• ① If the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy decides that it is essential for rational use of energy, among energy using equipment that use vast amount of energy and that are generally distributed determined by Ministry of Commerce Industry and Energy(“Efficiency management equipment”) can be notified based on following terms.
  • 1. Standard for goals of energy consumption efficiency and amount of used
  • 2. Standard for minimum energy consumption efficiency and maximum amount of used
  • 3. Labeling for energy consumption efficiency and amount of used
  • 4. Grade of energy consumption efficiency or grade labeling
  • 5. Energy consumption efficiency or method to measure amount used
  • 6. Other matters that are essential for efficiency management equipment determined by Ministry of Commerce Industry and Energy
• ② The minister of Commerce Industry and Energy needs to discuss with head or relevant administrative organization if the minister of Commerce Industry and Energy tries to notify terms in paragraph 1.
• ③ Manufacturer or importer of efficient managed equipment must label base on notification in regulation of paragraph 1.
  In testing organization determined by the minister of Commerce Industry and Energy (referred as "testing organization “) one must get measurement on energy consumption efficiency and grade on efficiency management equipment and result should be labeled on the equipment.
• ④ Testing organization must notify result from paragraph 3 to the minister of Commerce Industry and Energy .
• ⑤ If manufacturer, importer, or distributor advertise about efficiency management equipment using advertising medium determined by the minister of Commerce Industry and Energy, within advertisement, energy consumption efficiency, amount used and energy efficiency grade according to article 1 subparagraph 3 and 4 must be included.
• ⑥ Standard for designation of testing organization based on article 3 must be determined by the Ministry of Commerce Industry and Energy.

• ① If efficiency management equipment is not appropriate in notification based on article 17 paragraph 1 and 3 or 4, the minister of Commerce Industry and Energy can order for correction to manufacturer and importer of efficiency management equipment with designation certain period
• ② If efficiency management equipment short of standard in minimum consumption efficiency or exceed maximum consumption efficiency, the minister of Commerce Industry and Energy can order manufacturer and importer of efficiency management equipment to stop production and distribution.
• ③ The minister of Commerce Industry and Energy can announce the fact if efficiency managing equipment is not appropriate and does not follow regulation article 17 paragraph 1 subparagraph 1 or 4.

Ones who violated production or injunction on sales get less than 20 million won of penalty based on article 18 paragraph 2

Person who belongs to any term below will get penalty of 5 million won

• 1. Manufacturer·importer who did not receive grade on energy consumption efficiency·amount used about efficient management of resources due to violation of article 17 paragraph 3
• 2. Ones who did not label or falsely labeled energy consumption efficiency·amount used about efficient management of resources due to violation of article 17 paragraph 3
• 3. Ones who advertise not including information in article 17 paragraph 5

• ① The Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy can request from head of administrative organization for necessary documents that are needed for follow-up management of efficiency management equipment according to Act article 18.
• ② The Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy can make public official or Korean Energy Agency to check status of improvement order and order on production• prohibition on sales based on Act article 18 paragraph 1 and paragraph 2.

• ① Efficiency management equipment based on Act article 17 paragraph 1 are as follows.
  • 1. Electric refrigerator
  • 2. Electric freezer 2-2. Electric laundry machine
  • 3. Automobiles
  • 4. Light equipment
  • 5. Generating unit, etc. energy supplying unit
  • 6. Other resources that are considered to require improvement in efficiency by the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy
• ② Range for efficiency management equipment in paragraph 1 is determined and notified by the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy.

According to article 17 paragraph 3, Testing institution are certified instituion for test and inspection according to National Standard Framework Act article 23, are designated by the Minister of Commerce Industry and Energy from one of the following subparagraph

• 1. Testing and research institute founded by nation
• 2. Special research institute based on Act on the Support of special research institution article 2
• 3. Institution recognized by the Minister of Commerce Industry and Energy which has similar capacity as that of subparagraph 1 and 2

According to regulation article 17 paragraph 5 advertising medium that needs advertising information about energy consumption efficiency,usage, and consumption efficieny grade are as follows.

• 1. According to law about registration of periodic publication article 7, among registered publication, the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy decides by considering the size of advertisement.
• 2. Product instruction on efficiency management equipment