Enterprise is insured under a liability insurance contract stipulating that losses incurred by compensating any harm to the lives or health of general consumers caused by a defect in the Specified Products the Notifying Enterprise has manufactured or imported are compensated for to a maximum amount of not less than ten million yen per victim and not less than thirty million yen per annum. 

(Item Equivalent to Certificate) 

Article 17 An item provided for by the order of the competent ministry as being equivalent to the certificate set forth in Article 12, paragraph (2) of the Act as prescribed in paragraph (1) of the same Article is any of those listed in the following items: 

(i) when, with regard to the type of Special Specified Products which a Notifying Enterprise intends to import, the Notifying Enterprise receives confirmation from a Domestically Registered Conformity Inspection Body or an Overseas Registered Conformity Inspection Body to the effect that the Special Specified Products fall under the same class of the type of products as the type pertaining to the certificate set forth in Article 12, paragraph (2) of the Act which another Notifying Enterprise has obtained from the Domestically Registered Conformity Inspection Body or the Overseas Registered Conformity Inspection Body and that the Special Specified Products pertain to the same manufacturer, the document showing such confirmation, until the day on which the period provided for by Cabinet Order for the respective Special Specified Products as set forth in paragraph (1) of the same Article elapses from the day on which the relevant other Notifying Enterprise has obtained the issuance of the certificate; and 

(ii) beyond what is set forth in the preceding item, any item that is specially found by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry to be equivalent. 

(Subject Matter Provided for by the Order of the Competent Ministry as Set Forth in Article 12, Paragraph (1) of the Act) 

Article 18 The subject matter provided for by the order of the competent ministry as set forth in Article 12, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act is any particular concerning quality control. 

(Methods of Conformity Inspection) 

Article 19 The methods provided for by the order of the competent ministry as set forth in Article 12, paragraph (2) of the Act are those listed in the following items for the respective subject matter listed in those items: 

(i) the subject matter set forth in Article 12, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act: a method that is found to be appropriate for confirming the conformity of the 

