mendments thereto from the Minister of the Environment or the governor of the
prefecture concerned.
3. The Designated Approval Institution shall formulate an annual report and
statements of account of the fiscal year concerned within three months after the end
of each fiscal year, and submit them to the Minister of the Environment or the
governor of the prefecture concerned.
4. The Designated Approval Institution shall not suspend or discontinue all or part of
the approval-related affairs concerned without the permission of the Minister of the
Environment or the governor of the prefecture concerned.
5. When the Designated Approval Institution suspends all or part of the
approval-related affairs with the permission of the preceding paragraph, or is unable
to implement all or part of the Affairs concerned due to a natural disaster or any other
event, the Minister of the Environment or the governor of the prefecture concerned,
when deemed necessary, shall implement all or part of the approval-related affairs
concerned.
6. When the Minister of the Environment or the governor of the prefecture concerned
implements all or part of the approval-related affairs under the preceding paragraph,
or when the Designated Approval Institution discontinues all or part of the
approval-related affairs concerned with the permission of paragraph 4, or when the
Minister of the Environment or the governor of the prefecture concerned cancels the
Designation under paragraph 2 or 3 of Article 21, necessary matters including
transfer of the approval-related affairs shall be prescribed by the environmental
ministerial ordinance.
(Duty of Confidentiality Etc.)
Article 20
The Designated Approval Institution (directors when the Institution is a legal entity),
its personnel and the former Designated Approval Institution shall not leak out the
confidential information that has come to their knowledge in the course of
implementing the approval-related affairs, or shall not use such information for their
personal benefits.