Supplementary Provisions, Article 3Preparatory Actions for Designation, etc. of Designated Compensation Management Organizations
第三条（指定補償金管理機関の指定等に関する準備行為）
A person who wishes to be designated under Article 104-18 of the new Act may file the application for it, even before the effective date, in accordance with the provisions of Article 104-19, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the new Act.
新法第百四条の十八の規定による指定を受けようとする者は、施行日前においても、新法第百四条の十九第一項及び第二項の規定の例により、その申請を行うことができる。
If an application for designation has been filed pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs may make the designation and give public notice of it, even before the effective date, in accordance with the provisions of Article 104-18 and Article 104-19, paragraphs (3) and (4) of the new Act. In this case, on and after the effective date, that designation and public notice are deemed to be the designation under the provisions of Article 104-18 of the new Act and the public notice under the provisions of Article 104-19, paragraph (4) of the new Act, respectively.
文化庁長官は、前項の規定により指定の申請があった場合には、施行日前においても、新法第百四条の十八並びに第百四条の十九第三項及び第四項の規定の例により、その指定及び告示をすることができる。この場合において、当該指定及び告示は、施行日以後は、それぞれ新法第百四条の十八の規定による指定及び新法第百四条の十九第四項の規定による告示とみなす。
A person designated pursuant to the preceding paragraph may, even before the effective date, file an application for approval of the compensation management function rules provided for in paragraph (1) of that Article, in accordance with the provisions of Article 104-23, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the new Act.
If an application for approval has been filed pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs may grant the approval and give public notice of it, even before the effective date, in accordance with the provisions of Article 104-23, paragraphs (1) and (3) of the new Act. In this case, on and after the effective date, that approval and public notice are deemed to be the approval under paragraph (1) of that Article and the public notice under the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article, respectively.
In the application of the provisions of Article 104-23, paragraph (4) of the new Act where the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs has given public notice pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the phrase "the day following the date of the public notice under the preceding paragraph" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the day on which the Act Partially Amending the Copyright Act (Act No. 33 of 2023) comes into effect".
前項の規定により文化庁長官が告示をした場合における新法第百四条の二十三第四項の規定の適用については、同項中「前項の規定による告示の日の翌日」とあるのは、「著作権法の一部を改正する法律（令和五年法律第三十三号）の施行の日」とする。
The Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs may consult the Culture Council, even before the effective date, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article, for the purpose of drafting the Cabinet Order referred to in Article 104-22, paragraph (1) of the new Act.
文化庁長官は、新法第百四条の二十二第一項の政令の制定の立案のために、施行日前においても、同条第三項の規定の例により、文化審議会に諮問することができる。