(1) Where a foreign investor or a foreign-invested company has been granted permission, etc. in the left column of Appendix 1, he, she, or it shall be deemed to have been granted permission, etc. in the right column of that Appendix. <Amended on Jan. 30, 2009>
(2) A dispatched officer may directly handle civil petitions prescribed by Presidential Decree which are related to foreign investment of a foreign investor or a foreign-invested company (hereinafter referred to as "civil petitions to be handled directly"). In such cases, the head of the relevant administrative agency to which the dispatched officer belongs shall entrust the dispatched officer with such civil petitions and give him or her approval authority therefor. <Amended on Jan. 30, 2009>
(3) A foreign investor or a foreign-invested company may request the Investment Support Center to file civil petitions on behalf of him, her, or it, such as filling out and submitting application forms relating to civil affairs. The head of the Investment Support Center thus requested shall select civil petitions related to the permission, etc. listed in Appendix 1 (hereinafter referred to as "civil petitions to be handled in bulk") and civil petitions related to foreign investment listed in Appendix 2 to be individually handled (hereinafter referred to as "civil petitions to be handled individually"), and transfer them to the head of the relevant civil affairs administrative agency for disposition; and shall notify the foreign investment promotion official under his or her jurisdiction of such fact. <Amended on Jan. 30, 2009>
(4) The head of a civil affairs administrative agency to whom an application form relating to civil affairs has been transferred pursuant to paragraph (3), or who has received an application form relating to civil affairs from a foreign investor or a foreign-invested company, shall consult with the head of the relevant administrative agency without delay, and the head of the relevant administrative agency shall submit his or her opinion within the period for handling prescribed in paragraph (5). If the head of the relevant administrative agency disagrees, he or she shall explicitly express his or her reasons therefor, and if the head of the relevant administrative agency does not submit his or her opinion within the period for handling prescribed in paragraph (5), he or she shall be deemed to have no opinion on the matter. <Amended on Jan. 30, 2009>
(5) Notwithstanding the relevant provisions of other statutes and regulations, the head of a civil affairs administrative agency or a dispatched officer shall handle civil petitions to be handled in bulk (referring to those civil petitions relating to the permission, etc. listed on the right column of Appendix 1, which have been received individually), civil petitions to be individually handled, and civil petitions to be handled directly, within the period for handling prescribed in Presidential Decree, and where the head of the civil affairs administrative agency or the dispatched officer has not notified the relevant person of the refusal of the application for permission, etc. within the period for handling, the permission, etc. shall be deemed granted as of the day immediately following the last day of the period for handling. In such cases, if the head of the civil affairs administrative agency or the dispatched officer intends to refuse the application for permission, etc. within the period for handling, he or she shall notify the relevant foreign investment promotion official, foreign investor, or foreign-invested company in writing of the reasons for refusal, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Jan. 30, 2009>
(6) Where permission, etc. is deemed granted pursuant to the former part of paragraph (5), the head of the civil affairs administrative agency or the dispatched officer shall issue, upon request of the relevant foreign investor or foreign-invested company, a document certifying the grant of the permission, etc. without delay. <Amended on Jan. 30, 2009>
(7) Where the foreign investor or foreign-invested company that was notified of the refusal of his, her, or its application for permission pursuant to the latter part of paragraph (5) resolves the issues that are the reasons for the refusal and submits a document certifying that he or she satisfies the conditions for the grant of the permission, etc. as prescribed by the relevant statutes and regulations, the head of the civil affairs administrative agency or the dispatched officer shall grant the originally intended permission, etc. within the period prescribed by Presidential Decree. In such cases, the head of the civil affairs administrative agency or the dispatched officer shall not refuse to grant the permission, etc. for any other reason than the ones given before. <Amended on Jan. 30, 2009>
(8) Paragraph (7) shall apply mutatis mutandis to consultation prescribed in paragraph (4). <Amended on Jan. 30, 2009>
(9) Where a foreign investor or a foreign-invested company intends to obtain permission, etc. relating to civil petitions to be handled in bulk, civil petitions to be handled individually, and civil petitions to be handled directly pursuant to paragraphs (2) through (8), he or she or it shall submit application documents prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, notwithstanding the provisions of other statutes and regulations. <Amended on Jan. 30, 2009; Mar. 23, 2013>
(10) Even when some of the requirements for the grant of permission, etc. relating to civil petitions to be handled in bulk, such as accompanying documents, have not been satisfied, the head of a civil affairs administrative agency may grant permission, etc. on the condition that the unsatisfied requirements shall be met, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Jan. 30, 2009>
(11) Where a statute or regulation other than this Act includes the provisions concerning civil affairs which can lead to realization of the goal of a foreign-invested company, which is possible only with permission, etc. granted under relevant statutes and regulations from the time the foreign investment was reported to the time the relevant business is launched, and which do not fall under any of the following subparagraphs, such statutes and regulations shall not apply to foreign investment by a foreign investor or foreign-invested company: <Amended on Jan. 30, 2009>
1. Civil petitions to be handled in bulk;
2. Civil petitions to be handled individually;
3. Civil petitions to be handled directly;
4. Other civil petitions relating to permission, etc. under this Act.
(12) Deleted. <Dec. 31, 2003>
(13) Except as provided for in paragraphs (1) through (11), matters necessary for handling civil petitions relating to foreign investment shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Jan. 30, 2009>