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Contracts described in the preceding section shall be deemed contracts for joint use of
forests as stipulated in Section 3 under Article 18 of the Act Concerning Utilization of
National Forest Land, and stipulations of Chapter 5 of the said law shall apply (excluding
Section 1 and Section 2 of the said article). In such cases, “Section 1” as referred to in
Section 3 under the same article of this document shall be considered “Section 1 under
Article 16 of the Act on the Promotion of Measures to Realize a Society That Will Respect
the Pride of the Ainu (Law No. 16 of 2019)” and “municipalities” shall be considered
“Certified Municipalities (certified municipalities stipulated in Section 1 under Article 12
of the same law; same applies hereinafter).” “Municipalities” referred to in the same
section of the same document, as well as in Section 5 under Article 19 of the same law,
Section 1 under Article 22 and Article 24 shall be considered “Certified Municipalities”,
and “Section 1” as referred to in Section 4 under Article 18 of the same law as well as
“Article 18” as referred to in Section 2 under Article 21 of the same law shall be
considered “Section 1 under Article 16 of the Act on the Promotion of Measures to
Realize a Society That Will Respect the Pride of the Ainu”.
(Consideration for permissions based on the Fishery Act and Act on the Protection of
Fishery Resources)
Article 17
The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries or the Prefectural Governor shall make
appropriate considerations to ensure that the relevant Inland Water Salmon Capturing
Projects described in the Certified Ainu Policy Promotion Regional Plan can be conducted
smoothly when permission is required from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries or a Prefecture for the purpose of Inland Water Salmon Capturing Projects
according to regulations set forth by Section 1 or Section 2 under Article 119 of the
Fishery Act and Section 1 under Article 4 of Act on the Protection of Fishery Resources
(Law No. 313 of 1951).
(Special provisions of Trademark Law)
Article 18
Section 1
Stipulations provided in the next section through Section 6 shall apply to relevant Projects
for Developing Demands for Products, etc., which are described in the Certified Ainu
Policy Promotion Regional Plan for a period limited only to the implementation period of

such projects (hereinafter referred to simply as the “Implementation Period” in the next
section and Section 3).
Section 2
In relation to the trademark registration of products or services associated with a Project
for Developing Demands for Products, etc., (trademark registration for regional
organization trademarks as stipulated by Section 1 of Part 2 under Article 7 of the
Trademark Law (Law No. 127 of 1959); the same applies hereinafter in this section and
the next section), the Director General of the Patent Office shall have the right to reduce or
waive fees for such registration (limited to instances where a trademark registration for a
regional organization trademark is received during the implementation period, or an
application is made for a renewed registration for the remaining period of the trademark
right associated with the trademark registration of the regional organization trademark
conducted during the implementation period) as stipulated by a Cabinet order, if the entity

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