Article 36Advisory Consultations with the Consumer Economic Affairs Council and the Consumer Commission
第三十六条（消費経済審議会及び消費者委員会への諮問）
Before proposing the enactment, amendment or repeal of Cabinet Order as prescribed in Article 7; Article 11, item (i); Article 15, paragraph (1), item (ii) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 35-3-62); Article 33-2, paragraph (1), item (iii); Article 35-3-26, paragraph (1), item (ii); Article 35-3-61, item (i); or Article 40, paragraph (10) (limited to those related to the provisions of closely related persons); or to specify the percentage or term referred to in Article 9, the competent minister must seek an advisory consultation with the Consumer Economic Affairs Council.
主務大臣は、第七条、第十一条第一号、第十五条第一項第二号（第三十五条の三の六十二において準用する場合を含む。）、第三十三条の二第一項第三号、第三十五条の三の二十六第一項第二号、第三十五条の三の六十一第一号若しくは第四十条第十項（密接関係者の定めに係るものに限る。）に規定する政令の制定若しくは改廃の立案をし、又は第九条の割合若しくは期間を定めようとするときは、消費経済審議会に諮問しなければならない。
Before proposing the enactment, amendment or repeal of Cabinet Order as prescribed in paragraph (5) or paragraph (6) of Article 2; Article 30-4, paragraph (4); Article 30-5, paragraph (2); or Article 35-3-19, paragraph (4), the competent minister must seek an advisory consultation with the Consumer Economic Affairs Council and the Consumer Commission, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.
主務大臣は、第二条第五項若しくは第六項、第三十条の四第四項、第三十条の五第二項又は第三十五条の三の十九第四項に規定する政令の制定又は改廃の立案をしようとするときは、政令で定めるところにより、消費経済審議会及び消費者委員会に諮問しなければならない。
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Consumer Commission
消費者委員会
A commission placed in the Cabinet Office (内閣府) (Act for Establishment of the Consumer Affairs Agency and the Consumer Commission, Article 6, paragraph (1)), of no more than ten members whom the Prime Minister appoints and who exercise their authority independently (Articles 7, 9, paragraph (1), and 10, paragraph (1)). It investigates and deliberates on important matters — among them the protection and promotion of consumers' interests, the proper regulation of premiums and representations, and prices — on its own initiative, making recommendations to the Prime Minister, the Ministers concerned or the Commissioner of the Consumer Affairs Agency, and when one of them consults it; and it deals with the matters that the Acts Article 6, paragraph (2), item (iv) lists give it (Article 6, paragraph (2), items (i), (ii) and (iv)). Under the Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations, the Prime Minister must hear its opinion before designating what counts as a premium or a representation, or restricting or banning premiums (Articles 3 and 6); under the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, the Minister in charge must consult it before drafting certain Cabinet Orders (政令) (Article 64).
Written by AI using Act for Establishment of the Consumer Affairs Agency and the Consumer Commission, Arts. 6, 7, 9, 10, Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations, Arts. 3, 6 and Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, Art. 64 as a reference.