To reduce the burden of loading and unloading charges on shippers, the current Act prescribes that the standard loading and unloading charges for standard agricultural and fishery products shipped to a wholesale market shall be borne by a wholesale market corporation or a wholesaler at the market.

However, it is often the case that the wholesale market corporation or wholesaler at the market receives the standard loading and unloading charges from the shipper by including it in the consignment fees collected from the shipper, and critics point out a need for measures to address this issue.

Accordingly, the Amendment prescribes that any wholesale market corporation or wholesaler at the market who fails to bear the standard loading and unloading charges for standard agricultural and fishery products shall be punishable by imprisonment of up to 2 years or a fine of up to 20 million won, thereby aiming to ensure the effectiveness of the system (Article 86, subparagraph 6-2 newly inserted).

Prescribe that any wholesale market corporation or wholesaler at the market who fails to bear the standard loading and unloading charges for standard agricultural and fishery products shall be punishable by imprisonment of up to 2 years or a fine of up to 20 million won (Article 86, subparagraph 6-2 newly inserted).