Article 3Approval of Rules

一the name and address of an employer with an EPI-applicable place of business that is to implement the corporate-type pension plan (hereinafter referred to as the "employer" except in the following paragraph, Article 47, item (v), Article 54-6, Article 55, paragraph (2), item (iv)-2, Article 70, Article 71, and Article 78);

二the name and location of the EPI-applicable place of business where the corporate-type pension plan is to be implemented (hereinafter referred to as the "place of business implementing the plan") (in the case of the ship prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (hereinafter referred to as a "ship"), the name and location of the shipowner prescribed in that item);

三if the employer is to provide all or part of the operational management services, the services to be provided by the employer;

四if the employer has entrusted all or part of the operational management services pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1), the name and address of the defined contribution pension plan operational management institution, and the services to be provided by the defined contribution pension plan operational management institution (meaning a person that engages in defined contribution pension plan operational management business by being registered under Article 88, paragraph (1); the same applies hereinafter) that has been thus entrusted (including a defined contribution pension plan operational management institution that has been re-entrusted pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (2));

五the name and address of the asset management institution;

六in the case of specifying certain qualifications for the category I or IV EPI insured person employed at the place of business implementing the plan to become a participant of a corporate-type pension plan, matters concerning the qualifications;

七the method for calculating the amount of the contribution to be made by the employer (hereinafter referred to as the "employer's contribution") and other particulars concerning making the contributions;

七の二in the case of providing that a participant of a corporate-type pension plan may make contributions, the method for deciding or changing the amount of the contribution (hereinafter referred to as the "participant of a corporate-type pension plan's contribution") and other matters concerning the making contributions;

八particulars concerning the presentation of the investment method and instructions on investment;

八の二in the case of presenting a default investment method pursuant to the provisions of Article 23-2, paragraph (1), particulars concerning presentation of the default investment method;

八の三in the case of excluding an investment method pursuant to the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (1), particulars concerning the procedure for the exclusion;

九particulars concerning the amount of benefits of the corporate-type pension plan and the method of payment thereof;

十in the case of providing that a participant of a corporate-type pension plan is to return all or part of the participant's assets managed per individual that are specified by Cabinet Order as the portion equivalent to the employer's contribution relating to the corporate-type pension plan to the employer relating to the employer's contribution if the participant had been employed at the place of business implementing the plan for less than three years as of the day of losing the status as a participant of a corporate-type pension plan, particulars concerning the method for calculating the amount of assets to be returned to the employer (hereinafter referred to as the "amount of assets to be returned");

十一particulars concerning the bearing of administrative expenses required for implementing the corporate-type pension plan; and

十二other particulars specified by Cabinet Order.

一the rules concerning the corporate-type pension plan to be implemented;

二a document proving that the consent referred to in paragraph (1) has been obtained;

三in the case of specifying certain qualifications for the category I or IV EPI insured person employed at the place of business implementing the plan to become a participant of a corporate-type pension plan, if a defined benefit corporate pension plan (meaning the defined benefit corporate pension plan prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Defined Benefit Corporate Pension Act (Act No. 50 of 2001); the same applies hereinafter) or a retirement allowance system is implemented at the place of business implementing the plan, a document concerning the scope of persons covered by the defined benefit corporate pension plan and the retirement allowance system;

四any other documents specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.