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Customs Act — Article 264-10 (Requests for Provision of Information on Illegal, Defective, and Harmful Goods and Cooperation Thereof)

관세법 제264조의10

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2023-06-05. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-10-02) — check the Korean original.

(1) The Commissioner of the Korea Customs Service may request the head of a central administrative agency to provide information, etc. on the following illegal, defective or harmful goods retained by the relevant agency, if necessary for the safety management of goods brought into or removed from the Republic of Korea:

1. Information on the goods that violate the relevant requirements, ingredients, marks, quality, etc. prescribed by this Act or other statutes;

2. Information on persons who manufacture, trade, keep or distribute the goods referred to in subparagraph 1.

(2) The head of an institutional corrections facility in receipt of a request filed under paragraph (1), shall cooperate with such request, unless there is a compelling reason not to do so.[This Article Newly Inserted on Dec. 22, 2020]

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