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(Provisional Translation) | ||
Reorganization of the Office of Trade and Investment Ombudsman | ||
February 1, 1994 Cabinet Decision January 6, 2001 Partial Amendment | ||
| In order to reorganize the Office of Trade and Investment Ombudsman (OTO), the Office of Market Access shall be established inside the Cabinet Office, and meetings of the Market Access Ombudsman Council shall be held. | ||
Description | ||
1. The Office of Market Access | ||
| (1) | Duties | |
| The Office of Market Access (hereinafter referred to as "the Office") shall coordinate and act as liaison among the ministries and agencies concerned in order to promptly and appropriately process specific complaints relating to market access and import facilitation, including import procedures. | ||
| (2) | Composition | |
| The Office shall be made up of the following members. The Chair may add other ministers concerned as members where necessary. | ||
| Chair: | Prime Minister | |
| Members: | Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications | |
| Minister of Justice | ||
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | ||
| Minister of Finance | ||
| Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | ||
| Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare | ||
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | ||
| Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry | ||
| Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport | ||
| Minister of the Environment | ||
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | ||
| Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy | ||
| Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission | ||
| (3) | OTO Executive Meeting | |
| The Office shall have an OTO executive meeting composed of public service staff from the administrative agencies concerned nominated as secretaries by the Chair, with the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Administrative) as the head of the meeting. The head of the OTO Executive Meeting shall attend meetings of the Office. | ||
| (4) | Other | |
| The Chair shall decide other matters necessary for the operation of the Office. | ||
2. The Market Access Ombudsman Council | ||
| (1) | Aim of Establishment | |
| The Market Access Ombudsman Council (hereinafter referred to as "the Council") shall be established to support the activities of the Office and contribute to expanded market access, by hearing the opinions of experts on specific complaints relating to market access and import facilitation issues, including import procedures. | ||
| (2) | Composition | |
| The Council shall be composed of academic experts in the areas such as international economics and trade. | ||
| (3) | Other | |
| The Chair shall decide other matters necessary for the operation of the Council. | ||
3. Other | ||
| The Office of Trade and Investment Ombudsman established on January 30, 1982 by a Ministerial Meeting on Economic Measures decision and the OTO Advisory Council established on January 13, 1983 by the same Council shall be abolished. However, the Office shall take over the matters which the Office of Trade and Investment Ombudsman has decided and the complaints it has accepted and processed until now, and the Council shall take over the matters which the OTO Advisory Council has investigated and deliberated so far. | ||