INDUSTRIAL STANDARDIZATION ACT

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to improve the quality and production efficiency and technology for mining and manufacturing industrial products and services related to industrial activities by establishing and disseminating appropriate and rational industrial standards and supporting quality management and to promote simple and fair transaction and rationalized consumption, thereby enhancing industrial competitiveness and developing the national economy. <Amended on Jan. 27, 2016>

Article 2(Definitions) #

The definitions of the terms used in this Act are as follows: <Amended on Jan. 27, 2016>

1. The term "industrial standards" means the criteria for the industrial standardization;

2. The term "industrial standardization" means the unification and simplification of the following matters:

a. Types, shapes, dimensions, structures, equipment, quality, grades, components, performance, function, durability, and safety of mining and industrial products;

b. Methods of manufacturing, designing, drawing, using and operating mining and industrial products, methods of producing an original unit, and safety conditions of mining and industrial products;

c. Kinds, shapes, dimensions, structures, performance and grades of packing, and packing methods for mining and industrial products;

d. Tests, analysis, appraisal, inspection, verification, statistical techniques, measurement methods, terms, abbreviations, symbols, marks, standard numbers or units related to mining and industrial products or their technology;

e. Design and construction methods or safety conditions of buildings and other manufactured products;

f. Information systems which manage the procurement, design, production, operation, repair, and destruction of goods relating to business activities and commercial trade through electronic communications media;

g. Matters concerning the procedures, methods, systems, appraisal methods, etc. for rendering services involving industrial activities (excluding services involving telecommunication; hereinafter referred to as "services");

INDUSTRIAL STANDARDIZATION ACT

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3 #

Article 4(Industrial Standards Council) #

Article 5(Establishment of Industrial Standards) #

Article 5-2(Contributions) #

Article 6(Application for and Consultation on Establishment of Industrial Standards) #

Article 7(Referral to Council) #

Article 8(Deliberation) #

Article 9(Public Hearings) #

Article 10(Confirmation on Whether Industrial Standards Are Appropriate) #

Article 11(Public Notice of Industrial Standards) #

Article 12(Korean Industrial Standards) #

Article 13(Designation of Certification Institutions) #

Article 14(Cancellation of Designation of Certification Institutions) #

Article 15(Certification of Products) #

Article 16(Certification of Services) #

Article 17(Certification Examination) #

Article 18(Certification Examiners) #

Article 19(Regular Examination) #

Article 20(Investigation of Goods in the Market) #

Article 21(Order to Remove Marks) #

Article 22(Cancellation of Certification) #

Article 23 #

Article 24(Observance of Korean Industrial Standards) #

Article 25(Preferential Purchase of Certified Products) #

Article 26(Exemption from Inspection or Type-Approval) #

Article 27(Establishment of Collective Standards) #

Article 27-2(Projects to Facilitate Development of Collective Standards) #

Article 28(Training on Industrial Standardization) #

Article 29(Promotion of Cooperation in International Standardization) #

Article 30(Promoting Standardization of Industrial Information Systems) #

Article 30-2(Fact-Finding Surveys) #

Article 31(Subsidies) #

Article 31-2(Comprehensive Policies concerning Quality Management) #

Article 31-3(Headquarters to Promote Quality Management) #

Article 31-4(Support for Quality Management) #

Article 32(Korean Standards Association) #

Article 33(Approval and Report) #

Article 34(Functions of Association) #

Article 35(Succession) #

Article 36(Hearings) #

Article 37(Fees) #

Article 38(Reporting and Audits) #

Article 39(Filing of Objection) #

Article 40(Delegation and Entrustment of Authority) #

Article 41(Legal Fiction as Public Official in Application of Penalty Provisions) #

Article 42(Penalty Provisions) #

Article 43(Joint Penalty Provisions) #

Article 44(Administrative Fines) #