(1) Notwithstanding Article 119 of the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act which is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27 (3), the Chairperson of the Fair Trade Commission shall publish a list of the business entities (hereinafter referred to as "habitual violator") whose penalty points under Article 26 (2) exceed the criteria prescribed by Presidential Decree, out of those who have violated this Act and received warnings, corrective measures imposed under Article 25 (1), or corrective recommendations made under Article 25-5 (1), three times or more, from the Fair Trade Commission for the past three years from the immediately preceding year; provided, any corrective measure shall be excluded from the foregoing if an objection is raised to the measure or any other petition of dissatisfaction is filed. <Amended on Mar. 29, 2016; Dec. 29, 2020>
(2) The Chairperson of the Fair Trade Commission shall additionally disclose the list of persons falling under both of the following cases upon the completion of the petition of dissatisfaction referred to in the proviso of paragraph (1):
1. A person in whose case a warning or corrective measure is not revoked;
2. A person who would have been a habitual violator if he or she had not filed the petition of dissatisfaction against the warning or corrective measure.
(3) The Deliberative Committee on Publication of Lists of Habitual Violators comprised of members who are public officials and members who are not public officials (hereafter in this Article referred to as the "Deliberative Committee") shall be established in the Fair Trade Commission to deliberate on whether to publish the lists of habitual violators under paragraphs (1) and (2). <Amended on Jan. 16, 2018>
(4) The Fair Trade Commission shall notify any business entity on whom the Deliberative Committee has deliberated that he or she is to be included in the list of habitual violators so that he or she will be provided with the opportunity to vindicate himself or herself, and one month after such notification, the Fair Trade Commission shall order the Deliberative Committee to re-deliberate on whether to publish the list and thereby select those to be included in the list.
(5) Publications under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be posted in the Official Gazette or on the website of the Fair Trade Commission.
(6) The organizational structure of the Deliberative Committee and other necessary matters concerning the publication of the lists of habitual violators shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Jan. 16, 2018>[This Article Added on Jan. 25, 2010]