In order to contribute to the appropriate preparation of business continuity enhancement plans (meaning business continuity enhancement plans prescribed in paragraph (1) of the following Article) and joint business continuity enhancement plans (meaning joint business continuity enhancement plans prescribed in Article 58, paragraph (1)), the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry is to establish guidelines for preparing those plans (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "guidelines for preparing business continuity enhancement plans").
経済産業大臣は、事業継続力強化計画（次条第一項に規定する事業継続力強化計画をいう。）及び連携事業継続力強化計画（第五十八条第一項に規定する連携事業継続力強化計画をいう。）の適確な作成に資するため、これらの計画の作成のための指針（以下この条において「事業継続力強化計画作成指針」という。）を定めるものとする。
If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry finds it necessary in consideration of the status of efforts by small and medium-sized enterprises toward business continuity enhancement and other circumstances, the Minister is to change the guidelines for preparing business continuity enhancement plans.
経済産業大臣は、中小企業者の事業継続力強化に対する取組の状況その他の事情を勘案して必要があると認めるときは、事業継続力強化計画作成指針を変更するものとする。
When the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry intends to establish or change the guidelines for preparing business continuity enhancement plans, the Minister is to hear in advance the opinions of experts and other persons concerned; provided, however, that this does not apply to minor changes specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
経済産業大臣は、事業継続力強化計画作成指針を定め、又は変更しようとするときは、あらかじめ、専門家その他の関係者の意見を聴くものとする。ただし、経済産業省令で定める軽微な変更については、この限りでない。
When the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry has established or changed the guidelines for preparing business continuity enhancement plans, the Minister must publicize them without delay.
経済産業大臣は、事業継続力強化計画作成指針を定め、又はこれを変更したときは、遅滞なく、これを公表しなければならない。
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small and medium-sized enterprisemachine translation
「中小企業者」
A company or individual whose main business is in an industry and that is within that industry's size limit — a company with stated capital or total contributions of no more than 300 million yen, or a company or individual with no more than 300 regular employees, in manufacturing, construction, transport and most other industries; 100 million yen or 100 employees in wholesale; 50 million yen or 100 employees in services; 50 million yen or 50 employees in retail; or the limits a Cabinet Order (政令) sets for the industries it names — or an enterprise association (企業組合), a cooperative partnership (協業組合), or a business cooperative (事業協同組合), commercial and industrial association (商工組合) or other union set up under a special law, or a federation of them, that a Cabinet Order specifies.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
business continuity enhancementmachine translation
「事業継続力強化」
A business operator's strengthening of its ability to keep operating when a natural disaster or a serious failure of communications or other infrastructure its business relies on (自然災害等) occurs, by taking measures in advance in light of the effect such an event would have — deciding how to respond, installing equipment that lessens the effect, taking out non-life insurance, working together with others concerned and the like — and by organising itself, holding drills and taking other steps to make those measures work.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (15)· applies throughout the law
guidelines for preparing business continuity enhancement plansmachine translation
「事業継続力強化計画作成指針」
In Article 55, the guidelines the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (経済産業大臣) sets to help business continuity enhancement plans (事業継続力強化計画) and joint business continuity enhancement plans (連携事業継続力強化計画) be drawn up properly.
Short name set inArticle 55, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
business continuity enhancement planmachine translation
「事業継続力強化計画」
In Articles 56 and 57, a plan for business continuity enhancement (事業継続力強化) that a small and medium-sized enterprise (中小企業者) draws up and submits to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (経済産業大臣) to be certified as appropriate.
Short name set inArticle 56, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article and in Article 57
joint business continuity enhancement planmachine translation
「連携事業継続力強化計画」
In Articles 58 and 59, a plan for joint business continuity enhancement (連携事業継続力強化) that several small and medium-sized enterprises (中小企業者) draw up together, including with their foreign affiliated corporations, etc. (外国関係法人等), and submit through a representative to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (経済産業大臣) to be certified as appropriate.
Short name set inArticle 58, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article and in Article 59