Article 13(Revocation of registration) #
(1) Where any petroleum refiner falls under any of the following cases, the Minister of Trade, Industry and Resources may revoke registration of his or her petroleum refinery business or issue an order to close the place of business (limited to an entity that makes a report on his or her business; hereinafter the same shall apply in this Article) or to fully or partially suspend his or her petroleum refinery business for a fixed period of up to six months; provided, if he or she falls under any of subparagraphs 1, or 3 through 5, the Minister of Trade, Industry and Resources shall revoke registration of his or her petroleum refinery business or issue an order to close the place of business: <Amended on Jun. 8, 2010; Jul. 25, 2011; Jan. 26, 2012; Mar. 23, 2013; Jan. 21, 2014; Dec. 12, 2017; Oct. 1, 2025>
1. Where the petroleum refinery business is registered pursuant to Article 5(1) or reported pursuant to paragraph (2) of the same Article by fraud or other improper means;
2. Where the petroleum refinery business ceases to meet the registration requirements, including facility standards for petroleum refinery business, or matters reported pursuant to Article 5(5);
3. Where the petroleum refinery business is permanently closed;
4. Where he or she falls under the grounds for disqualification provided for in any of subparagraphs 1 through 5 or 7 of Article 6 (excluding the case where the representative of a corporation is replaced with another representative who has no grounds for disqualification within six months);
5. Where he or she fails to commence his or her petroleum refinery business within a period provided for in Article 12(1) without good cause or continues to suspend his or her petroleum refinery business for at least one year after commencing his or her business;
6. Where he or she fails to fulfill his or her obligation to stockpile petroleum under Article 17;
7. Where he or she violates an order issued under Article 21(1);
8. Where he or she violates the measures provided in Article 22(1);
9. Where he or she sells or delivers petroleum products without undergoing the quality test thereof provided in Article 25(1), or refuses, obstructs, or evades the quality test provided for in paragraph (2) of the same Article;
10. Where he or she performs calibration of the quality of petroleum products, in violation of Article 26(2);
11. Where he or she violates the prohibition against sale of petroleum products which fail to meet the quality standards provided for in Article 27;
12. Where he or she manufactures, imports, stores, transports, keeps, or sells fake petroleum products, in violation of Article 29(1)1;
12-2. Where he or she supplies, sells, stores, transports, or keeps petroleum products, petrochemicals, alternative fuels, or materials containing carbon and hydrogen, in order to use them in manufacturing fake petroleum products or to use them as fake petroleum products, in violation of Article 29(1)3;
13. Where he or she violates the order issued or damages the seal placed under Article 30(1);
14. Where he or she refuses, obstructs, or evades an inspection under Article 38(1);
15. Where he or she violates the prohibition against acts provided for in Article 39.
(2) Where any petroleum exporter or importer falls under any of the following cases, the Minister of Trade, Industry and Resources may revoke registration of his or her petroleum export-import business or issue an order to fully or partially suspend his or her petroleum export-import business for a fixed period of up to six months; provided, where he or she falls under any of subparagraph 1 or 3 through 5, the Minister of Trade, Industry and Resources shall revoke registration of his or her petroleum export-import business: <Amended on Jan. 26, 2012; Mar. 23, 2013; Jan. 21, 2014; Oct. 1, 2025>
1. Where the petroleum export-import business is registered under Article 9(1) by fraud or other improper means;
2. Where the registration requirements, including facility standards for the petroleum export-import business provided for in Article 9(3) are not satisfied;
3. Where the petroleum export-import business is permanently closed;
4. Where he or she has any of the grounds for disqualification (excluding where the representative of a corporation is replaced with another representative without grounds for disqualification within six months) provided in any of subparagraphs 1 through 5 or 7 of Article 6 that are applied mutatis mutandis under Article 9(4);
5. Where he or she fails to commence his or her petroleum export-import business within a period provided for in Article 12(1) without good cause or continues to suspend his or her petroleum export-import business for at least one year after commencing the business;
6. Where he or she fails to fulfill his or her obligation to stockpile petroleum under Article 17;
7. Where he or she falls under any of paragraph (1)7 through 12, 12-2, and 13 through 15;
(3) Where an international petroleum trader falls under any of the following cases, the Minister of Trade, Industry and Resources may issue an order to close his or her place of business or to suspend all or part of his or her business fixing a period not exceeding six months; provided, in cases falling under any of subparagraph 1, 2, 3, 5 or 6, an order to close his or her place of business shall be issued: <Added on Apr. 18, 2017; Oct. 1, 2025>
1. Where the report under Article 9-2(1) is filed by fraud or other improper means;
2. Where the international petroleum trading business is permanently closed;
3. Where he or she has any ground for disqualification prescribed in subparagraph 1 through 5 or 7 of Article 6 which applies mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 9-2(3) (excluding cases of a corporation, the representative of which is replaced within six months by another representative who does not fall under any ground for disqualification);
4. Where he or she fails to operate international petroleum trading business continuously for not less than one year without filing a report on temporary closure or permanent closure of business after commencing the business;
5. Where he or she trades petroleum outside of a bonded area;
6. Where he or she manufactures any petroleum product outside of a general bonded area;
7. Where he or she falls under paragraph (1)10, 14, or 15.
(4) Where any petroleum retailer falls under any of the following cases, the Minister of Trade, Industry and Resources, a Mayor/Do Governor, or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu may revoke registration of his or her petroleum retail business, order the petroleum retailer to close the place of business, or to fully or partially suspend his or her petroleum retail business for a fixed period of up to six months; provided, when he or she falls under any of subparagraphs 1, 4 through 6 or 9, the Minister of Trade, Industry and Resources shall revoke registration of the petroleum retail business, or issue an order to close the place of business: <Amended on Jun. 8, 2010; Jan. 26, 2012; Mar. 23, 2013; Jan. 21, 2014; Apr. 18, 2017; Dec. 12, 2017; Oct. 1, 2025>
1. Where the petroleum retail business is registered pursuant to Article 10(1) or reported pursuant to paragraph (2) by fraud or other improper means;
2. Where the registration requirements, including facility standards for petroleum retail business provided for in Article 10(6) are not satisfied;
3. Where he or she sells petroleum products, other than the petroleum products allowed to be traded under Article 10(6), or supplies petroleum retailers with the petroleum products, other than the petroleum products allowed to be traded;
4. Where a petroleum retail business is permanently closed;
5. Where he or she has any of the grounds for disqualification (excluding the case where the representative of a corporation is replaced with another representative who has no grounds for disqualification within six months) provided for in any of subparagraphs 1 through 5 or 7 of Article 6 applied mutatis mutandis under Article 10(7);
6. Where he or she fails to commence his or her petroleum retail business within a period provided for in Article 12(1) without good cause or continues to suspend his or her petroleum retail business for at least one year after commencing his or her business;
7. Where he or she fails to fulfill his or her obligation to stockpile petroleum under Article 17;
8. Where he or she falls under any of paragraph (1)7 through 12, 12-2, and 13 through 15;
9. Where he or she transfers, delivers, or keeps petroleum products that an installer and a manager of oil pipelines prescribed in the Oil Pipeline Safety Control Act transports, stores or keeps after stealing them, or obtains or transfers them from the person who stole them, or delivers or keeps them for the person who stole them, or engages in brokering such act knowing that those products are stolen goods.
(5) Standards for taking a disposition against each violation provided for in paragraphs (1) through (4) shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013; Apr. 18, 2017; Oct. 1, 2025>
(6) Where anyone in receipt of an order to suspend his or her business pursuant to paragraphs (1) through (4) continues his or her business operation during the suspension period, the Minister of Trade, Industry and Resources, a Mayor/Do Governor, or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall revoke registration of his or her petroleum refinery business, petroleum import-export business, international petroleum trading business, or petroleum retail business, or issue an order to close the place of business. <Amended on Jun. 8, 2010; Mar. 23, 2013; Apr. 18, 2017; Oct. 1, 2025>
[This Article Wholly Amended on Jan. 30, 2009]