CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1(Purpose) #
The purpose of this Decree is to provide for matters mandated by the Act on the Establishment and Operation of Responsible Administrative Agencies and matters necessary for the enforcement thereof.
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 31, 2009]
Article 1-2(Standards for classification of responsible administrative agencies) #
(1) A survey-and-research-type responsible administrative agency under Article 2 (3) 1 of the Act on the Establishment and Operation of Responsible Administrative Agencies (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") (hereinafter referred to as "survey-and-research-type agency") means an agency whose main business falls under any of the following subparagraphs: <Amended on Jul. 9, 2024>
1. Survey, analysis, production, and provision of various types of information and statistics;
2. Standardization and inspection of various goods and resources;
3. Testing, research, development, and support for specialized knowledge and technology in specific fields.
(2) An education-and-training-type responsible administrative agency under Article 2 (3) 2 of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "educational and training-type agency") means an agency whose main business falls under any of the following subparagraphs:
1. Education for training experts in specific fields;
2. Education and training of public officials and civilians engaged in the business affairs of a specific field;
3. Education-related business for the promotion of specific fields.
(3) A culture-type responsible administrative agency under Article 2 (3) 3 of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "culture-type agency") means any of the following agencies whose main business falls under any of the following subparagraphs:
1. Dissemination and development of public performances and arts under subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Public Performance Act;
2. Production of, and support for the production of, promotional materials, such as newspapers, magazines, broadcasting, and motion pictures, for publicity of government policies;