Fare Regulation Concerning HNS Materials, Equipment and Experts Deployment
Certificate Issuance
Revised on September 9, 2019
Section 1: The Contract for HNS Response Resource Deployment and Emergency Response(hereinafter the “Contract”) and this Regulation stipulate the amount of fees, proceedings and otheritems for the issuance of HNS Response Resource Deployment Certificate (hereinafter the“Certificate”) to be made by the Marine Disaster Prevention Center (hereinafter the “Center”) under
Section 4 of the Contract.

Section 2: Fees of each Certificate are as follows:(1) The table below summarizes the Annual Certificate fee.
(Unit: yen)
Annual Certificate fee
Gross tonnage (G/T)
Excluding tax

Including tax

150 G/T to less than 300 G/T

190,000

209,000

300 G/T to less than 500 G/T

228,000

250,800

500 G/T to less than 750 G/T

266,000

292,600

750 G/T to less than 1,000 G/T

285,000

313,500

1,000 G/T to less than 3,000 G/T

323,000

355,300

3,000 G/T to less than 5,000 G/T

342,000

376,200

5,000 G/T to less than 10,000 G/T

399,000

438,900

10,000 G/T to less than 15,000 G/T

437,000

480,70015,000 G/T to less than 20,000 G/T

532,000

585,200

20,000 G/T or more

551,000

606,100(2) The Limited Annual Certificate fee is to be calculated on a pro rata (monthly) basis based on theAnnual Certificate fee prescribed in the preceding item.
(3) The amount of the Specified Period Certificate fee is as given in the table below.

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(Unit: yen)
Two (2) weeks
Gross tonnage (G/T)
150 G/T to less than
300 G/T
300 G/T to less than
500 G/T500 G/T to less than
750 G/T
750 G/T to less than
1,000 G/T
1,000 G/T to less than
3,000 G/T
3,000 G/T to less than
5,000 G/T
5,000 G/T to less than
10,000 G/T
10,000 G/T to less than
15,000 G/T
15,000 G/T to less than
20,000 G/T
20,000 G/T or more

Excludingtax
31,000(34,000)
38,000(41,000)
44,000(47,000)
47,000(50,000)
53,000(56,000)
57,000(60,000)
66,000(69,000)
72,000(75,000)
88,000(91,000)
91,000(94,000)

Includingtax(37,400)(45,100)(51,700)(55,000)(61,600)(66,000)(75,900)(82,500)(100,100)

Four (4) weeks
Excludingtax62,000(65,000)
76,000(79,000)
88,000(91,000)
94,000(97,000)
106,000(109,000)
114,000(117,000)
132,000(135,000)
144,000(147,000)
176,000(179,000)
182,000(185,000)

Includingtax(71,500)(86,900)(100,100)(106,700)(119,900)(128,700)(148,500)(161,700)(196,900)

Six (6) weeks
Excludingtax
93,000(96,000)
114,000(117,000)
132,000(135,000)
141,000(144,000)
159,000(162,000)
171,000(174,000)
198,000(201,000)
216,000(219,000)
264,000(267,000)
273,000(276,000)

Includingtax(105,600)(128,700)(148,500)(158,400)(178,200)(191,400)(221,100)(240,900)(293,700)(103,400)(203,500)(303,600)
Notes:The bracketed figure in the above table shows the amount including the fee for issuing Specified
Period Certificate.
Fees excluding tax for eight (8), ten (10) and twelve (12) weeks are respectively 4, 5 and 6 times thefee excluding tax for 2 weeks.

Section 3: The following table defines the service fees.
Type of fee
Fee for issuing Annual Certificate
Fee for issuing Specified Period Certificate
Fee for issuing Limited Annual Certificate
Fee for re-issuing each Certificate in the case of revising entries of theCertificate
Fee for refunding process in the case of scrapping a ship due to anaccident at sea or for any other reason after the issuance of an AnnualCertificate (including Limited Annual Certificate)Fee for extending period of Limited Annual Certificate
Bank transfer fee: to be borne by the applicant

Amount (¥)
Exempted
3,000
Exempted
3,000
3,000

3,000
Relevant amount*Prices do not include tax

The cancellation fee in Section 4(4) of the Contract (¥10,000 excluding tax) includes a service
fee for cancelling the issuance of the Certificate after the Ship Owners’ application for theCertificate and payment into the bank account designated by the Center (including after issuanceof the Certificate).

Section 4: Collection of additional fees, refund of fees and other proceedings are as follows:2(1) In the case of application for emergency issuance after the closing date for application for theSpecified Period Certificate (emergency issuance), 50% of the amount which is equivalent to thetwo (2)-week-period Certificate is charged additionally (tax extra) to the issuance fee.
(2) If emergency application is made after March 20 (if that day is a bank holiday, the immediatelypreceding bank business day), the closing date for applying for the Annual Certificate, and between
March 21 (if that day is a bank holiday, the immediately following bank business day) and April 30(if that day is a bank holiday, the immediately preceding bank business day), 10% of the Certificatefee (tax extra) is charged in addition to the Annual Certificate fee.
However, as for the Annual Certificate to be issued on or after May 1 (if that day is a bank holiday,
the immediately following bank business day) (except for Limited Annual Certificate), the validity
period of the Certificate is stated as the current year’s April 1 to March 31 of the following year andthe Certificate is regarded as taking effect on the preferable start date that the Ship Owners states in
the application form, in accordance with Section 3 (1) of the Contract (hereinafter the “day ofissuance”)(hereinafter in this Section “Annual Certificate Starting Midyear”). The Annual

Certificate fee (for 12 months) is charged therefor.
(3) An application for the Annual Certificate Starting Midyear (due to reasons other than a ship’ssale, retirement or new registration) shall be made and proceedings shall be completed by two days
before the day of issuance (if that day is a bank holiday, the immediately preceding bank businessday).
However, an application for emergency issuance of the Certificate may be made by 15:00 on theday before the day of issuance (if that day is a bank holiday, the immediately preceding bank businessday) if necessary, provided that 10% of the Certificate fee is charged additionally (tax extra) to theAnnual Certificate fee.
(4) In the event of application for emergency issuance after the due date for applying for theLimited Annual Certificate (emergency issuance), 10% of the Certificate fee is charged additionally(tax extra) to the fee for the Limited Annual Certificate, calculated by the Center on a pro rata
(monthly) basis.
(5) If the Ship is scrapped, sold, etc. during the validity period of the Annual Certificate (including
Annual Certificate Starting Midyear) or Limited Annual Certificate, the applicant must promptly
notify the Center.
In this case, the Center shall refund the balance after deducting from the amount to be paid by
the Ship Owners at the time of applying for the issuance of the Certificate, the Certificate fee whichis equivalent to the amount calculated on a monthly basis up to and including the month of theeffective date of scrapping, sales, etc. of the Ship, the fee for refunding process, additional feesprescribed in this Section and bank transfer fee.
To apply for refund of the fee for the remaining validity period of the certificate, the Ship Owners

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shall inform the Center in writing within three months of the effective date of scrapping, sales, etc.
of the Ship, and attach documents that help explain the status of operations in Japan (e.g., copy of
the registration certificate, original register of deregistration or sales contract proving
registration/deregistration for the original ship register).
(6) As for an emergency issuance, the Certificate will be urgently issued, provided that, by 15:00
on the day before the start date of the validity period (in case of Annual Certificate Starting Midyear,
the day of issuance) of the Certificate (if that day is a bank holiday, the immediately preceding bankbusiness day), the application process for Certificate is completed and also the Certificate fee, theadditional fee set forth in this Section and other related fees are paid.
(7) Unless otherwise provided in the Contract or this Fare Regulation, the Center will not refund
the Ship Owners the Certificate fee and other items. However, when the cancellation is made underSection 4(4) of the Contract, (a) if the Certificate has not yet been issued at the time of receipt of thewritten cancellation notice, the Center will refund the Ship Owners the balance after deducting fromthe sum received at the Center’s designated bank account the bank transfer fee incurred for making
the refund; (b) if the Certificate has been issued but the validity period has not yet commenced at thetime of receipt of the written cancellation notice, the Center will refund the Ship Owners the balance
after deducting from the amount to be paid by the Ship Owners when applying for the issuance ofthe Certificate, the fee for issuing the Certificate, cancellation fee, additional fees prescribed in thisSection, and bank transfer fee.

Section 5: This Fare Regulation follows the provisions below.
(1) Any fraction less than one yen is rounded up.
(2) Numbers of days less than one month are handled as a month when a figure is calculated ona monthly basis.
(3) Foreign trading ships are exempted from consumption taxes.
(4) Proceedings for emergency issuance (proviso of Section 3(2) of the Contract and paragraph
6 of the preceding section), proceedings for changes of ship owner or the like, or any othersimilar proceedings shall be accepted by fax as a rule.

Supplementary Provision:
This Fare Regulation shall apply to the application for the Certificate, whose validity period
commences on or after October 1, 2019.

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