This Order is enacted in accordance with the the Act on the Regulation of Manufacture and Evaluation of Chemical Substances.
Cases not requiring notification of the manufacture or import of a new chemical substance are those prescribed in Article 3, including: (i) when a person intends to manufacture or import a new chemical substance as the intermediate to another chemical substance, and has taken the necessary measures to prevent environmental pollution from the new chemical substance during the period until the new chemical substance is transformed into the other chemical substance; (iii) when a person intends to manufacture or import a new chemical substance for the purpose of export (limited to when the export is to a region that has been designated by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and Order of the Ministry of the Environment as a region where the necessary measures have been taken to prevent environmental pollution from the new chemical substance), and the person has taken the necessary measures to prevent environmental pollution from the new chemical substance during the period until the new chemical substance is exported; etc.
The Order further makes provisions for: cases not requiring notification of the manufacture or import of a general chemical substance, cases subject to exception on an evaluation, products prohibited from import if a class I specified chemical substance is used, etc.