ENGINEERING INDUSTRY PROMOTION ACT

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to establish matters necessary for the promotion of the engineering industry, in order to create a foundation for the engineering industry and to promote balanced development of related industries by enhancing competitiveness, thereby contributing to the realization of a creative, knowledge-based society and the development of the national economy.

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013; ; Oct. 1, 2025>

1. The term "engineering activities" means any of the following activities concerning business and facilities conducted through the application of scientific and technological knowledge:

(a) Research, planning, feasibility study, design, analysis, contract, purchasing, procurement, testing, supervision, trial run, evaluation, inspection, safety review, management, preparation of manual, counseling, instruction, maintenance or repair;

(b) Business management of the activities provided for in item (a);

2. The term "engineering industry" means an industry that creates economic or social added value through engineering activities;

3. The term "engineering project" means a project to perform engineering activities;

4. The term "engineering business entity" means a person who intends to perform engineering activities for business purposes and who has reported to the Minister of Trade, Industry and Resources under Article 21;

5. The term "engineering technology" means the scientific technology concerning engineering activities, as prescribed by Presidential Decree;

6. The term "engineer" means a person prescribed by Presidential Decree, among those who have acquired national technical qualification regarding engineering technology under the National Technical Qualifications Act or those who have academic background or career related to engineering technology;

ENGINEERING INDUSTRY PROMOTION ACT

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Responsibilities of the State) #

Article 4(Relationship to other statutes) #

Article 5(Formulation of promotional plans for engineering industry) #

Article 6(Engineering Industry Policy Council) #

Article 7(Investigation of actual conditions) #

Article 8(Establishment and operation of information system for engineering industry) #

Article 9(Research, development, and support for dissemination of engineering technology) #

Article 10(Facilitation of commercialization of engineering technology) #

Article 11(Standardization of engineering technology) #

Article 12(Designation as engineering technology support center) #

Article 13(Training of engineering professionals) #

Article 14(Promotion of employment) #

Article 15(Facilitation of sophistication of structure of engineering industry) #

Article 16(Supports for international cooperation and overseas advancement) #

Article 17(Establishment of engineering collective investment scheme) #

Article 18(Method of managing asset) #

Article 19(Designation as facilities that promote engineering industry) #

Article 20(Revocation of designation as promotional facilities) #

Article 21(Reporting by engineering business entity) #

Article 22(Restriction on reporting) #

Article 23(Succession to status of engineering business entity) #

Article 24(Disposition to invalidate report by engineering business entity) #

Article 25(Succession of effect of administrative disposition) #

Article 26(Reporting by engineers) #

Article 27(Signature and seal on design drawings) #

Article 28(Evaluation of project implementation capabilities for engineering projects) #

Article 29(Method of determining successful bidder) #

Article 30(Engineering project implementation process) #

Article 31(Standards for prices of engineering projects) #

Article 32(Recommendations to persons other than contracting authority) #

Article 33(Establishment of Association) #

Article 34(Establishment of mutual aid association) #

Article 35(Mutual aid agreement) #

Article 36(Legal personality) #

Article 37(Qualifications of executive officers) #

Article 38(Guidance and supervision) #

Article 39(Application mutatis mutandis of other statutes) #

Article 40(Prohibition of false application for budget and use of budget for other purposes) #

Article 41(Hearings) #

Article 42(Prohibition of disclosure of confidential information) #

Article 43(Legal fiction as public official for purpose of applying penalty provisions) #

Article 44(Entrustment of tasks) #

Article 45(Fees) #

Article 46(Penalty provisions) #

Article 47(Joint penalty provisions) #

Article 48(Administrative fines) #