with the customer to identify the said transaction)

(ii) A legal person: the following matters:

(a) The name

(b) The location of the head office or principal office or the customer identification number

(c) The matters listed in (c) of the preceding item

(2) The matters specified by an ordinance of the competent ministries as prescribed in Article 10, paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Act shall be the matters equivalent to those prescribed in the preceding paragraph.

### Article 18 (Forms, etc. for Certificate of Identification)

(1) The certificate of identification to be carried by an official who conducts an on-site inspection pursuant to Article 14, paragraph 1 or Article 17, paragraph 3 of the Act (hereinafter such certificate shall be referred to as a "certificate of identification") shall use appended form 5; provided, however, that this shall not apply to the following:

(i) A certificate to be carried by officials of the Financial Services Agency, Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission, Local Finance Bureau, or Fukuoka Local Finance Branch Bureau on conducting an on-site inspection (excluding inspections under the authority of the Minister of Finance)

(ii) A certificate to be carried by officials of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries on conducting an on-site inspection with regard to any of the specified business operators listed in Article 2, paragraph 2, items (viii) to (xiv) or item (xix) of the Act

(2) The issuer of certificates of identification shall be the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, or the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, or the Director-General of an internal subdivision which is charged with the affairs of the said on-site inspection, the Director-General of an external subdivision or the Director of a regional bureau to which the authority of the said on-site inspection has been delegated, the prefectural governor, or the Superintendent-General or the Commissioner of the Prefectural Police Headquarters (the issuer of certificates of identification to be carried by officials of the National Police Agency who are dispatched for an on-site inspection following a request for assistance pursuant to Article 60, paragraph 1 of the Police Act (Act No. 162 of 1954) shall be the Director-General of the National Police Agency, the Director of the Organized Crime Department of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the National Police Agency, or the Director-General of a Regional Police Bureau).

## Article 19 (Consultation Concerning On-site Inspections)

(1) A request for consultation (which means a consultation prescribed in Article 17, paragraph 5 of the Act; hereinafter the same shall apply in this Article) shall be made within two weeks from the National Public Safety Commission issuing a notification set forth in Article 17, paragraph 4 of the Act.

(2) In the case where the administrative agency is the prefectural governor, the matters pertaining to the request for consultation shall also be notified to the competent minister in writing or by way of telecommunications using a facsimile device.

(3) The National Public Safety Commission and the administrative agency shall conduct the following matters on the occasion of the consultation:

(i) Information, materials or opinions shall be exchanged mutually

(ii) When exercising the authority for on-site inspections and when requested to conduct the inspection jointly by a partner of the consultation, the request shall be accepted and arrangements shall be made with regard to the date and methods of inspection

(iii) In addition to what is listed in the preceding two items, arrangements shall be made with regard to matters necessary for reducing the burdens of the specified business operator, collecting materials for verifying the fact on a timely basis, and implementing the on-site inspection in an efficient manner

(4) The National Public Safety Commission and the administrative agency shall make arrangements within one month from the consultation being requested, except in unavoidable cases.