A registered conformity assessment body must prepare an inventory of property, balance sheet, and profit and loss statement, or income and expenditure account statement, and business report (including the electronic or magnetic record (meaning a record created in electronic form, magnetic form, or any other form that cannot be perceived by the human senses which is to be used for information processing by computers; the same applies below in this Article) when electronic or magnetic records are prepared in lieu of those documents; referred to as "financial statements, etc." in the following paragraph and Article 89) for the business year within three months after the end of each business year, and keep them at the office for five years.
A business operator subject to inspections and other interested persons may make the following requests at any time within the business hours of a registered conformity assessment body; provided, however, that when making a request referred to in item (ii) or (iv), they must pay fees specified by the registered conformity assessment body.
when financial statements, etc. are prepared as documents, a request to inspect or copy the documents;
財務諸表等が書面をもつて作成されているときは、当該書面の閲覧又は謄写の請求
a request for a transcript or an extract of the documents referred to in the preceding item;
前号の書面の謄本又は抄本の請求
when financial statements, etc. are prepared as electronic or magnetic records, a request to inspect or copy the media that displays the matters recorded on the electronic or magnetic records by the means specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare;
a request for provision of the matters recorded on the electronic or magnetic records referred to in the preceding item by electronic or magnetic means specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, or a request for delivery of the documents stating the matters.
registered conformity assessment body
「登録検査機関」
A corporation registered by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 33, paragraph (1) as a body that carries out product inspections (製品検査).
Defined inArticle 4, paragraph (9)· applies throughout the law
business operator subject to inspections
「受検営業者」
In Article 33, paragraph (1), item (iii) and Article 39, paragraph (2), a business operator that sells, makes, imports, processes or displays for sale, or uses in its business, food, additives, apparatus or containers and packages that must undergo product inspections (製品検査) under Article 25, paragraph (1) or Article 26, paragraphs (1) to (3).
Short name set inArticle 33, paragraph (1), item (iii)· applies only in this item and in Article 39, paragraph (2)
financial statements, etc.
「財務諸表等」
The inventory of property, balance sheet, profit and loss or income and expenditure statement, and business report (including electronic or magnetic records made in their place) that a registered conformity assessment body (登録検査機関) must prepare within three months after each business year ends and keep at its office for five years (Article 39, paragraph (1)).
Short name set inArticle 39, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 39, paragraph (2); and Article 89
electronic or magnetic record
「電磁的記録」
A record made in electronic, magnetic or any other form people cannot perceive directly, for use in computer processing.
Defined inArticle 39, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article