[Procedure name] Approval of Succession to Customs Display Area Permission by Inheritance
(Procedure for a customs (bonded) area)
[ Summary]
- Procedure required when an inheritor intends to succeed to the customs display area permission owned by his ancestor who permitted the succession
[ Bases for procedures]
- Article 62-7 (application of Article 48-2, Paragraph 2) of the Customs Law
- Article 51-8 (application of Article 39-2, Paragraph 1) of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Customs Law
[ Subjects to procedure]
- Inheritor who intends to succeed to the position of customs display area permission
[ Time of submission]
- Submit your application within 60 days after the death of the ancestor concerned.
[ Method of submission]
- Prepare an application and documents to be attached and submit them to the following administrative agency.
[ Fee]
- There is no fee for application. (Refer to [Remarks].)
[D ocuments to be attached and number of copies]
- Submit each copy of the following documents (two copies when applying via a customs branch).
1. Certificate of tax payment or documents indicating the asset condition of the applicant
2. Documents whose contents are changed after they were submitted to the customs at the time of applying for a customs display area permit
(1)  Personal history of the manager and other major employees
(2)  A copy of a commission agreement when the applicant has concluded one with others to handle part of its freight control
(3)  A copy of the lease agreement when the applicant rents the premises for an intended customs display area
(4)  Letter of comprehensive commission to a major employee if an inheritor of permission desires to commission the hozei operation to the employee
(5)  A compliance programme on freight control of the company
3. Documents that evidence the succession to the position (for example, documents confirming that the succession is agreed to by the inheritor)
[ Application form and description]
 (The following forms may be printed for use in A4-sized (portrait) sheets of paper.)
- Application for Approval of Succeeding to Customs Display Area Permission (Customs Form C No. 3195): 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 display area 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.
[Su bmission standard]
- The applicant must not fall into one of the following seven conditions for disqualification:
1. That a person who intends to obtain approval of succeeding to the customs display area permission (hereafter referred to as an "applicant") was once subject to withdrawal of the permit and less than three years have passed since the withdrawal
2. An applicant who was subject to a punishment of the Customs Law for violation and completed serving the punishment or was granted a suspension of the punishment, or was subject to a notification procedure and completed serving the procedure, and three years have not elapsed from the date of completion of the administrative disposition
3. An applicant who was subject to a law or order other than the Customs Law for violation and completed serving a two-year or longer sentence of imprisonment or was granted a suspension of the punishment, and two years have not elapsed from the date of the administrative disposition.
4. That an applicant employs a person, as an agent or manager or major employee, subject to one of items 1 to 3 above
5. An applicant who is considered unable to bear burdens to be imposed according to provisions of the Customs Law because of the poor resources of the applicant, or who is considered incapable of performing the operation of a customs display area.
6. That the location or the facility of the customs display area that the applicant intends to obtain approval of succeeding to the permission is admitted as inappropriate for a customs display area
7. An applicant who is considered to have applied for a location with poor prospects or usefulness for a customs display area permit.
[ 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]
- After succeeding to the permission, the applicant is required to pay monthly fees of customs display area permission (ten categories from 20,400 yen to 165,100 yen per month) according to the area of the customs display area permitted.