# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第六章の三 (Chapter 6-3) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-6-3. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 外国為替及び外国貿易法 (Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act), 昭和二十四年法律第二百二十八号 - English title "Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第六章の三 (Chapter 6-3) — address `ch-6-3` - Text: the text as amended with effect from 2027-07-22 (On a day set by Cabinet Order, no later than 22 July 2027 — the amending law allows up to one year from promulgation. 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The Ministry's English is given only where this text's Japanese is a wording the Ministry translated — the same as the text in force, or for a text not yet in force, a wording it translated ahead; every other paragraph's English is machine translation. --- ## 第六章の三　輸出者等遵守基準 — Chapter VI-3 Compliance Standards for Exporters and Persons Conducting Similar Transactions heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ch-6-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-6-3 ### 第五十五条の十（輸出者等遵守基準） — (Compliance Standards for Exporters and Persons Conducting Similar Transactions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-55-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-6-3#art-55-10 **第一項** 経済産業大臣は、経済産業省令で、第二十五条第一項に規定する取引又は第四十八条第一項に規定する輸出（以下「輸出等」という。）を業として行う者（以下「輸出者等」という。）が輸出等を行うに当たつて遵守すべき基準（以下「輸出者等遵守基準」という。）を定めなければならない。 art-55-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-6-3#art-55-10/par-1 In the form of an Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry must establish standards with which a person conducting the transaction prescribed in Article 25, paragraph (1) or the export prescribed in Article 48, paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as the "exporting goods or conducting similar transactions") in the course of trade (such a person is hereinafter referred to as an "exporter or person conducting similar transactions") is to comply when exporting goods or conducting similar transactions (hereinafter referred to as the "compliance standards for exporters and persons conducting similar transactions"). Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In the form of an Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry must establish standards with which a person conducting the transaction prescribed in Article 25, paragraph (1) or the export prescribed in Article 48, paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as the "exporting goods or conducting similar transactions") in the course of trade (such a person is hereinafter referred to as an "exporter or person conducting similar transactions") is to comply when exporting goods or conducting similar transactions (hereinafter referred to as the "compliance standards for exporters and persons conducting similar transactions")." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb **第二項** 輸出者等遵守基準は、第二十五条第一項に規定する取引によつて提供しようとする特定技術又は第四十八条第一項の特定の地域を仕向地として輸出をしようとする同項の特定の種類の貨物が特定重要貨物等に該当するかどうかの確認に関する事項その他当該取引又は輸出を行うに当たつて遵守すべき事項について定めるものとする。 art-55-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-6-3#art-55-10/par-2 The compliance standards for exporters and persons conducting similar transactions must set forth the particulars for confirming whether specified technology that a person seeks to provide through a transaction as prescribed in Article 25, paragraph (1) or a specified type of goods as prescribed in Article 48, paragraph (1) that a person seeks to export to a specified region as prescribed in that paragraph constitutes specified important goods or technology, and anything else with which a person must comply in conducting such a transaction or in undertaking such an export. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The compliance standards for exporters and persons conducting similar transactions must set forth the particulars for confirming whether specified technology that a person seeks to provide through a transaction as prescribed in Article 25, paragraph (1) or a specific kind of goods as prescribed in Article 48, paragraph (1) that a person seeks to export to a specified region as prescribed in that paragraph constitutes specified important goods or technology, and anything else with which a person must comply in conducting such a transaction or in undertaking such an export." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb **第三項** 前項の「特定重要貨物等」とは、特定技術又は第四十八条第一項の特定の種類の貨物であつて、その特定国における提供若しくは特定国の非居住者への提供又はその同項の特定の地域を仕向地とする輸出が国際的な平和及び安全の維持を特に妨げることとなると認められるものとして経済産業省令で定めるものをいう。 art-55-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-6-3#art-55-10/par-3 The term "specified important goods or technology" referred to in the preceding paragraph means a specified technology or a specified type of goods referred to in Article 48, paragraph (1), which is prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as one whose provision in a specified country or to the non-resident of a specified country or whose export to a specified region as prescribed in that paragraph it is found would particularly compromise international peace and international security. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The term "specified important goods or technology" referred to in the preceding paragraph means a specified technology or a specified type of goods referred to in Article 48, paragraph (1), which is prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as one whose provision in a specified country or to the non-resident of a specified country or whose export to a specified region as prescribed in that paragraph it is found would compromise international peace and international security." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb **第四項** 輸出者等は、輸出者等遵守基準に従い、輸出等を行わなければならない。 art-55-10/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-6-3#art-55-10/par-4 An exporter or person conducting similar transactions must export goods or conduct similar transactions in accordance with the compliance standards for exporters and persons conducting similar transactions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第五十五条の十一（指導及び助言） — (Issuing Guidance and Advice) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-55-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-6-3#art-55-11 **第一項** 経済産業大臣は、輸出等が適正に行われることを確保するため必要があると認めるときは、輸出者等に対し、輸出者等遵守基準に従つた輸出等が行われるよう必要な指導及び助言をすることができる。 art-55-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-6-3#art-55-11/par-1 If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry finds it to be necessary to do so in order to ensure that a person is properly exporting goods or conducting similar transactions, the minister may provide the necessary guidance and advice to an exporter or person conducting similar transactions so that the exporter or person conducting similar transactions will export goods or conduct similar transactions in accordance with the compliance standards for exporters and persons conducting similar transactions. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry finds it to be necessary to do so in order to ensure that a person is properly exporting goods or conducting similar transactions, the minister may provide the necessary guidance or advice to an exporter or person conducting similar transactions so that the exporter or person conducting similar transactions will export goods or conduct similar transactions in accordance with the compliance standards for exporters and persons conducting similar transactions." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb ### 第五十五条の十二（勧告及び命令） — (Issuing Recommendations and Orders) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-55-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-6-3#art-55-12 **第一項** 経済産業大臣は、前条の規定による指導又は助言をした場合において、輸出者等がなお輸出者等遵守基準に違反していると認めるときは、当該輸出者等に対し、輸出者等遵守基準を遵守すべき旨の勧告をすることができる。 art-55-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-6-3#art-55-12/par-1 If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, having issued guidance or advice under the preceding Article, finds the exporter or person conducting similar transactions to be violating the compliance standards for exporters and persons conducting similar transactions, the Minister may issue a recommendation for them to comply with those compliance standards. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, having issued guidance or advice under the preceding Article, finds the exporter or person conducting similar transactions to be violating the compliance standards for exporters and persons conducting similar transactions, the Minister may issue a recommendation for them to comply with those compliance standards ." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb **第二項** 経済産業大臣は、前項の規定による勧告を受けた者がその勧告に従わなかつたときは、当該勧告を受けた者に対し、その勧告に係る措置をとるべきことを命ずることができる。 art-55-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-6-3#art-55-12/par-2 If a person that is issued a recommendation under the preceding paragraph fails to follow the recommendation, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may order that person to take the recommended measures. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-55-10/par-1: 第二十五条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-4/from-art-24#art-25/par-1 - art-55-10/par-1: 第四十八条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第四十八条第一項 (Article 48, paragraph (1)), art-48/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-6#art-48/par-1 - art-55-10/par-2: 第二十五条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-4/from-art-24#art-25/par-1 - art-55-10/par-2: 第四十八条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第四十八条第一項 (Article 48, paragraph (1)), art-48/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-6#art-48/par-1 - art-55-10/par-3: 前項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の十第二項 (Article 55-10, paragraph (2)), art-55-10/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-6-3#art-55-10/par-2 - art-55-10/par-3: 第四十八条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第四十八条第一項 (Article 48, paragraph (1)), art-48/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-6#art-48/par-1 - art-55-12/par-1: 前条 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の十一 (Article 55-11), art-55-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-6-3#art-55-11 - art-55-12/par-2: 前項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の十二第一項 (Article 55-12, paragraph (1)), art-55-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-6-3#art-55-12/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act, written 2026-11-05 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 外国為替及び外国貿易法 — the text as 令和八年法律第六十四号 leaves it, from a date not yet fixed (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/324AC0000000228/20270722_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (外国為替及び外国貿易法), Article 55-10, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (外国為替及び外国貿易法), Article 55-10, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (外国為替及び外国貿易法), Article 55-10, paragraph (3) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (外国為替及び外国貿易法), Article 55-11, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (外国為替及び外国貿易法), Article 55-12, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - This site's parser, version 225 — 外国為替及び外国貿易法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05