ENFORCEMENT DECREE OF THE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND CONSUMER PRODUCTS SAFETY CONTROL ACT

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Decree is to prescribe the matters delegated by the Electrical Appliances and Consumer Products Safety Control Act and matters necessary for enforcing said Act.

Article 2(Disqualification of, Challenge to, or Abstention by Members of Product Safety Deliberation Committee) #

(1) In any of the following cases, a member of the Product Safety Deliberation Committee (hereinafter referred to as the "Committee") established pursuant to Article 3 (1) of the Electrical Appliances and Consumer Products Safety Control Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") shall be disqualified from the Committee's deliberating and resolving on matters:

1. If the committee member or the current or former spouse of the committee member becomes a party (if the party is a corporation or organization, including its executive officers; hereafter the same shall apply in this subparagraph and subparagraph 2) to the relevant agenda item or is a joint right-holder or joint obligor with a party to the relevant agenda item;

2. If the committee member is a current or former relative of a party to the relevant agenda item;

3. If the committee member has given testimony or a statement, provided consulting service, research service, or any other service, or served as an appraiser, for the relevant agenda item;

4. If the committee member or a corporation or organization to which the committee member belongs is the current or former representative of a party to the relevant agenda item;

5. If the committee member has worked for a corporation which is a party to the relevant agenda item, as an executive officer or employee, during the recent two years.

(2) If the circumstances indicate that it would be difficult to expect fair deliberations and decisions of a committee member, any party may file a challenge to the committee member with the Committee; and the Committee shall resolve thereon. In such case, the committee member against whom the challenge is filed shall not participate in deliberating and resolving.

(3) If a committee member falls under any of the grounds for disqualification under paragraph (1), he/she shall voluntarily abstain from deliberating and resolving on the relevant agenda item.

ENFORCEMENT DECREE OF THE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND CONSUMER PRODUCTS SAFETY CONTROL ACT

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Disqualification of, Challenge to, or Abstention by Members of Product Safety Deliberation Committee) #

Article 3(Duties of Chairperson) #

Article 4(Operation of Committee) #

Article 5(Special Committees) #

Article 6(Detailed Operating Rules) #

Article 7(Standards for Designating Safety Certification Bodies) #

Article 8(Exemption from Safety Certification) #

Article 9(Periodic Inspections) #

Article 10(Penalty Surcharges Imposed in Lieu of Suspension of Business Operations for Safety Certification) #

Article 11(Standards for Designating Testing Labs for Safety Verification) #

Article 12(Exemption from Reporting Safety Verification) #

Article 13(Penalty Surcharges Imposed in Lieu of Suspension of Business Operations for Tests for Safety Verification) #

Article 14(Exemption from Supplier's Declaration of Conformity or from Reporting Supplier's Declaration of Conformity) #

Article 14-2(Standards for Designating Safety Inspection Institutions) #

Article 14-3(Penalty Surcharges Imposed in Lieu of Suspension of Business Operations of Safety Inspection Institutions) #

Article 14-4(Purchasing Insurance or Joining Mutual Aid Association for Compensation for Loss) #

Article 15(Order to Improve, Destroy, or Recall Products Subject to Safety Control or to Suspend Selling Such Products) #

Article 16(Matters to Be Reported) #

Article 17(Fees) #

Article 18(Delegation and Entrustment of Authority) #

Article 19(Safety Control of Raw Materials for Products Subject to Safety Control) #

Article 20(Guidelines for Imposing Administrative Fines) #