(i)manufacturing, processing, import, export, or sale of wood and wood products (excluding the sale of logs made from trees the person owns or from trees logged based on the entrustment of the owner of the trees);

(ii)sale of logs consigned by a business entity producing and selling logs;

(iii)building or constructing buildings and other structures using wood; and

(iv)beyond what is set forth in the preceding three items, businesses using wood and wood products, which are specified by order of the competent ministries.

(i)basic directions for promoting the distribution and use of legally harvested wood and wood products;

(ii)matters concerning measures to promote the distribution and use of legality-confirmed wood and wood products specified in Article 7, paragraph (2);

(iii)beyond what is set forth in the preceding item, matters concerning measures to promote the distribution and use of legally harvested wood and wood products;

(iv)matters pertaining to dissemination of knowledge on the meaning of promoting the distribution and use of legally harvested wood and wood products; and

(v)other important matters concerning promotion of the distribution and use of legally harvested wood and wood products.

(i)acquisition or acceptance of entrustment of transfer of logs (excluding logs for which it is obvious that confirmation of legality has been made based on information communicated pursuant to the provisions of Article 8 or Article 13, paragraph (1), item (v); the same applies in Article 9) from a business entity producing and selling logs;

(ii)acquisition or acceptance of entrustment of transfer of wood and wood products from a person who is engaged in business in foreign countries to transfer wood and wood products to be exported to Japan; and

(iii)processing of logs made from trees the wood-related business entity owns or from trees logged by it based on the entrustment of the owner of the trees.

(i)the species of the trees and the area where the trees are logged; and

(ii)a copy of a written notification specified in Article 10-8, paragraph (1) of the Forest Act (Act No. 249 of 1951) or a copy of a certificate issued by the government organization of the country of origin certifying that the tree has been logged in accordance with laws and regulations of the country of origin on tree logging, or information that replaces these copies and is specified by Cabinet Order as information that proves it is highly probable that the wood and wood products do not fall under wood and wood products pertaining to illegal logging (limited to information made in writing or through electronic or magnetic record (meaning a record made in an electronic form, a magnetic form, or any other form not recognizable to human perception, which is used in information processing by computers); the same applies in Article 31).

(i)matters concerning the development of a system to ensure the use of legally harvested wood and wood products;

(ii)matters concerning measures to increase the quantity of legality-confirmed wood and wood products out of the wood and wood products to be handled;

(iii)beyond what is set forth in the preceding item, matters concerning measures to ensure the use of legally-harvested wood and wood products and not to use wood and wood products pertaining to illegal logging;

(iv)matters concerning the preservation of information prescribed in Article 8 that has been communicated by the counterparty when acquiring wood and wood products;

(v)matters concerning the communication of the information to the counterparty when transferring wood and wood products (excluding communication of information prescribed in Article 8 pursuant to the provisions of the same Article); and

(vi)other matters specified by order of the competent ministries necessary for ensuring the use of legally harvested wood and wood products.

(i)name and address of the applicant, and in the case of a corporation, the name of the representative person; and

(ii)matters specified by order of the competent ministries as matters pertaining to the scope of business for which measures should be taken to ensure the use of legally harvested wood and wood products.

(i)matters listed in each item of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article; and

(ii)date of registration and registration number.

(i)when the applicant is found not to properly and reliably take measures that should be taken for ensuring the use of legally harvested wood and wood products, with regard to the wood and wood products to be handled, by taking into consideration the matters that would serve as the standards of judgment for wood-related business entities set forth in Article 13, paragraph (1);

(ii)when the applicant has been sentenced to a fine or a severer punishment pursuant to the provisions of this Act, and for whom one year has not yet elapsed after the penalty was executed or suspended;

(iii)when the applicant whose registration was rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (1), for whom one year has not yet elapsed since the date of the rescission; or

(iv)when the applicant is a corporation that has any officers who fall under any of the preceding two items.

(i)when the Registered Wood-Related Business Entity falls under any of the items of Article 18, paragraph (1);

(ii)when having used the name of Registered Wood-Related Business Entity or any name similar thereto that may cause confusion, in violation of the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article; or

(iii)when the Registered Wood-Related Business Entity has been registered as a Registered Wood-Related Business Entity set forth in Article 15 or renewed the registration by wrongful means.

(i)a person who has been sentenced to a penalty consisting of a fine or severer punishment for violating the provisions of this Act or an order pursuant to this Act, and for whom two years have not yet elapsed after the penalty was executed or suspended;

(ii)a person whose registration was rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 34, for whom two years have not yet elapsed since the date of the rescission; or

(iii)a corporation that has any officers conducting those affairs who fall under any of the preceding two items.

(i)a person who conforms to the standards specified by the International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission for bodies that certify products, procedures, and services, and any other person who is deemed to be capable of properly conducting the Registering Procedures.

(ii)the Applicant for Registration is not controlled by a wood-related business entity falling under none of the following conditions:

(i)date of registration and registration number of the Registering Organization;

(ii)the name and address of the person who was registered as a Registering Organization (in the case of a corporation, its name, the name of its representative person, and the location of its principal office); and

(iii)the location of the office where a person who was registered as a Registering Organization conducts Registering Procedures.

(i)when Financial Statements, etc. are written documents, a request for inspection of the relevant documents or copy thereof;

(ii)a request for transcripts of or extracts from the documents in the preceding item;

(iii)when Financial Statements, etc. have been prepared in the form of electronic or magnetic records, a request for inspection or copy of the matters recorded in the relevant electronic or magnetic records displayed using a method specified by the order of the competent ministries; and

(iv)a request for provisions of what is recorded in electronic or magnetic records of the preceding item by an electronic or magnetic method as specified by an order of the competent ministries or request for delivery of a document containing the relevant matters.

(i)when falling under Article 24, item (i) or (iii) of;

(ii)when having violated Articles 28 through 30, Article 31, paragraph (1), or the following Article;

(iii)when having refused a request made under the provisions of Article 31, paragraph (2), without any justifiable grounds;

(iv)when having violated an order under the provisions of the preceding two Articles; or

(v)when having obtained registration or renewal of a Registering Organization by wrongful means.

(i)when having made a registration of a Registering Organization;

(ii)when having received a notification under the provisions of Article 28 or 30; and

(iii)when having rescinded a registration of a Registering Organization pursuant to the provisions of Article 34 or ordered the suspension of all or part of Registering Procedures.

(i)guidance and advice under the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (1), recommendations under the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1), public announcement of wood-related business entities under the provisions of paragraph (3) of the same Article, order to wood-related business entities under the provisions of paragraph (4) of the same Article, acceptance of reports under the provisions of Article 12, specification of matters that would serve as the standards of judgment under the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1), revision of the matters under the provisions of paragraph (2) of the same Article, guidance and advice under the provisions of Article 14, and matters concerning the collection of reports and on-site inspections under the provisions of Article 40, paragraph (1): the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the minister having jurisdiction over the business activities of the wood-related business entity; and

(ii)guidance and advice under the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (2), recommendations under the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (2), public announcement of business entities producing and selling logs under the provisions of paragraph (3) of the same Article, order to business entities producing and selling logs under the provisions of paragraph (4) of the same Article, and matters concerning the collection of reports and on-site inspections under the provisions of Article 40, paragraph (2): the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

(i)when a person has violated the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (3);

(ii)when a person has suspended or discontinued all or part of Registering Procedures without making the notification under Article 30 or made false notification;

(iii)when a person has, in violation of the provisions of Article 35, failed to prepare the books, failed to state in the books, made false statements in the books, or failed to maintain the books; or

(iv)when a person has failed to make a report pursuant to the provisions of Article 40, paragraph (3) or has made a false report or refused, interfered with, or evaded the inspection under the provisions of the same paragraph.