Foreign Exchange Control Order. Copyright Roderick Seeman

Article 17-2. Licensing, etc. of Service Transactions

1.The transactions which have as their objective the provision of technologies related to the planning, manufacture or usage of goods of a variety designated by Cabinet Order as provided in the provisions of Article 25, Paragraph 1 of the Law to designated regions, shall be transactions which have as their objective the provision of technologies in the middle row of Separate Table from Category 1 through 15 to regions listed in the row directly below in the same Separate Table, and transactions which have as their objective the provision of technologies in the middle row of the Separate Table from Category 16 to regions listed in the row directly below in the same Separate Table (Excluding those classifiable as transactions which have as their objective the provision of technologies in the middle row of the Separate Table from Category 5 through 15, in the regions in listed in the row directly below in the same Separate Table).

2. Transactions relating to the trade of goods in line with the movement of goods between nations, to be determined by Cabinet Order as provided in Article 25, Paragraph 1, Item 2 of the Law, shall be the transactions relating to the trade of goods in line with the movement of goods between nations, listed in the middle row of Category 1 of the Separate Table 1 of the Export Trade Control Order.

3. When a resident seeks to receive the License of the Minister of International Trade and Industry based on the provisions of Article 25, Paragraph 1 of the Law, must make an application based on procedures set out by Ministry of International Trade and Industry Ordinance.

4. From among the transactions provided for in Paragraph 1 or Paragraph 2, for those designated by the Minister of International Trade and Industry as deemed not to obstruct the achievement of the objectives of the Law, viewed from the parties to the said transaction, the particulars thereof and other factors, the said transactions can be carried out without having received the license of the Minister of International Trade based on the provisions of Article 25, Paragraph 1, of the Law.