[Procedure name]	Notification of Suspension or Discontinuance of a Customs Warehouse's Operation
	(Procedure for a customs (bonded) area)

[	Summary]
-	Procedure required when a person who has the permit of a customs warehouse intends to suspend or discontinue its operation within the permission period

[	Bases for procedures]
-	Article 46 of the Customs Law
-	Article 39 Paragraph 1 of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Customs Law

[	Subjects to procedure]
-	Person who has obtained the permit of a customs warehouse

[	Time of submission]
-	Submit your notification as early as possible by considering your intended date of suspension or discontinuance of the operation in the said customs warehouse within the permission period.

[	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. (Refer to [Remarks].)

[	Declaration form and description]
	(The following forms may be printed for use in A4-sized (portrait) sheets of paper.)
-	Application for Suspension (Discontinuance) of Customs Warehouses (Customs Form C No. 3180): One copy (Two copies when applying through a customs branch)

[	Submitted to]
-	Submit your application to a hozei section official of the customs office having jurisdiction over the area where the said customs warehouse is located.

[	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 the said customs warehouse has no foreign goods being stored in it

[	Standard processing time]

[	Administrative appeal]

[	Remarks]
-	Customs may ask the notifier to submit a list of foreign goods if they are left in the customs warehouse which is scheduled to be suspended or discontinued.
-	When the notifier, who submitted a notification of suspension of operation, intends to resume operation, he is required to go through a resumption procedure for operation.