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Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act

外国為替及び外国貿易法（がいこくかわせおよびがいこくぼうえきほう）

Chapter V Inward Direct Investment and Equivalent Actions (Articles 29-2 to 46)

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Article 29-2第二十九条の二Caption added

Collection of Reports, etc.

報告の徴収等

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Article 29-2, paragraph (1)（報告の徴収等）Collection of Reports, etc.Added

If the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business find it particularly necessary, with regard to an inward direct investment or equivalent action undertaken by a foreign investor (meaning an inward direct investment or equivalent action prescribed in Article 27, paragraph (1), limited to one that falls under an act stated in Article 26, paragraph (2), items (i) through (iv) or (viii), or an act stated in item (xi) of that paragraph (limited to an act prescribed by Cabinet Order as being equivalent to the acts stated in items (i) through (iv) and (viii) of that paragraph), and excluding one for which a notification has been filed, or should have been filed, pursuant to Article 27, paragraph (1) in undertaking that inward direct investment or equivalent action and one for which filing a notification was not required pursuant to Article 27-2, paragraph (1); the same applies hereinafter in this Article) or a specified acquisition (meaning a specified acquisition prescribed in Article 28, paragraph (1), excluding one for which a notification has been filed, or should have been filed, pursuant to that paragraph in undertaking that specified acquisition and one for which filing a notification was not required pursuant to Article 28-2, paragraph (1); the same applies hereinafter in this Article) that falls under an inward direct investment or equivalent action or a specified acquisition prescribed by Cabinet Order as being highly likely to come to fall under an inward direct investment or equivalent action that is a matter of national security (meaning an inward direct investment or equivalent action that is a matter of national security or a similar concern and is highly likely to give rise to the situation stated in Article 27, paragraph (3), item (i), (a) (limited to a situation that compromises national security); the same applies hereinafter in this Article and Article 69-4, item (iii)) or a specified acquisition that is a matter of national security, in the future due to a change in the international situation or any other reason, they may, pursuant to Cabinet Order, request the foreign investor to report, with regard to that inward direct investment or equivalent action or specified acquisition, the purpose of the business prescribed in Article 27, paragraph (1), item (i) or Article 28, paragraph (1), item (i), the number of shares relating to that inward direct investment or equivalent action or specified acquisition that the foreign investor owns, and other matters prescribed by Cabinet Order.

財務大臣及び事業所管大臣は、外国投資家が行つた対内直接投資等（第二十七条第一項に規定する対内直接投資等をいい、第二十六条第二項第一号から第四号まで若しくは第八号に掲げる行為又は同項第十一号に掲げる行為（同項第一号から第四号まで及び第八号に掲げる行為に準ずるものとして政令で定める行為に限る。）に該当するものに限り、当該対内直接投資等を行うに当たつて第二十七条第一項の規定により届け出た、若しくは届け出るべきであつたもの又は第二十七条の二第一項の規定により届出をすることを要しなかつたものを除く。以下この条において同じ。）又は特定取得（第二十八条第一項に規定する特定取得をいい、当該特定取得を行うに当たつて同項の規定により届け出た、若しくは届け出るべきであつたもの又は第二十八条の二第一項の規定により届出をすることを要しなかつたものを除く。以下この条において同じ。）であつて、将来において国際情勢の変化その他の事由により国の安全に係る対内直接投資等（国の安全等に係る対内直接投資等のうち第二十七条第三項第一号イに掲げる事態（国の安全を損なう事態に限る。）を生ずるおそれが大きいものをいう。以下この条及び第六十九条の四第三号において同じ。）又は国の安全に係る特定取得に該当することとなるおそれが大きいものとして政令で定める対内直接投資等又は特定取得に該当するものについて、特に必要があると認めるときは、政令で定めるところにより、当該外国投資家に対し、当該対内直接投資等又は特定取得について、第二十七条第一項第一号又は第二十八条第一項第一号に規定する事業の目的、その所有する当該対内直接投資等又は特定取得に係る株式の数その他の政令で定める事項の報告を求めることができる。

Article 29-2, paragraph (2)（報告の徴収等）Collection of Reports, etc.Added

If the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business find that the inward direct investment or equivalent action or the specified acquisition that is subject to the report under the preceding paragraph constitutes an inward direct investment or equivalent action that is a matter of national security or a specified acquisition that is a matter of national security, the ministers, after hearing the opinions of the Council on Customs, Tariffs, Foreign Exchange, and Other Transactions, may recommend the person that made the report to dispose of all or part of the shares or equity acquired through the inward direct investment or equivalent action or the specified acquisition that is subject to the report, or to take other necessary measures.

財務大臣及び事業所管大臣は、前項の規定による報告に係る対内直接投資等又は特定取得が、国の安全に係る対内直接投資等又は国の安全に係る特定取得に該当すると認めるときは、関税・外国為替等審議会の意見を聴いて、当該報告をしたものに対し、当該報告に係る対内直接投資等又は特定取得により取得した株式又は持分の全部又は一部の処分その他必要な措置を勧告することができる。

Article 29-2, paragraph (3)（報告の徴収等）Collection of Reports, etc.Added

If, in response to a request for a report under paragraph (1), a foreign investor fails without justifiable grounds to comply with the request or makes a false report, the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business, after hearing the opinions of the Council on Customs, Tariffs, Foreign Exchange, and Other Transactions, may recommend the foreign investor to dispose of all or part of the shares or equity acquired through the inward direct investment or equivalent action or the specified acquisition relating to the request, or to take other necessary measures.

財務大臣及び事業所管大臣は、第一項の規定による報告の求めに対し、外国投資家が正当な理由なく当該求めに応じない場合又は虚偽の報告をした場合には、関税・外国為替等審議会の意見を聴いて、当該外国投資家に対し、当該求めに係る対内直接投資等又は特定取得により取得した株式又は持分の全部又は一部の処分その他必要な措置を勧告することができる。

Article 29-2, paragraph (4)（報告の徴収等）Collection of Reports, etc.Added

A person that has received a recommendation under the preceding two paragraphs must, within 10 days from the day of receiving the recommendation, notify the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business whether the person accepts the recommendation or not.

前二項の勧告を受けたものは、当該勧告を受けた日から起算して十日以内に、財務大臣及び事業所管大臣に対し、当該勧告を応諾するかしないかを通知しなければならない。

Article 29-2, paragraph (5)（報告の徴収等）Collection of Reports, etc.Added

A person that has given notice of acceptance of a recommendation pursuant to the preceding paragraph must take the measures relating to the recommendation in accordance with what was recommended.

前項の規定により勧告を応諾する旨の通知をしたものは、当該勧告をされたところに従い、当該勧告に係る措置をとらなければならない。

Article 29-2, paragraph (6)（報告の徴収等）Collection of Reports, etc.Added

If a person that has received a recommendation under paragraph (2) or (3) has failed to give the notice under paragraph (4) or has given notice that the person does not accept the recommendation, the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business may order the person that has received the recommendation to dispose of all or part of the shares or equity acquired through the inward direct investment or equivalent action or the specified acquisition relating to the recommendation, or to take other necessary measures.

第二項又は第三項の規定による勧告を受けたものが、第四項の規定による通知をしなかつた場合又は当該勧告を応諾しない旨の通知をした場合には、財務大臣及び事業所管大臣は、当該勧告を受けたものに対し、当該勧告に係る対内直接投資等又は特定取得により取得した株式又は持分の全部又は一部の処分その他必要な措置を命ずることができる。

Article 29-2, paragraph (7)（報告の徴収等）Collection of Reports, etc.Added

If the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business find, due to a change in the international situation or any other reason, that the inward direct investment or equivalent action or the specified acquisition relating to the request for a report under paragraph (1) has ceased to fall under an inward direct investment or equivalent action that is a matter of national security or a specified acquisition that is a matter of national security, or find that it has become clear that it does not so fall, they may rescind all or part of the recommendation or order with respect to a person that has given notice of acceptance of the recommendation pursuant to paragraph (4) or a person that has received an order under the preceding paragraph.

財務大臣及び事業所管大臣は、国際情勢の変化その他の事由により、第一項の規定による報告の求めに係る対内直接投資等又は特定取得が国の安全に係る対内直接投資等又は国の安全に係る特定取得に該当しなくなつたと認めるとき、又は該当しないことが明らかになつたと認めるときは、第四項の規定により勧告を応諾する旨の通知をしたもの又は前項の規定による命令を受けたものに対し、当該勧告又は命令の全部又は一部を取り消すことができる。

Article 29-2, paragraph (8)（報告の徴収等）Collection of Reports, etc.Added

In addition to what is provided for in paragraph (2) through the preceding paragraph, the procedures for recommendations and orders to dispose of all or part of shares or equity acquired through an inward direct investment or equivalent action or a specified acquisition under these provisions, or to take other necessary measures, and other particulars necessary for these recommendations and orders are prescribed by Cabinet Order.

第二項から前項までに定めるもののほか、これらの規定による対内直接投資等又は特定取得により取得した株式又は持分の全部又は一部の処分その他必要な措置の勧告及び命令の手続その他これらの勧告及び命令に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。

Article 29-2, paragraph (9)（報告の徴収等）Collection of Reports, etc.Added

If, having requested a foreign investor to report pursuant to paragraph (1), the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business find that the inward direct investment or equivalent action or the specified acquisition relating to the request is extremely highly likely to give rise to a situation that compromises national security and that it is therefore necessary to take urgent measures, they may, notwithstanding paragraph (2) through the preceding paragraph, after hearing the opinions of the Council on Customs, Tariffs, Foreign Exchange, and Other Transactions, order the foreign investor, pursuant to Cabinet Order, to take measures prescribed by Cabinet Order as measures necessary to prevent the occurrence of a situation that compromises national security, such as not newly undertaking an inward direct investment or equivalent action or a specified acquisition.

財務大臣及び事業所管大臣は、第一項の規定により外国投資家に報告を求めた場合において、その求めに係る対内直接投資等又は特定取得が国の安全を損なう事態を生ずるおそれが著しく大きいため緊急に措置をとる必要があると認めるときは、第二項から前項までの規定にかかわらず、関税・外国為替等審議会の意見を聴いて、政令で定めるところにより、当該外国投資家に対し、新たに対内直接投資等又は特定取得を行わないことその他の国の安全を損なう事態の発生を防止するために必要な措置として政令で定める措置をとるべきことを命ずることができる。

Article 29-2, paragraph (10)（報告の徴収等）Collection of Reports, etc.Added

If the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business find that it has become unnecessary to take the measures ordered pursuant to the preceding paragraph due to a change in the international situation or any other reason, they may, pursuant to Cabinet Order, rescind all or part of the order with respect to a person that has received an order under that paragraph.

財務大臣及び事業所管大臣は、国際情勢の変化その他の事由により、前項の規定により命じた措置をとる必要がなくなつたと認めるときは、政令で定めるところにより、同項の規定による命令を受けたものに対し、当該命令の全部又は一部を取り消すことができる。

Article 29-2, paragraph (11)（報告の徴収等）Collection of Reports, etc.Added

The period during which a report may be requested under paragraph (1) regarding an inward direct investment or equivalent action or a specified acquisition is until the day on which five years have elapsed from the day on which the inward direct investment or equivalent action or specified acquisition was undertaken.

第一項の規定により対内直接投資等又は特定取得について報告を求めることができる期間は、当該対内直接投資等又は特定取得が行われた日から起算して五年を経過する日までとする。

Article 29-2, paragraph (12)（報告の徴収等）Collection of Reports, etc.Added

Assets and rights that a partner of a specified partnership or similar organization acquires through an action that is comparable to an inward direct investment or equivalent action or a specified acquisition that the specified partnership or similar organization conducts are deemed to be acquired, owned, or held by the specified partnership or similar organization, and the provisions of the preceding paragraphs apply.

特定組合等が行う対内直接投資等又は特定取得に相当するものにより当該特定組合等の組合員が取得する財産又は権利については、当該特定組合等が取得し、又は所有し、若しくは保有するものとみなして、前各項の規定を適用する。

Article 29-2, paragraph (13)（報告の徴収等）Collection of Reports, etc.Added

A person (including a corporation or any other organization) not constituting a foreign investor is deemed to be a foreign investor in connection with any of the following actions comparable to an inward direct investment or equivalent action or a specified acquisition which that person conducts on behalf of a non-resident, etc. but not in the name of that non-resident, etc., and the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (11) apply.

外国投資家以外の者（法人その他の団体を含む。）が非居住者等のために当該非居住者等の名義によらないで行う対内直接投資等又は特定取得に相当するもののうち次に掲げるものについては、当該外国投資家以外の者を外国投資家とみなして、第一項から第十一項までの規定を適用する。

Article 29-2, paragraph (13), item (i)（報告の徴収等）Collection of Reports, etc.Added

that is carried out for the account of the non-resident, etc.;

当該非居住者等の計算において行われるもの

Article 29-2, paragraph (13), item (ii)（報告の徴収等）Collection of Reports, etc.Added

that is carried out based on a contract, the laws and regulations of a foreign country, or anything similar to these (limited to those specified by Cabinet Order, and excluding those set out in the preceding item);

契約又は外国の法令その他これに類するものに基づき行われるもの（政令で定めるものに限り、前号に掲げるものを除く。）

Article 29-2, paragraph (13), item (iii)（報告の徴収等）Collection of Reports, etc.Added

that is carried out by a person that has a permanent economic relationship based on ownership of shares, a familial relationship, an employment relationship, or any other special relationship specified by Cabinet Order with the non-resident, etc. (limited to those specified by Cabinet Order, and excluding those set out in the preceding two items).

当該非居住者等と株式の所有関係等に基づく永続的な経済関係、親族関係、雇用関係その他の政令で定める特別の関係にある者により行われるもの（政令で定めるものに限り、前二号に掲げるものを除く。）

Article 30第三十条

Filing a Notification of the Entry Into, Renewal, or Modification of a Technology Introduction Contract; Issuing a Recommendation to Modify the Substance Thereof; Related Matters（技術導入契約の締結等の届出及び変更勧告等）

Article 30, paragraph (1)

If a resident intends to conduct the conclusion or renewal of, or modification of the terms of, a contract with a non-resident (including a non-resident's branch office or other such place of business in Japan; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) with regard to the transfer of industrial property rights or any other rights related to technology, the establishment of rights to use these rights, or the guidance on technology for business management conducted by the non-resident (hereinafter referred to as the "entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract"), which is prescribed by Cabinet Order as being likely to constitute the entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract that requires the examination under paragraph (3), the resident, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, must first file a notification with the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business, for the clauses of the contract and other information that Cabinet Order prescribes with regard to the entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract.

居住者は、非居住者（非居住者の本邦にある支店等を含む。以下この条において同じ。）との間で当該非居住者の行う工業所有権その他の技術に関する権利の譲渡、これらに関する使用権の設定又は事業の経営に関する技術の指導に係る契約の締結又は更新その他当該契約の条項の変更（以下「技術導入契約の締結等」という。）のうち第三項の規定による審査が必要となる技術導入契約の締結等に該当するおそれがあるものとして政令で定めるものをしようとするときは、政令で定めるところにより、あらかじめ、当該技術導入契約の締結等について、その契約の条項その他の政令で定める事項を財務大臣及び事業所管大臣に届け出なければならない。

Article 30, paragraph (2)

A resident that has filed a notification under the preceding paragraph with regard to the entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract must not conduct the entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract stated in the notification until 30 days have passed from the day on which the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business receive the notification; provided, however, that the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business may shorten the 30-day period when they find, before the expiration of the period, that the entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract stated in the notification does not constitute entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract that requires the examination under the following paragraph, in light of the type of the technology and other circumstances.

技術導入契約の締結等について前項の規定による届出をした居住者は、財務大臣及び事業所管大臣が当該届出を受理した日から起算して三十日を経過する日までは、当該届出に係る技術導入契約の締結等をしてはならない。ただし、財務大臣及び事業所管大臣は、その期間の満了前に当該届出に係る技術導入契約の締結等がその技術の種類その他からみて次項の規定による審査が必要となる技術導入契約の締結等に該当しないと認めるときは、当該期間を短縮することができる。

Article 30, paragraph (3)

Once a notification under paragraph (1) has been filed, if the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business find that it is necessary to examine whether the entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract that is the subject of that notification constitutes the entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract that is likely to cause one of the following situations (but only the entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract with a non-resident from a member state of a multilateral treaty or other international agreement on the entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract that Cabinet Order prescribes and to which Japan has acceded (hereinafter referred to as a "treaty or other agreement" in this paragraph), if there is no obligation to remove restrictions on the entry into, renewal, or modification of that technology introduction contract based on the treaty or other agreement; as well as the entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract with a non-resident from a state other than the member state of such a treaty or other agreement, if there would be no obligation to remove restrictions on the entry into, renewal, or modification of that technology introduction contract if the state were a member state of the treaty or other agreement (referred to as the "entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract that is a matter of national security or a similar concern" in paragraphs (4) and (5))), the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business may extend the period in which the entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract that is subject to that notification must not be conducted, but only to a period of four months starting on the day on which the notification is received:

財務大臣及び事業所管大臣は、第一項の規定による届出があつた場合において、当該届出に係る技術導入契約の締結等が次に掲げるいずれかの事態を生ずるおそれがある技術導入契約の締結等（我が国が加盟する技術導入契約の締結等に関する多数国間の条約その他の国際約束で政令で定めるもの（以下この項において「条約等」という。）の加盟国の非居住者との間でされる技術導入契約の締結等で技術導入契約の締結等に関する制限の除去について当該条約等に基づく義務がないもの及び当該条約等の加盟国以外の国の非居住者との間でされる技術導入契約の締結等でその国が当該条約等の加盟国であるものとした場合に当該義務がないこととなるものに限る。次項及び第五項において「国の安全等に係る技術導入契約の締結等」という。）に該当しないかどうかを審査する必要があると認めるときは、当該届出に係る技術導入契約の締結等をしてはならない期間を、当該届出を受理した日から起算して四月間に限り、延長することができる。

Article 30, paragraph (3), item (i)

it would compromise national security, interfere with the maintenance of public order, or create an obstacle to the preservation of public safety; or

国の安全を損ない、公の秩序の維持を妨げ、又は公衆の安全の保護に支障を来すことになること。

Article 30, paragraph (3), item (ii)

it would have a significant adverse effect on the smooth operation of the Japanese economy.

我が国経済の円滑な運営に著しい悪影響を及ぼすことになること。

Article 30, paragraph (4)

財務大臣及び事業所管大臣は、前項の規定により技術導入契約の締結等をしてはならない期間を延長した場合において、同項の規定による審査をした結果、当該延長された期間の満了前に第一項の規定による届出に係る技術導入契約の締結等が国の安全等に係る技術導入契約の締結等に該当しないと認めるときは、当該延長された期間を短縮することができる。

Article 30, paragraph (5)

If the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business have extended the period during which the entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract must not be conducted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3), and they find, as a result of the examination under that paragraph, that the entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract stated in the notification made under paragraph (1) falls within the category of the entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract that is a matter of national security or a similar concern, the ministers, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order and after hearing the opinions of the Council on Customs, Tariffs, Foreign Exchange, and Other Transactions, may recommend the person that filed the notification of the entry into, renewal, or modification of the technology introduction contract to fully or partially modify the clauses of the contract or to discontinue it; provided, however, that the period during which the ministers may recommend the modification or discontinuance starts from the day on which they receive the notification, and ends on the day on which the period extended under paragraph (3) or the following paragraph expires.

財務大臣及び事業所管大臣は、第三項の規定により技術導入契約の締結等をしてはならない期間を延長した場合において、同項の規定による審査をした結果、第一項の規定による届出に係る技術導入契約の締結等が国の安全等に係る技術導入契約の締結等に該当すると認めるときは、関税・外国為替等審議会の意見を聴いて、当該技術導入契約の締結等の届出をした者に対し、政令で定めるところにより、当該技術導入契約の締結等に係る条項の全部若しくは一部の変更又は中止を勧告することができる。ただし、当該変更又は中止を勧告することができる期間は、当該届出を受理した日から起算して第三項又は次項の規定により延長された期間の満了する日までとする。

Article 30, paragraph (6)

Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (3), if the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business hear the opinions of the Council on Customs, Tariffs, Foreign Exchange, and Other Transactions, but the Council informs them that, in light of the nature of the case, it would be difficult for the Council to state its opinions within the four-month period prescribed in paragraph (3), the period during which the entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract must not be conducted as prescribed in that paragraph is five months.

前項の規定により関税・外国為替等審議会の意見を聴く場合において、関税・外国為替等審議会が、当該事案の性質に鑑み、第三項に規定する四月の期間内に意見を述べることが困難である旨を申し出た場合には、同項に規定する技術導入契約の締結等をしてはならない期間は、同項の規定にかかわらず、五月とする。

Article 30, paragraph (7)

The provisions of Article 27, paragraphs (7) through (12) apply mutatis mutandis if the recommendation under paragraph (5) is issued. In this case, Cabinet Order prescribes any necessary technical replacement of terms.

第二十七条第七項から第十二項までの規定は、第五項の規定による勧告があつた場合について準用する。この場合において必要な技術的読替えは、政令で定める。

Article 30, paragraph (8)

The provisions of the preceding paragraphs do not apply to the entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract involving technology developed independently by a non-resident's branch office or other such place of business in Japan or any other case of the entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract prescribed by Cabinet Order.

前各項の規定は、非居住者の本邦にある支店等が独自に開発した技術に係る技術導入契約の締結等その他政令で定める技術導入契約の締結等については、適用しない。

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