Article 15(Related authorization and permission deemed granted) #
(1) When the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment approves an implementation plan or a modification thereof under Article 10 or 11, permission, authorization, decision, licensing, consultation, consent, approval, reporting, or cancellation under the following statutes regarding the implementation plan (hereinafter referred to as "authorization, permission, etc.") shall be deemed granted, made, or obtained with regard to the matters on which he or she has consulted with the heads of relevant administrative agencies; and when an implementation plan is publicly notified in accordance with Article 10 (2), public notice or public announcement of such authorization, permission, etc. under the following statutes shall be deemed given or made: <Amended on Jan. 29, 2020; Dec. 8, 2020; Nov. 30, 2021; Dec. 27, 2020; Jan. 30, 2024; Oct. 1, 2025>
1. Deliberation by the Construction Technology Deliberative Committee under Article 5 of the Construction Technology Promotion Act;
2. Deliberation by the competent building committee under Article 4 of the Building Act, a building permit under Article 11 of the aforesaid Act, a building report under Article 14 of the aforesaid Act, revision to permitted or reported matters under Article 16 of the aforesaid Act, a permit for, or report on, construction of a temporary building under Article 20 of the aforesaid Act, consultation about building works under Article 29 of the aforesaid Act;
3. Permits to extract aggregate under Article 22 of the Aggregate Extraction Act;
4. A permit to occupy or use public waters prescribed in Article 8 of the Public Waters Management and Reclamation Act, approval of or reporting on an implementation plan for occupation or use prescribed in Article 10 of the same Act, a license to reclaim public waters prescribed in Article 17 of the same Act, consultation on or approval of reclamation prescribed in Article 28 of the same Act, or approval of a public water reclamation implementation plan prescribed in Article 38 of the same Act;
5. Approval of business plans pursuant to Article 15 of the Tourism Promotion Act, designation of tourist destinations and tourism complexes pursuant to Article 52 of the same Act, approval of development plans for tourist destinations and tourism complexes pursuant to Article 54 of the same Act and permission for implementation of development plans pursuant to Article 55 of the same Act;
6. Denial of permission under Article 21, 22, or 24 of the Mining Industry Act or the cancellation of mining rights under Article 35 of the aforesaid Act;
7. Permission to use any State property under Article 30 of the State Property Act;
8. A decision on an city/Gun management plan under Article 30 of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act, permission for development activities under Article 56 of the aforesaid Act, designation of a project implementer for planned urban facilities under Article 86 of the aforesaid Act, or authorization for an implementation plan for planned city/Gun facilities under Article 88 of the aforesaid Act;
9. The permission for, or the consultation on, the diversion of farmland under Article 34 of the Farmland Act;
10. The consultation with the road management authority or the approval by the road management authority under Article 107 of the Road Act (limited to matters relating to the public notification of determination of a road route under Article 19 of the Road Act; the determination of a road zone under Article 25 of the same Act; the permission to implement road works by any person other than the road management authority under Article 36 of the same Act; the designation of a road clearance zone under Article 40 of the same Act; and the permission to occupy and use a road under Article 61 of the same Act) and the permission or consultation under Article 6 or 8 of the Toll Road Act;
11. The establishment or modification of an urban development project plan under Article 4 of the Urban Development Act, the hearing of opinions from residents and others under Article 7 of the aforesaid Act, the designation of a project implementer of an urban development project under Article 11 of the aforesaid Act, or authorization for an implementation plan for an urban development project under Article 17 of the aforesaid Act;
12. Permission to open a private road prescribed in Article 4 of the Private Road Act;
13. The permission for felling trees, collecting soil and stone, etc. under Article 14 of the Erosion Control Work Act and the cancellation of the designation of an erosion control area under Article 20 of the same Act;
14. Permission for, or a report on, cutting standing trees under Article 36 (1) or (5) of the Creation and Management of Forest Resources Act or permission for, a report on, activities inside a reserved forest (excluding a gene resources reserve forest) under Article 9 (1) or (2) 1 or 2 of the Forest Protection Act, or the cancellation of designation of a reserved forest under Article 11 (1) 1 of that Act;
15. Permission for conversion of mountainous districts under Article 14 of the Mountainous Districts Management Act, reporting on conversion of mountainous districts referred to in Article 15 of that Act, and permission for or reporting on temporary use of mountainous districts under Article 15-2 of that Act;
16. The consent to building permission, etc. under Article 6 (1) of the Act on Fire Prevention and Installation, Maintenance, and Safety Control of Firefighting Systems and reporting on works for installing a firefighting system under Article 13 (1) of the Firefighting System Installation Business Act;
17. Permission for the implementation of a small river project under Article 10 of the Small River Maintenance Act or permission for the occupation and use of a small river under Article 14 of the aforesaid Act;
18. Authorization for a general waterworks project under Article 17 (1) of the Water Supply and Waterworks Installation Act, authorization for an industrial waterworks project under Article 49 of the aforesaid Act, authorization for the installation of an exclusive potable water supply system under Article 52 of the aforesaid Actor, or authorization for the installation of an exclusive industrial water supply system under Article 54 of the aforesaid Act;
19. Consultation about a plan for use of energy under Article 10 of the Energy Use Rationalization Act;
20. Approval of a project plan under Article 15 of the Housing Act;
21. The publication of maps, etc. by using the results, etc. of fundamental surveys under Article 15 of the Act on the Establishment, Management, etc. of Spatial Data and reporting on the commencement, alteration, or completion of a project under Article 86 (1) of the same Act;
22. Consultation about the feasibility of integrated energy supply under Article 4 of the Integrated Energy Supply Act;
23. Approval for a business plan prescribed in Article 12 of the Installation and Utilization of Sports Facilities Act;
24. Permission for the development of grassland under Article 5 of the Grassland Act, permission for a change of the form and quality of land under Article 21-2 of the aforesaid Act, or permission for the diversion of grassland under Article 23 of the aforesaid Act;
25. Permission for the implementation of a public sewerage project under Article 16 of the Sewerage Act or permission for the occupation and use of a public sewerage system under Article 24 of the aforesaid Act;
26. The consultation with the management authority or the approval by the management authority under Article 6 of the River Act (limited to matters relating to the permission to implement a river project under Article 30 of the same Act and the permission to occupy and use a river under Article 33 of the same Act);
27. Permission to execute a harbor development project under Article 9 (2) of the Harbor Act; or approval for an implementation plan for a harbor development project under Article 10 (2) of the same Act.
(2) Where the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment intends to approve an implementation plan or any modification thereof under Article 10 or 11 and if the plan includes a matter falling under any subparagraph of paragraph (1), he or she shall consult in advance with the heads of relevant administrative agencies. <Amended on Dec. 8, 2020; Jan. 30, 2024; Oct. 1, 2025>
(3) Except as provided in paragraphs (1) and (2), Articles 24 through 26 of the Framework Act on the Administration shall apply mutatis mutandis to the standards, effects, etc. of the legal fiction of authorization, permission, etc. <Added on Jan. 30, 2024>