# 中小企業等経営強化法 / Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. — 第二十六条 (Article 26) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-26. 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: 中小企業等経営強化法 (Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc.), 平成十一年法律第十八号 - English title "Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc.": claude-opus-5-5 - 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: 第二十六条 (Article 26)（食品等の持続的な供給を実現するための食品等事業者による事業活動の促進及び食品等の取引の適正化に関する法律の特例） — address `art-26` - Text in force since: 2026-01-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-26 - e-Gov law ID: 411AC0000000018 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十六条（食品等の持続的な供給を実現するための食品等事業者による事業活動の促進及び食品等の取引の適正化に関する法律の特例） — Special Provisions for the Act on the Promotion of Business Activities by Food, etc. Business Operators and Ensuring Proper Transactions of Food, etc. for Realizing a Sustainable Supply of Food, etc. caption: machine translation, not official art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-26 **第一項** 食品等の持続的な供給を実現するための食品等事業者による事業活動の促進及び食品等の取引の適正化に関する法律（平成三年法律第五十九号）第二十二条第一項の規定により指定された食品等持続的供給推進機構は、同法第二十三条各号に掲げる業務のほか、次に掲げる業務を行うことができる。 art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-26/par-1 The Organization for Promoting Sustainable Supply of Food, etc. designated pursuant to Article 22, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Promotion of Business Activities by Food, etc. Business Operators and Ensuring Proper Transactions of Food, etc. for Realizing a Sustainable Supply of Food, etc. (Act No. 59 of 1991) may conduct the following services in addition to the services listed in the items of Article 23 of that Act: machine translation, not official **一** 食品等（食品等の持続的な供給を実現するための食品等事業者による事業活動の促進及び食品等の取引の適正化に関する法律第二条第一項に規定する食品等をいう。）の生産、製造、加工又は販売の事業を行う者（次号において「食品等製造業者等」という。）が実施する承認経営革新事業又は認定経営力向上事業に必要な資金の借入れに係る債務を保証すること。 art-26/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-26/par-1/item-1 guaranteeing obligations pertaining to borrowings of funds necessary for an approved management innovation project or a certified management capacity improvement project carried out by a person that engages in the business of producing, manufacturing, processing or selling food, etc. (meaning food, etc. prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Promotion of Business Activities by Food, etc. Business Operators and Ensuring Proper Transactions of Food, etc. for Realizing a Sustainable Supply of Food, etc.; referred to as a "food, etc. manufacturer, etc." in the following item); machine translation, not official **二** 承認経営革新事業又は認定経営力向上事業を実施する食品等製造業者等に対し、必要な資金のあっせんを行うこと。 art-26/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-26/par-1/item-2 arranging necessary funds for a food, etc. manufacturer, etc. that carries out an approved management innovation project or a certified management capacity improvement project; machine translation, not official **三** 前二号に掲げる業務に附帯する業務を行うこと。 art-26/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-26/par-1/item-3 providing services incidental to those set forth in the preceding two items. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の規定により食品等持続的供給推進機構の業務が行われる場合には、次の表の上欄に掲げる食品等の持続的な供給を実現するための食品等事業者による事業活動の促進及び食品等の取引の適正化に関する法律の規定の適用については、これらの規定中同表の中欄に掲げる字句は、同表の下欄に掲げる字句とする。 第二十四条第一項 前条第一号に掲げる業務 前条第一号に掲げる業務及び中小企業等経営強化法（平成十一年法律第十八号。以下「中小強化法」という。）第二十六条第一項第一号に掲げる業務 第二十五条第一項 第二十三条第一号に掲げる業務 第二十三条第一号に掲げる業務及び中小強化法第二十六条第一項第一号に掲げる業務 第二十九条第一項、第三十条及び第三十一条第一項第一号 第二十三条各号に掲げる業務 第二十三条各号に掲げる業務又は中小強化法第二十六条第一項各号に掲げる業務 第三十一条第一項第三号 この節 この節若しくは中小強化法 第五十七条第二号 第二十九条第一項 中小強化法第二十六条第二項の規定により読み替えて適用する第二十九条第一項 第五十七条第三号 第三十条 中小強化法第二十六条第二項の規定により読み替えて適用する第三十条 art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-26/par-2 Where the services of the Organization for Promoting Sustainable Supply of Food, etc. are conducted pursuant to the preceding paragraph, with regard to the application of the provisions of the Act on the Promotion of Business Activities by Food, etc. Business Operators and Ensuring Proper Transactions of Food, etc. for Realizing a Sustainable Supply of Food, etc. listed in the left-hand column of the following table, the terms listed in the middle column of the same table in those provisions are deemed to be replaced with the terms listed in the right-hand column of the same table. Article 24, paragraph (1) the services listed in item (i) of the preceding Article the services listed in item (i) of the preceding Article and the services listed in Article 26, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. (Act No. 18 of 1999; hereinafter referred to as the "SME Management Strengthening Act") Article 25, paragraph (1) the services listed in Article 23, item (i) the services listed in Article 23, item (i) and the services listed in Article 26, paragraph (1), item (i) of the SME Management Strengthening Act Article 29, paragraph (1), Article 30 and Article 31, paragraph (1), item (i) the services listed in the items of Article 23 the services listed in the items of Article 23 or the services listed in the items of Article 26, paragraph (1) of the SME Management Strengthening Act Article 31, paragraph (1), item (iii) this Section this Section or the SME Management Strengthening Act Article 57, item (ii) Article 29, paragraph (1) Article 29, paragraph (1) as applied pursuant to Article 26, paragraph (2) of the SME Management Strengthening Act with the terms replaced Article 57, item (iii) Article 30 Article 30 as applied pursuant to Article 26, paragraph (2) of the SME Management Strengthening Act with the terms replaced machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-26/par-1: 食品等の持続的な供給を実現するための食品等事業者による事業活動の促進及び食品等の取引の適正化に関する法律（平成三年法律第五十九号）第二十二条第一項 → e-Gov law 403AC0000000059, 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-26/par-1: 同法第二十三条 → e-Gov law 403AC0000000059, 第二十三条 (Article 23), art-23 — not held in this collection - art-26/par-1/item-1: 次号 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十六条第一項第二号 (Article 26, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-26/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-26/par-1/item-2 - art-26/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十六条第一項第一号 (Article 26, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-26/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-26/par-1/item-1 - art-26/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十六条第一項第二号 (Article 26, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-26/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-26/par-1/item-2 - art-26/par-2: 前項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十六条第一項 (Article 26, paragraph (1)), art-26/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-26/par-1 - art-26/par-2: 中小企業等経営強化法（平成十一年法律第十八号。以下「中小強化法」という。）第二十六条第一項第一号 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十六条第一項第一号 (Article 26, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-26/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-26/par-1/item-1 - art-26/par-2: 中小強化法第二十六条第二項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十六条第二項 (Article 26, paragraph (2)), art-26/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-26/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十六条第一項第一号（食品等の持続的な供給を実現するための食品等事業者による事業活動の促進及び食品等の取引の適正化に関する法律の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-26/par-1/item-1 - 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十六条第一項第三号（食品等の持続的な供給を実現するための食品等事業者による事業活動の促進及び食品等の取引の適正化に関する法律の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-26/par-1/item-3 - 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十六条第二項（食品等の持続的な供給を実現するための食品等事業者による事業活動の促進及び食品等の取引の適正化に関する法律の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-26/par-2 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — English titles of cited laws, written for this site, written 2026-10-08 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 中小企業等経営強化法 — the text in force from 2026-01-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/411AC0000000018/20260101_507AC0000000041), retrieved 2026-11-06 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch sme-management-strengthening-act-20261106T173426-009, translated 2026-11-07 - This site's parser, version 225 — 中小企業等経営強化法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06