(1) Reasons for Proposal

As the Act on the Management of Conformity Assessment, etc., is scheduled to be enforced on April 8, 2021, this Enforcement Rule aims to specify matters delegated from the Act and other matters required for its enforcement as prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy such as the data which must be kept by a conformity assessment business operator and measures to prevent the distribution of cheating reports.

(2) Major Provisions

A. Define measures to prevent the counterfeiting/forgery of accredited reports and the data that must be kept by a conformity assessment business operator (Articles 2 and 3)

1) Require the accredited institution to put in place a management system that can identify the counterfeiting/forgery of reports and take measures to prevent any counterfeiting/forgery of reports outside the product accredited area.

2) Require a conformity assessment business operator to keep assessment application forms, issued reports, and assessment results to investigate any cheating.

B. Define measures to prevent the distribution of cheating reports (Article 4) 

Require the accredited institution and conformity assessment business operator to take measures to prevent the distribution of cheating reports such as confirming the invalidity of reports.

C. Define detailed matters to operate the accreditation system (Articles 5 through 12)

Define detailed procedures and matters to accredit institutions, including accreditation application, public notice, expansion of designation scope, reassessment, accreditation mark, regular assessment, and accreditation cancellation.

D. Define administrative disposition criteria for accredited institutions (Article 13)

Define specific disposition criteria including accreditation cancellations for accredited institutions, orders to suspend accreditation labeling or name use by accredited institutions, or orders to take corrective action.

E. Define administrative disposition criteria for a management system accreditation body (Article 14)

Define detailed matters for the designation cancellation and business suspension of a management system accreditation body.

F. Define detailed matters to designate a professional training institution (Article 15)

Define detailed matters including designation application and evaluation for professional training institutions. 

G. Define administrative disposition criteria for professional training institutions (Article 16)

Define detailed matters including designation cancellation or business suspension for professional training institutions.