①When a qualified consumer organization has reasonable grounds to suspect that a representation currently made by a business operator falls under the representation prescribed in paragraph (1), item (i) of the preceding Article, the qualified consumer organization may request the business operator to disclose materials indicating reasonable grounds to support the representation made by the business operator by providing the reasons for those grounds, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.

②A business operator must endeavor to comply with the request under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, excluding cases in which the materials referred to in the preceding paragraph contain trade secrets (meaning trade secrets defined in Article 2, paragraph (6) of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act (Act No. 47 of 1993)) or in which there are other legitimate grounds.