Latest revision: Cabinet Order No. 307 of June 7, 2000
Cabinet Order on Retaliatory Customs Duty, etc.
(Public notice of imposing retaliatory customs duty, etc.)
Article 1.The Minister of Finance shall, when a decision has been made to take a measure prescribed in paragraph (1) or (2) of Article 6 of the Customs Tariff Act (hereinafter referred to as “retaliatory customs duty, etc.”) or to alter or abolish retaliatory customs duty, etc. (hereinafter referred to as “measure relating to retaliatory customs duty, etc.”), promptly give in the official gazette a public notice of that decision and the matters as set forth in the following:
(i)the name of a country (including any territory which is part of that country) covered by the measure relating to retaliatory customs duty, etc.;
(ii)the descriptions, brands, types and characteristics of goods covered by the measure relating to retaliatory customs duty, etc.;
(iii)details of the measure relating to retaliatory customs duty, etc. (excluding the matters set forth in the preceding two items);
(iv)the grounds for taking the measure relating to retaliatory customs duty, etc.;
(v)any other relevant matters.
(Referral, etc. to the Council on Customs, Tariff, Foreign Exchange and other Transactions)
Article 2.The Minister of Finance shall, if it is found necessary to take the measure relating to retaliatory customs duty, etc., promptly refer the matter to the Council on Customs, Tariff, Foreign Exchange and other Transactions; provided, however, that this does not apply if it is found necessary to immediately take the measure relating to retaliatory customs duty, etc.
(2)The Minister of Finance shall, when the measure relating to retaliatory customs duty, etc. has been taken in the situation falling under the case provided for in the proviso to the preceding paragraph, promptly report the details of the measure to the Council on Customs, Tariff, Foreign Exchange and other Transactions.