SEOUL METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE ON PROMOTION AND SUPPORT OF IMPROVEMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
- Enactment No. 3602, May. 10, 1999
- Partial Amendment No. 3775, Jul. 25, 2000
- Partial Amendment No. 4164, Dec. 30, 2003
- Amendment of Other Laws No. 4284, Jun. 16, 2005
- Whole Amendment No. 4560, Oct. 01, 2007
- Amendment of Other Laws No. 4593, Dec. 26, 2007
- Amendment of Other Laws No. 4616, Apr. 03, 2008
- Partial Amendment No. 4882, Nov. 11, 2009
- Amendment of Other Laws No. 4907, Jan. 07, 2010
- Amendment of Other Laws No. 5208, Dec. 29, 2011
- Amendment of Other Laws No. 5272, Mar. 15, 2012
- Amendment of Other Laws No. 5930, May. 14, 2015
- Partial Amendment No. 5975, Jul. 30, 2015
- Amendment of Other Laws No. 6016, Oct. 08, 2015
- Amendment of Other Laws No. 6609, Sep. 21, 2017
- Amendment of Other Laws No. 6851, Mar. 22, 2018
- Partial Amendment No. 7249, Jul. 18, 2019
- Amendment of Other Laws No. 7423, Dec. 31, 2019
- Partial Amendment No. 7580, May. 19, 2020
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
The purpose of this Ordinance is to improve the atmospheric environment and to contribute to improvement in the quality of life of citizens by prescribing matters necessary for the support of low pollution projects for diesel-powered vehicles pursuant to Article 58 of the Clean Air Conservation Act and support to sources of emission of air pollutants to prevent air pollution pursuant to Article 5 of the Seoul Metropolitan Government Framework Ordinance on Environment. <Amended by Ordinance No. 4882, Nov. 11, 2009>
Article 2 (Definitions)
The definitions of terms used in this Ordinance are as follows: <Amended by Seoul Metropolitan Government Ordinance No. 4882, Nov. 11, 2009; Seoul Metropolitan Government Ordinance No. 6016, Oct. 8, 2015>
Article 3 (Application)
The Special Act on the Improvement of Air Quality in Seoul Metropolitan Area or the Clean Air Conservation Act shall apply to matters other than those prescribed by this Ordinance concerning conversion into or proliferation of a low emission vehicle, measures for low pollution or recommendation of early scrapping of a motor vehicle, financial support. etc. under Article 58 of the Clean Air Conservation Act.
CHAPTER II SUPPORT IN PURCHASE OF NATURAL GAS VEHICLE
Article 4 (Persons Entitled to Financial Support)
The following persons who purchase natural gas vehicles may be subsidized or financed (hereinafter referred to "financial support") money incurred in purchasing such vehicles (hereinafter referred to as "fund") within the budget, in accordance with Article 58 (3) of the Clean Air Conservation Act: <Amended by Ordinance No. 6016, Oct. 8, 2015>
Article 5 (Limit on Financial Support)
The Mayor may separately determine the credit limit of funds to promote the proliferation of natural gas vehicles. <Amended by Ordinance No. 4882, Nov. 11, 2009>
Article 6 (Conditions, etc. of Financial Support)
(1) Funds shall be loaned in accordance with the following standards:
Article 7 (Entrustment, etc. of Loaning Business)
(1) The Mayor may entrust a financial institution under subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Banking Act with some of the business affairs concerning loaning of funds. In such cases, the Mayor shall lend funds to a bank entrusted with the management and operation of loans (hereinafter referred to as "entrusted bank"), and determine the lending interest rate up to one percent lower than the interest on a loan that the entrusted bank applies to a company entitled to a loan. <Amended by Seoul Metropolitan Government Ordinance No. 6016, Oct. 8, 2015>
Article 8 (Formulation and Publication of Plan for Financial Support)
The Mayor shall formulate and publicize, at the beginning of each year, a plan for financial support for the relevant year that states each of the following:
Article 9 (Application for Financial Support, etc.)
Each person who intends to be subsidized shall prepare and submit an application for subsidization for purchase of natural gas vehicles in attached Form 2 to the Mayor.
Article 10 (Holding, etc. of Financial Support Deliberative Council Meetings)
(1) The Mayor shall establish the Seoul Metropolitan Deliberative Council on Support of Purchase of Natural Gas Vehicles (hereinafter referred to as the "Deliberative Council") to deliberate on persons entitled to financial support, the propriety of the amount of financial support, etc.
Article 11 (Duties of Chairperson)
(1) The chairperson shall represent the Deliberative Council and take overall control of its affairs.
Article 12 (Adjustment, etc. of Amount of Financial Support)
(1) Where the amount of financial support requested exceeds the amount of financial support planned, the Mayor may adjust the amount of financial support for each person entitled to financial support. In such cases, the Mayor shall determine and publicize standards for the adjustment when he/she formulates a plan for financial support in accordance with Article 8.
Article 13 (Extending Loans)
(1) The entrusted financial institution shall lend money to companies entitled to a loan notified by the Mayor in accordance with its credit management regulations.
Article 14 (Follow-Up Management, etc.)
(1) The Mayor may ascertain or inspect twice annually whether a person who has received financial support uses the funds subsidized or loaned in an appropriate manner or request him/her to submit or report necessary materials. In such cases, the person who has received financial support shall comply with such request.
CHAPTER III PROMOTION AND SUPPORT OF LOW EMISSIONS FROM DIESEL VEHICLES IN OPERATION
Article 15 (Types of Vehicles Liable for Low Emission Measures)
A motor vehicle liable for low emission measures shall be a vehicle defined in Article 58 (1) of the Clean Air Conservation Act (excluding construction machinery) whose first registration date fell before December 31, 2005 and a vehicle manufactured in accordance with the permissible emission levels before December 31, 2005, delivered after January 1, 2006 pursuant to remark 6 of subparagraph 2 (e) of attached Table 17 of the Enforcement Rule of the Clean Air Conservation Act, and seven years have passed from whose first registration, and of which gross weight is not less than 2.5 tons and which is diesel-powered (hereinafter referred to as "vehicle liable for low emission measures"): Provided, That this shall not apply to any of the following vehicles: <Amended by Ordinance No. 5975, Jul. 30, 2015>
Article 16 (Orders to Take Low Emission Measures, etc.)
The Mayor may order an owner of a vehicle liable for low emission measures to take any of the following measures: Provided, That with regard to a vehicle liable for low emission measures but having difficulty in taking such low emission measures due to decrepitude of the vehicle, the Mayor may recommend an early scrapping of the vehicle:
Article 17 (Period of Taking Low Emission Measures)
(1) Each owner of a vehicle liable for low emission measures shall take low emission measures within six months from the date he/she is ordered to take such measures.
Article 18 (Recommendation of Servicing of Vehicles and Taking Low Emission Measures)
(1) Where the Mayor deems that it is hard to expect the reduction efficiency despite the installation of an exhaust gas recirculation device due to the poor service state, etc. of a vehicle liable for low emission measures, he/she may recommend the owner of the vehicle to take low emission measures after having his/her vehicle serviced first.
Article 19 (Financial Support)
(1) The Mayor may subsidize or loan necessary funds to vehicles which have complied with an order to take low emission measures or vehicles that have been scrapped early, within the budget.
Article 20 (Measures against Sources of Emission of Other Air Pollutants)
(1) The Mayor shall establish measures for the prevention of air pollution due to sources of emission of air pollutants as follows:
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