Established: 20140204 Zaishi No. 3
February 6, 2014
Revised: 20150204 Zaishi No.1
February 16, 2015
Revised: 20180105 Zaishi No.2
January 18, 2018
Revised: 20210125 Zaishi No.7
February 4, 2021
The Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management Project Cost Subsidy Grant Guidelines
are established as follows:

Toshimitsu Motegi,
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management Project Cost Subsidy Grant Guidelines
Article 1 (General Principles)
The subsidy for the decommissioning and contaminated water management project cost(hereinafter referred to as “Subsidy”) shall be granted based on the provisions of these Grant
Guidelines, as well as the provisions of the Act on Regulation of Execution of Budget Pertaining to
Subsidies, etc. (Act No. 179 of 1955; hereinafter referred to as “Rationalization Act”), the Order for
Enforcement of the Act on Regulation of Execution of Budget Pertaining to Subsidies, etc. (Cabinet
Order No. 255 of 1955; hereinafter referred to as “Enforcement Order”), and other laws andregulations.
Article 2 (Objective)
The objectives of the Subsidy are to improve national scientific and technological capabilities
and ensure the smooth implementation of the decommissioning and contaminated water
management by encouraging subsidized entities to receive the Subsidy from the national
government to establish a fund and conducting a project to support development of technologies
which can contribute to the decommissioning and contaminated water management utilizing such
fund.
Article 3 (Subsidy Grantee)
The Subsidy shall be granted by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry to the fundestablishing corporation based on its application.
Article 4 (Subsidy Targets)
The Subsidy shall cover the cost of a project to establish a fund for the implementation ofprojects (hereinafter referred to as “Funded project”) specified in the Decommissioning andContaminated Water Management Project Implementation Guidelines established by the Ministerof Economy, Trade and Industry (hereinafter referred to as “Implementation Guidelines”)

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(hereinafter referred to as “Fund”) (hereinafter referred to as “Subsidized Project”), which will be
conducted by the fund establishing corporation. However, the project conducted by a person who
falls under the cases written in the exhibit of the pledge for exclusion of organized crime groups
shall not be granted the subsidy.

Article 5 (Amount of Subsidy)
The amount of the Subsidy shall be calculated at a fixed rate.
Article 6 (Application for Subsidy)
The application for the Subsidy shall be made by submitting an Application for Subsidy (Form
No.1) to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry by the date specified separately.
Article 7 (Application etc. by Electronic Data Processing System)
Fund establishing corporation can use electronic data processing system (specified by the
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry based on Article 26-3 Paragraph 1 of Rationalization Act)
when submit application for subsidy based on the preceding Article, submit application for change
based on Article 9, report or apply for approval based on Article 11 Paragraph 1, withdraw of
application based on Article 12, claim for subsidy based on Article 13, and report of project result
based on Article 14 (hereinafter referred to as “Application for Subsidy etc.”).
Article 8 (Notification of Disposition etc. by Electronic Data Processing System)
Regarding Application for Subsidy etc. executed in accordance with the preceding Article, theMinister of Economy, Trade and Industry can use subsidy application system or e-mail to do thefollowings; notify based on Article 10, instruct or approve based on Article 11 Paragraph 1, instructbased on Article 13, request based on Article 14, notify based on Article 15, order to refund basedon Article 16 Paragraph 1, order of payment based on Article 16 Paragraph 2 (including the caseapplied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 18 Paragraph 3), revoke or alter based on Article 18
Paragraph 1, and order to refund based on Article 18 Paragraph 2.
Article 9 (Application for Change)
When conducting a project by changing the content specified in the application due to change
in the circumstances after a notification of the decision to grant the Subsidy is accepted, an
Application for Change of Subsidy (Form No. 2) shall be submitted promptly to the Minister of
Economy, Trade and Industry.
Article 10 (Normal Period of Time for Decision and Notification)
In the event that an application form is submitted in accordance with the provisions of Article 6
and Article 9, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry shall examine the content of theapplication within thirty (30) days from the date of the receipt of the application in principle, makea decision to grant the Subsidy (including to change the Subsidy), and send a Notification of theGrant Decision (Form No. 3) to the applicant.
Article 11 (Conditions for Subsidy)
Upon grant of the Subsidy, a fund establishing corporation shall establish a fund. The grant2

decision shall be subject to the following conditions:(1) After the establishment of fund, the Fund Establishing Corporation shall immediately makepublic the items stipulated in Article 2, Paragraph 2 and Article 4, Paragraph 5(2) of the“Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management Project Implementation Guidelines” asbasic matters concerning the operation and the management relating to the Funded project.
(2) Until the fund is discontinued, the Fund Establishing Corporation shall report to the Minister of
Economy, Trade and Industry every fiscal year on the amount of fund and implementation statusof the Funded project as stipulated in Article 2, Paragraph 9 of the “Decommissioning andContaminated Water Management Implementation Guidelines.”(3) When the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry admits that the amount of fund is excessive
in consideration of implementation status of the Funded project and other circumstances, or when
the fund is discontinued because of the arrival of discontinuance time, the non-acceptance ofcontinuation of the fund or other reasons, the Fund Establishing Corporation shall immediately pay
part or all of the granted subsidy to the national treasury.
(4)
In the event of suspending or terminating a Subsidized Project, the fund establishingcorporation shall obtain approval from the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
(5)
In the event that the Subsidized Project is unlikely to be completed on schedule or it becomesdifficult to conduct the project, the fund establishing corporation shall promptly report to the
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry to receive instructions.
(6)
To ensure appropriate and smooth implementation of the Funded project, the fund establishingcorporation shall provide sufficient guidance and supervision to a contractor.
(7)
In the event that the fund establishing corporation is asked by the Minister of Economy, Tradeand Industry to make a report on the progress of the Subsidized Project, the expenditure incurred
for the project, and projects specified in the Implementation Guidelines conducted by the
corporation, the corporation shall promptly prepare a document containing a description of theabove matters and submit it to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
(8)
The fund establishing corporation shall prepare a Statement (Form No. 4) that clarifies therelations between the budget and settlement for the Subsidized Project, and retain it for five (5)years after the end of the fiscal year containing the completion date of the Subsidized Project (orthe date of the approval of the suspension or termination of the Subsidized Project).
(9)With regard to the Fund accounting, the fund establishing corporation shall keep books clearly
separated from accounting of other funds and maintain records of the revenue and expenditure
related thereto so as to clarify how the Fund is used.
Article 12 (Withdrawal of Application)
With regard to notification of the grant decision in accordance with Article 10, in the event thata fund establishing corporation is dissatisfied with the content of the decision and the conditions andintends to withdraw the application for the Subsidy, the applicant shall notify the Minister of
Economy, Trade and Industry in writing within ten (10) days from the date of the receipt of thenotification.
Article 13 (Claim for Subsidy)
In the event that a fund establishing corporation receives the Notification of the Grant Decisionin accordance with Article 10 and does not intend to withdraw the application under the provisionsof the preceding article, the fund establishing corporation shall prepare a Subsidy Payment Request3

(Form No. 5) and submit it to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Article 14 (Project Result Report)
With regard to report on the Subsidized Project’s results, a Project Result Report (Form No. 6)
shall be submitted to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry by the 30th day from the date of
the completion of the Subsidized Project (in the case of obtaining the approval of suspension or
termination of the Subsidized Project in accordance with Article 11 Paragraph 1, the 30th day fromthe date when the notification of approval is received) or April 10 in the next fiscal year, whicheveris the earlier.
Article 15 (Determination, etc. of Subsidy Amount)In the event of receiving the report in the preceding article, the Minister of Economy, Trade andIndustry shall examine the report and other documents, conduct on-site inspection and the like asneeded, and if it considers that the reported Subsidized Project results conform to the content of the
grant decision (or the approved content if approval was given pursuant to Article 9) and theconditions thereto, it shall determine the amount of the Subsidy to be granted, and notify the fundestablishing corporation of such determination.
Article 16 (Refund of Subsidy)
1. In the event that the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry determines the amount of theSubsidy to be granted and the Subsidy exceeding the said amount has already been granted, it shallset a due date and issue an order to refund the exceeding amount to the national treasury.
2. The refund of the exceeding amount in the preceding paragraph shall be made within twenty (20)days of the day on which the order is issued. In the event that the refund is not made within the time
limit, penal interest shall be imposed for the unpaid amount until the payment is made, calculated at
the annual interest rate of ten point nine five percent (10.95%).
Article 17 (Corrective Action)
In the event of recognizing that the Subsidized Project, Fund management, or projects specified
in the Implementation Guidelines using the Fund are not implemented properly, the Minister of
Economy, Trade and Industry may order the fund establishing corporation to take corrective action.
Article 18 (Revocation of Grant Decision, etc.)
1. The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may revoke or alter the grant decision, in whole orin part, which is made pursuant to Article 10, if there is an application for the suspension or
termination of the Subsidized Project, in whole or in part, or if any of the following events occur:(1)
If the fund establishing corporation breaches any of the provisions of laws and regulations,these Guidelines, or disposition or direction, etc. given by the Minister of Economy, Trade andIndustry under the provisions of the laws and regulations or these Guidelines;(2)
If the fund establishing corporation has used the Subsidy for purposes other than projects
specified in the Implementation Guidelines;(3)
When the fund establishing corporation has engaged in fraudulence, negligence, or any otherinappropriate conduct with respect to the management and operation of the Subsidized Project or
the Fund;(4)
If the fund establishing corporation fails to provide sufficient guidance on supervision4

regarding the Funded project;(5)
If it has become unnecessary to continue the Subsidized Project, in whole or in part, due to achange in circumstances or the like occurred after the grant decision is made; or(6) If the fund establishing corporation breaches the pledge clause in the exhibit for exclusion oforganized crime groups.
2. In the event of revoking the grant decision as mentioned in the preceding paragraph, the Ministerof Economy, Trade and Industry shall set a due date and issue orders to refund all or part of theSubsidy to the national treasury, if the Subsidy for the revoked part of the Subsidy has already been
granted.
3. The refund specified in the preceding paragraph shall be made in accordance with Article 16,
Paragraph 2.
Article 19 (Data Management and Confidentiality)
1. The fund establishing corporation shall implement in compliance with laws and regulations theappropriate management of information on a third party obtained while carrying out the subsidized
project, in accordance with the instruction of the party who provides the information, or unlessotherwise designated, depending on the nature of the information, and shall not use it for the purposes
other than the subsidized project or those for which it provided. Confidential information of third party(including personal information, etc. of people engaged in the project but not limited to) should betaken necessary measures for preservation of confidentiality and should not be disclosed, published, or
leaked without reasonable grounds.
2. If the fund establishing corporation makes a third party (hereinafter referred to as“subcontractor”) carry out part of the subsidized project, the fund establishing corporation shall makesubcontractor comply with the provision of this article. Activities of the fund establishing corporationor subcontractor (including its officers and employees) resulting in information leakage shall bedeemed to be a violation by the fund establishing corporation.
3. The provision of this article shall be valid even after the Subsidized Project has been completed(including in cases in which abolishment is approved).
Article 20 (Pledge for Exclusion of Organized Crime Groups)
The Fund Establishing Corporation shall check the pledge clause of exclusion of organized crimegroups as written in the exhibit before applying for the grant of subsidy and shall be deemed to haveconsented when the application is submitted.

Article 21 (Miscellaneous)
1. In the event that it is difficult to follow the procedures specified in Articles 6, 9, 11 and 14 due to
exceptional circumstances, a fund establishing corporation shall seek approval in advance from the
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and follow its direction.
2. With regard to the matters specified in these Grant Guidelines, the Minister of Economy, Tradeand Industry may make necessary modifications when the need arises.
Supplementary Provision (20140204 Zaishi No. 3 on February 6, 2014)
These Grant Guidelines shall enter into force on February 6, 2014.

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Supplementary Provision (20150204 Zaishi No.1 on February 16, 2015)
These Grant Guidelines shall enter into force on February 16, 2015.
Supplementary Provision (20180105 Zaishi No.2 on January 18, 2018)
These Grant Guidelines shall enter into force on January 18, 2018.
Supplementary Provision (20210125 Zaishi No.7 on February 4, 2021)
This Grant Guidelines shall enter into force on February 4, 2021.

Note)
Only the original Japanese texts of the laws and regulations have legal effect, and this translation is to be used solely as
reference materials to aid in the understanding of Japanese laws and regulations. The government of Japan is not responsible
for the accuracy, reliability or currency of this translation, or for any consequence resulting from use of this translation.

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(Exhibit)

Our company (in the case of an individual, I; in the case of an organization, our organization)
pledges not to fall under any of the cases specified as follows during or after the period ofsubsidized project and therefore apply for the grant of the subsidy. Even if we suffer an
unreasonable loss because this pledge is false or breached, no objections will be made.
Note
(1)

Legal entities (meaning individuals, corporations or organizations) are an organizedcrime group (as stipulated in Article 2, Paragraph 2 of "Act on Prevention of Unjust Acts by
Organized Crime Group Members (Act No. 77 of 1991)" or officers or employees of legal
entities (when the said person is an individual, the said individual, when the said person is a
corporation, an officer, when the said person is an organization, a representative, anadministration officer or others who practically engages in the management of the body; thesame shall apply hereafter) are an organized crime group member (as stipulated in Article 2,
Paragraph 6 of the above Act).(2) Officers, etc. use an organized crime group or an
organized crime group member for the purpose of acquiring an illicit benefit for oneself,
own company, or the third person, or causing damage to the third person.
(3) Officers, etc. provide funding and such to an organized crime group or an organizedcrime group member, or by directly or actively corporate or engage in the maintenance,
operation of an organized crime group by extending facilities.
(4) Officers, etc. have an interest with an organized crime group or an organized crime groupmember knowingly in a way which should be socially criticized.

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(Form No. 1)
No.
Date:
To:
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
ApplicantName of Representative:
Name of Corporation:
Address:

Subsidy Application Form for Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management Project Cost
In accordance with the provisions of Article 6 of the Decommissioning and Contaminated Water
Management Project Cost Subsidy Grant Guidelines (20140204 Zaishi No.3; hereinafter referred to as“Subsidy Grant Guidelines”), we hereby apply for the above-mentioned subsidy as below.
We make application for the subsidy with the knowledge of being subject to the Act on Regulationof Execution of Budget Pertaining to Subsidies, etc. (Act No. 179 of 1955) and the Act on
Rationalization of Budgetary Spending on Subsidies, etc. (Cabinet Order No. 255 of October 31, 1955)
1. Subsidy amount to be applied for:JPY

2. Accompanying documents(1) Articles of incorporation or endowment act (copy)(2) Business reports and settlement reports for the last two years (or business plans and income
and expenditure budgets)(3) Documents clarifying the fund management and operation method and business
implementation organization structure(4) A list of officers and employees

8(Annex)Name List of Officers (Sample)
Name(kana)

Name(kanji)

Date of Birth
Sex
JapaneseYear Month Day
CalendarCompany Name

Job Title

JisshiKunren

訓練
施

実

S

30

03

04

Kunren Co., Ltd.

Managing
director

IchiroTohoku

東北
郎

一

S

40

01

01

Kuren Co., Ltd.

Executive
managing
director

Hanako関西

Kansai

子

花

S

45

12

24

Kuren Co., Ltd.

Director,
GeneralManagerofBusiness
Division

Note:
Regarding the name list of officers, please write names in kana (use half width charactersand put half-width space between family name and first name), names in kanji (use full widthcharacters and put full-width space between family name and first name), the dates of birth(use half width characters and write “T” for Taisho, “S” for Showa, “H” for Heisei; use halfwidth numbers for double digit figures), sex (use half width characters and write “M” for maleand “F” for female), company names and job titles (see the sample above).
For foreigners, please fill out the name columns with alphabetical names and in the name inkana columns write those alphabetical names in Japanese phonogram called katakana.

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(Form No. 2)
No.
Date:
To:
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Name of Representative:
Name of Corporation:
Address:

Application for Change of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management Project
Cost Subsidy
With regard to the Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management Project Cost Subsidy
decided to be granted based on Decision No._____ dated _______________, we hereby apply forchange as follows in accordance with the provisions of Article 9 of the Decommissioning andContaminated Water Management Project Cost Subsidy Grant Guidelines:
1. Amount of additional subsidy to be applied for:
Partial revocation(Amount of subsidy to be applied for after change:
2. Reasons for change
3. Accompanying documents
Documents showing the fund management conditions

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JPY
JPY)

(Form No. 3)
No.
Date:
To:
(Name of corporation and its representative)(Name)
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Notification of the Decision to
Grant the Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management Project Cost Subsidy
In accordance with the provisions of Article 8 of the Act on Rationalization of Budgetary Spendingon Subsidies, etc. (Law No. 179 of 1955; hereinafter referred to as “Rationalization Act”), I hereby
inform you that we decided to grant the subsidy for the decommissioning and contaminated water
management project cost applied for by the application No. _____ dated _______________ under theprovisions of Article 6, Paragraph 1 of the Rationalization Act as follows:1.

A project subject to the Subsidy (hereinafter referred to as “Subsidized Project”) shall be the one
specified in Article 4 of the Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management Project Cost
Subsidy Grant Guidelines (hereinafter referred to as “Grant Guidelines”).

2.

The amount of the Subsidy shall be as shown below; provided, however, that if the amount of theSubsidy is changed, it shall be notified separately.
Amount of the subsidy:
JPY

3.

The Subsidy shall be granted under the conditions listed in Article 11 of the Grant Guidelines.

4.

The results of the grant for the Subsidized Project shall be reported in accordance with theprovisions of Article 14 of the Grant Guidelines.

5. In the event that there is dissatisfaction with the content of the notification or the conditions, theapplicant may withdraw the application for the Subsidy until MM/DD/YYYY in accordance with theprovisions of Article 9 of the Rationalization Act.
Responsible person: XXX Department, Manager YYYY(Name)
Person in charge: AAA(Name), BBB(Name), CCC(Name)…
Phone number:11

(Form No. 4)
Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management Project Cost Subsidy Statement
Name of Corporation:(Unit: JPY)
National government
Calculated budget items

Decidedamount ofsubsidy

Corporation
Revenue
Item

ActualbudgetExpenditure
Actualrevenue

Item

ActualbudgetOf which
Of which
Actualappropriation
appropriation
expenditurefrom subsidy
from subsidy(Note 1) In the space for “Item” of the revenue and expenditure under “corporation”, specify the detailed accounting item categories.
(Note 2) In the space for “Remarks”, specify the matters for reference.

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Remarks

(Form No. 5)
No.
Date:
To: Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Name of Representative:
Name of Corporation:
Address:
Request for Payment of
Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management Project Cost Subsidy
With regard to the above-mentioned subsidy decided to be granted based on the Decision No.____
dated _____________, I hereby request for payment as follows, in accordance with the provisions ofArticle 13 of the Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management Project Cost Subsidy Grant
Guidelines.

(1) Amount of subsidy(2) Recipient(account holder)

JPY
AddressName
Bank
Shinkin Bank
Other
(Other: )(3) Name of financial
institution and branch(4) Type of accountCurrent accountBranch

Deposit account(5) Account number(Note)
1. The recipient (account holder) shall correspond to the corporation name and address of theapplicant.
2. Accurately fill out each space for the above item (2) and below as described in the passbook.
3. In the space for the above item (3), fill in the name of the financial institution and circle “Bank”,“Shinkin Bank” or “Other”. In the case of choosing “Other”, fill in the name of the financial
institution (e.g. ___ City Agricultural Cooperatives).
4. In the space for the above item (4), circle either of “Current account” or “Deposit account”.

13(Form No. 6)
No.
Date:
To: Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Name of Representative:
Name of Corporation:
Address:
Project Result Report Concerning
Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management Project Cost Subsidy

With regard to the Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management Project Cost Subsidy
granted based on the Decision No.____ dated _______________, I hereby report the results as follows
in accordance with the provisions of Article 14 of the Decommissioning and Contaminated Water
Management Project Cost Subsidy Grant Guidelines.

1. Amount of balance of subsidy

JPY

A. Amount of subsidy decided

JPY

B. Amount of subsidy received

JPY

C. Balance
(A-B)

JPY

2. Accompanying documents
Documents showing how much of the fund is received and left

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