[Procedure name]	Approval for Release of Retained Goods
	(Procedures for accommodation and holding)

[	Summary]
-	Procedure for returning accompanied personal effects retained by a customs for not obtaining necessary permission or approval required by laws and regulations other than the customs related laws

[	Bases for procedures]
-	Article 86 Paragraph 2 of the Customs Law
-	Article 81 of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Customs Law

[	Subjects to procedure]
-	A passenger or crew member whose accompanied personal effects is retained by customs

[	Time of submission]
-	The applicant is required to submit documents that certify the disappearance of the cause of the goods being retained within the four months from the date they were retained by customs

[	Method of submission]
-	The applicant is required to submit a "Certificate of Retention of Accompanied Personal Effects," which was issued when the goods was retained by customs, and documents that certify the disappearance of the cause of the goods being retained (for example, an import permit, a promissory letter for reshipment, etc.) to the guard section of the customs office that retained the goods.

[	Fee]
-	The applicant is required to pay the expense for retaining the goods (for example, transportation expense, expenses for the special storage, etc.)

[	Documents to be attached and number of copies]
-	Documents that certify the disappearance of the cause of retention of the goods (for example, an import permit, a promissory letter for reshipment, etc.): One copy

[	Application forms and description]
	(The following form may not be used for application.)
-	The applicant is required to submit a Certificate of Retention of Accompanied Personal Effects (Customs Form C No. 6020) issued when the goods was retained by customs.

[	Submitted to]
-	Submit the application to the guard section of the customs office that retained the said accompanied personal effects.

[	Reception time]
-	Office hours of customs (8:30 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. excluding holidays of the administrative agencies). Contact the customs beforehand if you intend to submit your documents outside the office hours of customs.

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

[	Submission standard]
-	That the applicant has obtained a permit or approval required by a law other than the customs related laws and the cause of retention of goods has disappeared
-	That reshipment is reliable due to a reason, that no permit or approval will be given.
-	That the expense for the retention has been paid.

[	Standard processing time]

[	Administrative appeal]
-	A protest may be filed to the Director-General of Customs within the two months from one day after the date when the applicant learned of the disposition mentioned above.

[	Remarks]
-	The laws and regulations other than the customs-related laws include the Food Sanitation Law, the Plant Quarantine Law, the Domestic Animal Infections Disease Control Law, the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law, the Import Control Order, etc.