Fair Trade Commission Shortens Issuance Time for 'Certificate of Legal Violation Confirmation'

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The Fair Trade Commission announced on the 3rd that it has partially automated the issuance process of the 'Certificate of Confirmation of Legal Violations,' which verifies violations of the Fair Trade Act, the Subcontracting Act, and the Act on Labeling and Advertising, significantly shortening the issuance period.

The number of applications for the Certificate of Confirmation of Legal Violations has been increasing annually, with 27,877 cases in 2021, 34,127 cases in 2022, and 48,268 cases in 2023. This is because businesses that violate fair trade-related laws are restricted from participating in public bids ordered by government agencies or bids for multi-family housing.

Previously, the issuance of the certificate was conducted by issuance officers manually searching through hundreds of documents daily and then reviewing them. However, the system has been improved so that businesses with no legal violations can receive the certificate immediately through an automatic database search upon application.

As a result, the average issuance time has been drastically reduced from 18.9 hours to 5.6 hours after the improvement. The Fair Trade Commission expects that "this system upgrade will greatly shorten the issuance time of the Certificate of Confirmation of Legal Violations, enhancing convenience for applying companies."

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