No. 17326
Promulgation Date 2020-05-26
Ministry of Environment
ALL
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
Article 2 (Definitions)
Article 3 (Scope of Application)
Article 4 (Duties of the State and Local Governments)
Article 5 (Duties of Chemical Handlers)
Article 6 (Master Plans for Control of Chemical Substances)
Article 7 (Chemical Substances Control Committee)
Article 7-2 (Enactment of Municipal Ordinance on Management of Chemical Substances)
Article 8 (Consultations on Major Policies)
CHAPTER II STATISTICAL SURVEYS AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION ON CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES
Article 9 (Verification of Chemical Substances)
Article 10 (Statistical Surveys on chemical substances and Establishment and Operation of Information System)
Article 11 (Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers)
Article 11-2 (Preparation and Submission of Chemical Release Reduction Plan)
Article 12 (Disclosure of Results of Surveys of Chemical Substances and Information)
CHAPTER III SAFE MANAGEMENT OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES
Section 1 Criteria for Handling Hazardous Chemical Substances
Article 13 (Criteria for Handling Hazardous Chemical Substances)
Article 14 (Handlers' Wearing of Personal Protective Gear)
Article 15 (Restrictions on Quantity of hazardous chemical substances Displayed or Stored)
Article 16 (Labeling, etc. of Hazardous Chemical Substances)
Article 17 (Suspension of Manufacture and Import of Hazardous Chemical Substances)
Article 18 (Prohibition on Handling of Prohibited Substances and Restriction on Handling of Restricted Substances)
Article 19 (Permission to Manufacture, Import, or Use Substances Subject to Permission)
Article 20 (Permit to Import Restricted Substances and Declaration for Import of Toxic Substances)
Article 21 (Approval for Export of Restricted Substances or Prohibited Substances)
Article 22 (Prohibition against Inhalation of Hallucinogenic Substances)
Section 2 Installation and Operation of Hazardous Chemical Substances Handling Facilities
Article 23 (Preparation and Submission of Plans for Prevention and Management of Chemical Accidents)
Article 23-2 (Implementation of Plans for Prevention and Management of Chemical Accidents)
Article 23-3 (Notification of Plans for Prevention and Management of Chemical Accidents to Local Communities)
Article 23-4 (Formulation of Plans for Responding to Local Chemical Accidents)
Article 24 (Criteria for Layout, Installation, and Management of Handling Facilities)
Article 25 (Orders to Improve Handling Facilities)
Article 26 (Self-Inspection of Handling Facilities)
CHAPTER IV HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL BUSINESS OPERATORS
Section 1 Classification of Hazardous Chemical Business and Permission to Conduct Business
Article 27 (Classification of Hazardous Chemical Business)
Article 28 (Permission to Conduct Hazardous Chemical Substance Business)
Article 28-2 (Mail Order of Hazardous Chemical Substances)
Article 29 (Exemption from Permission to Conduct Hazardous Chemical Substance Business)
Article 29-2 (Reagent Sellers' Duty to Notify)
Article 29-3 (Reporting on Reagent Sales Business)
Article 30 (Grounds for Disqualification of Hazardous Chemical Substance Business Operators)
Section 2 Management of Hazardous Chemical Substance Business Operators
Article 31 (Reporting on Awarding of Contracts for Handling Hazardous Chemical Substances)
Article 32 (Hazardous Chemical Substance Supervisors)
Article 33 (Safety Education on Hazardous Chemical Substances)
Article 34 (Suspension of Handling of Hazardous Chemical Substances, Suspension of Business, Closure of Business, etc.)
Article 34-2 (Improvement Order on Hazardous Chemical Business Substance Operators)
Article 35 (Revocation of Permission to Conduct Hazardous Chemical Substance Business)
Article 36 (Disposition of Penalty Surcharges Imposed in Lieu of Suspension of Business)
Article 37 (Succession to Rights and Obligations)
Article 38 (Approval for Shared Utilization of Hazardous Chemical Substance Supervisors and Handling Facilities)
CHAPTER V PREPARATION FOR AND RESPONSE TO CHEMICAL ACCIDENTS
Section 1 Designation of Substances Requiring Preparation for Accidents
Article 39 (Designation of Substances Requiring Preparation for Accidents)
Article 40 (Standards for Control of Substances Requiring Preparation for Accidents)
Article 41 Deleted.
Article 41-2 Deleted.
Article 42 Deleted.
Section 2 Response to Chemical Accidents
Article 43 (Reporting of Occurrence of Chemical Accidents)
Article 44 (Response at Scene of Chemical Accidents)
Article 44-2 (Order to Stop Operation of Facility at Which Chemical Accident Occurred).
Article 45 (Investigation into Impacts of Chemical Accidents)
Article 46 (Orders to Take Measures)
Article 47 (Designation of Areas Requiring Special Management of Chemical Accidents)
CHAPTER Ⅵ SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Article 48 (Establishment and Operation of Comprehensive Chemical Information System)
Article 49 (Reporting and Inspection)
Article 50 (Recording and Retention of Documents)
Article 51 (Hearings)
Article 52 (Data Protection)
Article 53 (Association Relating to Control of Chemical Substances)
Article 54 (Fees)
Article 55 (Delegation or Entrustment of Authority)
Article 56 (Legal Fiction as Public Officials in Application of Penalty Provisions)
CHAPTER VII PENALTY PROVISIONS
Article 57 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 58 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 59 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 60 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 61 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 62 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 63 (Joint Penalty Provisions)
Article 64 (Administrative Fines)
ADDENDA <Act No. 11862, Jun. 4, 2013>
ADDENDA <Act No. 12490, Mar. 18, 2014>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 13035, Jan. 20, 2015>
ADDENDA <Act No. 13534, Dec. 1, 2015>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 13890, Jan. 27, 2016>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 14231, May 29, 2016>
ADDENDA <Act No. 14476, Dec. 27, 2016>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 14493, Dec. 27, 2016>
ADDENDA <Act No. 14532, Jan. 17, 2017>
ADDENDA <Act No. 15105, Nov. 28, 2017>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 15659, Jun. 12, 2018>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 16084, Dec. 24, 2018>
ADDENDA <Act No. 17182, Mar. 31, 2020>
ADDENDA <Act No. 17326, May 26, 2020>