Permit for Examination at Places Other Than the Designated Place/Permit of Examination of Foreign Goods (Reshipment) at Places Other Than the Designated Place

[Procedure name]	- Permit for Examination at Places Other Than the Designated Place - Permit of Examination of Foreign Goods (Reshipment) at Places Other Than the Designated Place
	(Procedure for inspecting import/export goods)

[	Summary]
-	A person who intends to import or export goods is required to obtain a permit through customs' examination. Such examinations are held at places designated by the Director-General of Customs. This is a procedure required when a person desires to undergo examination at a place other than designated by the Director-General of Customs.

[	Bases for procedures]
-	Article 69 of the Customs Law
-	Article 75 of the Customs Law (Application of Article 69 of the Customs Law)
-	Article 100 of the Customs Law
-	Article 62 of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Customs Law
-	Article 6 of the Law of Customs Fees
-	Article 9 of the Law of Customs Fees

[	Subjects to procedure]
-	Person who intends to take import or export examination at a place other than places designated by the Director-General of Customs

[	Time of submission]
-	Submit an application before taking import or export examination at a place other than places designated by the Director-General of Customs

[	Method of submission]
-	Prepare the following application and submit it to the customs clearance section of the customs office that performs import or export examination or of the customs office that controls the customs warehouse where import or export goods are stored.

[	Fee]
-	5,000 yen per hour of examination

[	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 Permit of Examination at Places Other Than the Designated Place (Customs Form C No. 5390) (Describe the nature and quantity of the goods, the period and place for examination, and reason for examination at a non-designated place.)

[	Submitted to]
-	Submit an application to the customs clearance section of the customs office that you take examination for import or export at a place other than those designated by the Director-General of Customs Office. (For examination of accompanied baggage, submit it an application to a guard of the customs office.)

[	Reception time]
-	Office hours of customs (8:30 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. excluding holidays of the administrative agencies).

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

[	Submission standard]
	That the nature or quantity of goods is inappropriate for examination at a place designated by the Director-General of Customs and there are no difficulties in carrying-out an efficient examination

[	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 acknowledged of the disposition on the application mentioned above.

[	Remarks]
-	The applicant is required to submit two copies of application, and revenue stamps equivalent to permit fees must be affixed at the top of the rear side of one of the applications.
-	When the Director-General of Customs designates a place for examination, the place will be notified. For details, contact a customs office.