Article 27, paragraph (5)

If the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business have extended the period during which an inward direct investment or equivalent action must not be undertakenprohibition period pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3), but they find, as a result of the examination under that paragraph, that the inward direct investment or equivalent action stated in the notification under paragraph (1) falls within the scope of an inward direct investment or equivalent action that is a matter of national security or a similar concern, the ministers, pursuant to Cabinet Order, may recommend the person that filed the notification of the inward direct investment or equivalent action to modifychange the substance of the investment or action or to discontinue it, to make a modification of a measure relating to national security or a similar concern (meaning filing with the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business a notification of modification concerning the matters stated in item (iv) of that paragraph in the notification in question; the same applies hereinafter), or to discontinue the investment or action, after hearing the opinions of the Council on Customs, Tariffs, Foreign Exchange, and Other Transactions; provided, however, that the period during which the ministers may recommend the modification or discontinuance starts on the day on which they receive the notification in question, and change, the modification of a measure relating to national security or a similar concern, or the discontinuance ends on the final day of the prohibition period extended pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) or, the following paragraph, or Article 27-3, paragraph (2).