①A transferring specified business operator, etc. stated in a certified management capacity improvement plan (limited to one that states matters concerning business succession, etc. (limited to those pertaining to the acquisition of a business among the measures listed in Article 2, paragraph (10), item (vii))) that is a stock company (hereinafter referred to as a "transferring company" in this paragraph and paragraph (4)) may, when a resolution of a shareholders meeting or board of directors, or a decision of an executive officer, has been made on the transfer of all or part of its business carried out in accordance with that certified management capacity improvement plan, within two weeks from the date of that resolution or decision, give notice separately to each specified creditor (meaning, among persons that hold claims against that transferring company, a person that, upon the transfer of all or part of that business, comes to hold a claim against the person acquiring all or part of that business and ceases to hold that claim against that transferring company; the same applies in paragraphs (3) and (4)) of the outline of the transfer of all or part of that business, and demand that, if they have any objection to the transfer of all or part of that business, they state it within a certain period.

②The period under the preceding paragraph must not be less than one month.

③Where a specified creditor that has received the demand prescribed in paragraph (1) has not stated an objection within the period referred to in that paragraph, that specified creditor is deemed to have approved the transfer of all or part of that business.

④Where a specified creditor has stated an objection within the period referred to in paragraph (1), the transferring company must make payment, provide reasonable security, or entrust reasonable property to a trust company or a financial institution engaged in trust business for the purpose of having the specified creditor receive payment; provided, however, that this does not apply where there is no risk of harming that specified creditor even if all or part of that business is transferred.

①The Organization for Small and Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, JAPAN, at the request of a specified business operator that carries out an approved management innovation project or a certified management capacity improvement project (excluding one that falls under a small and medium-sized enterprise prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, Japan, Independent Administrative Agency (Act No. 147 of 2002)), gives necessary advice on the implementation of that approved management innovation project or certified management capacity improvement project.

②The Organization for Small and Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, JAPAN, at the request of a financial institution (meaning a financial institution prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Credit Insurance Act) that intends to lend funds to a specified business operator that intends to receive a special management capacity improvement-related guarantee, conducts the business of the provision of information relating to that guarantee and other necessary cooperation.

①The competent minister may, as provided by order of the competent ministry, certify, upon application, a person that conducts the work prescribed in the following paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "support work for management innovation, etc.") and that is found to conform to the basic policy, as a person that conducts support work for management innovation, etc.

②A person that has obtained the certification under the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "certified support body for management innovation, etc.") is to conduct the following work:

③A person who seeks to obtain the certification referred to in paragraph (1) must submit to the competent minister a written application stating the following matters, as specified by order of the competent ministry.

④A certified support body for management innovation, etc. must notify the competent minister to that effect without delay when there is a change in the matters set out in items (i) and (ii) of the preceding paragraph, and in advance when it intends to make a change in the matters set out in item (iii), (a) through (c) of that paragraph (excluding minor changes specified by order of the competent ministry).

A person that falls under any of the following items may not obtain the certification referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article:

①The certification referred to in Article 31, paragraph (1) ceases to be effective upon the expiration of the period unless it is renewed every five years.

②The provisions of Article 31, paragraphs (1) and (3) and the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the renewal of the certification referred to in the preceding paragraph.

A certified support body for management innovation, etc. that intends to discontinue the work related to its certification must notify the competent minister to that effect in advance, as specified by order of the competent ministry.

If the competent minister finds, in light of the basic policy, that an improvement is necessary regarding the operation of the support work for management innovation, etc. of a certified support body for management innovation, etc., the competent minister may order that certified support body for management innovation, etc. to take the measures necessary for the improvement.

The competent minister may rescind the certification of a certified support body for management innovation, etc. if it falls under any of the following items:

With respect to a general incorporated association (limited to one in which small and medium-sized enterprises hold one-half or more of the voting rights at its general meeting of members), a general incorporated foundation (limited to one for which one-half or more of the value of the property contributed at its establishment was contributed by small and medium-sized enterprises) or a specified non-profit corporation prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Promotion of Specified Non-profit Activities (Act No. 7 of 1998) (limited to one in which small and medium-sized enterprises hold one-half or more of the voting rights at its general meeting of members, and excluding one that falls under Article 2, paragraph (1), item (vi) of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Credit Insurance Act), in each case one that has received certification under the provisions of Article 31, paragraph (1) and that has received a guarantee of obligations prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) or Article 3-2, paragraph (1) of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Credit Insurance Act concerning funds necessary for the implementation of support work for management innovation, etc. (hereinafter in this Article referred to as a "certified general incorporated association, etc."), the provisions of Articles 3 and 3-2 and Articles 4 through 8 of that Act apply by deeming the certified general incorporated association, etc. to be a small and medium-sized enterprise under Article 2, paragraph (1) of that Act. In this case, the term "borrowing" in these provisions is deemed to be replaced with "borrowing of funds necessary for the implementation of support work for management innovation, etc. prescribed in Article 31, paragraph (1) of the Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. conducted by a certified general incorporated association, etc. prescribed in Article 37 of that Act".