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New vs. Old  Provisions  Comparison Table  
of 
Announcement for the Country of Origin System  
 
 
Current  Revised  (proposal)  
 
Article 3 -6 ( Notice about obligation  to 
indicate  country of origin after  customs 
clearance of importation )  
 
 
   (1) Under the provisi on in Article 6 -2-5 
Paragraph 2 of Overseas Trade 
Management Provisions , the head of 
custom s office can give a notice for the  
fulfilment  of obligation to indicate 
country of origin to the importer  who 
import s an article that is subject  to 
country of origin  indication , and that falls 
under one of the following 
Subparagraph s after the import  
declaration has been accept ed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. ~ 5. (Omitted)  
 
(2) The methods o f notice requiring 
obligation to indicate country of origin  in 
Paragraph 1 shall be done acco rding to 
the following Subparagraphs.  
1. In the case of the initial importation 
(the case when the article was 
classified as the first imported on the 
basis of detailed enforcement 
regulation for imported good s  
Article 3 -6 ( Notice of fulfilment  of 
obligation  to indicate country of origin 
and submi ssion of  data and so forth, after 
customs clearance of importation)  
 
  (1) Complying with Articles 22 7 and 266 
of Customs Act , and Article 78 
Paragraph  2 of Overseas Trade 
Management Provisions, the head of 
custom s office  shall give a written notice 
to comply with the obligation to indicate 
country of origin to the importer  who 
imports  an article that is subject to 
country of origin indication under  one of 
the following S ubparagraphs after the 
import declaration  has been accepted . 
The head of the custom s office also shall 
notify the importer in writing  to comply 
with the obligation to indicate country of 
origin when he/she transfers ownership 
of the article (including re -transfer by 
transferee ), and to comply with  the 
obligation to submit related data to 
transferee.  
 
 
1. ~ 5. (The same as at present)  
 
(2) -------  indicate country of origin and 
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1. For articles that were designated by 
the Commissioner of Customs 
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------------- -------------------------------- 2 inspection),  grant a ‘Notice of 
obligation to in dicate the country of 
origin after customs clearance of 
importation (Form 6)’ to the importer 
(or the declarer), and input  the 
requirements for fulfilment  of 
obligation  (attached Table 7) into the 
customs administration information 
system and write the req uirements on 
the certificate of import declaration.  
 
2. For case s other than initial 
importation that was stipulated in 
Subparagraph 1 , select the 
requirements for fulfilment  of 
obligation ( attached Table 7) from the 
customs administration information 
system and write it on the notice, and 
mark with stamp in the  section for 
customs entries on  the certificate of 
the import declaration (but  for the 
paperless import declaration , it can be 
replaced with the input into the 
customs administration information 
system ).  
 
 
(3) <to be added>                                                       
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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(3) Importer who imported articles that 
were designated by the Commissioner of 
Customs  in Paragraph 2 Subparagraph 1, 
and the person who acquired those 
articles by transfer from the importer and 
then re -transferred them (including third 
party purchas ers) shall grant a copy of 
‘Notice of obligation to indicate the 
country of origin after customs clearance 
of importation (Form 6)’ to the 
transferee, and shall log in to  the 
‘Customs clearance  and distribution 
history  manag ement system for imported 
goods’ to input the transferee’s data such 
as trade name, business registration 
number, address, total weight of transfer, 
and date of transfer  within 2 days after 
the transfer .  
 
(4) Input into the ‘Customs clearance and  3 (4) <to be added>                                                                 
 
 
 
 
 
     
 
 (5) <to be added>                                                
 
 distribu tion history management system 
for imported goods’ in Paragraph  3 can 
be replaced with  the submission of  
‘Imported good s distribution history 
report (Form 6 -1)’ with related data on it 
to the head of customs office.  
 
(5) The head of the customs office who 
received the Form 6 -1 from importer and 
transferor in accordance with Paragraph 4 
must input related data into  the ‘Customs 
clearance and distribution history 
management system for imported goods’ 
immediately.  
 
  4 <Attached Table 12>  (related to the Articl e 3-6 Paragraph 2 of the announcement)  
 
 
Articles subject to the notice of obligation to indicate the country of 
origin  and Distribution history report after customs clearance of 
importation  
 
1. Offal portions of Beef  
 
No. Part  Item Number  Standard Name  Remarks  
1 Brain  Brain   
2 Eye Eye  
3 Skull  Skull   
4 Spinal Cord  Spinal Cord   
5 Dorsal Root 
Ganglia  Dorsal Root 
Ganglia   
6 Vertebral Column  Vertebral 
Column   
7 Tonsil  0206.10 -0000  
(Edible Offal, refrigerated)  
0206.29 -9000  
(Edible Offal, frozen)  
 
  
Tonsil   
8 Distal Ileum  0504.00.1010 ( Bovine 
Intestine s) - distal 
ileum  
 
2. Parts that are possibly included in  offal  portions  of Beef  
 
No. Part  Item Number  Standard 
Name  Remarks  
1 Head  0206.10 -0000 (Edible Offal, refrigerated)  
0206.29 -9000 (Edible Off al, frozen)  -  
2 Tongue  0206.10 -0000 (Edible Offal, refrigerated)  
0206.21 -0000 ( Bovine Tongue s, frozen)  Tongue  
Frozen Bovine 
Tongues   
3 Intestine  0504.00.1010 ( Bovine Intestine s) - guts 
4 Spine  0206.10 -0000 (Edible Offal, refrigerated)  
0206.29 -9000 (Edi ble Offal, frozen)  Vertebrate  Separate 
customs 
clearance  
(0202.20 -
0000)