Article 35-3-53Suspension and Discontinuation of Specified Credit Information Services
第三十五条の三の五十三（特定信用情報提供等業務の休廃止）
If a designated credit bureau seeks to suspend (excluding due to a reason prescribed in the following paragraph) or discontinue all or part of its specified credit information services, it must obtain the authorization of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry to do so.
指定信用情報機関は、特定信用情報提供等業務の全部又は一部の休止（次項に規定する理由によるものを除く。）をし、又は廃止をしようとするときは、経済産業大臣の認可を受けなければならない。
If a designated credit bureau suspends all or part of its specified credit information services due to a natural disaster or for other reasons beyond its control, the designated credit bureau must immediately file a notification of this with the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, indicating the applicable reason, as well as notifying participating comprehensive credit purchase intermediaries, participating individual credit purchase intermediaries, and other designated credit bureaus. The same applies when a designated credit bureau recommences all or part of the specified credit information services so suspended.
指定信用情報機関が、天災その他のやむを得ない理由により特定信用情報提供等業務の全部又は一部を休止した場合には、直ちにその旨を、理由を付して経済産業大臣に届け出るとともに、加入包括信用購入あつせん業者及び加入個別信用購入あつせん業者並びに他の指定信用情報機関に通知しなければならない。指定信用情報機関がその休止した当該特定信用情報提供等業務の全部又は一部を再開するときも、同様とする。
If the specified credit information services of a designated credit bureau are suspended pursuant to the provisions of one of the preceding two paragraphs, and a comprehensive credit purchase intermediary or individual credit purchase intermediary is unable to use all or part of the specified credit information held by the designated credit bureau, the provisions of Article 30-2, paragraph (3), Article 30-5-5, paragraph (2), Article 35-2-4, paragraph (2) and Article 35-3-3, paragraph (3) do not apply.
前二項の規定により指定信用情報機関による特定信用情報提供等業務が休止している場合において、包括信用購入あつせん業者又は個別信用購入あつせん業者が指定信用情報機関の保有する特定信用情報の全部又は一部を使用することができないときは、第三十条の二第三項、第三十条の五の五第二項、第三十五条の二の四第二項又は第三十五条の三の三第三項の規定は、適用しない。
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comprehensive credit purchase intermediary
「包括信用購入あつせん業者」
A person whose business is the intermediation of comprehensive credit purchases (包括信用購入あつせん) — a credit card company, for example.
Short name set inArticle 30, paragraph (1)
designated credit bureau
「指定信用情報機関」
A body the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry has designated under Article 35-3-36, paragraph (1) to collect specified credit information (特定信用情報) and provide it to comprehensive and individual credit purchase intermediaries.
Short name set inArticle 30-2, paragraph (3)
specified credit informationmachine translation
「特定信用情報」
Information on an individual user's, purchaser's or service recipient's comprehensive purchase amount projected to be affordable (包括支払可能見込額), user purchase amount projected to be affordable (利用者支払可能見込額) or individual purchase amount projected to be affordable (個別支払可能見込額), including information identifying them, of the kinds an Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Cabinet Office Order (経済産業省令・内閣府令) specifies, such as how they have been paying debts arising from the intermediation of credit purchases (信用購入あつせん).
Defined inArticle 30-2, paragraph (3)
individual credit purchase intermediarymachine translation
「個別信用購入あつせん業者」
A person whose business is the intermediation of individual credit purchases (個別信用購入あつせん).
Short name set inArticle 35-3-2, paragraph (1)
specified credit information servicesmachine translation
「特定信用情報提供等業務」
The business of collecting specified credit information (特定信用情報) and providing it to comprehensive and individual credit purchase intermediaries — what a designated credit bureau (指定信用情報機関) is designated to do.
Defined inArticle 35-3-36, paragraph (1)
participating individual credit purchase intermediarymachine translation
「加入個別信用購入あつせん業者」
An individual credit purchase intermediary (個別信用購入あつせん業者) that has made a specified credit information service contract (特定信用情報提供契約) with a designated credit bureau (指定信用情報機関).
Short name set inArticle 35-3-43, paragraph (1), item (vii)
participating comprehensive credit purchase intermediarymachine translation
「加入包括信用購入あつせん業者」
A comprehensive credit purchase intermediary (包括信用購入あつせん業者) that has made a specified credit information service contract (特定信用情報提供契約) with a designated credit bureau (指定信用情報機関).
Short name set inArticle 35-3-43, paragraph (1), item (vii)