Article 1Wastes generated in connection with the operations of vessels specified by the Cabinet Order set forth in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act for the Control of Export and Import of Specified Hazardous and Other Wastes (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") are to be as follows:

Article 2(1)Materials specified by the Cabinet Order set forth in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act are to be those materials specified by the Ministry of the Environment order as materials that need not be controlled by Japan based on the Council Decision concerning the Control of Transboundary Movements of Wastes destined for Recovery Operations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (referred to as "the Council Decision" in the following Article, paragraph (1)).

(2)The Minister of the Environment must consult with the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry when the former intends to enact the Ministry of the Environment order set forth in the preceding paragraph.

Article 3(1)Materials specified by the Cabinet Order set forth in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act are to be those materials specified by the Ministry of the Environment order as materials that need to be controlled by Japan based on the Council Decision.

(2)The Minister of the Environment must consult with Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry when prescribing the Ministry of the Environment order referenced in the preceding paragraph.

Article 4The acts that are specified by the Cabinet Order set forth in Article 10, paragraph (3), item (i) of the Act (including the cases in which it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 16 of the Act) are to be those acts listed in the middle column from row 2 through row 4 of Appended Table 1, and the provisions specified by the Cabinet Order set forth in the same item are to be those provisions listed in the respective right columns of the same Table in regard to the acts listed in the middle column of the same Table.

Article 5The period specified by the Cabinet Order under Article 14, paragraph (4) of the Act (referred to as "effective period of certification for import operator" in Article 8, item (iii)) is to be five years.

Article 6The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of the Environment must issue a certificate pursuant to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Ministry of the Environment joint order when a certification under Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Act, a renewal of certification under paragraph (4) of the same Article, or a certification of change under paragraph (5) of the same Article, is granted.

Article 7If a person, to whom a certificate has been issued pursuant to the provision in the preceding Article, had the certificate rendered unusable or lost, the person may have that certificate reissued by applying to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of the Environment pursuant to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Ministry of the Environment joint order.

Article 8If a person to whom a certificate has been issued pursuant to the provision in Article 6 has come to fall under any of the following items, the person must promptly return the certificate (or the recovered certificate in case of item (iv)) to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of the Environment:

Article 9The period specified by the Cabinet Order under Article 15, paragraph (4) of the Act (referred to as "effective period of certification for recycling operator" in Article 12, item (iii)) is to be five years.

Article 10The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of the Environment must issue a certificate pursuant to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Ministry of the Environment joint order when a certification under Article 15, paragraph (1) of the Act, a renewal of certification under paragraph (4) of the same Article, or a certification of change under Article 14, paragraph (5) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5) of the Article 15 following the deemed replacement of terms, is granted.

Article 11If a person, to whom a certificate has been issued pursuant to the provision in the preceding Article, had the certificate rendered unusable or lost, the person may have that certificate reissued by applying to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of the Environment pursuant to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Ministry of the Environment joint order.

Article 12If a person to whom a certificate has been issued pursuant to the provision in Article 10 has come to fall under any of the following items, the person must promptly return the certificate (or the recovered certificate in case of item (iv)) to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of the Environment:

Article 13The acts that are specified by the Cabinet Order set forth in Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Act are to be those acts listed in the middle column of Appended Table 2, and the provisions specified by the Cabinet Order set forth in the same paragraph are to be those provisions listed in the respective right columns of the same Table in regard to the acts listed in the middle column of the same Table.

Article 14The acts that are specified by the Cabinet Order set forth in Article 17, paragraph (2) of the Act are to be those acts listed in the middle column of Appended Table 3, and the provisions specified by the Cabinet Order set forth in the same paragraph are to be those provisions listed in the respective right columns of the same Table in regard to the acts listed in the middle column of the same Table.

Article 15The amount of fees that the persons listed in the second column of Appended Table 4 must pay pursuant to the provision of Article 20 of the Act is to be the amount listed in the third column of the same Table (the amount listed in the fourth column of the same Table in the case of the electronic application (referring to the application using the electronic data processing system pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Act Concerning the Advancement of Administration through Utilization of Information and Communications Technologies (Act No. 151 of 2002); hereinafter the same applies).