Weekly Legislative Report for the week of ㅡMay 16, 2022 – May 20, 2022
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1. Proposed Bill(s)
① Partial Amendment to the Act on the Protection of Financial Consumers
This Amendment mandates financial institutions to add matters of support for financial convenience for the elderly and prevention of financial damage to their internal control standards.
② Partial Amendment to the Insurance Business Act
This Amendment stipulates that the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) shall transmit documents to insurance companies in the form of non-electronic documents, and shall not disclose information acquired while performing its duties.
2. Pending Bill(s)
③ Partial Amendment to the Act on Corporate Governance of Financial Companies
This Amendment provides legal grounds for the Financial Services Commission to sanction those who fail to perform their management obligations of internal control, causing damage to many consumers.
3. Promulgated Bill(s)
④ Enforcement Decree of the Real Estate Investment Company Act
This Bill excludes rental deposits when calculating the asset composition ratio henceforth, under the consideration that rental deposits are inevitable in operation and are also assets scheduled to be returned to tenants in the future.
4. Bill(s) Undergoing Pre-Announcement of Legislation/Administration
⑤ Partial Amendment to the Enforcement Rule of the Urban Traffic Improvement Promotion Act
This Amendment decreases charges for causing traffic congestion imposed on data centers with a less stationed workforce and visitors by establishing a separate traffic congestion-causing coefficient for data centers.
5. Serious Accidents Punishment Act ("SAPA") Related Editorials and Columns from Major Dailies