Article 35Designation Pertaining to Succession to the Right to Demand an Injunction
第三十五条（差止請求権の承継に係る指定等）
When there is a matter compulsory execution may be carried out in the final judgment or equally binding disposition as referred to in the main clause of Article 12-2, paragraph (1), item (ii), if a qualified consumer organization's certification pursuant to Article 13, paragraph (1) expires due to reasons set forth in one of the items of Article 22, or is to be rescinded due to reasons set forth in the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article or one of the items of Article 92, paragraph (2) of Act on Special Measures for Court Proceedings for Consumers, or has already expired or has been rescinded due to those reasons, the Prime Minister is to designate another qualified consumer organization to succeed to the right to seek an injunction held by the qualified consumer organization.
When a designation under the preceding paragraph has been made, the qualified consumer organization that has been designated succeeds to the right to seek an injunction referred to in that paragraph at the time of the designation (if the designation is made after the expiration or rescission of the certification, retroactively from the time of its expiration or rescission).
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if a qualified consumer organization that succeeded to the right to seek an injunction pursuant to that paragraph files a demand for injunction based on that right, the main clause of Article 12-2, paragraph (1), item (ii) does not apply to that demand.
The Prime Minister must rescind the designation of a qualified consumer organization that has been designated pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), paragraph (6), or paragraph (7) (hereinafter referred to as a "designated qualified consumer organization" from this paragraph to paragraph (7)), if any of the grounds in the following items arises:
the designated qualified consumer organization's certification pursuant to Article 13, paragraph (1) expires or has already expired due to reasons set forth in the items of Article 22, or its certification is to be rescinded due to reasons set forth in the items of Article 34, paragraph (1) or any of the items of Article 92, paragraph (2) of the Act on Special Measures for Court Proceedings for Consumers;
a disposition rescinding a certification pursuant to Article 13, paragraph (1), a disposition denying renewal of the term of validity of the certification referred to in that paragraph, or a disposition denying approval for a merger or for the transfer of all the business (hereinafter referred to as "disposition rescinding certification" in this Article) is rescinded, or a judgment rescinding, invalidating, or declaring the non-existence of a disposition rescinding certification (hereinafter referred to as a "cancellation judgement, etc." in item (ii) of the following paragraph) becomes final and binding as regards the party to the relevant final judgment or equally binding disposition that held the right to demand an injunction before the designated qualified consumer organization that succeeded to that right was designated (hereinafter referred to as the "former qualified consumer organization" in this Article).
The Prime Minister may rescind the designation of a designated qualified consumer organization if any of the grounds in the following items arises:
内閣総理大臣は、次の各号のいずれかに掲げる事由が生じたときは、指定適格消費者団体に係る指定を取り消すことができる。
the designated qualified consumer organization has neglected the necessary procedures for carrying out the compulsory execution pertaining to the right to demand an injunction which it has succeeded, and this is found to be materially detrimental to the interests of a large, non-exclusive group of consumers;
as regards a former qualified consumer organization that was a designated qualified consumer organization (excluding an organization that was a party to the relevant final judgment or equally binding disposition), when the disposition rescinding certification that served as the grounds for the rescission of its designation under item (i) of the preceding paragraph is rescinded; a cancellation judgment, etc. of the disposition rescinding the certification becomes final and binding; a disposition rescinding its designation under the preceding item is itself rescinded; or a cancellation judgment, etc. of the disposition rescinding the certification becomes final and binding.
従前の適格消費者団体のうち指定適格消費者団体であったもの（当該確定判決等の当事者であったものを除く。）について、前項第一号の規定による指定の取消しの事由となった認定取消処分等が取り消され、若しくはその認定取消処分等の取消判決等が確定したとき、又は前号の規定による指定の取消処分が取り消され、若しくはその取消処分の取消判決等が確定したとき。
If the Prime Minister rescinds or has already rescinded the designation of a designated qualified consumer organization due to reasons set forth in paragraph (4), item (i) or in item (i) of the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister is to newly designate another qualified consumer organization as a qualified consumer organization that should succeed to the right to demand an injunction that the designated qualified consumer organization has succeeded to.
In rescinding designation of a designated qualified consumer organization due to reasons set forth in paragraph (4), item (ii) or paragraph (5), item (ii), the Prime Minister is to newly designate the former qualified consumer organization as a qualified consumer organization that should succeed to the right to demand an injunction that the qualified consumer organization has succeeded to.
内閣総理大臣は、第四項第二号又は第五項第二号に掲げる事由により指定適格消費者団体に係る指定を取り消すときは、当該指定適格消費者団体の承継していた差止請求権を承継すべき適格消費者団体として当該従前の適格消費者団体を新たに指定するものとする。
Once a new designation under the preceding two paragraphs is made, the right to demand an injunction referred to in the preceding two paragraphs is succeeded to by the newly designated qualified consumer organization at the time of the new designation (if the new designation has been made after the rescission of a former designation, the succession is retroactive to the time that the former designation was rescinded (if a former designation was rescinded and a new designation was made after the expiration of a former qualified consumer organization's certification pursuant to Article 13, paragraph (1), the succession is retroactive to the time that the certification expired)).
The provisions of paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, when the qualified consumer organization succeeding to the right to demand an injunction pursuant to the preceding paragraph files a demand for injunction based on that right.
Having made a designation under paragraph (1), (6), or (7), the Prime Minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, is to issue public notice of this and of the date of the designation, and notify the designated qualified consumer organization of this in writing. The same applies if the Prime Minister rescinds the designation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) or (5).