Specification of an Extension of the Allowable Period to Store Foreign Goods Without Approval

[Procedure name]	Specification of an Extension of the Allowable Period to Store Foreign Goods Without Approval
	(Procedure for storage of goods in customs areas)

[	Summary]
-	Procedure required when a person intends to extend a storage period of foreign goods in a customs warehouse without obtaining approval due to an unavoidable cause

[	Bases for procedures]
-	Article 43-3 Paragraph 1 of the Customs Law
-	Article 36-3 of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Customs Law

[	Subjects to procedure]
-	Person who intends to obtain the specification of a period from the Director-General of Customs

[	Time of submission]
-	Submit your application within three months (or within the period specified by the Director-General of Customs) after storing the said goods in a customs warehouse.

[	Method of submission]
-	Prepare an application and submit it to a hozei section official of the customs office stated below.

[	Fee]
-	No fee is required for application.

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

[	Application form and description]
	(The following forms may be printed for use in A4-sized (portrait) sheets of paper.)
-	Application for Approval of Specification of Storage Period of Foreign Goods without Approval (Customs Form C No. 3241): Two copies

[	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]

The applicant must have an unavoidable cause as indicated below:

(1)

Case where the applicant cannot submit an application for approval on storage in a customs warehouse to the Director-General of Customs because the said goods require a permit or approval or administrative disposition or the like or inspection or the furnishing of other conditions according to the provision of a law or order and the applicant is in the course of applying to the competent authority that executes the said law or order

(2)

Case where the applicant cannot submit an application for approval on storage in a customs warehouse to the Director-General of Customs because the accompanying papers to the application are incomplete due to a reason for which the importer is not responsible

[	Standard processing time]

[	Administrative appeal]
-	Any person may file a protest with the Director-General of Customs within two months from the day following the date of acknowledgement of a disposition related to a customs declaration in case he or she is not satisfied with that disposition.

[	Remarks]