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Commission

委員会(いいんかい)

The Personal Information Protection Commission (個人情報保護委員会), set up under Article 49, paragraph (3) of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office.

designated parent company

指定親会社(していおやがいしゃ)

A parent company of a special financial instruments business operator (特別金融商品取引業者) that the Prime Minister has designated under Article 57-12, paragraph (1) as subject to the rules of that Subsection, because it carries on the business management of the operator, or it or its subsidiary corporations, etc. give the operator funding support on which its sound operation depends, and designation is especially needed in the public interest or to protect investors.

statement of large-volume holdings

大量保有報告書(たいりょうほゆうほうこくしょ)

The report a large-volume holder (大量保有者) of share certificates, etc. (株券等) must submit to the Prime Minister on its holding ratio, the source of its acquisition funds, its purpose in holding them and other particulars a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies.

shelf registration

発行登録(はっこうとうろく)

Registration of a planned public offering or secondary distribution of securities by filing a shelf registration statement (発行登録書) with the Prime Minister under Article 23-3, paragraph (1); Article 4, paragraphs (1) to (3) do not apply to an offering or distribution so registered.

statement of changes

変更報告書(へんこうほうこくしょ)

The report on the changed particulars that a person required to submit a statement of large-volume holdings (大量保有報告書) must submit to the Prime Minister when, after becoming a large-volume holder (大量保有者), its holding ratio of share certificates, etc. (株券等保有割合) rises or falls by one percentage point or more — other than where the total number of share certificates, etc. it holds is unchanged — or another material change a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies occurs.

designated dispute resolution organization

指定紛争処理機関(していふんそうしょりきかん)

The general incorporated association or foundation (一般社団法人・一般財団法人) that the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (国土交通大臣) and the Prime Minister (内閣総理大臣) have designated under Article 23-5, paragraph (1) to carry out dispute resolution services (紛争処理業務) for disputes over the payment of insurance or mutual insurance money and damages.

acts subject to administrative monetary penalty

課徴金対象行為(かちょうきんたいしょうこうい)

Conduct by a business operator that breaches Article 5 through a representation misleadingly presenting goods or services as markedly better in quality or other content, or markedly more favourable in price or other terms of trade (a breach through a representation under item (iii) of that Article is excluded); Article 8 provides an administrative monetary penalty (課徴金) for it.

shelf registration statement

発行登録書(はっこうとうろくしょ)

The document an issuer files with the Prime Minister under Article 23-3, paragraph (1) to register a planned public offering or secondary distribution of securities, stating the planned issuance period (発行予定期間), the class of the securities, the planned amount of issuance (発行予定額) or the maximum outstanding balance, the main underwriters it plans to use and other particulars a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies.

shelf registration supplement

発行登録追補書類(はっこうとうろくついほしょるい)

The document stating the total issue or distribution value, the terms of issue or distribution and other particulars a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies, for each public offering or secondary distribution of securities registered by a shelf registration (発行登録), which Article 23-8, paragraph (1) generally requires to be filed with the Prime Minister before the securities are sold in it.

certified association

認定協会(にんていきょうかい)

In Chapter IV, short for certified financial instruments business association (認定金融商品取引業協会): a general incorporated association (一般社団法人) set up by financial instruments business operators that the Prime Minister has certified under Article 78, paragraph (1).

internal control report

内部統制報告書(ないぶとうせいほうこくしょ)

A report, which companies a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies (such as issuers of the securities in Article 24, paragraph (1), item (i)) among those required to submit annual securities reports (有価証券報告書) must submit to the Prime Minister with that report each business year, evaluating, as a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies, their system for ensuring that the financial documents and other information of the company and its corporate group (企業集団) are proper.

subject special financial instruments business operator

対象特別金融商品取引業者(たいしょうとくべつきんゆうしょうひんとりひきぎょうしゃ)

A special financial instruments business operator (特別金融商品取引業者) whose parent company the Prime Minister has designated under Article 57-12, paragraph (1) as subject to the rules for designated parent companies.

target company's position statement

意見表明報告書(いけんひょうめいほうこくしょ)

The document a target company (対象者) — the issuer of the share certificates, etc. (株券等) sought in a tender offer (公開買付け) — must submit to the Prime Minister within the period a Cabinet Order (政令) sets after the public notice starting the tender offer, stating its opinion on the offer and the other matters a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies.

payment order for administrative monetary penalty

課徴金納付命令(かちょうきんのうふめいれい)

The Prime Minister's order under Article 8, paragraph (1) that a business operator pay into the national treasury an administrative monetary penalty (課徴金) for an act subject to administrative monetary penalty (課徴金対象行為), in principle 3% of its sales of the goods or services concerned during the period subject to administrative monetary penalty (課徴金対象期間).

association members

会員(かいいん)

In the Section containing Article 52-61-19 and in Article 63-3, item (v), an electronic payment service provider (電子決済等代行業者) that is a member (社員) of a general incorporated association (一般社団法人) certified, or seeking certification, under Article 52-61-19, whose articles of incorporation must provide for such members.

registered agency for regulating transmission

登録送信適正化機関(とうろくそうしんてきせいかきかん)

A body registered by the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (総務大臣) and the Prime Minister (内閣総理大臣) to carry out the services for regulating transmission of specified electronic mail, etc. (特定電子メール等送信適正化業務) listed in Article 14(1).

designation

指定(してい)

The designation, under Article 23-5, paragraph (1), by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (国土交通大臣) and the Prime Minister (内閣総理大臣) of a general incorporated association or foundation (一般社団法人・一般財団法人) that applies and meets the criteria there as the body that carries out dispute resolution services (紛争処理業務).

qualified consumer organization

適格消費者団体(てきかくしょうひしゃだんたい)

A qualified consumer organization as defined in Article 2, paragraph (4) of the Consumer Contract Act (Act No. 61 of 2000): a consumer organization (消費者団体) that is a corporation and that the Prime Minister (内閣総理大臣) has certified under Article 13 of that Act as fit to exercise the right to demand an injunction (差止請求権) in the interest of consumers at large.

tender offeror's answer

対質問回答報告書(たいしつもんかいとうほうこくしょ)

The document a tender offeror (公開買付者) must submit to the Prime Minister answering the questions the target company put to it in its position statement (意見表明報告書), or giving its reasons for not answering, with other particulars a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies.

confirmation letter

確認書(かくにんしょ)

In Articles 24-4-2 and 24-4-3, a document stating that the content of an annual securities report (有価証券報告書) has been confirmed as appropriate under the laws and regulations on financial instruments and exchange (金融商品取引法令), which the companies a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies among those filing such a report must file with it.