Article 3(1)The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries must stipulate the standard price of sugar for adjustment for raw sugar each sugar year at least 15 days before the relevant sugar year begins.

(2)The standard price of sugar for adjustment is to be stipulated as the price below which the price of imported sugar is found to necessitate price adjustment to mitigate the resulting adverse effects on the promotion of the production of sweetener resource crops and the sound development of the business of producing domestic sugar, based on the amount obtained by adding the cost of producing sweetener resource crops when they are produced especially efficiently and the cost of producing domestic sugar when it is produced especially efficiently, and with the amount stipulated pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order in consideration of the trends in the international price of raw sugar serving as a standard, as converted, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, to the import price of raw sugar (excluding an amount equivalent to the amount of customs duties).

(3)When intending to stipulate the standard price of sugar for adjustment, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries must hear the opinions of the Council of Food, Agriculture and Rural Area Policies.

(4)Upon stipulation of the standard price of sugar for adjustment, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries must give public notice thereof without delay.

Article 4(1)The standard price of sugar for adjustment may be revised as necessary if a substantial change occurs or is likely to occur with regard to the supply and demand situation or price of sugar in Japan or abroad, or other economic circumstances.

(2)The provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the revision of the standard price of sugar for adjustment.

Article 5(1)A person who makes an import declaration pursuant to the provisions of Article 67 of the Customs Act (hereinafter referred to as an "import declaration") for raw sugar or any other type of sugar specified by Cabinet Order, or any saccharide made up of a mix of sugar and glucose or the saccharides other than sugar specified by Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as "designated saccharide") (if that person is not the owner of the designated saccharide for which the import declaration is made at the time of the import declaration, the owner; hereinafter referred to as a "designated saccharide import declarant") must sell the designated saccharide for which the import declaration is made to the Agriculture & Livestock Industries Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "ALIC"), pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, if the average import price provided for in the following Article that is applicable at the time of the import declaration is less than the standard price of sugar for adjustment; provided, however, that this does not apply if the designated saccharide for which the import declaration is made is exempt from customs duties pursuant to the provisions of Article 14 of the Customs Tariff Act (Act No. 54 of 1910) or as otherwise provided for by Cabinet Order.

(2)With regard to the sale of a designated saccharide pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, an application for sale must be submitted to ALIC before an import declaration for the designated saccharide is made.

(3)With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 70 of the Customs Act to designated saccharides, when an application for sale is submitted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, ALIC's acceptance of the application is deemed to be permission, approval, etc. under paragraph (1) of the same Article.

(4)Matters necessary for acceptance by ALIC under the preceding paragraph are provided for by Cabinet Order.

Article 6(1)The average import price of raw sugar (hereinafter referred to as "the average import price" in this Section and Section 2) is stipulated by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, with each period specified by Cabinet Order being regarded as the applicable period, based on the amount obtained by adding the average market price of representative raw sugar abroad and the average standard amount of freight and other charges for import during a certain period of time before the applicable period.

(2)The average import price must be announced with its applicable period specified, at least three days before the first day of that applicable period.

(3)The average import price may be revised before the completion of its applicable period for the remaining period if the market price of raw sugar abroad has significantly risen and in other cases provided for by Cabinet Order. In this case, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries must give public notice of the revised average import price and its applicable period without delay.

(4)The provisions of paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to the revision of the average import price.In this case, the phrase "each period specified by Cabinet Order being regarded as the applicable period" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "concerning the remaining period".

Article 7ALIC's purchase price of a designated saccharide pertaining to sale pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) is as follows:

Article 8(1)ALIC must sell a designated saccharide back to the person who sold the designated saccharide to it pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1).

(2)In order to conduct a sell-back pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, ALIC may, upon receipt of the sale of a designated saccharide pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1), impose a condition to the effect that the person who made the sale must buy back the designated saccharide thus sold.

(3)Beyond imposing a condition set forth in the preceding paragraph, upon receipt of the sale of a designated saccharide pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1), ALIC may, require the person who made the sale to provide deposits, securities, and other types of collateral to the extent necessary for ensuring the performance of the obligations pertaining to the buyback under the condition, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.

Article 9(1)The price of a designated saccharide to be sold back by ALIC pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is as follows:

(2)The designated saccharide adjustment rate is to be stipulated as a figure not greater than the figure obtained by dividing the quantity set forth in item (i) below by the quantity set forth in item (ii), for each sugar year at least 15 days before the relevant year begins, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order:

(3)The amount stipulated by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries under paragraph (1), item (i), (c) is to be set as a figure not greater than the quantity set forth in item (i) divided by the quantity set forth in item (ii) multiplied by the amount set forth in item (iii) as converted to ALIC's sell-back price of imported raw sugar pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, with each period under Article 12, paragraph (1) being regarded as the applicable periods:

(4)The provisions of Article 3, paragraph (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the designated saccharide adjustment rate, and the provisions of Article 6, paragraphs (2) through (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the amount stipulated by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries under paragraph (1), item (i), (c).In this case, the phrase "if the market price of raw sugar abroad has significantly risen" in paragraph (3) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with the phrase "if the standard price of high-fructose corn syrup for adjustment under Article 11, paragraph (1) or the average supply price of high-fructose corn syrup under Article 12, paragraph (1) is revised," and the term "paragraph (1)" and the phrase "each period specified by Cabinet Order" in paragraph (4) of the same Article are deemed to be replaced with the term "Article 9, paragraph (3)" and the phrase "period under Article 12, paragraph (1)," respectively.

Article 10If designated saccharides to be sold pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) deteriorate before the sale, ALIC may reduce the purchase and sell-back prices of the designated saccharides pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Article 11(1)If the average supply price of high-fructose corn syrup under paragraph (1) of the following Article that is applicable when a person who manufactures high-fructose corn syrup with facilities provided for by Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (hereinafter referred to as a "high-fructose corn syrup manufacturer") transfers high-fructose corn syrup that has been produced from the person's production plant is less than the standard price of high-fructose corn syrup for adjustment (meaning the standard price of sugar for adjustment as converted to the price of standard high-fructose corn syrup pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order and as stipulated by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; the same applies hereinafter), the person must sell to ALIC the high-fructose corn syrup to be thus transferred; provided, however, that this does not apply if the average import price applicable at the time of the transfer is less than the standard price of sugar for adjustment for imported raw sugar and the average supply price of high-fructose corn syrup under the paragraph (1) of the following Article that is applicable at the time of the transfer exceeds the standard price of high-fructose corn syrup (meaning the price stipulated by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries by, with each period specified by Cabinet Order under Article 6, paragraph (1) (excluding the relevant period if the average import price the applicable period of which is the relevant period is not less than the standard price of sugar for adjustment) being regarded as the applicable period, converting ALIC's sell-back price of imported raw sugar under Article 9, paragraph (1), item (i) for that period to the price of standard high-fructose corn syrup pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order; the same applies hereinafter) that is applicable at the time of the transfer.

(2)A person who makes an import declaration for high-fructose corn syrup or mixed high-fructose corn syrup (hereinafter referred to as "high-fructose corn syrup, etc.") (if the person is not the owner of the high-fructose corn syrup, etc. for which the import declaration is made at the time of the import declaration, the owner) must sell to ALIC the high-fructose corn syrup, etc. for which the import declaration is made, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, if the average supply price of high-fructose corn syrup under paragraph (1) of the following Article that is applicable at the time of the import declaration is less than the standard price of high-fructose corn syrup for adjustment, except in the following cases:

(3)The standard price of high-fructose corn syrup for adjustment must be stipulated each sugar year at least 15 days before the relevant year begins.

(4)When the standard price of sugar for adjustment is revised pursuant to the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (1), the standard price of high-fructose corn syrup for adjustment must also be revised.

(5)Upon stipulation or revision of the standard price of high-fructose corn syrup for adjustment, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries must make a public notice thereof without delay.

(6)The provisions of Article 6, paragraphs (2) through (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the standard price of high-fructose corn syrup.In this case, the phrase "if the market price of raw sugar abroad has significantly risen" in paragraph (3) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with "if ALIC's sell-back price of imported raw sugar under Article 9, paragraph (1), item (i) changes as a result of the revision of the average import price," the phrase "may be revised" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with the phrase "must also be revised," the phrase "of paragraph (1)" in paragraph (4) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with the phrase "concerning the determination of the standard price of high-fructose corn syrup in the proviso to Article 11, paragraph (1)," and the phrase "period specified by Cabinet Order" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with the phrase "period specified by Cabinet Order under Article 6, paragraph (1) (excluding the relevant period if the average import price the applicable period of which is the relevant period is not less than the standard price of sugar for adjustment)".

(7)With regard to the sale of high-fructose corn syrup pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), an application for sale must be submitted to ALIC before the high-fructose corn syrup is transferred from its production plant.

(8)With regard to the sale of high-fructose corn syrup, etc. pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), an application for sale must be submitted to ALIC before an import declaration for the high-fructose corn syrup, etc. is made.

(9)Matters necessary for acceptance by ALIC of any application for sale submitted pursuant to the provisions of the two preceding paragraphs are provided for by Cabinet Order.

(10)The following acts performed by a high-fructose corn syrup manufacturer at the manufacturer's high-fructose corn syrup production plant are deemed to be the transfer of the high-fructose corn syrup that has been produced at the production plant:

(11)If a high-fructose corn syrup manufacturer discontinues the production of high-fructose corn syrup and the high-fructose corn syrup that he or she has produced exists at the manufacturer's production plant, it is deemed on the day the high-fructose corn syrup manufacturer discontinues the production that the high-fructose corn syrup is to be transferred from the production plant.

(12)The provisions of Article 5, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to high-fructose corn syrup, etc. sold pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2).In this case, the phrase "the preceding paragraph" and the phrase "paragraph (1) of the same Article" in paragraph (3) of the same Article are deemed to be replaced with "Article 11, paragraph (8)" and "Article 70, paragraph (1) of the same Act," respectively.

Article 12(1)The average supply price of high-fructose corn syrup is stipulated by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, for standard high-fructose corn syrup, with each of the periods into which the sugar year is divided pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order being regarded as the applicable period, based on the following amounts, in consideration of the ratio between the produced and imported portions of the projected supply of standard high-fructose corn syrup for the sugar year to which that applicable period belongs:

(2)The provisions of Article 6, paragraphs (2) through (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the average supply price of high-fructose corn syrup.In this case, the phrase "if the market price of raw sugar abroad has significantly risen" in paragraph (3) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with the phrase "if the price of starch as the raw material for high-fructose corn syrup in Japan or the market price of high-fructose corn syrup in major production areas of high-fructose corn syrup abroad has significantly changed", the term "paragraph (1)" in paragraph (4) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with the term "Article 12, paragraph (1)", the phrase "each period specified by Cabinet Order" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with the phrase "the periods into which the sugar year is divided pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order".

Article 13(1)ALIC's purchase price of high-fructose corn syrup sold pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as "domestic high-fructose corn syrup") is the average supply price of high-fructose corn syrup applicable at the time of the transfer of the domestic high-fructose corn syrup (in the case of high-fructose corn syrup other than standard high-fructose corn syrup, the amount obtained by adding the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to that average supply price of high-fructose corn syrup or by subtracting the former from the latter according to the standard category provided for by Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries).

(2)ALIC's purchase price of high-fructose corn syrup sold pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (2) (hereinafter referred to as "imported high-fructose corn syrup") or mixed high-fructose corn syrup sold under the same paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "imported mixed high-fructose corn syrup") is the amount obtained by subtracting an amount equivalent to the consumption tax and the local consumption tax from the amount set forth in the respective following items, according to the applicable categories as listed in the following items:

Article 14(1)ALIC must sell-back high-fructose corn syrup, etc. to the person who sold that high-fructose corn syrup, etc. to it pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1) or (2).

(2)The provisions of Article 8, paragraphs (2) and (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the sell-back of high-fructose corn syrup, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.In this case, the phrase "the sale of a designated saccharide pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1)" in paragraph (2) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with the phrase "the sale of high-fructose corn syrup, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1) or (2)", the phrase "the designated saccharide thus sold" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with the phrase "high-fructose corn syrup, etc. thus sold", and the phrase "the sale of a designated saccharide pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1)" in paragraph (3) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with the phrase "the sale of high-fructose corn syrup, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1) or (2)".

Article 15(1)ALIC's sell-back price of high-fructose corn syrup, etc. pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is as follows:

(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the average import price of imported raw sugar applicable at the time of the transfer or import declaration of high-fructose corn syrup or mixed high-fructose corn syrup under the items of the same paragraph is less than the standard price of sugar for adjustment and falls under any of the cases set forth in the following items, ALIC's sell-back price of high-fructose corn syrup, etc. pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is the amount set forth in the applicable item:

(3)The high-fructose corn syrup adjustment rate is stipulated, for each sugar year at least 15 days before the relevant year begins, as a figure not greater than the quantity set forth in Article 9, paragraph (2), item (i) for the relevant year divided by the sum of the quantity set forth in item (ii) of the same paragraph for the relevant year and the product of the projected supply of standard high-fructose corn syrup and the figure calculated pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order as an indicator of the extent to which high-fructose corn syrup influences the formation of the price of sugar multiplied by the figure thus calculated.

(4)The provisions of Article 3, paragraph (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the high-fructose corn syrup adjustment rate.

Article 16If high-fructose corn syrup, etc. deteriorates before sale pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (2), ALIC may reduce the purchase and sell-back prices of the high-fructose corn syrup, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Article 17High-fructose corn syrup manufacturers must not transfer high-fructose corn syrup to be sold pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1) until after they have sold them to ALIC and then bought them back.

Article 18(1)A person who intends to manufacture high-fructose corn syrup with facilities provided for in Article 11, paragraph (1) must notify the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of the matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. The same applies when a high-fructose corn syrup manufacturer intends to discontinue or suspend production.

(2)A high-fructose corn syrup manufacturer must notify the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of any change in the matters subject to the notification pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Article 19(1)ALIC is to grant the Subsidy for Sweetener Resource Crops, within its budget and pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, to the producers of sweetener resource crops who meet the conditions necessary to secure the stable production of sweetener resource crops, including those in a planted area of sweetener resource crops, provided for by Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (hereinafter referred to as "qualified producers of sweetener resource crops") with regard to the sweetener resource crops they produce (limited to those that have been produced in districts designated by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries as areas whose climate, soil and other natural conditions are found suitable for planting sweetener resource crops (referred to as "designated areas" in Article 21) and whose use and sugar content are provided for by Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; the same applies in paragraph (1) of the following Article).

(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a qualified producer of sweetener resource crops who has received a grant under Article 3, paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii) of the Act on Payment of Grants to Farmers for Purpose of Stabilization of Farming Management (Act No. 88 of 2006) is not to receive the Subsidy for Sweetener Resource Crops with regard to sugar beets sown from January 1 of the year preceding the year in which the grant was received to December 31 of the year in which the grant was received.

Article 20(1)The amount of the Subsidy for Sweetener Resource Crops is stipulated for each qualified producer of sweetener resource crops as the sum of the amounts obtained by multiplying the unit amount of the Subsidy for Sweetener Resource Crops for each of the sugar content classes provided for pursuant to the provisions of the following paragraph by each of the figures equivalent to the quantities of sweetener resource crops that were produced by the qualified producer of sweetener resource crops and then sold, within the period specified by Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, to qualified manufacturers of domestic sugar provided for in the following Article for each sugar content class.

(2)The unit amount of the Subsidy for Sweetener Resource Crops is stipulated for sugar beets and sugar cane separately by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for each sugar content class based on the amount obtained by subtracting the amount set forth in item (ii) below from the amount set forth in item (i):

(3)The unit amount of the Subsidy for Sweetener Resource Crops must be announced each year both for sugar beets sown in the following year from January 1 through December 31 and for sugar cane harvested from October 1 in the following year through the next September 30 by the date specified by Cabinet Order.

(4)The unit amount of the Subsidy for Sweetener Resource Crops may be revised if a substantial change has occurred or is likely to occur in prices or in other economic circumstances and a revision is particularly necessary. In this case, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries must give public notice of the revised unit amount of the Subsidy for Sweetener Resource Crops without delay.

Article 21ALIC is to grant the subsidy for domestic sugar, within its budget and pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, to those who are engaged in the business of manufacturing domestic sugar and satisfy the following requirements (hereinafter referred to as "qualified manufacturers of domestic sugar"), for the domestic sugar they manufacture (limited to domestic sugar that has been manufactured in designated areas and whose types and standards are provided for by Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; the same applies in paragraph (1) of the following Article):

Article 22(1)The amount of the subsidy for domestic sugar is stipulated for each qualified manufacturer of domestic sugar as the sum of the amounts obtained by multiplying the unit amount of the subsidy for domestic sugar provided for pursuant to the provisions of the following paragraph by each of the figures equivalent to the quantities of domestic sugar that were manufactured by the qualified manufacturers of domestic sugar and then sold, within the period specified by Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

(2)The unit amount of the subsidy for domestic sugar is stipulated by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries based on the amount obtained by subtracting the amount set forth in item (iii) below from the sum of the amount set forth in item (i) and the amount set forth in item (ii), according to the types of domestic sugar provided for by Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries:

(3)The unit amount of the subsidy for domestic sugar must be announced by the date specified by Cabinet Order each sugar year based on the period when the production of domestic sugar begins.

(4)The provisions of Article 20, paragraph (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the unit amount of the subsidy for domestic sugar.

Article 23(1)If the market price of sugar drops below ALIC's sell-back price under Article 9, paragraph (1), item (i) of imported raw sugar as converted to the price of refined sugar (excluding domestic sugar) pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order or is likely to do so, and the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries finds that the appropriate and smooth operation of ALIC's business of granting the subsidy for domestic sugar has been hindered or is likely to be hindered in light of the provisions that the unit amount of the subsidy for domestic sugar is to be stipulated in consideration of the market price of sugar pursuant to paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, in order to address the situation, the Minister is to instruct ALIC to conduct a sell-back at the sell-back price provided for in paragraph (1) of the following Article and Article 25, paragraph (1) and give public notice to that effect.

(2)If the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries finds that the situation referred to in the preceding paragraph no longer exists, the Minister is to rescind the instruction under the same paragraph and give public notice to that effect without delay.

Article 24(1)When an application is made for the sale of designated saccharides pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1), and the sum of the quantities of designated saccharides sold under application for the period to which the date of the application made by the designated saccharide import declarant, etc. belongs among the periods into which the sugar year is divided pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (in the case of mixed sugar, the quantities of sugar contained in the mixed sugar under the application for the sale), as converted to the quantities of raw sugar pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, exceeds the sum of the quantities of designated saccharides sold back to the declarant pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) for the relevant period during the normal year (in the case of mixed sugar, the sum of the quantities of the sugars contained in the mixed sugar under the application for the sale), as converted to the quantities of raw sugar pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order that have been stipulated and reported to the declarant and ALIC by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (if it is found to be significantly inappropriate to use these quantities, and the quantities that have been stipulated by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries based on the imported quantities, etc. of designated saccharides for the relevant period of the normal year (in the case of mixed sugar, the quantities, etc. of the sugars contained in imported mixed sugar) are reported to the declarant and ALIC, those reported quantities), ALIC's sell-back price of designated saccharides for a period from the date of the public notice pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article to the date of public notice pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the same Article with regard to these exceeding quantities is, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1), the sum of the sell-back price under the same paragraph and the amount concerning of raw sugar that is stipulated, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for the sugar year to which the date of the import declaration of designated saccharides pertaining to the exceeding quantities belongs in consideration of the extent to which an increase in the supply of sugar (including sugar contained in the mixed sugar that is imported designated saccharide) affects the market price of sugar and the unit amount of the subsidy for domestic sugar (in the case of designated saccharides other than raw sugar, the amount obtained by adding the amount calculated pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to that amount stipulated by the Minister (in the case of mixed sugar, the amount obtained by multiplying the amount by the sugar content percentage) or by subtracting the former from the latter depending on the type of sugar contained in the mixed sugar) (if the sum exceeds the sum of the amount set forth in Article 7, item (i) and the amount that the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries stipulates in accordance with international agreements and announces (in the case of mixed sugar, the sum of the amount set forth in item (ii) of the same Article and the amount that the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries stipulates in accordance with international agreements and announces), the latter sum).

(2)The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries' notification referred to in the preceding paragraph must be given on the date of the public notice pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (in the case of the period referred to in the preceding paragraph that begins during a period from four days after the date of the public notice to the date of public notice pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the same Article, at least three days before the first day of that period). (With regard to those who have not made an application for sale to ALIC for a certain number of previous years provided for by Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries but have made an application after the date, the notification must be given without delay.)

(3)The amount stipulated by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries under paragraph (1) is to be stipulated each sugar year at least 15 days before the relevant year begins.

Article 25(1)When an application is made for the sale of high-fructose corn syrup, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1) or (2), and the sum of the quantities of high-fructose corn syrup, etc. sold under application for the period under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article to which the date of the application belongs (in the case of mixed high-fructose corn syrup, the quantities of high-fructose corn syrup contained under the application for the sale), as converted to the quantities of standard high-fructose corn syrup pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, exceeds the sum of the quantities of high-fructose corn syrup, etc. sold back to the applicant pursuant to the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (1) for the relevant period during the normal year (in the case of mixed high-fructose corn syrup, the sum of the quantities of the high-fructose corn syrup contained in the mixed high-fructose corn syrup under the application for the sale), as converted to the quantities of standard high-fructose corn syrup pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order that have been stipulated and reported to the applicant and ALIC by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (if it is found to be significantly inappropriate to use these quantities, and the quantities that have been stipulated by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries based on the produced quantities, etc. of high-fructose corn syrup or the imported quantities, etc. of high-fructose corn syrup, etc. for the relevant period of the normal year (in the case of mixed high-fructose corn syrup, the quantities, etc. of high-fructose corn syrup contained in imported mixed high-fructose corn syrup) are reported to the applicant and ALIC, those reported quantities), ALIC's sell-back price of high-fructose corn syrup, etc. for a period from the date of the public notice pursuant to the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (1) to the date of public notice pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the same Article with regard to these exceeding quantities is, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2), the sum of the sell-back price pursuant to these provisions and the amounts set forth in the following relevant items according to the applicable categories in the items (in the case of imported high-fructose corn syrup or imported mixed high-fructose corn syrup, if the sum for each exceeds the sum of ALIC's purchase price stipulated pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (2) and the amount that the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries stipulates in accordance with international agreement and announces, the latter sum):

(2)The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the notification by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries referred to in the preceding paragraph, and the provisions of paragraph (3) of the same Article apply mutatis mutandis to the amount stipulated by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries under the preceding paragraph.

Article 26(1)The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries must stipulate the standard price of starch for adjustment each starch year at least 15 days before the relevant year begins.

(2)The standard price of starch for adjustment is to be stipulated as the price below which the price of imported starch or the starch made from imported agricultural products for starch is found to necessitate price adjustment to mitigate the resulting adverse effects on the promotion of the production of potatoes for starch and the sound development of the business of producing domestic potato starch, based on the amount obtained by adding the cost of producing potatoes for starch when they are produced especially efficiently and the cost of producing domestic potato starch when it is produced especially efficiently, and with the amount stipulated pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order in consideration of the trends in the international price of starch serving as a standard, as converted, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, to the import price of starch (excluding an amount equivalent to the amount of customs duties).

(3)The provisions of Article 3, paragraphs (3) and (4) and Article 4 apply mutatis mutandis to the standard price of starch for adjustment. In this case, the term "sugar" in paragraph (1) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with the term "starch".

Article 27(1)A person who makes an import declaration for starch (limited to the starch specified by Cabinet Order as starch that is found to be likely to affect the stable supply of domestic potato starch in light of the competition in use, and the differences in price, in relation to domestic potato starch) or imported agricultural products for starch (hereinafter referred to as "designated starch, etc.") (if the person is not the owner of the designated starch, etc. for which the import declaration is made at the time of the import declaration, the owner) must sell the designated starch, etc. for which the import declaration is made to ALIC, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, if the average import price under the following Article that is applicable at the time of the import declaration in question is less than the standard price of starch for adjustment; provided, however, that this does not apply if the designated starch, etc. for which the import declaration is made is exempt from customs duties pursuant to the provisions of Article 14 of the Customs Tariff Act or when otherwise provided for by Cabinet Order.

(2)The provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (2) through (4) apply mutatis mutandis to designated starch, etc. sold pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Article 28(1)The average import price of starch and imported agricultural products for starch (hereinafter referred to as the "the average import price" in this Section) is stipulated by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, with each period specified by Cabinet Order being regarded as the applicable period, based on the following amounts during a certain period of time before the applicable period, in consideration of the ratio between the quantity of imported starch and the quantity of imported agricultural products for starch during that certain period as converted to the quantities of starch pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order:

(2)The provisions of Article 6, paragraphs (2) through (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the average import price.In this case, the term "raw sugar" in paragraph (3) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with the term "starch," and the term "paragraph (1)" in paragraph (4) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with the term "Article 28, paragraph (1)".

Article 29ALIC's purchase price of designated starch, etc. sold pursuant to the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (1) is as follows:

Article 30(1)ALIC must sell-back designated starch, etc. to the person who sold the designated starch, etc. to it pursuant to the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (1)

(2)The provisions of Article 8, paragraphs (2) and (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the sell-back of designated starch, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.In this case, the phrase "the sale of a designated saccharide pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1)" in paragraph (2) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with the phrase "the sale of designated starch, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (1)," the phrase "the designated saccharide thus sold" is deemed to be replaced with the phrase "designated starch, etc. thus sold," and the phrase "the sale of a designated saccharide pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1)" in paragraph (3) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with the phrase "the sale of designated starch, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (1)."

Article 31(1)ALIC' sell-back price of designated starch, etc. pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is as follows:

(2)The adjustment rate for designated starch, etc. is to be stipulated, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, for each starch year at least 15 days before by the relevant year begins, as a figure not greater than the figure obtained by dividing the quantity set forth in item (i) below by the quantity set forth in item (ii):

(3)The provisions of Article 3, paragraph (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the adjustment rate for designated starch, etc.

Article 32If designated starch, etc. deteriorates before it is sold pursuant to the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (1), ALIC may reduce the purchase and sell-back prices of the designated starch, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Article 33(1)ALIC is to grant the subsidy for potatoes for starch, within its budget and pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, to the producers of potatoes for starch whose planted areas of those potatoes for starch and other matters necessary for the stable production of potatoes for starch meet the requirements specified by the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (hereinafter referred to as "qualified producers of potatoes for starch") for the potatoes for starch they produce (limited to those that have been produced in districts designated by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries as areas whose climate, soil and other natural conditions are found to be suitable for planting potatoes (referred to "designated areas" in Article 35) and whose use is provided for by Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; the same applies in paragraph (1) of the following Article).

(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, any qualified producer of potatoes for starch who has received a grant under Article 3, paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii) of the Act on Payment of Grants to Farmers for Purpose of Stabilization of Farming Management is not qualified to receive the subsidy for potatoes for starch with regard to potatoes that were sown from January 1 of the year preceding the year in which the grant was received to December 31 of the year in which the grant was received.

Article 34(1)The amount of the subsidy for potatoes for starch is stipulated for each qualified producer of potatoes for starch as the sum of the amounts obtained by multiplying the unit amount of the subsidy for potatoes for starch for each of the grades provided for pursuant to the provisions of the following paragraph by each of the figures equivalent to the quantities of potatoes for starch that were produced by the qualified producer of potatoes for starch and then, within a period specified by Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, sold to qualified manufacturers of domestic potato starch provided for in the following Article (including potatoes for starch that the qualified producers of potatoes for starch have produced and uses as raw material for manufacturing domestic potato starch under contract within the period specified by Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries) for each grade.

(2)The unit amount of the subsidy for potatoes for starch is stipulated for potatoes and sweet potatoes separately by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for each grade based on the amount obtained by subtracting the amount set forth in item (ii) below from the amount set forth in item (i):

(3)The unit amount of the subsidy for potatoes for starch must be announced each year for potatoes for starch that will be sown from January 1 through December 31 of the following year by a date specified by Cabinet Order.

(4)The provisions of Article 20, paragraph (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the unit amount of the subsidy for potatoes for starch.

Article 35ALIC is to grant the subsidy for domestic potato starch, within its budget and pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order to persons who are engaged in the business of manufacturing domestic potato starch and satisfy the following requirements (excluding the requirement set forth in item (ii) when a qualified producer of potatoes for starch manufactures domestic potato starch under contract from the potatoes for starch it has produced) (hereinafter referred to as "qualified manufacturers of domestic potato starch"), for the domestic potato starch they manufacture (limited to domestic potato starch that has been manufactured in designated areas and whose uses and standards are provided for by Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; the same applies in paragraph (1) of the following Article):

Article 36(1)The amount of the subsidy for domestic potato starch is stipulated for each qualified manufacturer of domestic potato starch as the sum of the amounts obtained by multiplying the unit amount of the subsidy for domestic potato starch provided for pursuant to the following paragraph by each of the figures equivalent to the quantities of domestic potato starch that were manufactured by the qualified manufacturers of domestic potato starch and then sold within the period specified by Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

(2)The unit amount of the subsidy for domestic potato starch is stipulated by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries based on the amount obtained by subtracting the amount set forth in item (iii) below from the sum of the amount set forth in item (i) and the amount set forth in item (ii), according to the types of domestic potato starch provided for by Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries:

(3)The unit amount of the subsidy for domestic potato starch must be announced by a date specified by Cabinet Order each starch year based on the period during which the production of domestic potato starch begins.

(4)The provisions of Article 20, paragraph (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the unit amount of the subsidy for domestic potato starch