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http://dx.doi.org/10.22693/NIAIP.2022.29.3.026

The Importance of Qualitative Approach to Managing the Regulatory Lag of Convergence New Products: Focusing on the Certification of Compliance of New Products of Industrial Convergence  

Kim, Hyung-Jin (Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Korea National Industrial Convergence Center)
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Informatization Policy / v.29, no.3, 2022 , pp. 26-47 More about this Journal
Abstract
"The certification of compliance of new products of industrial convergence" (hereinafter referred to as "certification of compliance") is a legal certification system in accordance with the Industrial Convergence Promotion Act through which a convergence new product can be officially certified without legislation when the certification standards applicable to the product are not yet provided. Unlike other certification systems, the certification of compliance is characterized by the role of resolving the certification difficulties driven by the regulatory lag of convergence new products. Nevertheless, studies that analyzed the certification of compliance in detail from the viewpoint of regulatory improvement were surprisingly rare. Through the sequential matching of the steps of certification of compliance with the process from the occurrence of a regulatory problem to resolution, our study provided clear understanding as to how the regulatory lag could be reduced by the procedure for certification of compliance. Furthermore, we divided the perspective on regulatory lag management into quantitative and qualitative, and the structures and practices of certification of compliance were then analyzed from the two perspectives. By doing this, the present study emphasized that the fundamental reason the certification of compliance could effectively solve the regulatory lag problem of convergence new products was not only the quantitative elements such as legal deadlines for each step but also several qualitative approaches to securing the quality of every stage.
Keywords
certification of compliance of new products of industrial convergence; certification of compliance; regulatory lag; regulatory improvement; Industrial Convergence Promotion Act; convergence new products; standards orientation;
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