Rules in SIAA's Articles of Association 17
Confidentiality Level D

Commissioned Operation Acceptance Provisions
1. Objective
These detailed rules stipulate the rules concerning the decision of the acceptability ofoperations commissioned by a third party (hereinafter referred to as the consignor) and theimplementation of the operations after acceptance.

2. Acceptability of Commissioned Operations
Out of the operations commissioned by the consignor, only those deemed to fulfill all thefollowing four requirements shall be accepted by this society.
1) The contents of the operation shall conform to the provisions of Article 2 (Objective) andArticle 3 (Description of Operations) of the Rules, and be consistent with the society’scourse.
2) Existing results from past activities of this society can be efficiently utilized in executingthe operation.
3) This society is basically able to complete the operation.
4) It seems likely that, as a result of the execution of the operation, the intended goal of theconsignor is fully accomplished.

3. Acceptance of Commissioned Operations
1) This society may, as a rule, accept an operation requested by the consignor, and recognized
as being appropriate for commission by this society according to Term 1 of these detailedrules, as a rule with the approval of the Board of Standing Directors.
2) The operation approved for acceptance shall conform to the contract agreement separately
concluded with the consignor, the provisions of these detailed rules, and the relevant
regulations of this society.

4. Implementation System for Commissioned Operations
1) After a decision to accept the operation is made, a committee shall be established as aninternal organization of this society to discuss the planning and implementation of theoperation. If the consignor requests the establishment of the committee, however, thecommittee shall be organized as an external organization independent from this society.
2) Under the committee, a workshop shall be organized as an organization for implementing
the plan discussed and decided by the committee.
3) A chairperson shall be appointed as the responsible person for the committee, and aworkshop director shall be appointed as the responsible person for the workshop. The
chairperson and the workshop director shall be appointed as appropriate from among themembers of this society, provided that the committee is an internal organization, or fromamong members of outside sectors, as well as members of this society, provided that thecommittee is an independent organization.

5. Outsourcing of Commissioned Operations
1) In performing a commissioned operation, this society may outsource part of the operation(hereinafter abbreviated outsourced operation) to a member of this society. In this case,the choice of contractor, the scope of outsourced operation, and the amount paid to thecontractor shall be consistent with the decisions made by the following organizations.

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Rules in SIAA's Articles of Association 17
Confidentiality Level D（i） A committee established to discuss the planning and implementation of the operation
at the request of the consignor (an organization independent from this society)（ii） This society’s Board of Directors or Board of Standing Directors in the case of acommissioned operation for which no decision-making organization corresponding to（i） above is available
2) The contractor shall be selected from among candidate outsourcing companies that arecapable of accomplishing the objective of the outsourced operation as demanded, and thatwant to accept the operation.
3) The contractor designated by discussion and decision according to Item 1 of this Term shallperform the commissioned operation within the range of amount paid to the contractor
decided by Item 1 of this Term, on the basis of the contract agreement concluded between
this society and the consignor and the “Manual for Calculating Expenses Concerning
Commissioned Operations” separately formulated by this society.

Formulated: December 11, 2002

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