(i)for the criteria listed in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (i), (a): The inspection of the agricultural and forestry product in accordance with order of the competent ministry;

(ii)for the criteria listed in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (i), (b): The inspection of the production process of the agricultural and forestry product in accordance with order of the competent ministry;

(iii)for the criteria listed in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (i), (c): The inspection of the distribution process of the agricultural and forestry product in accordance with order of the competent ministry.

(i)a person who violates this Act or any disposition based on this Act and was sentenced to the penalty of heavier than fine and for whom one year has not elapsed since the date when the execution of the sentence was completed or the date when the person ceased to be amenable to the execution of the sentence;

(ii)a person whose accreditation was cancelled pursuant to the provisions of Article 26, paragraphs (1) through (3) or Article 35, paragraphs (1) through (3) and for whom one year has not elapsed since the date of cancellation (including an executive officer who was executing the business of the corporation concerning the cancellation of accreditation within thirty days prior to the date of cancellation and for whom one year has not elapsed since the date of cancellation if the person whose accreditation was cancelled is a corporation); or

(iii)A corporation whose executive officers fall under either of the preceding two items.

(i)the accreditation applicant is a person who complies with the criteria related to the organizations that perform the certification, the criteria which are specified by the International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission and are specified for each type of agricultural and forestry product or for each division of methods of handling, etc. of agricultural and forestry products by the competent minister;

(ii)The accreditation applicant does not fall under any of the following as a person controlled by a certified business operator (meaning a product handler, production process manager, distribution process manager, re-packer, overseas product handler (one who is engaged in a business of producing, selling, or otherwise handling agricultural and forestry products in an overseas country; the same applies hereinafter), overseas production process manager (one who is specified by order of the competent ministry as a person who is engaged in a business of producing agricultural and forestry products in an overseas country or other person who manages or controls a production process for agricultural and forestry products in an overseas country; the same applies hereinafter), overseas distribution process manager (one who is specified by order of the competent ministry as a person who is engaged in a business of selling agricultural and forestry products in an overseas country or other person who manages or controls a distribution process for the agricultural and forestry products in an overseas country; the same applies hereinafter) or overseas re-packer (one who is engaged in a business of subdividing consignments of agricultural and forestry products in an overseas country (including one who subdivides the consignments and sells them by on their own), the same applies hereinafter) of the agricultural and forestry product pertaining to the accreditation applicant's application, or product handler or overseas product handler who handles agricultural and forestry products by the methods of handling, etc. of agricultural and forestry products pertaining to the accreditation applicant's application; the same applies hereinafter):

(i)date of accreditation and accreditation number;

(ii)name and address of the accredited certification body, and, in the case of a corporation, the name of the representative;

(iii)division of agricultural and forestry product or division of methods of, handling, etc. of agricultural and forestry products for which the accredited certification body is to perform the certification;

(iv)area, and address of the place of business, in which the accredited certification body is to perform the certification.

(i)request for browsing or photocopying of the financial statements, etc., if they are provided in the form of paper;

(ii)request for the transcript or extract of documents mentioned in the previous item;

(iii)when the financial statements, etc. are provided in electronic or magnetic form, the request to browse or photocopy the contents displayed in accordance with order of the competent ministry;

(iv)request to obtain the electronic or magnetically recorded content mentioned in the previous item in an electronic or magnetic form (using an electronic data processing system or technology for information and communication as specified by order of the competent ministry) or request to obtain the relevant content in paper form.

(i)when the accredited certification body violates the provisions of Article 19, Article 20, paragraph (1), Article 21, paragraph (1), Article 22, paragraph (1) , Article 23, paragraph (1) or the Article that follows;

(ii)when the accredited certification body refuses requests pursuant to the provisions of the items in Article 23, paragraph (2) without justifiable causes;

(iii)when the accredited certification body violates an order pursuant to the preceding two Articles; or

(iv)when the accredited certification body was accredited by wrongful means.

(i)when the accredited overseas certification body violates the provisions of Article 19, Article 20, paragraph (1), Article 21, paragraph (1), Article 22, paragraph (1), Article 23, paragraph (1) or Article 27 as applied mutatis mutandis in the following Article;

(ii)when the accredited overseas certification body refuses requests under the provisions of the items in Article 23, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis in the following Article, without justifiable causes;

(iii)when the accredited overseas certification body resists a demand under the provisions of Article 24 or Article 25 as applied mutatis mutandis in the following Article;

(iv)when the accredited overseas certification body was accredited by wrongful means;

(vi)when the accredited overseas certification body refuses, interferes with, or evades an inspection within the limits necessary to enforce this Act concerning the certification ordered by the competent minister of the conditions of the accredited overseas certification body's operations, its books, documents, or other materials, carried out by Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries' employees or the center, at the accredited overseas certification body's office, place of business, or warehouse, or when the accredited overseas certification body, or its representative, agent, employee, or other worker fails to answer or gives a false answer to the inquiry made by Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries' officials or the center that has been ordered by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to make an inquiry within the limits necessary to enforce this Act; or

(vii)when the accredited overseas certification body fails to bear the cost under paragraph (4).

(i)when the accredited overseas certification body, without justifiable cause, does not commence its certification operations pertaining to the relevant accreditation after the passage of one year from the date of accreditation or suspends the operations of certification continuously for more than one year; or

(ii)when the accredited overseas certification body is noncompliant in the case where the competent minister demanded, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, that the accredited overseas certification body suspend all or part of its certification operations for a fixed period of not more than one year.

(i)if a certified quality product handler affixes a grade label pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (1) or (5) to the agricultural and forestry product which the handler handles, or its package, container, or invoice;

(ii)if a certified production process manager affixes a grade label pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (2) or (5) to the agricultural and forestry product, the production process which the manager manages or controls, or its package, container, or invoice;

(iii)if a certified distribution process manager affixes a grade label pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (3) or (5) to the agricultural and forestry product, the distribution process which the manager manages or controls, or its package, container, or invoice;

(iv)if a re-packer who has obtained the certification referred to in Article 11, paragraph (1) (hereinafter "certified re-packer") affixes a grade label pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph to the subdivided agricultural and forestry product, or its package, container, or invoice;

(v)if an importer who has obtained the certification referred to in Article 12, paragraph (1) (hereinafter "certified importer") affixes a grade label pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph to the agricultural and forestry product which the importer imports, or its package, container, or invoice;

(vi)if a certified foreign grade labeling operator affixes a foreign grade label to the agricultural and forestry product which is to be exported, or its package, container, or invoice, pursuant to the provisions of Article 12-2, paragraph (1) or (2);

(vii)if a certified quality overseas product handler affixes a grade label pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (5) as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 30, paragraph (1) or paragraph (5) of that Article to the agricultural and forestry product which the handler handles, or its package, container, or invoice;

(viii)if a certified overseas production process manager affixes a grade label pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (5) as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 30, paragraph (2) or paragraph (5) of that Article to the agricultural and forestry product pertaining to the production process which the manager manages or controls, or its package, container, or invoice;

(ix)if a certified overseas distribution process manager affixes a grade label pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (5) as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 30, paragraph (3) or (5) to the agricultural and forestry product pertaining to the distribution process which the manager manages or controls, or its package, container, or invoice; or

(x)if a certified overseas re-packer affixes a grade label pursuant to the provisions of Article 31, paragraph (1) to the subdivided agricultural and forestry product, or its package, container, or invoice.

(i)if a product handler who has obtained the certification referred to in Article 13, paragraph (1) (hereinafter "certified method product handler") affixes a compliance label pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph to the advertisement, etc. concerning a handling, etc. of agricultural and forestry product; or

(ii)if a overseas product handler who has obtained the certification referred to in Article 33, paragraph (1) (hereinafter "certified method overseas product handler") affixes a compliance label pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph on advertisement, etc. concerning the handling, etc. of agricultural and forestry product.

(i)if the label is a grade label affixed by a certified quality overseas product handler to the agricultural and forestry product pertaining to the relevant certification;

(ii)if the label is a grade label affixed by a certified overseas production process manager to the agricultural and forestry product pertaining to the relevant certification;

(iii)if the label is a grade label affixed by a certified overseas distribution process manager to the agricultural and forestry product pertaining to the relevant certification; or

(iv)if the label is a grade label affixed by a certified overseas re-packer to the agricultural and forestry product pertaining to the relevant certification.

(i)date of accreditation and accreditation number;

(ii)name and address of the testing business operator that receives the accreditation (hereinafter "accredited testing business operator"), and, in the case of a corporation, the name of the representative;

(iii)name and address of the laboratory of the accredited testing business operator; and

(iv)division of the method of testing, etc. conducted by the accredited testing business operator.

(i)when the laboratory has ceased to comply with the criteria provided in Article 44, paragraph (1);

(ii)when the accredited testing business operator violates an order under the preceding Article; or

(iii)when the accredited testing business operator was accredited by wrongful means.

(i)when its laboratory has ceased to comply with the criteria provided in Article 44, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the following Article;

(ii)when the accredited foreign testing business operator resists a demand under Article 49 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the following Article;

(iii)when the accredited foreign testing business operator was accredited by wrongful means;

(iv)when the accredited overseas testing business operator fails to report or submit materials, or makes a false report or submits false materials in response to a request by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, within the limits necessary to enforce this Act, for a necessary report or submission of books, documents, or other materials with respect to its operations regarding testing, etc. regarding the accreditation;

(v)when the inspection is refused, interfered with, or evaded, or when the inquiry is not answered or a false answer is given to the inquiry in the case where the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries orders the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries' employees or the center to inspect the conditions of the accredited overseas testing business operator's operations regarding testing, etc. pertaining to the accreditation, or its books, documents, or other materials at the accredited overseas testing business operators' laboratory, or to make an inquiry to the accredited overseas testing business operator, or its representative, agent, employee, or other worker, within the limits necessary to enforce this Act, when the inspection is refused, interfered with, or evaded, or when the inquiry is not answered or a false answer is made to the inquiry; or

(vi)when the accredited overseas testing business operator fails to bear the cost under paragraph (3).

(i)if an accredited testing business operator affixes an accredited symbol pursuant to the provisions of Article 42 to the certificate regarding testing, etc.; or

(ii)if an accredited overseas testing business operator affixes an accredited symbol pursuant to the provisions of Article 53 to the certificate regarding testing, etc.