Provisional Translation
| OTO No. | 438 | Classification | MHA-10 MOF-74 |
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| Date of Acceptance | December 25, 1990 | Ministry/Agency Receiving Complaint | Economic Planning Agency |
| Responsible Ministries | Ministry of Home Affairs Ministry of Finance |
Related Laws | Local Tax Law Tobacco Industries Law |
| Complainant | Delegation of the Commission of the European Community (proxy complaint) | Exporting Countries | EC |
| Subject | Regarding the sale of tobacco products, 1. Simplification of the local tax procedures for imported tobacco products. 2. Improvements concerning Japan Tobacco's influence over sales permits and the placement of vending machines. |
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| Details of Measures | 1. Explanations were done about the declaration procedure for the local taxes on foreign tobacco products in Japan. 2. Japan Tobacco (JT) is simply entrusted with the mechanical execution of the administrative procedures relating to the licensing of retail outlets (including vending machines) for tobacco products and JT simply follows the application acceptance and other standards laid down by the national government, with the actual screening and decision authority on whether or not to grant approval resting with the Local Finance Bureaus as the regional offices of the Ministry of Finance. As a result, it was explained, JT does not have any influence over the granting of retail sales licenses and foreign manufactures are not placed at a disadvantages by the fact that some of the administrative work relating to such applications and approvals has been delegated to JT. |
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| Classification of Processing | D | Directions | I-b |
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