G/SG/N/1/JPN/2/Suppl.3  
 
20 May 2016  
(16-2758)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATIONS OF LAWS, REGULATIONS AND 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES RELATING 
TO SAFEGUARD MEASURES 
JAPAN 
Supplement 
 
 
The following communication, dated 31 May 2001, ha s been received from the Permanent Mission 
of Japan .1 
 
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 Pursuant to Article 12.6 of the Agreement on Sa feguards, the Government of Japan wishes to 
notify that the relevant Article in the Cabinet Order Relating to Emergency Duties has been 
modified with regard to the procedures related to the initiation of the safeguard investigation.  The 
modification has become effective as of 1 April 2001, following the publication in the Official 
Gazette  on 28 March 2001.  The text of the modified Article is as follows: 
 
 [Provisional translation]  
Cabinet Order Relating to Emergency Duties 
(Cabinet Order No. 417, December 1994, 
modified by the Cabinet Order No. 70, March 2001) 
 
(Consultation relating to the investigation.) 
 Article 9 
 1. Any Minister who has jurisdiction over the industry in Japan as provided for in paragraph 1 of Article 9 of the Law (hereinafter referred to as "The Minister having jurisdiction over the 
industry") shall, when deemed to be necessary up on consideration of the circumstances such that 
parties having an interest in the said industry make requests, communicate to the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Economy, Trade and Indu stry to the effect that there is a necessity to 
hold consultations with regard to the initiation of the investigation, upon submission of the figures 
of the statistics of the items referred to in subpa ragraph (1) of paragraph 1 of Article 102 of the 
Customs Law (Law No. 61 of 1954) (including figu res after adjustments which are deemed to be 
reasonable) about the product of a particular kind as provided for in paragraph 1 of Article 9 of the 
Law, the figures indicating the conditions of dome stic sale and manufacture of the said products, 
and the other data necessary to judge whether there is sufficient evidence to initiate an investigation or not. 
 
                                               
1 This document, when originally circulated on 5 June 2001, was incorrectly symbolled as 
G/SG/N/1/JPN/3. It is re-circulated herein without any change in the content to ensure the consistency of the 
symbolling system. 
 G/SG/N/1/JPN/2/Suppl.3 
 
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  2. When there is the communication as provided for in the preceding paragraph, the Minister of 
Finance, the Minister having jurisdiction over th e industry and the Minister of Economy, Trade and 
Industry shall, upon judging whether there is the ev idence as provided for in the said paragraph or 
not, decide whether to initiate an investigation or not. 
 
3. When an investigation is decided to be initiated, the Minister of Finance, the Minister having jurisdiction over the industry and the Minister of  Economy, Trade and Industry always keep a close 
contact with each other with regard to the investigation (including ways to deal with the result of 
investigation) and make a determination, upon consultation among them regarding any important 
aspects of those matters referred to above. 
 
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