(1) The Minister of Science and ICT shall establish and give public notice of the standards for information and communications networks in order to promote the utilization of information and communications networks, and may recommend providers of information and communications services or persons who manufacture or supply products related to information and communications networks to comply with the standards; provided, the matters for which the Korean Industrial Standards under Article 12 of the Industrial Standardization Act have already been established shall comply with such standards. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013; Jul. 26, 2017>
(2) A person who manufactures or supplies a product related to information communications in conformity with the standards publicly notified pursuant to paragraph (1) may put on the product a mark stating that the product conforms to the standards, subject to the prior certification of the certification body under Article 9 (1).
(3) Where a product falls under the proviso of paragraph (1) and the certification under Article 15 of the Industrial Standardization Act has been already given to the product, the product shall be deemed to have been certified pursuant to paragraph (2).
(4) No person other than a person who holds the certification under paragraph (2) may put a mark verifying that his or her product conforms to the standards or put any similar mark, nor may he or she sell a product with any similar mark or display such product for the purpose of sale.
(5) The Minister of Science and ICT may order a person who sells a product or displays such product for the purpose of sale in violation of paragraph (4), to collect and recall the product or to obtain certification to put such mark; or may take any other corrective measure as necessary. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013; Jul. 26, 2017>
(6) Matters regarding the subject matters of the standardization, the methods and procedures for such standardization, and a mark of certification under paragraphs (1) through (3), and the collection, recall, corrective measures, etc. under paragraph (5) shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Science and ICT. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013; Jul. 26, 2017>[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 13, 2008]