicated in all of the items in Paragraph 1, Article 43, the Collection Operator shall notify the governor to that effect within 30 days of the change. However, this does not apply to minor changes specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
(2) When the governor has received the notification pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, except for instances in which the matters relating to the notification either fall under Paragraph 1, Item 6 or Item 7 of the preceding article or when the matters are no longer in compliance with the standards specified by ordinance of the competent minister in the same paragraph, he/she shall register the matters listed in Article 44, Paragraph 1, Item 1 among the matters indicated in the notification in the Collection Operators registry.
(3) The provisions in Article 43, Paragraph 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis to notifications made pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 1 and the provisions in Article 44, Paragraph 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis to registration pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Article 47 (Access to Collection Operator Register)
The governor shall provide public access to the Collection Operators registry.
Article 48 (Notification of Discontinuance of Business, etc.)
(1) When the Collection Operator falls under any of the following items, the entity specified in each of the following items shall notify the governor to that effect within 30 days of the occurrence thereof.
(i) In the case of death; the successor
(ii) When the juridical person disappears due to a merger; the person who was an officer representing the juridical person
(iii) When the juridical person has been dissolved by a decision to initiate bankruptcy proceedings; the trustee in bankruptcy
(iv) When the juridical person has been dissolved for reasons other than a decision to initiate bankruptcy proceedings; the liquidator
(v) When the Collection Operations relating to the registration are abolished; the individual who was the Collection Operator or the officer representing the juridical person which was the Collection Operator
(2) When the Collection Operator falls under any of the items in the preceding paragraph, the registration of the Collection Operator shall no longer be valid.
Article 49 (Cancellation of Registration)
When the registration is no longer valid pursuant to the provisions of Article 42, Paragraph 2 or Paragraph 2 of the preceding article, or when the registration is rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 51, Paragraph 1, the governor shall cancel the registration of the Collection Operator.
Article 50 (Posting of Signs)
Collection Operators shall post signs indicating the name or designation, registration number and other matters specified by the ordinance of the competent minister for each business office and each location where it can be seen by the public as specified by the ordinance of the competent minister.
Article 51 (Rescission of Registration, etc.)
(1) When Collection Operator falls under any of the following items, the governor may rescind the registration or order the Collection Operator to cease all or part of its business operations within six months thereof.
(i) When Collection Operator has obtained the registration as set forth in Article 42, Paragraph 1 (including renewal of registration as indicated in Paragraph 2 of the same article) by wrongful means
(ii) When the system which confirms whether Fluorocarbons are contained as a refrigerant in air conditioners installed in End-of-Life Vehicles is no longer in compliance with the standards specified by the ordinance of the competent minister set forth in Article 45, Paragraph 1.
(iii) When Collection Operator has come to fall under any of Article 45, Paragraph 1, Item 1, Item 2, Item 4, Item 6 or Item 7.
(iv) When Collection Operator has violated this Act or an order or disposition based on this Act.
(2) The provisions of Article 45, Paragraph 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis when a disposition is made pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Article 52 (Delegation to Ordinances of the Competent Ministry)
In addition to what is prescribed in this section, matters required for registration of Collection Operators are determined by the ordinances of the competent ministry.
Section 2 Registration of Fluorocarbons Recovery Operators
Article 53 (Registration of Fluorocarbons Recovery Operators)
(1) Entities who intend to engage in Fluorocarbons Recovery Operations shall be registered by the governor having jurisdiction over the address of the business office where the operations are to be carried out.
(2) Unless the registration set forth in the preceding paragraph is renewed every five years, it is no longer valid once that period has elapsed.
(3) When an application for renewal set forth in the preceding paragraph has been made and when no disposition has been made for the application by the expiration date of the period set forth in the same paragraph (hereinafter referred to in this article as "Valid Period of Registration"), the previous registration shall continue to be in effect after the valid period of the registration has expired until the disposition has been made.
(4) In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, when registration has been renewed, the Valid Period of Registration shall be calculated from the day following the expiration date of the valid period of the previous registration.
Article 54 (Application for Registration)
(1) An entity who intends to be registered as set forth in Paragraph 1 of the preceding article (hereinafter referred to as "Parties Applying to Register as Fluorocarbons Recovery Operators) shall submit a written application indicating the following matters to the governor.
(i) The Name or designation, address in the case of a juridical person, the name of its representative
(ii) The name and address of business office
(iii) When the applicant is a juridical person, the name of its officers
(iv) When the applicant is a minor, the name and address of its legal representative
(v) Type of Fluorocarbons to be recovered
(vi) Type and capability of equipment to be used in recovery of Fluorocarbons from Specified Air Conditioners installed in End-of-Life-Vehicles
(vii) Other matters specified by ordinance of the competent minister
(2) A written statement attesting to the fact that none of the items in Article 56, Paragraph 1 apply to the Parties Applying to Register as Fluorocarbons Recovery Operators and other documents specified by ordinance of the competent minister shall be appended to the written application set forth in the preceding paragraph.
Article 55 (Implementation of Registration)
(1) When the written application pursuant to the provisions of the preceding article has been submitted, except when the governor has rejected the registration pursuant to the provisions in Paragraph 1 of the following article, he/she shall register the following matters in the Fluorocarbons Recovery Operator Registration Registry.
(i) Matters listed in Paragraph 1, Item 1to Item 5 of the preceding article
(ii) Date of registration and registration number
(2) When the governor has made the registration pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, he/she shall notify the Parties Applying to Register as Fluorocarbons Recovery Operators to that effect without delay.
Article 56 (Rejection of Registration)
(1) When the Parties Applying to Register as Fluorocarbons Recovery Operators falls under any of the following items and when the governor has found that the items in Article 54, Paragraph 1, Item 6 indicated in the written application do not conform to the standards specified by ordinance of the competent minister as they do not sufficiently implement appropriate and reliable recovery of Fluorocarbons from Specified Air Conditioners installed in the End-of-Life Vehicles or when there have been falsifications in important matters of those matters in the written application or in the documentation appended or when important matter have not been recorded therein, the governor shall reject registration.
(i) When the applicant is an adult ward or a person under curatorship or a bankrupt who has not been rehabilitated
(ii) A person who was sentenced to a fine or severe punishment for the violation of any provisions of this Act, the Fluorocarbons Recovery and Destruction Act or the Waste Disposal Act or a disposition given under these acts, and less than two years have elapsed since the person served out the sentence or ceased to be subject to the sentence
(iii) A person whose registration has been rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 58, Paragraph 1 and less than two years have elapsed since the date of the disposition
(iv) A juridical person which is a Fluorocarbons Recovery Operator whose registration was rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 58, Paragraph 1 or a person who is an officer of the Fluorocarbons Recovery Operator for whom disposition was made within 30 days prior to that date and for whom less than two years have elapsed since the date of the disposition
(v) A person who has been ordered to cease business operations pursuant to the provisions of Article 58, Paragraph 1 and have not elapsed the period in which business operations were ceased.
(vi) A minor who does not have the same legal capacity as an adult in Fluorocarbons Recovery Operations and whose legal representative falls under any of the preceding items in this paragraph.
(vii) A juridical person, among whose officers are persons who fall under Item 1 to Item 5
(2) When the governor has rejected registration pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, he/she shall notify the Fluorocarbons Recovery Operation Registration Applicant to that effect without delay indicating the reason for this.
Article 57 (Notification of Changes)
(1) When changes have been made to matters listed in each of the items in Article 54, Paragraph 1, the Fluorocarbons Recovery Operators shall notify the governor to that effect. However, this does not apply to minor changes specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
(2) When the governor has received notification pursuant to the provisions in the preceding paragraph, except for instances in which the matters relating to said notification fall under Paragraph 1, Item 6 or Item 7 of the preceding article or the matters are no longer in compliance with the standards specified by ordinance of the competent minister in the same paragraph, he/she shall register the matters listed in Article 55, Paragraph 1, Item 1 among the matters covered in the notification, in the Fluorocarbons Recovery Operation Registration Registry.
(3) The provisions of Article 54, Paragraph 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis to notification pursuant to the provisions in Paragraph 1 and the provisions of Article 55, Paragraph 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the registration pursuant to the provisions in the preceding paragraph.
Article 58 (Rescission of Registration, etc.)
(1) When a Fluorocarbons Recovery Operator falls under any of the following items, the governor may rescind the registration or issue an order to cease all or part of its business operations within six months thereof.
(i) When the registration set forth in Article 53, Paragraph 1 (including renewal of registration set forth in Paragraph 2 of the same article) has been obtained by wrongful means
(ii) When the facilities used for recovery of the Fluorocarbons from the Specified Air Conditioners installed in the End-of-Life Vehicles are no longer in compliance with the standards specified by ordinance of the competent minister set forth in the Article 56, Paragraph 1
(iii) When any of Article 56, Paragraph 1, Item 1, Item 2, Item 4, Item 6 or Item 7 apply
(iv) When there has been a violation of this Act or orders or dispositions based on this Act have been violated
(2) The provisions of Article 56, Paragraph 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis when a disposition is made pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Article 59 (Mutatis Mutandis Application)
The provisions set forth in Article 47 through Article 50 and Article 52 shall apply mutatis mutandis to Fluorocarbons Recovery Operators. In this case, the term "Article 42, Paragraph 2 or Paragraph 2 of the preceding article" in Article 49 shall be deemed to be replaced with "Article 48, Paragraph 2, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 53, Paragraph 2 or Article 59" and the term "Article 51, Paragraph 1" shall be deemed to be replaced with "Article 58, Paragraph 1".
Section 3 License for Dismantling Operations
Article 60 (License for Dismantling Operations)
(1) A person who intends to engage in Dismantling Operations shall obtain a license from the governor having jurisdiction over the address of the business office where the operations are to be carried out.
(2) Unless the license set forth in the preceding paragraph is renewed for each period of not less than five years specified by Cabinet Order, it is no longer valid once that period has elapsed.
(3) When an application for renewal set forth in the preceding paragraph has been made and when no disposition has been made for the application by the expiration date of the period set forth in the same paragraph (hereinafter referred to in this article as "Valid Period of License"), the previous license shall continue to be in effect from the expiration date of the Valid Period of the License until the disposition has been made.
(4) In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, when the license has been renewed, the Valid Period of the License shall be calculated from the day following the expiration date of the valid period of the previous license.
Article 61 (Application for License)
A person who intends to obtain the license set forth in Paragraph 1 of the preceding article (hereinafter referred to as "Dismantling Operation License Applicant") shall submit a written application to the governor indicating the following matters.
(i) The name or designation, the address and in the case of a juridical person, its representative
(ii) The name and address of the business office
(iii) When the applicant is a juridical person, the name and address of its officers (indicating an employee, director, executive or person corresponding to these that includes persons recognized as having management capabilities equal to or greater than the employees, directors, executives or persons corresponding to these who carry out business operations for the corporation or whether or not this is a person who is an adviser, consultant or person having any other designation; the same shall apply hereinafter in this chapter) and when there is an employee specified by Cabinet Order, the name and address of the person
(iv) When the applicant is a minor, the name and address of its legal representative
(v) Overview of facilities provided for use in business operations
(vi) Other matters specified by ordinance of the competent minister
(2) A written statement attesting to the fact that none of the items in Paragraph 1, Item 2, (a) to (j) of the following article apply to the Dismantling Operation License Applicant and other documents specified by ordinance of the competent minister shall be appended to the written application set forth in the preceding paragraph.
Article 62 (Standards for License)
(1) The governor shall not give the license set forth in the same paragraph, unless he/she has found that the application for the license set forth in Article 60, Paragraph 1 conforms to all of the following items.
(i) The facilities provided for use in the business operations and the competence of the Dismantling Operation License Applicant shall conform to the standards specified by ordinance of the competent minister so that the applicant can reliably and sufficiently carry out the operation on a sustained basis.
(ii) None of the following shall apply to the Dismantling Operation License Applicant.
(a) When the applicant is an adult ward or a person under curatorship or a bankrupt who has not been rehabilitated
(b) A person who was sentenced to an imprisonment or severe punishment and less than five years have elapsed since the person served out the sentence or ceased to be subject to the sentence
(c) A person who has violated the provisions of this Act, the Waste Disposal Act, the Act on Septic Tanks (Act No. 43 of 1983) and other laws aimed at protecting the environment and specified by Cabinet Order or dispositions given under these acts or the provisions of the Act on the Prevention, etc. of Unjust Acts by Criminal Gang Members (Act No. 77 of 1991. Except for Article 31, Paragraph 7), or who has committed crimes indicated in Article 204, Article 206, Article 208, Article 208-3, Article 222 or Article 247 of the Penal Code (Act No. 45 of 1912) or crimes in the Act on Punishment of Physical Violence and Others (Act No.60 of 1926) and has been sentenced to a fine and less than five years have elapsed since the person served out the sentence or ceased to be subject to the sentence
(d) A person whose license has been rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 66 (including instances when it is replaced with and is applied mutatis mutandis to in Article 72), Article 7-4 or Article 14-3-(ii) of the Waste Disposal Act (including cases when revision is applied to Article 14 - 6 of the Waste Disposal Act) or the provisions of Article 41, Paragraph 2 of the Act on Septic Tanks for whom less than five years have elapsed from the date of rescission (including cases when the person is a juridical person whose license has been rescinded, when the person was an officer of a corporation having received notification as prescribed in Article 15 of the Administrative Procedures Act (Act No. 88 of 1993) as it relates to a disposition of rescission within 60 days before that date)
(e) A person for whom there is sufficient reason to find that he/she is likely to engage in practices which are illegal or dishonest in carrying out these operations
(f) A person who stopped being a criminal gang member (hereinafter referred to in this item as "Criminal Gang Member") as prescribed in Article 2, Item 6 of the Act on Prevention, etc of Unjust Acts by Criminal Gang Members (Members of Criminal Organizations) or for whom less than five years have elapsed since he/she have stopped being a Criminal Gang Member (hereinafter referred to in this item as "Criminal Gang Members, etc.").
(g) Minors who do not have the same competence as an adult in carrying out business operations and whose legal representative falls under any of the preceding (a) to (f)
(h) The juridical persons with its officers or employees specified by Cabinet Order who fall under any of (a) through (f)
(i) A juridical person whose business activities are controlled by Criminal Gang Members, etc.
(j) The individuals with its employees specified by Cabinet Order who fall under any of (a) through (f)
(2) When an application for license set forth in Article 60, Paragraph 1 has been made and a disposition is made not to grant the license, the governor shall notify the Dismantling Operation License Applicant to that effect without delay indicating the reason for this.
Article 63 (Notification of Changes)
(1) When a change is made to any of the matters listed in Article 61, Paragraph 1, the Dismantling Operator shall notify the governor to that effect within 30 days of the occurrence thereof.
(2) The provisions of Article 61, Paragraph 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the notification pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Article 64 (Notification of Discontinuance of Business, etc.)
When the Dismantling Operator falls under any of the following items, the entity specified in each of the following items shall notify the governor to that effect within 30 days of the occurrence thereof.
(i) In case of death; the successor
(ii) When a juridical person disappears due to a merger; the person who was the officer representing the juridical person
(iii) When the juridical person has been dissolved by a decision to initiate bankruptcy proceedings; the trustee in bankruptcy
(iv) When the juridical person has been dissolved for reasons other than a decision to initiate bankruptcy proceedings; the liquidator
(v) When the Dismantling Operations relating to the license are abolished; the individual who was the Dismantling Operator or the officer representing the juridical person which was the Dismantling Operator
Article 65 (Posting of Signs)
The Dismantling Operator shall post a sign indicating the name or designation and other matters specified by ordinance of the competent minister for each business office and each location where it can be seen by the public specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
Article 66 (Rescission, etc. of License)
When a Dismantling Operator falls under any of the following items, the governor may rescind the license or order the operator to cease all or part of the business operations within one year.
(i) When there has been conduct which violates this Act or violates an order based on this Act or the disposition hereof (hereinafter referred to in this item as "Violative Conduct") or when the operator has requested, solicited or suggested that another person engage in Violative Conduct or when another person has assisted in Violative Conduct.
(ii) When Dismantling Operator has obtained the license set forth in Article 60, Paragraph 1 (including renewal of the license set forth in Paragraph 2 of the same article) by wrongful means.
(iii) When the facilities provided for use in the business operations of the person or the competence of the person is no longer in compliance with the standards specified by the ordinance of the competent minister set forth in Article 62, Paragraph 1, Item 1
(iv) When Dismantling Operator has come to fall under any of the items in Article 62, Paragraph 1, Item 2, (a) through (j).
Section 4 License for Shredding and Sorting Operations
Article 67 (License for Shredding and Sorting Operations)
(1) A person who intends to engage in Shredding and Sorting Operations shall obtain a license by the governor having jurisdiction over the location where these operations are to be carried out.
(2) Unless the license set forth in the preceding paragraph is renewed for each period of not less than five years specified by Cabinet Order, it is no longer valid once that period has elapsed.
(3) When an application for renewal set forth in the preceding paragraph has been made and when no disposition has been made for the application by the expiration date of the period set forth in the same paragraph (hereinafter referred to in this article as "Valid Period of the License"), the previous license shall continue to be in effect from the expiration date of the Valid Period of the License until the disposition has been made.
(4) In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, when the license has been renewed, the Valid Period of the License shall be calculated from the day following the expiration date of the valid period of the previous license.
Article 68 (Application for License)
(1) An entity who intends to obtain a license set forth in Paragraph 1 of the preceding article (hereinafter referred to as the "Shredding and Sorting Operator License Applicant") shall submit a written application to the governor indicating the following matters.
(i) The name or designation, address in the case of a juridical person its representative
(ii) Scope of business operations
(iii) The name and address of business office
(iv) When the applicant is a juridical person, the name and address of its officers and when there is an employee specified by Cabinet Order, the name and address of the person
(v) When the applicant is a minor, the name and address of its legal representative
(vi) Overview of the facilities provided for use in the operations
(vii) Other matters specified by ordinance of the competent minister
(2) A written statement attesting to fact that the Shredding and Sorting Operation License Applicant is in compliance with Paragraph 1, Item 2 of the following article and other documents specified by ordinance of the competent minister shall be appended to the written application set forth in the preceding paragraph.
Article 69 (Standards for License)
(1) The governor shall not give the license set forth in the same paragraph, unless he/she has found that the application for the license set forth in Article 67, Paragraph 1 conforms to all of the following items.
(i) The facilities provided for use in the business operations and the competence of the Shredding and Sorting Operation License Applicant shall be in compliance with the standards specified by ordinance of the competent minister so that the applicant can reliably and sufficiently carry out the operation on a sustained basis.
(ii) The Shredding and Sorting Operation License Applicant shall not fall under any of the items in Article 62, Paragraph 1, Item 2-(a) through (j).
(2) When an application for license set forth in in Article 67, Paragraph 1 has been made and a disposition has been made not to grant the license, the governor shall notify the Shredding and Sorting Operation License Applicant to that effect without delay indicating the reason.
Article 70 (License for Changes)
(1) When Shredding and Sorting Operators intend to make changes to the scope of the business operations, they shall receive license from the governor as specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
(2) The provisions in the preceding article shall apply mutatis mutandis to the license pursuant to the provisions in the preceding paragraph.
Article 71 (Notification of Changes)
(1) When changes have been made to items in Article 68, Paragraph 1, Item 1 or from Item 3 to Item 7, the Shredding and Sorting Operators shall notify the governor to that effect within 30 days of the date of the changes.
(2) The provisions in Article 68, Paragraph 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the notification pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Article 72 (Mutatis Mutandis Application)
The provisions set forth in Article 64 through Article 66 shall apply mutatis mutandis to Shredding and Sorting Operators. In this case, the term "the license indicated in Article 60, Paragraph 1 (including renewal of the license indicated in Paragraph 2 of the same article)" in Article 66, Item 2 shall be deemed to be replaced with "the license set forth in Article 67, Paragraph 1 (including renewal of the license indicated in Paragraph 2 of the same article)" and the term "Article 62, Paragraph 1, Item 1" in Item 3 of the same article shall be deemed to be replaced with "Article 69, Paragraph 1, Item 1".
Chapter 4 Recycling Deposit, etc.
Article 73 (Obligation to Deposit Recycling Deposit, etc.)
(1) The owner of a Vehicle (except for those prescribed in Paragraph 3; the same shall apply hereinafter in this paragraph and the next paragraph) shall deposit with the Deposit Management Entity as a Recycling, etc. a deposit in an amount equivalent to the Recycling, etc. Fee for said Vehicle (the fee indicated in the middle column of the following Table made public pursuant to the provisions of Article 34, Paragraph 1 by the Vehicle Manufacturer, etc., which has to collect the Parts Specified for Recycling, etc. relating to said Vehicle pursuant to the classification of the Vehicle indicated in the upper column of the same Table (when there is no Vehicle Manufacturer, etc. or when the Vehicle Manufacturer, etc. cannot be notified (referred to in each of the following items as "When There is No Manufacturer"; the same shall apply hereinafter); the fee indicated in the lower column made public by the Designated Recycling Organization as prescribed in Article 108, Paragraph 1); the same shall apply in Paragraph 3) by the time said Vehicle has been first registered in the Vehicle Registration File (referred to as registration in Vehicle Registration File pursuant to the provisions of the Road Transport Vehicle Act, Article 4; the same shall apply hereinafter), for a light Vehicle prescribed in Article 3 of the same Act (except for Vehicles outside the scope of the inspections prescribed in Article 58, Paragraph 1 of the same Act) when the initial vehicle inspection certificate for said Vehicle (referred to as a delivery of vehicle inspection certificates provided in Article 60, Paragraph 1 or Article 71, Paragraph 4 of the same Act; the same shall apply hereinafter) has been delivered, for light Vehicles which are outside the scope of inspections prescribed in Article 58, Paragraph 1 of the same Act, when the Vehicle number of the Vehicle has been initially designated (indicated as a designation of Vehicle number as prescribed in Article 97-3, Paragraph 1 of the same Act; the same shall apply hereinafter in Paragraph 3).
|(i) Vehicles with no Parts Designated for Recovery or Specified Air Conditioners installed|Fee prescribed in Article 34, Paragraph 1, Item 1|Fee prescribed in Article 108, Paragraph 1, Item 1|
|(ii) Vehicles with Parts Designated for Recovery installed (except for Vehicles indicated in the upper column of Item 4|Fee prescribed in Article 34, Paragraph 1, Item 1 and Item 2 |Fee prescribed in Article 108, Paragraph 1, Item 1 and Item 2|
|(iii) Vehicles with Specified Air Conditioners Installed (except for Vehicles indicated in the upper column of the following item)|Fee prescribed in Article 34, Paragraph 1, Item 1 and Item 3 |Fee prescribed in Article 108, Paragraph 1, Item 1 and Item 3|
|(iv) Vehicles with Parts Designated for Recovery and Specified Air Conditioners installed|Fee prescribed in Article 34, Paragraph 1, all Items|Fee prescribed in Article 108, Paragraph 1, all Items|
(2) After the owner of a Vehicle has had the Vehicle registered in the Vehicle Registration File as prescribed in the preceding paragraph or has received the initial vehicle inspection certificate or had the initial vehicle number registered and had the parts indicated in each of the following items installed in the Vehicle, the owner of the Vehicle shall make an additional deposit with the deposit Management Entity as a Recycling, etc. deposit in an amount equivalent to the fee indicated in the respective items by the time the Vehicle is delivered to the Collection Operator as an End-of-Life Vehicle.
(i) Parts Designated for Recovery: Fee prescribed in Article 34, Paragraph 1, Item 2 relating to said Vehicle (when there is no manufacturer, the fee prescribed in Article 108, Paragraph 1, Item 2)
(ii) Specified Air Conditioners: Fee prescribed in Article 34, Paragraph 1, Item 3 relating to said Vehicle (when there is no manufacturer, the fee prescribed in Article 108, Paragraph 1, Item 3)
(3) The owner of a Vehicle (restricted to Vehicles not requiring registration in the vehicle registration file, delivery of vehicle inspection certificates or designation of a vehicle numbers since it is not used for operations prescribed in Article 2, Paragraph 5 of the Road Transport Vehicle Act; the same shall apply hereinafter in this paragraph) shall deposit a sum equivalent to the Recycling, etc. Fee pertaining to said Vehicle as a Recycling, etc. deposit with the Deposit Management Entity by the time the Vehicle is delivered to the Collection Operator as an End-of-Life Vehicle.
(4) The owner of a Vehicle who deposits Recycling, etc. deposit pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 1 or the preceding paragraph shall deposit a sum equivalent to the information management fees pertaining to said Vehicle (the Information Management Entity prescribed in Article 114 (hereinafter referred to simply as "Information Management Entity" in this chapter, the next chapter and in Chapter 6, Section 1) refers to the fee set forth upon receiving authorization from the competent minister specified by Cabinet Order relating to the information management operations in the same article carried out for said End-of-Life Vehicles when said Vehicle has become an End-of-Life Vehicle; the same shall apply hereinafter) to the Deposit Management Entity as the information management deposit.
(5) When the authorization set forth in the preceding paragraph has been received, the Information Management Entity shall make public said information management fees as specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
(6) The Deposit Management Entity, as specified by Cabinet Order, may request a person who deposits Recycling etc. deposit pursuant to Paragraph 1 to Paragraph 4 to deposit a fee specified by receiving authorization of the competent minister for management of Recycling, etc. deposit and the information management deposit (hereinafter referred to as "Recycling Deposit, etc.").
(7) When the authorization set forth in the preceding paragraph has been received, the Deposit Management Entity shall make public said fee as specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
Article 74 (Submitting Certification of Deposit)
(1) When a person who intends to have a Vehicle registered in the Vehicle registration file or to have a vehicle inspection certificate delivered (restricted to the registration of Vehicles in the initial Vehicle registration file or to delivery of the initial vehicle inspection certification as prescribed in Paragraph 1), he/she shall submit a written statement to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, etc. (the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport or the Head of the Regional Transport Agency mandated with the authority of the Minister, the Head of the Transport Surveillance Section or the Head of the Transport Branch Office or the Light Vehicle Inspection Association (indicating the Light Vehicle Inspection Association set up by the provisions of Chapter 5-2 of the Road Transport Vehicle Act, the same shall apply hereinafter), the same shall apply hereinafter) attesting to the fact that the owner of the Vehicle has deposited the Recycling Deposit, etc. relating to the Vehicle (hereinafter referred to as "Certification of Deposit") with the Deposit Management Entity; However, when the person notifies a Registration Information Processing Organization (referred to in the next paragraph simply as "Registration Information Processing Organization") as prescribed in Article 7, Paragraph 4 of the same Act, said notification being specified by Cabinet Order as corresponding to the Certification of Deposit entrusted to the Deposit Management Entity, said Certification of Deposit shall be deemed to be submitted to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, etc.
(2) In the case of the Proviso in the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport shall make reference about the necessary matters to the Registration Information Processing Organizations as specified by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport ordinances.
(3) When no Certification of Deposit is submitted, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, etc. shall not register the Vehicle in the Vehicle registration file or deliver the vehicle inspection certificate as set forth in Paragraph 1.
Article 75 (Interest)
The Deposit Management Entity shall pay interest on the Recycling Deposit, etc. specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
Article 76 (Payment of Recycling Deposit, etc.)
(1) When Parts Specified for Recycling, etc. are collected from Fluorocarbons Recovery Operators, Dismantling Operators or Shredding and Sorting Operators pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. may request that the Deposit Management Entity make payment of Recycling etc. deposit deposited pursuant to the provisions of Article 73, Paragraph 1 through Paragraph 3 relating to the said Parts Specified for Recycling, etc. as specified by ordinance of the competent minister. In this case, the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. requesting the payment shall submit to the Deposit Management Entity documents, etc. prescribed in the same paragraph indicating that the Information Management Entity has in fact received the request pursuant to the provisions of Article 85, Paragraph 1 and that matters attesting to the fact that the Parts Specified for Recycling, etc. have been collected reliably has been noted or recorded.
(2) When documents, etc. are to be submitted to the Deposit Management Entity indicated in the preceding paragraph, the Information Management Entity may be asked to send matters to be recorded or noted in the documents, etc. from a computer (including input and output devices; the same shall apply hereinafter) used by the Information Management Entity to a computer used by the Deposit Management Entity via telecommunications lines.
(3) The provisions set forth in the preceding two paragraphs above apply mutatis mutandis when the Designated Recycling Organization collects Parts Specified for Recycling, etc. as they relate to the operations prescribed in Article 106, Item 2.
(4) When the Dismantling Operators or the Shredding and Sorting Operators who have been commissioned by the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. to implement Recycling of the Dismantled Vehicles pursuant to the provisions of Article 31, Paragraph 1 (hereinafter referred to in this article as "Commissioned Dismantling Operators, etc.") have delivered the Dismantled Vehicles to Scrap Dealers of Whole Dismantled Vehicles., the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. who have obtained the authorization indicated in Article 31, Paragraph 1 may request that the Deposit Management Entity make payment of a sum of Recycling etc., deposit deposited pursuant to the provisions of Article 73, Paragraph 1 through Paragraph 3, equivalent to the fee set forth in Article 34, Paragraph 1, Item 1 relating to the Dismantled Vehicles. In this case, the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. making the request shall submit to the Deposit Management Entity written documents, etc. indicating that the Information Management Entity has received the request pursuant to the provisions of Article 85, Paragraph 3 and the matters recorded or noted attesting to the fact that the Commissioned Dismantling Operators have reliably delivered the Dismantled Vehicles to Scrap Dealers of Whole Dismantled Vehicles
(5) The provisions set forth in Paragraph 2 apply mutatis mutandis to submission of written documents, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
(6) When reports pursuant to the provisions of Article 81, Paragraph 1 are made, the Information Management Entity may request that the Deposit Management Entity pay the information management deposit deposited pursuant to the provisions of Article 73, Paragraph 4 as regards matters relating to the reported End-of-Life Vehicles specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
Article 77 (Succession, etc.)
(1) In the event of succession and other types of general succession regarding the ownership of a Vehicle, the Recycling Deposit, etc. which has been deposited by said owner shall be considered as deposited by the successor to the owner or other general successor.
(2) When ownership of a Vehicle is transferred, the Recycling Deposit, etc. deposited by the person having the ownership shall be considered as having been deposited by the transferee.
Article 78 (Recovery of Recycling Deposit, etc.)
(1) When a Vehicle is exported and in other instances set forth in Cabinet Order when it is not necessary to deposit a Recycling Deposit, etc., the owner of a Vehicle for which a Recycling Deposit, etc. has been deposited may recover the Recycling Deposit, etc. specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
(2) When two years have elapsed from the date of a Vehicle has been exported (in cases where specified by Cabinet Order in the preceding paragraph, when specified by Cabinet Order), the rights to recovery pursuant to the provisions in the preceding paragraph shall expire on prescription.
(3) A person who intends to recover the Recycling Deposit, etc. pursuant to the provisions in the preceding paragraph shall pay the Deposit Management Entity a fee in an amount set when the Deposit Management Entity receives license from the competent minister specified by Cabinet Order.
Article 79 (Delegation to Ordinance of the Competent Ministry)
In addition to what is prescribed in this chapter, required matters relating to the deposit, payment and recovery of the Recycling Deposit, etc. shall be specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
Chapter 5 Report on Movements
Article 80 (Delivery of Written Documents)
(1) When End-of-Life Vehicles are collected, pursuant to the provisions of ordinance of the competent minister, the Collection Operators shall deliver to the person requesting collection of the End-of-Life Vehicles written documents indicating his/her name or designation, the vehicle number of the End-of-Life Vehicle (including matters specified by ordinance of the competent minister as matters concerning this; the same shall apply hereinafter) and other matters specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
(2) Collection Operators with the approval of the entity requesting collection of the said End-of-Life Vehicles, may submit matters to be noted in said documentation by methods using electronic information processing systems or other types of information communications technology which are specified by ordinance of the competent minister, instead of delivering the written documents pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph specified by Cabinet Order. In this case, the Collection Operators shall be deemed to have delivered said documentation.
Article 81 (Report on Movements)
(1) When End-of-Life Vehicles are collected as specified by ordinance of the competent minister, the Collection Operator shall report the name or designation of the person requesting collection of the End-of-Life Vehicles and vehicle number of the End-of-Life Vehicles and other matters specified by ordinance of the competent minister to the Information Management Entity within a period of time specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
(2) When End-of-Life Vehicles are delivered to Fluorocarbons Recovery Operators or Dismantling Operators (in case of transport is carried out to deliver the End-of-Life Vehicles to the Fluorocarbons Recovery Operator or Dismantling Operator by commissioned entities and it is when the End-of-Life Vehicles are delivered to the entities commissioned to transport the End-of-Life Vehicles), as specified by ordinance of the competent minister, the Collection Operator shall report the name or designation of the person taking delivery of the End-of-Life Vehicles, the vehicle numbers of the End-of-Life Vehicles and other matters specified by ordinance of the competent minister to the Information Management Entity within a period of time specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
(3) When End-of-Life Vehicles are collected, as specified by ordinance of the competent minister, the Fluorocarbons Recovery Operators shall report the name or designation of the person requesting collection of the End-of-Life Vehicles, the Vehicle number of the End-of-Life Vehicles and other matters specified by the ordinance of the competent minister to the Information Management Entity within a period of time specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
(4) When Fluorocarbons are delivered to Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. or Designated Recycling Organizations (in case of transportation necessary to deliver Fluorocarbons to the said Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. or Designated Recycling Organizations is commissioned to another party and when the Fluorocarbons are delivered to entities commissioned to transport the Fluorocarbons), as specified by ordinance of the competent minister, the Fluorocarbons Recovery Operators shall report the name or designation of the person taking delivery of the Fluorocarbons and the Vehicle number of the End-of-Life Vehicles pertaining to the Fluorocarbons to the Information Management Entity within a period of time specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
(5) The Fluorocarbons Recovery Operators, as specified by ordinance of the competent minister, shall report to the Information Management Entity the amount of Fluorocarbons recovered and reused within the specified period of time, the Vehicle number of the End-of-Life Vehicles relating to the Fluorocarbons and other matters specified by ordinance of the competent minister for each period of time specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
(6) When End-of-Life Vehicles are delivered to Dismantling Operators (in case of transport required to deliver the End-of-Life Vehicles to the Dismantling Operators is commissioned to another entity and when the End-of-Life Vehicles are delivered to entities commissioned to transport of the End-of-Life Vehicles), as specified by ordinance of the competent minister, the Fluorocarbons Recovery Operators shall report the name or designation of the person taking delivery of the End-of-Life Vehicles, the Vehicle number of the End-of-Life Vehicles and other matters specified by ordinance of the competent minister to the Information Management Entity within a period of time specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
(7) When End-of-Life Vehicles or Dismantled Vehicles are collected, as specified by ordinance of the competent minister, the Dismantling Operators shall report the name or designation the person requesting collection of the End-of-Life Vehicle or Dismantled Vehicle, the Vehicle number of the End-of-Life Vehicle or Dismantled Vehicle and other matters specified by ordinance of the competent minister within a period of time specified by ordinance of the competent minister to the Information Management Entity within a period of time specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
(8) When Parts Designated for Recovery are delivered to Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. or to Designated Recycling Organizations (in case of transport required to deliver Parts Designated for Recovery to Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. or Designated Recycling Organizations is commissioned to another entity and when the Parts Designated for Recovery are delivered to an entity commissioned to transport the Parts Designated for Recovery), as specified by ordinance of the competent minister, the Dismantling Operators shall report the name or designation of the person taking delivery of the Parts Designated for Recovery, the Vehicle number of the End-of-Life Vehicles relating to the Parts Designated for Recovery and other matters specified by ordinance of the competent minister to the Information Management Entity within a period of time specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
(9) When End-of-Life Vehicles or Dismantled Vehicles are delivered to other Dismantling Operators, Shredding and Sorting Operators or Scrap Dealers of Whole Dismantled Vehicles (in case of transport for delivery of the End-of-Life Vehicles or Dismantled Vehicles to other Dismantling Operators, Shredding and Sorting Operators or Scrap Dealers of Whole Dismantled Vehicles is commissioned to another entity and when the End-of-Life Vehicles or Dismantled Vehicles are delivered to the entity commissioned with transporting the End-of-Life Vehicles or Dismantled Vehicles), as specified by ordinance of the competent minister, the Dismantling Operators shall report to the Information Management Entity within a period of time specified by ordinance of the competent minister the name or designation of the person taking delivery of the End-of-Life Vehicle or Dismantled Vehicle (when the Dismantled Vehicle involves the commissioning of Recycling of the whole Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. upon the authorization of the competent minister pursuant to the provisions of Article 31, Paragraph 1, the gist of this as well as the name or designation of Scrap Dealers of Whole Dismantled Vehicles taking delivery of the End-of-Life Vehicles or Dismantled Vehicles), the Vehicle number of the End-of-Life Vehicles or Dismantled Vehicles and other matters specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
(10) When Dismantled Vehicles are collected, as specified by ordinance of the competent minister, the Shredding and Sorting Operators shall report the name or designation of the person requesting collection of the Dismantled Vehicles, the Vehicle number of the Dismantled Vehicles and other matters specified by the ordinance of the competent minister to the Information Management Entity within a period of time specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
(11) When the Dismantled Vehicles are delivered to other Shredding and Sorting Operators or Scrap Dealers of Whole Dismantled Vehicles (in case of transport for delivery of the Dismantled Vehicles is commissioned to another Shredding and Sorting Operator or Scrap Dealers of Whole Dismantled Vehicles, when the Dismantled Vehicle is delivered to an entity commissioned to transport the Dismantled Vehicle), as specified by ordinance of the competent minister, the Shredding and Sorting Operator shall report to the Information Management Entity the name or designation of the person taking delivery of the Dismantled Vehicles (in case of the Dismantled Vehicles involve commissioning of Recycling of the whole dismantled vehicles by Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. authorized by the competent ministry pursuant to the provisions of Article 31, Paragraph 1, the gist of this as well as the name or designation of Scrap Dealers of Whole Dismantled Vehicles taking delivery of the End-of-Life Vehicles and Dismantled Vehicles), the Vehicle number of the Dismantled Vehicles and other matters specified by ordinance of the competent minister within a period of time specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
(12) When Automobile Shredder Residue is delivered to Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. or Designated Recycling Organizations (in case of transport to deliver Automobile Shredder Residue to Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. or Designated Recycling Organizations is commissioned to another entity, when Automobile Shredder Residue is delivered to an entity commissioned to transport the Automobile Shredder Residue), as specified by ordinance of the competent minister, the Shredding and Sorting Operators shall report to the Information Management Entity the name or designation of the person taking delivery of the Automobile Shredding Residue, the Vehicle number of the End-of-Life Vehicles related to the Automobile Shredding Residue and other matters specified by ordinance of the competent minister within a period of time specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
(13) When Parts Specified for Recycling, etc. are collected as specified by ordinance of the competent minister, the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. and the Designated Recycling Organizations shall report the name or designation of the person requesting collection of the Parts Specified for Recycling, etc., the vehicle number of the End-of-Life Vehicles related to the Parts Specified for Recycling, etc. and other matters specified by ordinance of the competent minister to the Information Management Entity within a period of time specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
Article 82 (Method of Report on Movements)
(1) The Related Business Operators, Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. or Designated Recycling Organizations (hereinafter referred to in this chapter comprehensively as "Related Business Operators, etc.") shall use electronic information processing systems (indicating electronic information processing systems connecting computers used by the Information Management Entity and computers used by Related Business Operators, etc. using telecommunications lines; the same shall apply hereinafter) for reports (hereinafter referred to comprehensively as "Reports on Movements") pursuant to the provisions of ordinance of the competent minister.
(2) The Report on Movements made pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall be recorded in files provided for electronic computers used by the Information Management Entity (except for Article 89, Item 3, hereinafter referred to simply as "Files") and shall be deemed to have arrived at the Information Management Entity when they are recorded in the Files.
(3) When the Related Business Operators, etc. request that the Information Management Entity pay a fee in an amount specified by the Information Management Entity upon the authorization of the competent minister and record the matters indicated in the documents relating to the Report on Movements in the File specified by Cabinet Order, notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph 1, they may submit the Report on Movements in writing, as specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
(4) When a Report on Movements is submitted in writing pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Information Management Entity shall enter the matters listed in the written document in the File as specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
(5) Matters recorded in the File pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph regarding the Report on Movements submitted in writing are assumed to coincide with the matters recorded in the written document.
(6) When it is found that the matters recorded in the File set forth in the preceding paragraph do not coincide with the matters recorded in the written document set forth in the same paragraph, the Information Management Entity shall immediately revise the matters recorded in the File.
(7) When it is found that the matters recorded in the File indicated in Paragraph 5 relating to the Report on Movements made by the Related Business Operator, etc., do not coincide with the matters recorded in the written document set forth in the same paragraph, the Related Business Operator, etc. may report this fact to the Information Management Entity.
Article 83 (Special Provisions of Methods of Report on Movements)
(1) When the telecommunications lines have broken down and when the Report on Movements cannot be made using another electronic information processing system and this is specified by the ordinance of the competent minister, the Related Business Operators, etc. may submit the Report on Movements on magnetic disk instead of the electronic information processing system specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
(2) When the Report on Movements is submitted on magnetic disk pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Information Management Entity shall record the matters recorded on the magnetic disk in the Files specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
Article 84 (Preservation of Records in Files)
The Information Management Entity shall preserve the records on files relating to the information reported on in the Report on Movements for a period specified by ordinance of the competent minister from the date of the Report on Movements is received.
Article 85 (Request, etc. for Access to Files)
(1) The Related Business Operators, etc. may request that the Information Management Entity provide access using an electronic information processing system (hereinafter referred to as "Access to Files") or delivery of written documents containing the matters or a magnetic disk with these matters recorded (hereinafter referred to as "Written Documents, etc.") regarding matters recorded in the Files and the End-of-Life Vehicles, Dismantled Vehicles or Parts Specified for Recycling, etc. (hereinafter referred to in this chapter comprehensively as "End-of-Life Vehicles, etc.") collected by these entities as specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
(2) When the Related Business Operators, etc. (except for Collection Operators) are requested to collect the End-of-Life Vehicles, etc., they may request that the Information Management Entity provide access to the Files or deliver the Written Documents, etc. regarding matters recorded in the Files relating to the End-of-Life Vehicles, etc. which they have been required to collect specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
(3) The Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. who have received authorization set forth in Article 31, Paragraph 1 may request that the Information Management Entity provide access to the Files or deliver the Written Documents, etc. regarding matters recorded in the Files and regarding Dismantled Vehicles for which the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. have received authorization and to whom the implementation of Recycling of the whole dismantled vehicles has been commissioned.
(4) A person who requests the delivery of the Written Documents, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs above shall pay to the Information Management Entity a fee in an amount specified by the Information Management Entity which has been approved by the competent minister as specified by Cabinet Order.
Article 86
The Deposit Management Entity may request that the Information Management Entity provide access to the Files or deliver the Written Documents, etc. regarding matters recorded in the Files.
Article 87 (Request for Inquiry)
A person who has delivered an End-of-Life Vehicle to a Collection Operator may request that the Collection Operator make an inquiry of the Information Management Entity regarding matters recorded in the Files and relating to the End-of-Life Vehicle. In this case, unless there are justifiable grounds, the Collection Operator shall request that the Information Management Entity provide access to the Files or deliver the Written Documents, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 85, Paragraph 1 and shall respond to that person.
Article 88 (Report, etc. to Governor)
(1) When a report pursuant to the provisions of Article 81, Paragraph 2, Paragraph 6, Paragraph 8, Paragraph 9, Paragraph 11 or Paragraph 12 (hereinafter referred to in this article as "Report on Implementing Delivery After Collection") which shall be made by the entity making the Report on Implementing Delivery after Collection has not been received within the period of time specified by ordinance of the competent minister after the report (hereinafter referred to in this article as "Report on Implementing Collection") pursuant to the provisions of Article 81, Paragraph 1, Paragraph 3, Paragraph 7 or Paragraph 10 was received, the Information Management Entity shall notify the person making the Report on Implementing Collection to this effect without delay.
(2) When a report (hereinafter referred to in this article as "Report on Implementing Collection after Delivery") pursuant to the provisions of Article 81, Paragraph 3, Paragraph 7, Paragraph 10 or Paragraph 13 is to be made by the entity (hereinafter referred to in this article simply as "Person Taking Delivery") taking delivery of the End-of-Life Vehicles reported on in the Report on Implementing Delivery within a period of time specified by ordinance of the competent minister after the report (in the report pursuant to the provisions of Article 81, Paragraph 9 or Paragraph 11, this does not apply to delivery to Scrap Dealers of Whole Dismantled Vehicles. Hereinafter referred to in this article as "Report on Implementing Delivery") pursuant to the provisions of Article 81, Paragraph 2, Paragraph 4, Paragraph 6, Paragraph 8, Paragraph 9, Paragraph 11 or Paragraph 12 was received, the Information Management Entity shall notify the person making the Report on Implementing Delivery to this effect without delay.
(3) The person receiving the notification set forth in the preceding paragraph shall confirm the status of the collection or delivery of the End-of-Life Vehicle, etc. without delay by making an inquiry with the person commissioned to transport the End-of-Life Vehicles, etc. by the person taking delivery or the person receiving notification or by another method.
(4) When a Report on Implementing Delivery After Collection to be made by the entity making the Report on Implementing Collection in Paragraph 1 has not been received even after the period of time specified by ordinance of the competent minister has elapsed after the notification indicated in Paragraph 1 has been made as specified by ordinance of the competent minister, the Information Management Entity shall report to the governor without delay that there is likely that the End-of-Life Vehicles, etc. may not be collected or delivered as is appropriate in addition to the name or designation of the entity making the Report on Implementing Collection, the Vehicle number of the End-of-Life Vehicles, etc. (when these are Parts Specified for Recycling, etc., the vehicle number of the End-of-Life Vehicles related to the Parts Specified for Recycling, etc.; the same shall apply hereinafter in this paragraph) and other matters specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
(5) When the Report on Implementing Collection After Delivery to be made by the person taking delivery set forth in Paragraph 2 has not been received even after the period of time specified by ordinance of the competent minister after the notification indicated in Paragraph 2 has been made, specified by ordinance of the competent minister, the Information Management Entity shall report to the governor without delay that it is likely that the End-of-Life Vehicles, etc. may not be collected or delivered as is appropriate in addition to the name or designation of the entity making the Report on Implementing Delivery relating to the notification, the Vehicle number of the End-of-Life Vehicles, etc. and other matters set forth in the competent ministry.
(6) When the report pursuant to the provisions of Article 81, Paragraph 5 has not been received from the Fluorocarbons Recovery Operators or when the matters prescribed in the same paragraph have not been recorded or noted in the Report, as specified by the ordinance of the competent minister, the Information Management Entity shall report to the governor the name or designation of the Fluorocarbons Recovery Operators and other matters specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
Article 89 (Notification Based on Electronic Information Processing System)
(1) The Information Management Entity may use an electronic information processing system for notifications (hereinafter referred to as "Confirmation Notification") pursuant to the provision in Paragraph 1 or Paragraph 2 of the preceding article as specified by ordinance of the competent minister with the approval of the Related Business Operators receiving the Confirmation Notification.
(2) When a Report on Movements is made using an electronic information processing system, the Related Business Operators shall not refuse to grant approval set forth in the preceding paragraph for the Confirmation Notification pertaining to the Report on Movements unless there is a justifiable ground.
(3) A Confirmation Notification made using an electronic information processing system pursuant to the provision of Paragraph 1 shall be deemed to have reached a Related Business Operator when a recording is made in the Files provided in the computer used by the Related Business Operators.
Article 90 (Recommendations and Orders)
(1) When the governor has found that the Related Business Operators are not in compliance with the provisions of Article 80, Paragraph 1, Article 81, Paragraph 1 through Paragraph 12 or the provisions of Article 87, he/she may recommend that the Related Business Operators take the necessary measures.
(2) When the competent minister has found that the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. are not in compliance with the provisions of Article 81, Paragraph 13, he/she may recommend that the Vehicle Manufacturers, etc. take the necessary measures.
(3) When a Related Business Operator who has received a recommendation prescribed in Paragraph 1 has not taken the measures related to the recommendation without a justifiable ground, the governor may order the Related Business Operator to take the measures pertaining to the recommendation.
(4) When a Vehicle Manufacturer, etc. who has received a recommendation prescribed in Paragraph 2 has not taken the measures pertaining to the recommendation without a justifiable ground, the competent minister may order said Vehicle Manufacturer, etc. to take the measures pertaining to the recommendation.
Article 91 (Delegation to Ordinance of the Competent Ministry)
In addition to what is prescribed in this chapter, matters required for the Report on Movements and providing information pertaining to the Report on Movements are specified by the Ordinance of the Competent ministry.
Chapter 6 Designated Entity
Section 1 Deposit Management Entity
Article 92 (Designations, etc.)
(1) The competent minister may designate a juridical person whose purpose is not profit and which is found to be able to conduct in a proper and reliable manner the business prescribed in the next article (hereinafter referred to as the "Deposit Management Business") as a Deposit Management Entity in response to an application therefrom, limited to one throughout the country.
(2) The competent minister shall publicly notify the name and address or location of the office of said Deposit Management Entity when making a designation pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
(3) When a Deposit Management Entity intends to change its name, address or location of the office, it shall notify the competent minister of that fact in advance.
(4) When there is a notification pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the competent minister shall publicly notify the matters pertaining to the notification.
Article 93 (Business)
A Deposit Management Entity shall conduct the following business:
(i) Conducting the management of a Recycling Deposit, etc.
(ii) Making certification relating to the deposit of a Recycling Deposit, etc.
(iii) Conduct business incidental to the business listed in the preceding two items.
Article 94 (Deposit Management Business Rules)
(1) When conducting Deposit Management Business, a Deposit Management Entity shall specify Deposit Management Business Rules for the method of implementing the Deposit Management Business and other matters specified by ordinance of the competent minister and obtain authorization thereof before commencing. The same shall apply to cases where a change is made in such matters.
(2) When the competent minister has found that the application for authorization of the preceding paragraph conforms to all of the following items, he/she shall make the authorization set forth in same paragraph.
(i) The implementation method of the Deposit Management Business is specified in a proper and clear manner.
(ii) The application does not provide specific persons with unjust discriminatory treatment.
(iii) The application is not likely to unjustly harm the interests of Related Business Operators, Vehicle Manufacturers, etc.
(3) When the competent minister has found that the Deposit Management Business Rules with the authorization set forth in Paragraph 1 have become inappropriate in terms of proper and reliable implementation of the Deposit Management Business, he/she may order those Deposit Management Business Rules to be changed.
(4) When a Deposit Management Entity obtains the authorization set forth in Paragraph 1, it shall publicize its Deposit Management Business Rules without delay.
Article 95 (Business Plans, etc.)
(1) Each business year, a Deposit Management Entity shall prepare a business plan and an income and expenditure budget relating to the Deposit Management Business pursuant to the provisions of ordinance of the competent minister and obtain approval from the competent minister. The same shall apply to cases where a change is made to such items.
(2) When a Deposit Management Entity obtains the approval set forth in the preceding paragraph, it shall publicize the business plan and the income and expenditure budget without delay.
(3) After each business year ends, a Deposit Management Entity shall prepare a business report and an income and expenditure settlement document relating to the Deposit Management Business, submit the same to the competent minister, and publicize the same pursuant to the provisions of ordinance of the competent minister.
Article 96 (Discontinuance and Abolition of Business)
A Deposit Management Entity shall not discontinue or abolish all or a part of its Deposit Management Business without obtaining license from the competent minister.
Article 97 (Investment of Recycling Deposit, etc.)
(1) The Deposit Management Entity shall not invest a Recycling Deposit, etc., other than by the following methods.
(i) Ownership of national government bonds or other securities designated by the competent minister
(ii) Deposit in a bank or other financial institutions designated by the competent minister
(iii) A financial trust in a financial institution operating a trust business (referring to financial institutions having obtained the approval of the Act on Provisions, etc. of Trust Business by Financial Institutions (Act No. 43 of 1943), Article 1, Paragraph 1)
(2) The Deposit Management Entity shall separate and organize the accounting relating to a Recycling Deposit, etc. and other accounting as specified by ordinance of the competent minister.
Article 98 (Handling Specified Recycling Deposit, etc.)
(1) When a Recycling Deposit, etc. (including interest; the same shall apply hereinafter in this article) managed by a Deposit Management Entity (hereinafter referred to as the "Specified Recycling Deposit, etc.") shall fall under any of the following items, the Deposit Management Entity may make a contribution with approval from the competent minister as specified by Cabinet Order on the condition that the Specified Recycling Deposit , etc. is allocated as an expense required for implementation of the Deposit Management Business or allocated as a expense required for the business of Article 106, Item 2 to Item 5 for the Designated Recycling Organization, or on the condition that the Specified Recycling Deposit, etc. is allocated as a expense required for the information management business prescribed in Article 114 for an Information Management Entity.
(i) A Recycling Deposit, etc. in the case where the right of recovery of Article 78, Paragraph 1 pertaining to the owner of a Vehicle for which the Recycling Deposit, etc. has been deposited, has lapsed pursuant to the provisions of Article 78, Paragraph 2.
(ii) A Recycling, etc. deposit (limited to that corresponding to the fee specified in Article 34, Paragraph 1, Item 1 or the fee specified in Article 108, Paragraph 1, Item 1) pertaining to Dismantled Vehicles which have been transferred to Scrap Dealers of Whole Dismantled Vehicles (excluding cases where the Dismantled Vehicles pertaining to an entrustment for Recycling of the whole dismantled vehicles carried out by a Vehicle Manufacturer, etc. which has obtained approval from the competent minister pursuant to the provisions of Article 31, Paragraph 1).
(iii) A Recycling, etc. deposit pertaining to the destruction of Fluorocarbons in cases where Fluorocarbon Recovery Operators are Recycling said Fluorocarbons.
(iv) A Recycling Deposit, etc. in cases where there are no requests for payment within the time period of twenty years (hereinafter referred to in this item as the "Time Limit") from the date on which a Vehicle for which the Recycling Deposit, etc. was deposited last received the issuance of a vehicle inspection certificate or the return of a vehicle inspection certificate (referring to the return of vehicle inspection certificate pursuant to the provisions of the Road Transport Vehicle Act, Article 62, Paragraph 2 (including the case where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 67, Paragraph 4 of the same Act); the same shall apply hereinafter) pursuant to the provisions of Article 76, Paragraph 1 (including the case where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Paragraph 3 of the same article), Paragraph 4, or Paragraph 6 for Recycling, etc. deposit or information ma