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ENFORCEMENT DECREE OF THE TRUST BUSINESS ACT
Wholly amended by Presidential Decree No. 15756, Apr. 1, 1998 Amended by Presidential Decree No. 16323, May 24, 1999 Presidential Decree No. 16895, Jul. 10, 2000
Presidential Decree No. 17791, Dec. 5, 2002
Presidential Decree No. 18297, Feb. 28, 2004
Presidential Decree No. 18312, Mar. 17, 2004
Presidential Decree No. 18946, Jul. 15, 2005
Presidential Decree No. 19137, Nov. 25, 2005
Presidential Decree No. 20653, Feb. 29, 2008
Article 1 (Purpose)
The purpose of this Decree is to provide for matters delegated by the Trust
Business Act and those necessary for the enforcement
thereof.
Article 2 (Application for Business Authorization)
(1)Any written application submitted to the Financial Services Commission
by
any person applying for authorization of trust business under Article
3 (3) of the Trust Business Act (hereinafter referred to as
the "Act") shall
state matters falling under each of the following subparagraphs:
1. Trade name
2. Seat of main office;
3. Names, resident registration numbers and addresses of the
representative and executives;
4. Matters relating to capital stock;
5. Matters relating to facilities, equipment and manpower; and
6. Types of business for which authorization is sought.
(2) Application for authorization under paragraph (1) shall be accompanied
by documents falling under any of the following subparagraphs: Provided,
That in cases where information with respect to such attached
documents
may be confirmed via joint utilization of administrative information under
Article 21 (1) of the Act on Promotion of
the Digitalization of Administrative
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Affairs, etc. for Creation of Electronic Government, such confirmation may
substitute for attaching such documents:
1. Articles of association;
2. Documents stating types and methods of business (hereinafter referred
to as "documents stating business types, etc.");
3. Business plans for three years after commencing business (including
estimated financial statements) and estimated revenue and
expenditure
statement;
4. Documents stating the locations and names of the head office, branch
offices, etc;
5. Certified transcript of the company register;
6. Financial statements and documents appurtenant thereto,
7. Personal resumes and career certificates of the executives and promoters;
8. Minutes of meetings of promoters;
9. Joint venture contracts (limited to cases seeking to operate trust business
via a joint venture with a foreigner)
10. Documents verifying payment of capital stock under Article 3 (2) of
the Act;
11. Documents stating the names or titles of stockholders holding 1/100
or more of the total number of outstanding stocks as at the
date
authorization when is applied for (the end of the latest business year
in cases of applying for authorization to operate trust
business
concurrently) and the number of stocks they hold; and
12. Other documents prescribed by the Financial Services Commission as
necessary for the examination of requirements for authorization
under
the Act or this Decree.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Presidential Decree No. 16895, Jul. 10, 2000]
Article 2-2 (Detailed Requirements, etc. for Authorization)
(1) Detailed requirements of manpower and physical facilities which a person
seeking authorization for trust business under Article
3-3 (1) 1 of the
Act is required to be equipped with shall be as set out in any of the following
subparagraphs; 1. He/she shall secure at least five people specialized in managing trust
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asserts (hereinafter referred to as "manpower specialized in operation")
as full-time executives and employees. In such cases, such
manpower
specialized in operation shall be persons who do not fall under any
one of the subparagraphs of Article 8-2 of the Act,
but falls under any
of the following items:
(a) A person who has career experience in business operating trust
asserts at a trust company for at least two years;
(b) A person
who has worked in an institution related to securities
under Article 2 (17) of the Securities and Exchange Act (hereinafter
referred
to as an "institution related to securities") for at least three
years and has career experience in business operating trust property
or business entrusting investment (hereinafter referred to as
"business specialized in operation") for at least two years, or a
person
falling under Article 144 (1) 3 of the Enforcement Decree of the
Indirect Investment Asset Management Business Act;
(c)
A person who holds a master's degree or higher in a finance-related
area and has career experience in business specialized in operation
for at least two years in an institution related to securities;
(d) A person who has career experience in business for operation
of
trust property for at least two years in a foreign financial institution
of a scale of 10 trillion won or more of operating
asserts as a foreign
financial institution carrying on operation of trust property as
business;
(e) A person who has passed an examination recognized by the Financial
Services Commission as a test able to verify ability of manpower
specialized in operation; and
(f) A person who has worked in an insurance company under
subparagraph 5 of Article 2 of the Insurance Business Act for at
least
three years and has career experience in business for operation
of assets for at least two years; and
2. He/she shall be equipped with a computer system determined and
publicly notified by the Financial Services Commission which can
properly carry out authorized business.
(2) A business plan under Article 3-3 (1) 2 of the Act shall conform to
requirements set out in any of the following subparagraphs:
Presidential Decree No. 19137, Nov. 25, 2005>
1. The business plan shall be suitable to keep business ongoing and
estimated financial statements and outlook of income and outgo
shall
be feasible based on such business plan;
2. Business methods shall be appropriate to protect beneficiaries; and
3. It shall be able to properly maintain standards with regard to financial
soundness and shalll be free from any apprehension that
Acts and
subordinate statutes may be violated or harm sound financial order.
(3) A plan for separate management under Article 3-3
(1) 3 of the Act
shall be appropriate to prevent conflicts of interests between and among
trust division, inherent division and
trust commodities.
(4) The term "major exporters as prescribed by Presidential Decree" in
Article 3-3 (1) 4 of the Act means persons
falling under any of the following
subparagraphs:
1. A person himself/herself in cases where stocks or investment shares
held by such person himself/herself and a person in a relationship
therewith falling under any subparagraph of Article 1-4 of the
Enforcement Decree of the Banking Act (hereinafter referred to as
a
"specially related person") is the largest (hereinafter referred to as
the "largest stockholder") based on the total number of
outstanding
stocks of voting rights or total sum of investment; and
2. A stockholder who is a specially related person of the largest stockholder;
and
3. A stockholder or investor who holds stocks or investment shares at
the rate of 10/100 or more of the total number of outstanding
stocks
of voting rights or total sum of investment in his/her own account under
anyone's name or title, or who exercises actual
control over major
management matters of the company concerned, such as appointment
and dismissal of executives (hereinafter referred
to as a "major
stockholder".
(5) A major stockholder under paragraph (4) shall conform to requirements
set out in annexed Table: Provided, That in cases where
a financial
institution under the Banking Act, a securities company under the Securities
and Exchange Act or an insurance company
under the Insurance Business
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Act seeks authorization for a trust business, the Financial Services
Commission may not apply provisions set out in the annexed
Table (excluding
provisions under paragraph (1) (e)) to such financial institution, securities
company or insurance company satisfying
requirements for capital propriety
as determined by the Financial Services Commission or may waive such
application.
(6) The Financial Services Commission may determine specific standards
for detailed requirements referred to in paragraphs (1) through
(5).
[This Article Newly Inserted by Presidential Decree No. 16895, Jul. 10, 2000]
Article 2-3 (Requirements to Operate Business for
Acceptance of Money
Trust for Land Development Projects)
(1) Detailed requirements for managerial conditions and managerial and
operational systems of trust property which a person seeking
to operate
business for acceptance of trust money for land development projects under
Article 10 (4) of the Act pursuant to Article
3-3 (3) of the Act (hereinafter
referred to as "money trust") is required to meet shall be as set out in
the following subparagraphs:
1. Financial conditions, including capital and liabilities, shall be adequate
so that the ratio of total liabilities to total equity
capital satisfies the
ratio determined by the Financial Services Commission within the extent
of 200/100, plans for capital adequacy
maintenance are plausible and
operational income is realized for a certain period;
2. Managerial and operational systems of trust property, such as business
facilities necessary to operate money trust, risk management
systems
and internal control standards, are reasonable; and
3. None of the executives have been penalized under Article 26-2 of the
Act or ordered to suspend execution of duties under Article
28 within
two years before an application for authorization.
(2) The Financial Services Commission shall prescribe specific standards
for requirements referred to in paragraph (1) 1 and 2 and publicly announce
them.
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(1) A document stating business type, etc. shall state the type of trust
business sought for operation according to divisions of
property provided
for in each subparagraph of Article 10 (1) of the Act: Provided, That in
cases where trust is accepted by combining
two or more items of property
from a truster under one trust contract pursuant to Article 10 (2) of the
Act, it shall commerce
as one type of trust business.
(2) In stating type of trust business under paragraph (1), money trust
shall be stated in accordance with divisions set out in the
following
subparagraphs: 1. Specified money trust: Money trust in which a truster designates methods
of operation of money as trust property; and
2. Unspecified money trust: Money trust in which a truster does not
designate methods of operation of money which is trust property.
(3) A trust company seeking to operate any incidental business under Article
13 (1) of the Act shall state in a document stating
business types, etc.
the type of such incidental business sought for operation according to
divisions set out in each subparagraph
of the same Article.
Article 4 (Statement of Business Methods)
A document stating business type, etc. shall state matters determined
and publicly notified by the Financial Services Commission
with regard
to methods of trust business sought for operation.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Presidential Decree No. 18946, Jul. 15, 2005]
Article 5 (Authorization for Merger, etc.)
(1) The Financial Services Commission shall, when it intends to authorize
any merger or dissolution of a trust company or any discontinuance
of
trust business under Article 8 (1) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as
"merger, etc."), examine as to whether such merger,
etc. conforms to
standards set out in the following subparagraphs: 1. No merger, etc. shall harm sound financial order;
2. Investors shall not suffer undue disadvantage caused by any merger,
etc.; and
3. Procedures and details of any merger, etc. shall be fully compliant
the Act, the Commercial Act, the Monopoly Regulation and Fair
Trade
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Act and other Acts and subordinate statutes relating to finance.
(2) When a trust company seeks to obtain authorization for merger,
etc.,
it shall submit to the Financial Services Commission an application for
authorization by attaching documents falling under
each of the following
subparagraphs:
1. Minutes of meeting of a general meeting of stockholders or employees
which has passed a resolution for merger;
2. A contract of merger;
3. Articles of association and a document stating business type, etc. of
the trust company which survives the merger or established
from the
merger;
4. An inventory of property and a balance sheet after a merger;
5. Documents verifying that public notification and notice have been
completed under Article 232 (1) of the Commercial Act; and
6. Other documents necessary for examining as to whether it conforms
to standards for authorization examination under paragraph (1)
as
determined by the Financial Services Commission.
(3) When a trust company seeks to obtain authorization for dissolution
or discontinuance of trust business, it shall submit to the
Financial Services
Commission an application for authorization by attaching documents falling
under each of the following subparagraphs:
1. A statement of grounds for dissolution or discontinuance of trust
business;
2. Minutes of meeting of a general meeting of stockholders which has
passed a resolution for dissolution or discontinuance of trust
business;
3. Statements closing daily accounts of business performance for the
preceding three months;
4. A detailed inventory of assets and liabilities; and
5. Other documents determined by the Financial Services Commission
which are necessary for conducting examination as to whether the
standards for authorization examination under paragraph (1) are
satisfied.
(4) The Financial Services Commission may prescribe standards in detail
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for the standards for authorization examination under paragraph (1).
(1) The term "place of business" in Article 8 (3) of the Act shall mean
a place where a trust company equipped with human resources
and physical
facilities and continuously and systematically operate business for
acceptance of trust of property under Article
10 (1) of the Act and the
whole or part of incidental business under Article 13 of the Act.
(2) The term "office of business" in
Article 8 (3) of the Act shall mean
a place where a trust company permanently stations employees, without
business purpose, for
conducting surveys on trends of trust business in
the pertinent region, for maintaining liaison, etc. with the head office,
branch
offices, agencies and other places of business.
Article 9 (Standards, etc. for Establishment of Branch Offices)
The Financial Services
Commission shall, when it determines standards
and procedures in regard to relocation of the head office of a trust company
and
new establishment, closedown and relocation of branch offices, agencies
and other places of business or offices of business of such
trust company,
take matters falling under any of the following subparagraphs into account:
1. Adequacy of asset structure of the trust company;
2. Efficiency of management of the trust company; and
3. Protection of interested persons, such as trusters and beneficiaries.
Article 9-2 (Qualifications, etc. for Executives)
(1) The
term "finance-related Acts and subordinate statutes prescribed
by Presidential Decree" in subparagraphs 4, 6 and 7 of Article 8-2
of the
Act shall mean Acts falling under any of the following subparagraphs:
1. Bank of Korea Act;
2 Banking Act;
3. Korea Development Bank Act;
4. Industrial Bank of Korea Act;
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5. Long Term Credit Bank Act;
6. Export-Import Bank of Korea Act;
7. Securities and Exchange Act;
8. Korea Securities and Futures Exchange Act;
9. Insurance Business Act;
10. Merchant Banks Act;
11. Indirect Investment Asset Management Business Act;
12. Mutual Savings Banks Act;
13. Specialized Credit Financial Business Act;
14. Credit Guarantee Fund Act;
15. Korea Technology Credit Guarantee Fund Act;
16. Credit Unions Act;
17. Agricultural Cooperatives Act;
18. Fisheries Cooperatives Act;
19. Community Credit Cooperatives Act;
20. Support for Small and Medium Enterprise Establishment Act;
21. Use and Protection of Credit Information Act;
22. Futures Trading Act;
23. Foreign Exchange Transactions Act;
24. Act on the Establishment, etc. of Financial Services Commission;
25. Asset-Backed Securitization Act;
26. Special Purpose Companies for Mortgage-Backed Bonds Act;
27. Act on the Efficient Disposal of Non-Performing Assets, etc. of Financial
Institutions and the Establishment of Korea Asset Management
Corporation;
28. Act on Real Name Financial Transactions and Guarantee of Secrecy;
29. Foreign Investment Promotion Act;
30. Act on the Structural Improvement of the Financial Industry; and
31. Korea Housing Finance Corporation Act.
(2) The term "person prescribed by Presidential Decree" in subparagraph
7 of Article
8-2 of the Act shall mean an executive or employee (an executive
or employee as at the time grounds giving rise to a timely corrective
measure
under Article 10 of the Act on the Structural Improvement of the Financial
Industry in cases of a judiciary person or company
for which permission,
authorization, etc. has been revoked under Article 14 of the same Act)
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as at the time grounds causing revocation of permission, authorization,
etc. arose who falls under any of the following subparagraphs:
1. An inspector or member of an audit committee;
2. An executive who has been punished by a caution, warning, censure,
suspension for performing duties, demand for dismissal or other
measure
by the Financial Services Commission or the Governor of the Financial
Supervisory Service established under the Act on
the Establishment,
etc. of Financial Supervisory Organizations (hereinafter referred to
as the "Governor of the Financial Supervisory
Service") due to unlawful
or unfair conduct relating to occurrence of grounds causing revocation
of permission, authorization,
etc;
3. An employee who has been punished by a demand for suspension from
performing duties or a heavier punishment by the Financial Services
Commission or the Governor of the Financial Supervisory Service due
to an unlawful or unfair conduct relating to occurrence of
grounds causing
revocation of permission, authorization, etc; and
4. A person who was subject to punishment under subparagraph 2 or
3 and has resigned or retired before he/she was so punished.
[This
Article Newly Inserted by Presidential Decree No. 16895, Jul. 10, 2000]
Article 10 (Terms and Conditions of Trust Transactions)
Standards determined by the Financial Services Commission under Article
10 (3) of the Act shall be standards relating to matters
falling under any
of the following subparagraphs: 1. Matters relating to period of trust and partway termination;
2. Matters relating to replenishment of principal and gains;
3. Matters relating to trust returns paid to trusters and trust remuneration
received from trusters; and
4. Other necessary manners relating to trust transactions between a trust
company and a truster.
Article 10-2 (Project Costs)
Project costs under Article 10 (4) of the Act shall include all expenses
required for a land development project, including construction
expenses,
advertizement expenses and sale expenses: Provided, That the purchase
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price of land itself, registration expenses thereof and other incidental
expenses related to the purchase of land shall be excluded.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Presidential Decree No. 18946, Jul. 15, 2005]
Article 10-3 (Time, etc. for Financial Audit of Trust
Property)
(1) Each trust company shall undergo a financial audit in respect of each
trust property within two months after the
close of each business year
of the relevant trust company: Provided, That in cases of trust property
for which the maturity date
of trust is the same for all beneficiaries and
the period of trust deed does not exceed three years, such financial audit
shall
be conducted two months before the maturity date of trust thereof.
(2) The term "case prescribed by Presidential Decree" in the
proviso to
Article 12-2 (1) of the Act shall mean a case of money trust falling under
any of the following subparagraphs or a case
of trust of property under
Article 10 (1) 2 through 6 of the Act;
1. Specified money trust;
2. Money trust for which a contract for replenishment of gains is made;
and
3. Money trust, principal in trust of which is less than 30 billion won
as at the base date for auditing.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Presidential Decree No. 16895, Jul. 10, 2000]
Article 10-4 (Appointment, etc. of Auditor)
(1) In cases where a trust company seeks to appoint or replace an auditor
under Article 3 (1) of the Act on External Audit of Stock
Companies
(hereinafter referred to as an "auditor") pursuant to Article 12-2 (4) of
the Act, it shall undergo a resolution by an
audit committee (in cases where
no audit committee is organized, it refers to consent by an inspector)
(2) Whenever a trust company appoints or replaces an auditor, it shall
report to the Financial Services Commission thereon within
one week from
the date of appointment or replacement.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Presidential Decree No. 16895, Jul. 10, 2000]
Article 10-5 (Standards for Auditing)
Standards for auditing trust property under Article 12-2 (4) of the Act
shall be determined by the Financial Services Commission
via deliberation
by the Securities and Futures Commission.
No. 20653, Feb. 29, 2008>
[This Article Newly Inserted by Presidential Decree No. 16895, Jul. 10, 2000]
Article 10-6 (Power, etc. of Auditor)
(1) An auditor may request access to or copies of relevant material, such
as account ledgers of trust property, from a trust company,
or require such
trust company to submit data necessary for auditing. In such cases, the
trust company shall comply with such request
without delay.
(2) An auditor shall, when he/she has found a violation of any Act or
subordinate statute relating to finance or
an investment plan contained
in a trust deed in connection with accounting of trust property or other
management, operation and
disposal of trust property by a trust company
while performing his/her duties, report such fact to the audit committee
(in cases
where no audit committee is organized, referring to an inspector).
[This Article Newly Inserted by Presidential Decree No. 16895,
Jul. 10, 2000]
Article 10-7 (Submission of Audit Report and Making It Accessible to Public)
(1) When an auditor has completed auditing
with respect to trust property
under Article 12-2 (4) of the Act, he/she shall formulate an audit report,
including matters set
out in the following subparagraphs and submit it
forthwith to the trust company:
1. A balance sheet of trust property;
2. An income statement of trust property;
3. A yield statement of trust property;
4. Details of transactions between a trust company and its specially related
persons; and
5. Other matters prescribed by Ordinance of the Prime Minister which
are directly related to protection of beneficiaries.
(2) A
trust company shall, upon receiving an audit report under paragraph
(1), forthwith submit three copies of such audit report to the
Financial
Services Commission.
(3) Trust companies shall make audit reports accessible to beneficiaries
as prescribed by the Financial Services Commission.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Presidential Decree No. 16895, Jul. 10, 2000]
Article 10-8 (Incidental Business)
The term "business prescribed by Presidential Decree" in Article 13 (1)
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9 of the Act shall mean business falling under any of the following
subparagraphs:
1. Business relating to adjustment and distribution of inherited property;
2. Counseling business relating to business falling under any item of Article
13 (1) 8 of the Act; and
3. Operation and management business under Article 15 of the Guarantee
of Workers' Retirement Benefits.
Article 10-9 (Scope of Financial Institutions Eligible to Induce Inherent
Funds)
The term "financial institutions prescribed by Presidential Decree" in Article
15 (1) 8 of the Act shall mean financial institutions
falling under any
of the following subparagraphs:
1. Financial institutions under the Banking Act;
2. The Korea Development Bank established under the Korea Development
Bank Act;
3. The Industrial Bank of Korea established under the Industrial Bank
of Korea Act;
4. The Long-Term Credit Bank under the Long-Term Credit Bank Act;
5. Merchant banks under the Merchant Banks Act;
6. Mutual savings banks under the Mutual Savings Banks Act;
7. Credit unions under the Credit Unions Act;
8. Agricultural cooperatives under the Agricultural Cooperatives Act; and
9. Fisheries cooperatives under the Fisheries Cooperatives Act.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Presidential Decree No. 16895, Jul.
10, 2000]
Article 11 (Operational Methods of Trust Funds)
(1) The term "methods as prescribed by Presidential Decree" in Article
15-2 (1) 3 of the Act shall mean methods falling under any
of the following
subparagraphs: Provided, That the operation of trust funds by any method
of subparagraphs 1 and 9 shall be limited
to cases of financial institutions
under the Banking Act, securities companies under the Securities and
Exchange Act or insurance
companies under the Insurance Business Act
which combine the operation of trust business (hereinafter referred to as
"financial
institutions combining operation of trust"):
20653, Feb. 29, 2008>
1. Loaning of temporary funds with respect to an inherent account of
the relevant trust company (referring to an account controlling
inherent
property of a trust company; hereinafter the same shall apply): Provided,
That it shall be limited to cases where operation
in any other method
is not possible due to the size of amount or limitation of time;
2. Loaning of short-term funds through brokerage by a fund brokerage
company under Article 9 of the Merchant Banks Act;
3. Purchase and development of immovable property;
4. Subscription for, purchase or acceptance of bills issued, sold or mediated
by a financial institution determined and publicly
notified by the
Financial Services Commission and bills issued by a juridical person
determined and publicly notified by the Financial
Services Commission;
5. Purchase of certificates of deposit issued by a financial institution under
the Banking Act;
6. Operation of real assets under subparagraph 1 (d) of Article 2 of the
Indirect Investment Asset Management Business Act;
7. Operation of assets falling under any of the following items (including
those denominated in a foreign currency which are issued
or circulated
in a foreign country or similar thereto):
(a) Rights to benefit from trust under Article 10 (1) and (2) of the
Act;
(b) Investment shares or rights to receive profits accruing from a specific
project;
(c) Association equities under an association contract pursuant to
subparagraph 7 of Article 3 of the Enforcement Decree of the
Indirect
Investment Asset Management Business Act; and
(d) Rights to use immovable property, such as superfices, rights to
lease on a deposit basis or rights of lease; and
8. Purchase or sale of bonds on condition that they shall be repurchased
conforming to predetermined conditions after the lapse of
a certain
period, which is a transaction of sale and purchase under Article 194
(1) of the Securities and Exchange Act;
9. Acceptance of bonds accruing from accounts managing credit card
business under the Specialized Credit Financial Business Act by
a
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financial institution under the Banking Act;
10. Operation for exchange-traded derivatives under subparagraph 8 of
Article 2 of the Indirect Investment Asset Management Business
Act
or over-the-counter derivatives under subparagraph 9 of Article 2 of
the same Act;
11. Lending or borrowing of securities;
12. Deposits with a financial institution falling under any subparagraph
of Article 10-9 or a foreign financial institution equivalent
thereto;
13. Purchase of pecuniary claims;
14. Purchase of foreign securities under Article 7 of the Enforcement Decree
of the Indirect Investment Asset Management Act; and
15. Purchase of intangible property rights.
(2) The Financial Services Commission may, when it deems as necessary
for the protection
of trusters and the maintenance of sound trust order,
determine and publicly notify the scope of detailed operational methods
under
paragraph (1) 1 and 3 through 14.
Article 12 (Detailed Scope of Operational Methods of Trust Funds)
(1) Deleted.
1. Loans on credit;
2. Loans secured by a mortgage or a right of pledge;
3. Loans secured by a letter of guarantee falling under any one of the
following items:
(a) Letters of payment guarantee issued by a financial institution under
the Banking Act;
(b) Letters of credit guarantee issued by a guarantee insurance company
under the Insurance Business Act, a credit guarantee fund
under
the Credit Guarantee Fund Act, a technology credit guarantee fund
under the Korea Technology Credit Guarantee Fund Act or
a housing
finance credit guarantee fund under the Korea Housing Finance
Corporation Act; and
(c) Letters of guarantee issued by a mutual aid under Article 54 of
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the Framework Act on the Construction Industry; and
4. Acceptance of private placement bonds.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 5502. Jan. 13, 1998]
Article 13 (Operational Standards
of Trust Funds)
Standards which the Financial Services Commission may determine under
Article 15-2 (3) of the Act shall be as set
out in the following subparagraphs:
1. Matters on limits on loans that may be provided to the same individual
or juridical person by a trust company and exceptions thereto;
2. Matters on purchase and retention of stocks or limits on operation
and use of funds in trust under Article 11 (1) 9 and 10;
3. Matters on conditions for loaning funds from an inherent account;
4. Matters on purchase and development of immovable property; and
5. Other matters deemed necessary for the protection of trust property
and sound development of the national economy.
Article 13-2 (Operation of Surplus Funds)
(1) The term "financial institutions prescribed by Presidential Decree"
in subparagraph 1 of Article 15-3 of the Act shall mean
financial institutions
falling under any item of Article 10-9.
(2) The term "other manners prescribed by Presidential Decree" in
subparagraph 4 of Article 15-3 of the Act shall mean methods falling
under
any of the following subparagraphs: 1. Loaning of short-term funds performed via mediation by a fund brokerage
company under Article 9 of the Merchant Banks Act; and
2. Other methods that do not harm stability and profitability of immovable
property trust business as determined and publicly notified
by the
Financial Services Commission.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Presidential Decree No. 16895, Jul. 10, 2000]
Article 13-3 (Restrictions on Exercise of Voting Rights)
(1) The term "a person in a special relation as prescribed by Presidential
Decree" in Article 17-8 (1) 1 (a) of the Act shall mean
specially related
persons and joint holders under Article 10-3 (2) and (4) of the Enforcement
Decree of the Securities Exchange
Act.
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(2) The term "a person prescribed by Presidential Decree" in Article 17-8
(1) 1 (b) of the Act shall mean a major investors of a
trust company.
(3) The term "where it is in a relation as prescribed by Presidential Decree"
in Article 17-8 (1) 2 (b) of the Act
shall mean cases where a juridical
person which has issued stocks as trust property is a major investor.
[This Article Newly Inserted
by Presidential Decree No. 16895, Jul. 10, 2000]
Article 14 (Business Reports and Operational Reports)
(1) The forms, types, time
for submission, etc. of business reports and
operational reports under the main sentence of Article 19 of the Act shall
be determined
by the Financial Services Commission.
(1) Accounting in regard of trust business of a trust company under Article
20 of the Act shall comply with principles falling under
any of the following
subparagraphs: 1. Property acquired by managing, disposing of, etc. trust property shall
belong to trust property;
2. Trust property shall be protected by keeping an account separate and
independent from an inherent account; and
3. Each trust property shall be classified and treated according to its
distinctive quality as a subject.
(2) In representing the current status and operating results of trust property
under principles referred to in paragraph (1), the
Financial Services
Commission may provide useful information on accounting to interested
parties and determine under Article 20
(2) of the Act accounting standards
in detail regard matters falling under any of the following subparagraphs
so that continuity
and objectivity in accounting may be maintained.
1. Methods for appraisal of trust property;
2. Methods for properly treating operational profits of trust property,
business expenses, etc; and
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3. Methods for settlement of accounts and other matters regard the current
status and operation results of trust property.
(3) In determining accounting standards under paragraph (2), the Financial
Services Commission may, when it is deemed as necessary
for maintaining
managerial soundness of a trust company and soundness of trust assets,
such as cases where a trust company has
concluded a contract for replenishing
principal or interest, cause such trust company to set aside reserve funds.
In such cases,
the Financial Services Commission shall determine necessary
matters regard types, methods of reservation, etc. of such reserve funds.
1. Institutions subject to inspection by the Financial Supervisory Service
under Article 38 of the Act on the Establishment, etc.
of Financial
Services Commission;
2. The relevant trust company is a company required to formulate
consolidated financial statements under subparagraph 2 of Article
1-2
of the Act on External Audit of Stock Companies (hereinafter referred
to as a "subordinate company"): Provided, That cases
falling under
any of the following items shall be excluded;
(a) Where concurrently holding further position as an executive of a
financial institution which is a subordinate company based
in a
foreign country or working by being accredited thereto; and
(b) Where concurrently holding an additional position as an executive
of a subordinate company in order to smoothly promote managerial
rationalization or structural adjustment of such subordinate
company or working by being accredited thereto; and
3. A company which is the largest stockholder or a major stockholder
of the relevant trust company;
4. A company which has received a loan of money amounting to 10/100
or more of the equity capital (referring to an amount obtained
by
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subtracting total liabilities from total assets on a balance sheet) of
the relevant company; and
5. Deleted.
Management guidance standards under Article 24-3 (1) of the Act shall
include matters falling under any of the following subparagraphs:
1. Matters relating to standards for holding equity capital, such as ratio
of net worth to assets;
2. Matters relating to standards for classifying soundness of assets owned
by a trust company;
3. Matters relating to standards for holding current assets against current
liabilities; and
4. Other matters having any substantial impact on managerial soundness
of a trust company as determined by the Financial Services
Commission.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Presidential Decree No. 16895, Jul. 10, 2000]
Article 15-4 (Internal Control Standards)
(1) Internal control standards under Article 24-4 of the Act shall include
matters falling under any of the following subparagraphs:
1. Matters relating to schedule of work responsibility and structure of
organization;
2. Matters relating to management of risks arising from conduct of trust
business;
3. Matters relating to procedures which must be observed by executives
and employees in their performing of duties;
4. Matters relating to construction of a system enabling efficient delivery
of information required for making managerial decisions;
5. Procedures and methods for verifying whether executives and employes
observe the internal control standards and matters relating
to treatment
of executives and employees who violate such internal control standards;
6. Matters relating to formulation of, or amendment to the internal control
standards; and
7. Detailed standards relating to matters under subparagraphs 1 through
6 as determined and publicly notified by the Financial Services
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Commission.
(2) When a trust company seeks to formulate or amend such internal control
standards, it shall undergo a resolution by its board
of directors.
(3) The Financial Services Commission may recommend any trust company
which has been disclosed as having violated
any Act or subordinate statute
as a result of investigation by the Financial Supervisory Service under
Article 26 of the Act to
amend internal control standards with a view to
preventing recurrence of violation of Acts and subordinate statutes.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Presidential Decree No. 18946, Jul. 15, 2005]
Article 16 (Orders to Report on or Amend Standard
Contractual Terms
and Conditions, etc.)
(1) In cases where two or more trust companies jointly seek to report on
formulation of or amendment to standardized draft of standard
contractual
terms and conditions, etc. under Article 25-2 (1) of the Act, they may
make such report via an organization of business
operators established
by obtaining permission of the Financial Services Commission for helping
cooperation and improvement of mutual
business among such business
operators, the Korea Securities Dealers Association established under
Article 162 (1) of the Securities
and Exchange Act or an insurance association
established under Article 175 (1) of the Insurance Business Act.
(2) Any order for amendment of standard contractual terms and conditions,
etc. under Article 25-2 (2) of the Act shall be issued
within 10 days from
the date of report under paragraph (1) of the same Article: Provided, That
the Financial Services Commission
may extend such period within the extent
of 10 days if it deems necessary for examination of such standard contractual
terms and
conditions.
(3) The Financial Services Commission shall, when it has extended the
date of order for amendment of standard contractual terms
and conditions,
etc. under the proviso to paragraph (2), notify the relevant trust company
thereof.
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following subparagraphs under Article 25-3 of the Act:
1. Matters relating to financial affairs, and profit and loss;
2. Matters on how to raise and operate funds;
3. In cases where any measure has been taken under Articles 28 and
29-2 of the Act, or Article 10 or 14 of the Act on the Structural
Improvement of the Financial Industry, details thereof;
4. Current conditions of progress at each stage of trust business of
immovable property; and
5. Other matters deemed as requiring public notice for the protection
of beneficiaries as determined by the Financial Services Commission.
(2) The Financial Services Commission may determine detailed standards
regard matters falling under paragraph (1) 1 through 4.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Presidential Decree No. 16895, Jul. 10, 2000]
Article 16-3 (Authorization for Establishment of Branch
Offices, etc. of
Foreign Financial Institutions)
(1) When a foreign financial institution seeks to obtain authorization for
establishment of a branch office or any other place of
business (hereinafter
referred to as "branch, etc.") under Article 29-4 (1) of the Act, it shall
submit to the Financial Services
Commission an application for
authorization together with documents falling under any of the following
subparagraphs attached thereto:
1. Articles of association;
2. Documents stating business type, etc; and
3. Other documents necessary for examining for authorization to
establishment branch, etc. of a foreign financial institution as
determined by the Financial Services Commission.
(2) A financial institution seeking to obtain authorization for establishment
of branch office, etc. shall satisfy requirements
falling under subparagraph
4 (b) through (d) of the attached Table.
(3) The provisions of Article 2-2 (1) through (3) shall apply mutatis mutandis
to authorization for establishment of branch office,
etc. of a foreign financial
institution.
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(4) The Financial Services Commission may determine detailed standards
regard requirements for authorization referred to in paragraphs
(2) and
(3).
(1) Any branch, etc. of a foreign financial institution shall have operating
funds equivalent to or more than an amount determined
by the Financial
Services Commission under Article 29-5 of the Act.
(2) With respect to branch, etc. of a foreign financial institution, operating
funds determined by the Financial Services Commission
and falling under
any one of the following subparagraphs shall be considered capital stock:
Amended by Presidential Decree No.
18946, Jul. 15, 2005; Presidential Decree
No. 20653, Feb. 29, 2008>
1. A won-denominated fund furnished to a branch office, etc. by selling
foreign currency funds to the Bank of Korea or an agency
dealing with
foreign currency exchange business under the Foreign Exchange
Transactions Act for a conduct of establishment and
operation of branch,
etc. of a foreign financial institution and business activities;
2. A fund transferred from a reserve fund of branch, etc. of a foreign
financial institution under Article 21 of the Act;
3. A fund transferred from a carryover earned surplus of branch, etc.
established already inside the Country in order to additionally
establish
branch, etc. of a foreign financial institution; and
4. A won-denominated fund raised by a branch, etc. of a foreign financial
institution by selling foreign currency funds to the Bank
of Korea or
an agency dealing with foreign exchange business under the Foreign
Exchange Transactions Act.
(3) Any branch, etc. of a foreign financial institution shall observe matters
falling under any of the following subparagraphs:
1. It shall retain assets equivalent to operating funds within the Country;
2. It shall conduct settlement of accounts independently from its head
office;
3. In cases where it violates subparagraph 1 as a result of the settlement
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of accounts, it shall recoup such deficit within 60 days from the date
of such settlement of accounts; and
4. Other matters necessary for the protection of beneficiaries as determined
by the Financial Services Commission.
(4) In cases where one foreign financial institution has two or more branch,
etc. within the Republic of Korea, the relevant branch,
etc. shall be deemed
as one trust company.
(5) The term "whenever allotting" in Article 21 of the Act shall be deemed
"whenever closing accounts" in applying the same Article
to a branch,
etc. of a foreign financial institution.
(6) In cases where any branch, etc. of a foreign financial institution is
liquidated or bankrupt, assets, capital stock, reserve
fund and other surplus
shall be preferentially allocated to satisfy debts it owes to any national
of the Republic of Korea and
any foreigner having his/her address or residence
within the Republic of Korea.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Presidential Decree No. 16895, Jul. 10, 2000]
Article 16-5 (Authorization for Closure of Branch,
etc. of Foreign Financial
Institution)
The provisions of Articles 5 (1), (3) and (4) shall apply mutatis mutandis
regard authorization for closure of branch, etc. of a
foreign financial
institution under Article 29-4 (1) of the Act.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Presidential Decree No. 18946, Jul. 15, 2005]
Article 17 (Request for Appointment or Dismissal of
Liquidator)
(1) A request for appointment or dismissal of a liquidator under Article
35 or 37 of the Act shall be made in writing.
(2) Documents for request under paragraph (1) shall be accompanied by
documents verifying facts that such requester is an interested
party.
Article 17-2 (Entrustment of Authority)
Power falling under any of the following subparagraphs shall be entrusted
to the Governor of the Financial Supervisory Service under
Article 37-2
of the Act: 1. Receipt of reports on amendment of articles of association or of documents
stating business type, etc. under the former part of
Article 8 (2) of
the Act;
2. Demands to submit data and reports relating to an audit of trust property
and orders for other necessary measures under Article
12-2 (2) of the
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Act ;
3. Receipt of reports relating to issuance of beneficiary certificates under
Article 17-2 (2) of the Act;
4. Receipt of business reports and operational reports under Article 19
of the Act;
5. Establishment and amendment of detailed standards relating to
accounting, etc. of trust business under Article 20 (2) of the Act;
and
6. Demands to take measures to improve management under Article 24-3
(2) of the Act;
7. Receipt of reports on current conditions of business (limited to matters
relating to deposits under Article 16 of the Act and
matters relating
to standards for classifying soundness of assets established or amended
by a trust company under subparagraph
2 of Article 15-3 of the Decree)
under Article 25 of the Act;
8. Receipt of reports on establishment or amendment of a standard
contractual terms and conditions or a standard contract relating
to trust
transactions (hereinafter referred to as "standard contractual terms
and conditions, etc.") under Article 25-2 (1) of
the Act;
9. Orders to amend standard contractual terms and conditions, etc. under
Article 25-2 (2) of the Act;
10. Establishment or amendment of standards relating to time, procedure,
etc. of reports on establishment or amendment of standard
contractual
terms and conditions, etc. under Article 25-2 (3) of the Act;
11. Receipt of reports on appointment or replacement of an auditor under
Article 10-4 (2);
12. Receipt of audit reports under Article 10-6 (2);
13. Establishment or amendment of types and forms of business reports
and operational reports under Article 14; and
14. Examination of standard contractual terms and conditions, etc. under
Article 16 (2).
[This Article Newly Inserted by Presidential Decree No. 18946, Jul. 15, 2005]
Article 18 (Trust Contracts)
The term "matters prescribed by Presidential Decree" in Article 37-4 of
the Act shall mean matters falling under any of the following
subparagraphs:
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1. Names or titles of trusters, beneficiaries and trust companies;
2. Matters relating to designation or change of beneficiaries;
3. Scope and qualifications to be eligible for beneficiaries and other matters
necessary to determine such beneficiaries in cases
where such
beneficiaries have not been determined;
4. In cases where an expression of intent to receive trust income by a
beneficiary is required, details thereof;
5. Types, quantities and prices of trust property;
6. Purpose of trust;
7. Registration and enrollment under Article 3 (1) of the Trust Act or
representation and description of trust property under paragraph
(2)
of the same Article;
8. Duration of the deed;
9. In cases where property to be acquired via operation of trust property
has been specified or designated, details thereof;
10. Types of trust property to be delivered to beneficiaries and methods
for and timing of such delivery;
11. Matters relating to joint operation of money which is trust property
and money which is other trust property or money which is
inherent
property;
12. Matters relating to ratio, etc. of recoupment in cases of concluding
a contract for recouping principal or income;
13. Types of trust property which can be inherent property under Article
12-2 of the Act and methods for calculating prices thereof;
14. Matters relating to remuneration to receive by a trust company receives;
15. Public imposts, repair expenses and other expenses required for
management of trust property;
16. Matters relating to cancellation of trust deed;
17. Matters relating to final calculation at the time of termination of trust;
18. Sealing or signing by the representative of a trust company; and
19.Other matters necessary for maintaining sound trust transaction
order
as determined and publicly notified by the Financial Services
Commission.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Presidential Decree No. 16895, Jul. 10, 2000]
Article 19 (Share of Expenses)
The provisions of Article 12 of the Enforcement Decree of the Act on the
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Establishment, etc. of Financial Services Commission shall govern rates
to share the shares of expenses, limits, payment of such
shares of expenses,
etc. under Article 38-2 of the Act.
Article 21 (Imposition and Collection of Fines for Negligence)
(1) In cases where intending to impose any fine for negligence under
Article
43 (1) of the Act, the Financial Services Commission shall investigate
and verify the relevant offense, specify the facts
of violation, the amount
of fine for negligence, etc. in writing and serve notice on the person subject
to disposition of the fine
for negligence to pay it.
(2) In cases where the Financial Services Commission intends to impose
fine for negligence under paragraph
(1), it shall provide the person subject
to a disposition of fine for negligence with an opportunity to state his/her
opinion orally
or in writing by fixing a period which shall not be shorter
than 10 days. In such cases where no opinion is stated by the designated
date, it shall be deemed that such person has no opinion.
(3) The Financial Services Commission shall, when it determines an amount
of fine for negligence, take into account the motives
for the relevant offense
and the results therefrom.
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on April 1, 1998.
Article 2 (Transitional Measures in General)
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(1) Any authorization, approval, decision, order, disposition or other
conducts granted, made, issued, taken or performed by the
Minister of
Finance and Economy under the former provisions before this Decree enters
into force shall be deemed acts performed
by the Minister of Finance and
Economy, the Financial Supervisory Commission or the Governor of the
Financial Supervisory Service
under this Decree.
(2) Any declaration, report or other conduct made or performed with respect
to the Minister of Finance and Economy under the former
provisions before
this Decree enters into force shall be deemed acts performed with respect
to the Minister of Finance and Economy,
the Financial Supervisory
Commission or the Governor of the Financial Supervisory Service under
this Decree.
ADDENDA
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
Articles 2 through 4 Omitted.
ADDENDUM
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
Articles 2 and 3 Omitted.
ADDENDA
This Decree shall enter into force on March 1, 2004.
Articles 2 through 5 Omitted.
ADDENDUM
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ADDENDUM
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation: Provided,
That portions amending Presidential Decrees which
were promulgated
before this Decree enters into force, but enforcement dates of which have
not yet arrived from among Presidential
Decrees amended under Article
2 of the Addenda shall enter into force from the date of enforcement of
each relevant Presidential
Decrees.
Article 2 Omitted.
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Divisions Requirements
1. Cases where a
major investor is
an institution
subject to
investigation by
the Financial
Supervisory
Service under
Article 38 of the
Act on the
Establishment,
etc. of Financial
Services
Commission
(hereinafter
referred to as a
"financial
institution" in
this Table)
a. An amount calculated by subtracting total liabilities
from total assets on the balance sheet (hereinafter
referred to as "equity
capital") as of the end of the latest
business year shall be at least three times an amount
intended to be invested satisfying
standards determined
by the Financial Services Commission;
b. It shall satisfy standards relating to financial
soundness applied to the relevant financial institution
which are standards
determined by the Financial
Services Commission;
c. In cases where the relevant financial institution is
an affiliated company of a large group of companies
under the Monopoly
Regulation and Fair Trade Act
(hereinafter referred to as a "large group of companies")
or a company belonging to a group of affiliated
companies subject to major credit control (referring to
a group of companies under the Monopoly Regulation
and Fair Trade Act ranking
from the 1st to the 60th
position in size of credit offered by financial institutions
in accordance with standards determined by
the
Financial Services Commission; hereinafter the same
shall apply), the debt ratio (referring to a ratio
calculated by dividing total
liabilities on the balance
sheet by equity capital as of the end of the latest business
year and in such cases financial institutions
shall be
excluded from an object subject to calculation of debt
ratio; hereinafter the same shall apply) of the relevant
large
group of companies or group of affiliated companies
subject to major credit control shall not exceed 300/100
satisfying standards
determined by the Financial
Services Commission;
d. No investment shall be of funds raised from
[Attached Table]
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borrowings as determined by the Financial Services
Commission;
e. Following requirements shall be satisfied: Provided,
That the same shall not apply in cases where severity
of relevant violation,
etc is negligible:
(i) No fact shall be found that it has been punished
for recent five years under this Decree, Acts and
subordinate statutes relating
to finance (referring to
Acts and subordinate statutes under Article 9-2 (1)),
the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act and the
Punishment of Tax Evaders Act;
(ii) No fact shall be found that it has hampered sound
credit orders by defaulting repayment of debts for recent
five years;
(iii) It shall not be the largest stockholder or a major
stockholder of a financial institution designated as an
insolvent financial
institution under the Act on the
Structural Improvement of the Financial Industry or
a specially related person thereof: Provided,
That cases
where it is not responsible either directly or indirectly
with regard to insolvent operation or where it has
performed
its obligation conforming to standards
determined by the Financial Services Commission or
has been exempted from performing such obligation
shall be excluded; and
(iv) No fact shall be found that it has hampered sound
order of financial transactions.
2. Cases where a
major investor is
a domestic
juridical person
other than that
referred to in
subparagraph 1
a. Equity capital shall be at least three times of an
amount intended to invest as of the end of the latest
business year satisfying
standards determined by the
Financial Services Commission;
b. Debt-to-equity ratio shall not exceed 300/100 as
of the end of the latest business year satisfying
standards determined by the
Financial Services
Commission;
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c. In cases where the relevant juridical person is an
affiliated company of a large group of companies or a
company belonging to
a group of affiliated companies
subject to major credit control, the debt ratio of such
large group of companies or group of affiliated
companies
subject to major credit control shall not exceed 300/100
satisfying standards determined by the Financial
Services Commission; and
d. It shall satisfy requirements referred to in paragraph
(1) d and e.
3. Cases where a
major investor is
a domestic
juridical person
who is an
individual
a. It shall not fall under any of subparagraphs of Article
8-2 of the Act; and
b. It shall satisfy requirements referred to in
subparagraph (1) d and e.
4. Cases where a
major investor is
a foreign
juridical person
established
under foreign
Acts and
subordinate
statutes
a. It shall be operating trust business (including cases
where operating trust business via a subsidiary
company having 15/100 or more of outstanding stocks
of voting rights or investment shares) in a foreign
country as of the date
applying for authorization;
b. Equity capital shall be at least three times amount
intended to be invested as at the end of the
latest
business year satisfying standards determined by the
Financial Services Commission;
c. Credit rating by an internationally recognized credit
rating institution shall be investment grade or higher
or a fact that
it satisfies standards for financial
soundness determined by a supervisory institution of
its home country is verified; and
d. No fact shall be found that it has been punished
by an administrative disposition equivalent to or
heavier than a corporate
warning by a supervisory
institution of its home country in relation to operation
of financial business or by a criminal punishment
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equivalent to or heavier than a fine in the recent three
years.
Remarks:
1. Calculation of equity capital may be conducted in a manner to include
any increment of capital stock (limited to those increasing
equity capital)
from the end of the latest business year up to the date applying for
authorization.
2. In applying subparagraph (4), where the relevant foreign company is
a holding company and when a company designated by the holding
company
at the time applying for authorization (limited to companies, the
management of which is actually controlled by the relevant
holding company)
satisfies requirements falling under paragraph (4) a through d; it shall
be deemed that the relevant holding company
has satisfied the requirements
in question.
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