ACT ON PROMOTION OF KOREAN TRADITIONAL LIQUOR INDUSTRIES

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to provide for matters necessary for the improvement of the quality of Korean traditional liquor, etc., and the promotion of the industries, in order to enhance the competitiveness of the industry of Korean traditional liquor, etc. and increase the added value of agriculture, thereby contributing to the increase of farmers' income and the development of the national economy.

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Jul. 21, 2011; Jun. 1, 2012; Mar. 23, 2013; Apr. 5, 2013; Mar. 27, 2015; Jun. 22, 2015; Dec. 31, 2018; Dec. 29, 2020; Nov. 30, 2021; Aug. 8, 2023>

1. The term "alcoholic beverage" means a beverage containing not less than one percent alcohol content by volume as prescribed in subparagraph 1 of Article 3 of the Liquor Tax Act (including products in powdered form that can be changed to a beverage by dissolving, but excluding medicines under the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act that contain less than six percent alcoholic content by volume);

2. The term "traditional liquor" means any of the following alcoholic beverages:

(a) An alcoholic beverage manufactured by a holder of a national intangible heritage or a City/Do intangible heritage in the liquor sector designated under the Act on the Safeguarding and Promotion of Intangible Heritage by obtaining a license under Article 3 of the Liquor License Act;

(b) An alcoholic beverage made by a food master of the Republic of Korea in the liquor sector designated under the Food Industry Promotion Act by obtaining a license under Article 3 of the Liquor License Act;

(c) An alcoholic beverage made with agricultural products directly produced by an agricultural business entity or a producers' organization under Article 3 of the Framework Act on Agriculture, Rural Community and Food Industry or a fishery business entity or a producers' organization under Article 3 of the Framework Act on Fisheries and Fishing Villages Development, or with agricultural products produced in a Special Self-Governing City, Special Self-Governing Province, Si, Gun, or Gu (a Gu refers to an autonomous Gu; hereinafter the same shall apply) having jurisdiction over the place of production or a neighboring Special Self-Governing City, Si, Gun, or Gu as main ingredients, after obtaining a license under the Liquor License Act (hereinafter referred to as "local specialty liquor") with a recommendation of the relevant Special City Mayor, Metropolitan City Mayor, Special Self-Governing City, Do Governor, or Special Self-Governing Province Governor (hereinafter referred to as "Mayor/Do Governor") for a production license under Article 8;