Article 57-2. (Deliver of Documents, etc.)
• (1) A person who is to transfer or provide substances defined by the Cabinet Order among which are liable to cause danger or health impairment to workers, or the substances referred to in the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 56 (hereinafter referred to as “notifiable substances”), shall notify the party to whom the notifiable substances are to be transferred or provided of the following matters by means of delivering a document or other manner provided for by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (for a person covered under the provision of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, excluding the matter covered by the same paragraph ); however, this shall not apply in respect to the transfer or provision of notifiable substances intended primarily for ordinary use of general consumers.
o (i) Name of the substance
o (ii) Ingredients and their respective contents
o (iii) Physical and chemical properties
o (iv) Effects on the human body
o (v) Precautions concerning storage or handling
o (vi) Emergency measures to be taken in the event of leakage etc.
o (vii) In addition to the matters listed in the preceding each item, those provided for by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
• (2) When changes are necessary to the matters pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the person who is to transfer or provide the notifiable substances shall endeavor to notify the party to whom the said substances were transferred or provided of all the changes in the matters of the said paragraph by delivering a document or other method provided for by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare promptly.
• (3) In additon to the matters covered by the two preceding paragraphs, other matters relating to the notification in the two preceding paragraphs are provided for by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
Article 57-3. (Investigation of Toxicity of Chemical Substances)
• (1) To prevent impairment of workers' health caused by chemical substances, an employer who intends to manufacture or import a chemical substance (hereinafter in this Article referred to as “new chemical substance”) other than the chemical substances defined by Cabinet Order as the existing chemical substances (including chemical substances whose names were made public under the provisions