This Ministerial Order is established pursuant to the Act on Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Act No. 75 of 1992), and the Order for Enforcement of the Act on Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cabinet Order No. 17 of 1993).
Notification under the provisions of Article 33-2 of the Act is to be made by submitting a written notification giving the information specified in items (i) through (iii) of the same Article and the preceding paragraph. A specified international species business operator must document the information set forth in the items as prescribed in Article 3, and must preserve it for a period of five years. The Ministerial Order further makes provisions for: method of publication of information on notifications, information to be publicized, manner of displaying or advertising specified international species business, etc.