[Procedure name]	Permits for traffic between land and a vessel or Aircraft Coming and/or Going Between Japan and Any Foreign Country or for Loading/Unloading Goods
	(Procedures for vessels and aircraft)

[	Summary]
-	Procedure for traffic between land and a vessel or aircraft coming and/or going between Japan and any foreign country (hereinafter referred to as a "vessel coming and/or going between Japan and any foreign country, etc.") or for loading/unloading goods at a place other than the designated place

[	Bases for procedures]
-	Article 24 Paragraph 1 of the Customs Law
-	Article 22 of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Customs Law

[	Subjects to procedure]
-	A person who intends to traffic between land and a vessel coming and/or going between Japan and any foreign country, etc. or to load/unload goods at a place other than the designated place

[	Time of submission]
-	Submit required documents before starting to traffic between land and a vessel coming and/or going between Japan and any foreign country, etc. or to load/unload goods at a place other than the designated place.

[	Method of submission]
-	Prepare the following applications and submit them to the guard section of the customs office having jurisdiction over the place other than the designated place where the applicant intends to traffic between land and a vessel coming and/or going between Japan and any foreign country, etc. or to load/unload goods.

[	Fee]
-	There is no fee.

[	Documents to be attached and number of copies]
-	There are none in particular.

[	Application form and description]
	(The following forms may be printed for use in A4-sized (portrait) sheets of paper.)
-	Application for permission of loading and/or unloading of goods at the place elsewhere than in designated area (Customs Form C No. 2190)
-	Application for permission of: Traffic through place other than designated, Traffic through place designated, Traffic between vessel or aircraft coming and/or going between Japan and any foreign country and coasting vessel, etc. (Customs Form C No. 2210)

[	Submitted to]
-	Submit documents to the guard section of the customs office having jurisdiction over the place other than the designated place where the applicant intends to traffic between land and a vessel coming and/or going between Japan and any foreign country, etc. or to load/unload goods.

[	Reception time]
-	Office hours of customs (8:30 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. excluding holidays of the administrative agencies). Contact beforehand the guard section of the customs office having jurisdiction over the place other than the designated place where you intend to traffic or to load/unload goods when intending to submit an application outside the office hours of customs.

[	Consultation service]
-	For information, contact a customs counselor or the guard section of the customs office that processes your submitted documents.

[	Submission standard]
-	That it is certain that a vessel coming and/or going between Japan and any foreign country, etc. has entered or is going to enter a port or airport, and that it is considered necessary to traffic between land and a vessel coming and/or going between Japan and any foreign country, etc. or to load/unload goods at a place other than the designated place

[	Standard processing time]

[	Administrative appeal]
-	Any person may file a protest with the Director-General of Customs within two months from the following the date of acknowledgement of a disposition related to the above mentioned application in case he or she is not satisfied with that disposition.

[	Remarks]