会費の支払い等については以下をご参照ください。
Please refer to the information below regarding membership fees and related procedures.
※English follows Japanese.
【共通】
・協会の事業年度：毎年9月1日から翌年8月31日まで
・支払方法：銀行口座振込（日本円）
・税区分：不課税
・請求書発行方法：電子のみ、紙面郵送は行なっておりません
①新規入会時
毎月中旬に行われる月次理事会の翌営業日目処で結果をご連絡しております。
承認となった会員企業様へは、結果のご連絡とともに、メールアドレスや経理担当連絡先を登録するフォームを
あわせてお送りしております。
フォームでご回答いただきましたら、翌月第一営業日目処で請求書をメールにてお送りしております。
事業年度の途中から新規入会される場合は、入会タイミングによって、請求額が異なります。
詳細は入会案内をご覧ください。
②継続時
毎期第一営業日（9月1日、土日祝の場合は後ろ倒し）にメールで請求書をお送りいたします。
③退会時
未納会費がある場合は、全ての清算が終わってからのご退会となります。
毎年8月末までに精算を含む退会処理が行われない場合、自動継続となりますためご留意ください。
なお、年度途中での退会等によるお支払い済みの年会費の分割返金は行なっておりません。
④請求・督促（未納先の対応）
・初回：入会時または年会費請求時に、経理担当者様へのご請求（電子メール）
・2回目：ご契約担当者様へのご請求（電子メール）
・3回目：担当者様以外の方も含めてご連絡（メール・電話・督促状の郵送等）
1年を超えて未納または連絡不能の場合、会員規約第11条に則り、資格喪失措置を取らせていただく場合がござい
ます。（HPでの掲載取下、メールアドレスの登録削除、社員総会での議決権喪失等）。
本件は理事会にも報告させていただきますのでご留意のほど、よろしくお願い申し上げます。
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【General Information】
・ Fiscal year: September 1 to August 31 of the following year
・ Payment method: Bank transfer (Japanese yen)
・ Tax classification: Non-taxable
・ Invoice issuance: Electronic format only (paper invoices are not issued)
1. Upon New Membership
The result of your membership application will be notified approximately on the business day following the monthly Board meeting, which is held in the middle of each month.
For applicants approved for membership, we will send the notification together with a form requesting registration of your contact email address and accounting contact details.
After receiving your response via the form, an invoice will be sent by email around the first business day of the following month.
If you join during the fiscal year, the invoice amount will vary depending on the timing of your admission.
Please refer to the membership guide for details.
2. Renewal
Invoices for annual membership fees are sent by email on the first business day of each fiscal year (September 1; if this falls on a weekend or holiday, the next business day).
3. Withdrawal
If there are any outstanding membership fees, withdrawal will be processed only after all payments have been completed.
Please note that if withdrawal procedures, including settlement of outstanding fees, are not completed by the end of August each year, membership will be automatically renewed.
Please also note that membership fees already paid are non-refundable, including in cases of withdrawal during the fiscal year.
4. Invoicing and Follow-up for Outstanding Payments
・ First notice: Invoice sent to the accounting contact at the time of admission or annual renewal (by email)
・ Second notice: Reminder sent to the primary contact person (by email)
・ Third notice: Further contact made to additional representatives as necessary (by email, phone, and/or written notice by post)
If payment remains outstanding for more than one year, or if contact cannot be established, membership may be terminated in accordance with Article 11 of the Membership Rules. This may include removal from the Association website, deletion of registered email addresses, and loss of voting rights at the General Assembly.
Please note that such cases will also be reported to the Board of Directors.