一it is a specified non-profit corporation as provided for in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Promotion of Specified Non-profit Activities (Act No. 7 of 1998), a general incorporated association or general incorporated foundation;

二it engages in activities such as collecting and providing information on consumer affairs, preventing and remedying harm to consumers, and other activities to protect the interests of a large, non-exclusive group of consumers as its main objective, and it is found to have been properly carrying out those activities for a reasonable period of time;

三it has in place the proper systems and methods for implementing services related to the right to demand cease and desist or seek injunctive relief, the proper methods for managing and maintaining the confidentiality of information obtained in the course of those services, and other organizational frameworks and operational rules to appropriately carry out those services;

四it meets the following requirements with regard to its directors:

イit has in place a council consisting of directors to perform the decision-making functions for providing services related to the right to demand cease and desist, and the decision-making process is established in the articles of incorporation in conformity with the following requirements:

（１）resolutions of the council are to be adopted by a majority vote of more than half of the directors or of any larger proportion of the directors;

（２）decisions on important matters concerning the execution of services related to the right to demand an injunction, such as a demand for injunction under Article 41, paragraph (1) or the filing of a lawsuit related to a demand for injunction, are not delegated to directors or other persons.

ロthe composition of the directors does not fall under either 1 or 2 below; in this case, a person meeting the requirements as set forth in item (ii) is deemed not to be a business operator falling under 1 or 2 below:

（１）the ratio of the number of related persons (meaning the business operator, a person who is an officer or employee of the business operator, and other persons specified by Cabinet Office Order; the same applies in 2 below) of a specific business operator (including a person that has a special relationship with that business operator specified by Cabinet Office Order, such as a relationship of holding a number of shares equal to one half or more of the total number of issued shares) to the number of directors exceeds one third;

（２）the ratio of the number of related persons of business operators conducting business that belongs to the same type of industry (meaning a category of business specified by Cabinet Office Order) to the number of directors exceeds one half.

五it is found to have the expert knowledge and experience necessary to properly provide services related to the right to demand cease and desist or seek injunctive relief, in light of the fact that it has in place a framework under which the persons set forth in (a) and (b) as follows (hereinafter collectively referred to as "expert advisors") are able to jointly provide necessary advice and opinions, based on their expert knowledge and experience, in the department that examines the necessity of demanding cease and desist or seeking injunctive relief and what it entails, or in light of any other human resources system that the person has for performing services related to demanding cease and desist or seeking injunctive relief:

イpersons meeting the requirements prescribed by Cabinet Office Order as persons with expert knowledge and experience in providing consultations regarding complaints arising between consumers and business operators (referred to as "consumer affairs consultations" in Article 40, paragraph (1)) and other consumer affairs matters;

ロattorneys, judicial scriveners, and other persons meeting the requirements prescribed by Cabinet Office Order as persons with expert knowledge and experience regarding laws;

六it has a sufficient financial basis to properly provide services related to the right to demand cease and desist; and

七if it also provides services other than services related to demanding cease and desist or seeking injunctive relief, it is unlikely that those services will interfere with its provision of services related to demanding cease and desist or seeking injunctive relief.

一a corporation that has been sentenced to a fine for violating this Act, the Act on Special Measures Concerning Civil Court Proceedings for the Collective Redress for Damage Incurred by Consumers (Act No. 96 of 2013, hereinafter referred to as the "Act on Special Measures for Consumer Litigation Procedure"), any other consumer protection law prescribed by Cabinet Order, an Order based on this Act or other laws, or measures based on the Order, if it has not been three years since the day on which the corporation completed the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement;

二a corporation that has had its certification pursuant to paragraph (1) revoked on the grounds set forth in the items of Article 34, paragraph (1) , or in the items of Article 92, paragraph (2) of Act on Special Measures for Consumer Litigation Procedure with respect to which it was found, pursuant to Article 34, paragraph (3), that grounds as set forth in item (iv) of that paragraph exist, and three years have not yet passed since the date of the rescission or the date grounds were found;

三a corporation whose business activities are controlled by a member of an organized crime group as provided for in Article 2, item (vi) of the Act on Prevention of Unjust Acts by Organized Crime Group Members (Act No. 77 of 1991) or by a person for whom five years have not yet passed since leaving an organized crime group as provided for in the same item (referred to as "current or former member of an organized crime group" in the following item and item (vi)(c));

四a corporation likely to have a current or former member of an organized crime group engage in its business activities or use such a person as an assistant in the activities;

五a political organization (meaning a political organization as provided under Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Political Funds Control Act (Act No. 194 of 1948));

六a corporation with an officer falling under any of the following items from (a) to (c):

イa person sentenced to imprisonment or a heavier punishment, or a person sentenced to a fine for violating this Act, Act on Special Measures for Consumer Litigation Procedure, or any other consumer protection law prescribed by Cabinet Order, an Order based on this Act or on such a law, or measures based on such an Order, if it has not yet been three years since the day on which the person completed the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement;

ロa person, during the six months prior to the rescission or finding in question, who was the officer of a qualified consumer organization that has had its certification as referenced in paragraph (1) revoked on the grounds set forth in one of the items of Article 34, paragraph (1)of this Act, or in one of the items of Article 92, paragraph (2) of Act on Special Measures for Consumer Litigation Procedure for which there was a finding, pursuant to paragraph (3) of Article 34, that grounds as set forth in item (iv) of that paragraph exist, if three years have not yet passed since the day of the rescission or the finding; or

ハa current or former member of an organized crime group.

一the person's name and address, and the name of its representative;

二the location of the office at which it seeks to provide the services related to demanding cease and desist or seeking injunctive relief; and

三matters specified by Cabinet Office Order, in addition to what are provided for in the preceding two items.

一articles of incorporation;

二a document proving that the applicant has properly taken activities aimed at protecting the interests of a large, non-exclusive group of consumers for a considerable period of time;

三a written business plan for services related to demanding cease and desist or seeking injunctive relief;

四a document proving that the applicant has in place a framework for properly providing services related to demanding cease and desist or seeking injunctive relief;

五operational rules;

六documents set forth in the following items concerning the applicant's officers, employees, and expert advisors:

イa document stating their names, positions, and occupations;

ロa document stating their addresses, brief histories, and other matters specified by Cabinet Office Order.

七a document stating the number of members of the corporation referenced in paragraph (3), item (i) of the preceding Article and whether they are individuals, corporations, or other bodies (including the number of members if the members are corporations or other bodies);

八recent years' inventories of property and balance sheets or the documents specified in (a) and (b) below according to the classification of corporations set forth in the respective item (hereinafter referred to as "inventory of property, etc." in Article 31, paragraph (2)) and other financial records proving the applicant's financial basis;

イapproved corporation engaging in specified non-profit activities as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Promotion of Specified Non-profit Activities:an activity statement as prescribed in Article 27, item (iii) of the same Act;

ロgeneral incorporated association or general incorporated foundation:a profit and loss statement (in cases where a public interest corporation authorization as prescribed in Article 5 of the Act on Authorization of Public Interest Incorporated Associations and Public Interest Incorporated Foundations (Act No. 49 of 2006) has been received, documents specified by Cabinet Office Order) as prescribed in Article 123, paragraph (2) of the Act on General Incorporated Associations and General Incorporated Foundations (Act No. 48 of 2006) (including cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 199 of the same Act);

九a document in which the applicant pledges that it does not fall under any of the items of Article 13, paragraph (5);

十if the applicant provides any services other than services related to demanding cease and desist or seeking injunctive relief, a document stating the type of services and a brief description of those services; and

十一other documents specified by Cabinet Office Order.