Article 1The terms used in this Ministerial Order have the same meaning as those used in the Act on the Regulation of Manufacture and Evaluation of Chemical Substances (Act No. 117 of 1973, hereinafter referred to as the "Act").

Article 2The notification under Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act is made by making a submission to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of the Environment, by any of the methods listed in the following items.

Article 3The notification under Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Act is made by submitting to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of the Environment a written notification using Form No. 1-2 setting forth the following particulars.

Article 4A person who intends to obtain confirmation under the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the Act must make a request in advance to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of the Environment with regard to any new chemical substance the person intends to manufacture or import, by any of the methods listed in the following items.

Article 5A person who has obtained confirmation under the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the Act, by the end of June of every fiscal year, must submit a report to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of the Environment concerning the status of the handling of the relevant new chemical substance in the preceding fiscal year, by any of the methods listed in the following items; provided, however, that this does not apply if the relevant new chemical substance was not manufactured or imported in the previous year.

Article 6(1)A person who intends to obtain confirmation under the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1), item (v) of the Act must make a request to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, and the Minister of the Environment with regard to any new chemical substance the person intends to manufacture or import, by any of the methods listed in the following items.

(2)The method prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (2) of the Act is the calculation method of multiplying the planned quantity to be manufactured or planned quantity to be imported to which the confirmation under the provisions of paragraph (1), item (v) of the same Article pertains for a single new chemical substance, by a coefficient specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, and the Minister of the Environment according to the usage of the new chemical substance.

Article 7A person who intends to obtain confirmation under the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1), item (vi) of the Act with regard to any new chemical substance the person intends to manufacture or import must make a request in advance to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of the Environment, by any of the methods listed in the following items.

Article 8The request under Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Act is made by making a submission to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of the Environment, by any of the methods listed in the following items.

Article 9(1)A person who intends to obtain confirmation under the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (4) of the Act must make a request to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of the Environment with regard to any new chemical substance that the person intends to manufacture or import, by any of the methods listed in the following items.

(2)The method prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (5) of the Act is the calculation method of multiplying the planned quantity to be manufactured or planned quantity to be imported to which the confirmation under the provisions of paragraph (1), item (vi) of the same Article pertains for a single new chemical substance, by a coefficient specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, and the Minister of the Environment according to the usage of the new chemical substance.

Article 10The request under Article 5, paragraph (7) of the Act is made by making a submission to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of the Environment, by any of the methods listed in the following items.

Article 11(1)A person who intends to give a notification under Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act, a request under Article 5, paragraphs (1) and (7) of the Act, make a request under Article 4, and submit a report under Article 5 (hereinafter referred to as "notification, etc.") must, when giving notification, etc. using an electronic data processing system (meaning an electronic data processing system which connects computers designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of the Environment (including input-output devices; the same applies hereinafter) with computers used by persons intending to give a notification, etc. through telecommunications lines; the same applies hereinafter) pursuant to the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Use of Information and Communications Technology in Administrative Procedures (Act No. 151 of 2002, hereinafter referred to as the "Act on the Use of Information and Communications Technology"), input the following matters using a computer which conforms to the technical standards prescribed by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of the Environment; provided, however, that instead of inputting the matters listed in item (iii), persons intending to give notification, etc. are not precluded from submitting, pursuant to provisions that the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of the Environment prescribe in a public notice, written documents, etc. to be attached pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations.

(2)A person who intends to give a notification, etc. under the preceding paragraph must affix an electronic signature to the inputted information pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph (meaning an electronic signature provided under Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Electronic Signatures and Certification Business (Act No. 102 of 2000); the same applies hereinafter) and transmit it with an electronic certificate (meaning an electromagnetic record prepared in order to verify that the person who intends to give the notification, etc. is the person who affixed the electronic signature; the same applies hereinafter) pertaining to the relevant electronic signature and which falls under any of the following items.

Article 12A person who intends to make a request by the method prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1), item (ii) or Article 9, paragraph (1), item (ii) must submit an optical disc in which the matters to be stated in a written request using Form No. 9 or Form No. 12 are recorded, and an optical disc submission slip using Form No. 14.

Article 13A person who intends to make a request under Article 6, paragraph (1), Article 7 or Article 9, paragraph (1), when making the request using an electronic data processing system pursuant to the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Use of Information and Communications Technology, must enter the following matters as provided for by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of the Environment using a computer which conforms to the technical standards prescribed by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of the Environment.

Article 14(1)The person inputting the matters referred to in the preceding Article must follow the format prescribed in the Japanese Industrial Standards (hereinafter referred to as "Japanese Industrial Standards") Annex 1 X0208 based on the Industrial Standardization Act (Act No. 185 of 1949).

(2)The person inputting the matters referred to in the preceding Article must use "carriage return" and "line feed" among the graphic characters prescribed in the Japanese Industrial Standards X0201 and X0208 and control characters prescribed under the Japanese Industrial Standard X0211.

Article 15Measures to clarify names or business names under Article 3, paragraph (4) of the Act on the Use of Information and Communications Technology means affixing electronic signatures to information recorded in electronic notification, etc. forms and transmitting the electronic certificate listed in the items under Article 11, paragraph (2) along with the relevant request, or inputting the matters specified in Article 13, item (iii).

Article 16(1)A person who intends to make a request under the provisions of Article 13 must make a request to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of the Environment in advance by submitting a document using Form No. 15 stating the person's confirmation code and other necessary matters.

(2)The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of the Environment grants a requestor code to a person who submits the document prescribed under the preceding paragraph after receiving the relevant document.

(3)A person who has made a request under paragraph (1), in the event of a change in the request or discontinuation of the use of the requestor code, must notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of the Environment, without delay, by means of Form No. 16 or Form No. 17, respectively.