[Procedure name]	Notification of Discarding Foreign Goods
	(Procedure for storage of goods in customs areas)

[	Summary]
-	Procedure required when destroying foreign goods in a customs area (so that the original form is lost, such as by burning them) or disposing of foreign goods as waste that cannot be used for the purpose originally designed for because they are rotten or denatured

[	Bases for procedures]
-	Article 34 of the Customs Law
-	Article 29 of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Customs Law

[	Subjects to procedure]
-	Owner or an agent who intends to dispose of foreign goods in a customs area

[	Time of submission]
-	Submit your notification before disposing of foreign goods in a customs area.

[	Method of submission]
-	Prepare your notification and submit it to the customs office stated below.

[	Fee]
-	There is no fee for notification.

[	Documents to be attached and number of copies]
-	No documents to be attached required.

[	Declaration form and description]
	(The following forms may be printed for use in A4-sized (landscape) sheets of paper.)
-	Notification of Disposing of Foreign Goods (Customs Form C No. 3080) : Two copies

[	Submitted to]
-	Submit your notification to a hozei section official of the customs office having jurisdiction over the customs area where the goods that you intend to destroy are stored.

[	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.

[S	ubmission standard]
1.	That foreign goods must be destroyed (for example, by burning them so that the original form is lost), or be disposed of as waste that cannot be used for the purpose originally designed for because they are rotten or denatured, etc.
2.	That goods are not those to be destroyed after obtaining approval from the Director-General of Customs (goods that do not fall into the reservation of Article 45 Paragraph 1 of the Customs Law)

[	Standard processing time]

[	Administrative appeal]

[	Remarks]
-	Submit your notification for approval when the said goods to be discarded are stored in a customs area and when your intended discarding falls into the category of destruction.
-	When your goods fall into the category of discarding other than destruction, the notifier is required to go through an import procedure, depending on the condition after discarding.