Reference Clauses of the Act : Art. 44, para. (1), items (i) and (ii), Art. 49-2, para. (1), items (i) and (ii), and Art. 49-5, para. (1)
A person who conducts the business of manufacturing containers or accessories may be registered by the Minister of METI for each of its plants or works according to the business category regarding containers or accessories. A person so registered regarding the manufacture of containers is referred to as a “Registered Container Manufacturer,” and a person so registered regarding the manufacture of accessories is referred to as a “Registered Accessories Manufacturer,” and they are collectively referred to as “Registered Manufacturers of Containers, etc.”
In addition, a person who conducts in a foreign country the business of manufacturing containers or accessories to be exported to Japan is referred to as a “Registered Foreign Container Manufacturer” or a “Registered Foreign Accessories Manufacturer” separately from Registered Container Manufacturers or Registered Accessories Manufacturers, and they are collectively referred to as “Registered Foreign Manufacturers of Containers, etc.”
A container or accessory manufactured by a Registered Manufacturer of Containers, etc. or Registered Foreign Manufacturer of Containers, etc., whose type has been approved by the Minister of METI, and on or to which a prescribed stamp or marking plate is put or attached (referred to as “Self-Inspection Stamping or Marking Plate”) in the case of the container or on which a prescribed stamp is put (referred to as “Self-Inspection Stamping”) in the case of the accessory may be transferred or delivered without being made to undergo a container inspection or accessory inspection.
A person who intends to be registered shall apply to the Minister of METI (or the Director General of Industrial Safety and Inspection Department when its plants or works to manufacture containers or accessories are set up in only one jurisdiction of the Industrial Safety and Inspection Department). The Minister of METI, or the Director General of the Industrial Safety and Inspection Department shall inspect (i) manufacturing equipment for containers or accessories, (ii) inspection equipment for containers or accessories, (iii) the quality control method and matters concerning the organizational system for inspection, and (iv) inspection codes for containers or accessories (a code prescribing a method of inspecting containers or accessories) in the plants or works, in addition to examination of documents concerning various items. When they conform to the standards set in the Container Safety Ordinance, said person shall be registered.
Moreover, the items of inspection by the Minister of METI as referred to in (i) through (iv) above may be examined instead by the High Pressure Gas Safety Institute of Japan or an Investigation Agency of Inspection Organizations, etc. In that case, when they conform to the standards, the High Pressure Gas Safety Institute of Japan or Investigation Agency of Inspection Organizations, etc. shall issue a document showing the conformity, and the applicant shall submit an application for registration to the Minister of METI with that document.