The certification referred to in Article 13, paragraph (1) is valid for six years from the date of the certification.
第十三条第一項の認定の有効期間は、当該認定の日から起算して六年とする。
A qualified consumer organization seeking to continue to provide services related to the right to demand an injunction after the end of the term of validity referred to in the preceding paragraph must have the term of validity extended.
A qualified consumer organization seeking to have the term of validity referred to in the preceding paragraph extended, must apply to the Prime Minister for renewal of this term of validity referred to in paragraph (1) during the period from 60 to 90 days prior to the day on which it expires (hereinafter referred to as "renewal application period"); provided, however, that this does not apply if the person cannot apply for a renewal during the renewal application period due to a disaster or other compelling reasons.
If a person has applied for a renewal as referred to in the preceding paragraph but the application is not processed by the day on which the term of validity referred to in paragraph (1) expires, the prior certification remains valid even after the term of validity expires, until the application is processed.
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, when the term of validity is renewed as referred to in paragraph (2), the term of validity of that certification is to start from the day following the date on which the term of validity for the prior certification expires.
The provisions of Article 13 (excluding paragraph (1) and paragraph (5), item (ii)), Article 14, Article 15, and paragraph (1) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the renewal of a term of validity as referred to in paragraph (2); provided, however, that documents as set forth in the items of Article 14, paragraph (2) need not be attached to the renewal application if the content of the documents that have already been submitted to the Prime Minister has not changed.