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Fair Transactions in Subcontracting Act — Article 18 (Prohibition of unreasonable intervention in management)

하도급거래 공정화에 관한 법률 제18조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2025-12-17. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-10-02) — check the Korean original.

(1) No prime contractor shall intervene in the management of a subcontractor by means of regulating the volume of subcontract transactions, etc. <Amended on Jan. 16, 2018>

(2) Any of the following activities of a prime contractor shall be considered as unreasonable intervention in management: <Added on Jan. 16, 2018>

1. Restraining a subcontractor from exporting technical data abroad without good cause or restricting transactions on the ground of exporting technical data;

2. Restraining a subcontractor to trade with him or her or the business entity he or she designates without good cause;

3. Requesting a subcontractor to provide management information the Fair Trade Commission publicly notifies, such as cost data, without good cause.[This Article Wholly Amended on Apr. 1, 2009]

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