[Procedure name] Approval of Asking a Resident to Drive a Tax-Exempted Vehicle
(Procedure based on the convention)
[ Summary]
- Procedure required when a resident in Japan is asked to drive a tax-exempted vehicle in temporary admission in accordance with provisions of the Special Measure Law of the Customs Law on the Enforcement of the Customs Convention on Temporary Admission of Private Vehicles
[ Bases for procedures]
- Article 5 Paragraph 1 of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Special Measure Law of the Customs Law on the Enforcement of the Customs Convention on Temporary Admission of Private Vehicles
[ Subjects to procedure]
- Person who asks a resident in Japan to drive a tax-exempted vehicle
[ Time of submission]
- Submit your application before asking a resident in Japan to drive a tax-exempted vehicle. However, this procedure is not required when a resident in Japan is asked to drive a tax-exempted vehicle because of trouble with the vehicle or in an emergency.
[ Method of submission]
- Prepare the following application and submit it to a customs clearance section official of the customs office through which the tax-exempted vehicle was imported.
[ Fee]
- There is no fee.
[ Documents to be attached and number of copies]
[ Application form and description]
(The following forms may be printed for use in A4-sized (portrait) sheets of paper.)
- Application for Approval of a Resident's Driving a Tax-exempted Vehicle (Customs Form V No. 1050)
(State the name and Japanese (contact) address of the applicant, name and address of the submitter, number and duration of the temporary admission documents, name of the issuer and nominal person, country of registration of the temporary admission vehicle, registration number, model, quantity, scheduled date and place for export, name and address of the resident, reason for permitting the resident to drive the vehicle, scheduled period of driving, and other data required.
[ Submitted to]
- Submit to a customs clearance section official of the customs office that processed the import of the tax-exempted vehicle.
[ Reception time]
- Office hours of customs (8:30 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. except on holidays for the administrative agencies)
[ Consultation service]
- For information, ask a customs counselor or the customs office that processes your application.
[ Submission standard]
- That there must be a due reason for asking a resident to drive after the health condition of the person who asks the resident to drive, circumstance, and other conditions are taken into consideration.
[ Standard processing time]
[ Administrative appeal]
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