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1. The European Commission and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) shall be 
entitled to carry out administrative investigations, including on-the-spot checks and 
inspections, in the territory of Korea, of a Korean entity that is party to a relevant 
funding agreement or of a Korean entity third party implementing the funding agreement 
under a contract, in accordance with, and to the extend provided in, the relevant funding 
agreement and other applicable contract. Those investigations shall be carried out in 
accordance with the terms and conditions established by applicable acts of one or more 
Union institutions. When exercising their duties in the territory of Korea, the European 
Commission and OLAF shall act in a manner consistent with Korean law.
2. The Korean contact point designated under paragraph 11 shall inform the European 
Commission or OLAF within reasonable time of any fact or suspicion which has come to 
its notice relating to an irregularity, fraud or other illegal activity relating to the funding 
agreement or contract referred to in paragraph 1 affecting the financial interests of the 
Union. 
3. When carrying out an administrative investigation referred to in paragraph 1, 
on-the-spot checks and inspections may be carried out on the premises of the Korean 
entity referred to in that paragraph as well as of any third party involved in the 
implementation of Union funding residing or established in Korea.
4. On-the-spot checks and inspections shall be prepared and conducted by the European 
Commission or OLAF in close collaboration with the competent Korean authority 
designated by the Government of Korea. The competent Korean authority shall be 
notified a reasonable time in advance of the object, purpose and legal basis of the checks 
and inspections, so that it can provide assistance. To that end, the officials of the 
competent Korean authorities may participate in the on-the-spot checks and inspections. 
5. Upon request by the competent Korean authorities, the on-the-spot checks and 
inspections may be carried out jointly with the European Commission or OLAF. 
6. When carrying out an administrative investigation under this Article, Union officials 
shall have access to all the information and documentation, including computer data, on 
the operations concerned, which are required for the proper conduct of the on-the-spot 
checks and inspections. They may, in particular, copy relevant documents.
7. Where the person, entity or another party resists an on-the-spot check or inspection, 
Korean authorities, acting in accordance with national laws and regulations, shall assist 
the European Commission or OLAF, to allow them to fulfil their duty in carrying out the 
on-the-spot check or inspection. That assistance shall include taking the appropriate 
precautionary measures under national law, in particular in order to safeguard evidence. 
8. The European Commission or OLAF shall inform the designated Korean contact point 
of the result of such checks and inspections. In particular, the European Commission or 
OLAF shall report as soon as possible to the Korean contact point any fact or suspicion 
relating to an irregularity which has come to their notice in the course of the 
on-the-spot check or inspection. 
9. Without prejudice to the application of the Korean criminal law, the European 
Commission may impose administrative measures and penalties on a Korean entity as 
referred to in paragraph 1, in accordance with Union law. 
10.
For the purposes of the proper implementation of this Article, the European 
Commission or OLAF and the designated Korean contact point shall regularly exchange 
information and, at the request of one of the Parties, consult each other.
11.
In order to facilitate effective cooperation and the exchange of information with 
OLAF, Korea shall designate a contact point.
12.
The exchange of information between the European Commission or OLAF and the 
designated Korean contact point shall take place with due regard to confidentiality 
requirements. Any personal data included in the exchange of information shall be 
protected in accordance with applicable rules.
Article 11
Cooperation regarding criminal offences affecting the financial interests of the Union
The Korean authorities shall cooperate with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, 
on matters falling within its competence, to allow it to fulfil its duty to investigate, 
prosecute and bring to judgment the perpetrators of, and accomplices to, criminal 
offences affecting the financial interests of the Union, before the competent courts of the
Member States. Such cooperation shall be in accordance with the applicable international 
cooperation instruments, including those between Korea and Member States or the Union, 
or as otherwise permitted under the applicable rules.
Article 12
Recovery and enforcement 
1. The European Commission may adopt a decision imposing a pecuniary obligation on a 
Korean entity, other than the State, in relation to any claims stemming from the funding 
agreement. If, following the notification of that decision to the Korean entity in 
accordance with Article 13, that entity does not pay within the prescribed period, the 
European Commission shall notify that decision to the designated Korean contact point, 
and Korea shall pay to the European Commission the amount of any pecuniary obligation 
and seek a refund of the amount from the Korean entity. 
2. In order to ensure the enforceability of judgments and orders of the Court of Justice 
of the European Union delivered in application of an arbitration clause contained in a 
contract or agreement in relation to Union programmes, activities, actions or projects, 
where such judgments or orders have been notified to the relevant Korean entity in 
accordance with the rules regarding notification by the Court of Justice of the European 
Union, and that entity does not pay the amounts established within a period of two 
months and ten days, the European Commission shall, on its behalf or on behalf of the 
relevant Executive Agency or Union bodies set up under the Treaty on the Functioning 
of the European Union (TFEU), notify the judgment or order of the Court of Justice of 
the European Union to the designated Korean contact point. Korea shall then pay the 
European Commission the amount of any pecuniary obligation and seek a refund of the 
amount from the Korean entity. 
The Government of Korea shall make known its designated contact point to the 
European Commission.
3. The Court of Justice of the European Union shall have jurisdiction to review the 
legality of the decisions of the European Commission referred to in paragraph 1 and to 
suspend their enforcement.
Article 13
Communication and exchange of information 
The Union institutions and bodies involved in the implementation of Union programmes 
or activities, or in control of such programmes or activities, shall be entitled to 
communicate directly, including through electronic exchange systems, with any natural 
person residing in Korea or any entity established in Korea receiving Union funding, as 
well as with any third party involved in the implementation of Union funding that resides 
or is established in Korea. Such persons, entities and third parties may submit directly to 
the Union institutions and bodies all relevant information and documentation which they 
are required to submit on the basis of the Union legislation applicable to the Union 
programme or activity and on the basis of the contracts or funding agreements concluded 
to implement that programme or activity.
Article 14
The Joint Committee
1. The Parties hereby establish a Joint Committee. The Joint Committee shall be 
composed of representatives of Korea and the Union.
2. The Joint Committee shall act in accordance with the Rules of Procedure of the Joint 
Committee set out in the Annex to this Agreement. 
3. The tasks of the Joint Committee shall include: 
   (a) assessing, evaluating, and reviewing the implementation of this Agreement and its 
Protocols, in particular:
      (i) the participation and performance of Korean entities in Union programmes or 
activities;
      (ii) where relevant, the level of (mutual) openness to Korean or Union entities 
established in each Party to participate in programmes, projects, actions and 
activities, or in exceptional cases, parts thereof, of the other Party; 
      (iii)the implementation of the financial contribution mechanism and, where relevant, 
the automatic correction mechanism applicable to Union programmes or 
activities covered by the Protocols to this Agreement; and
(iv)exchange of information and, where relevant, examining any possible questions 
on the exploitation of results, including intellectual property rights;
   (b)discussing upon request of either Party restrictions applied or planned by the 
Parties on access to their respective research and innovation programmes, 
including in particular for actions related to their strategic assets, interests, 
autonomy or security;
   (c) examining how to improve and develop cooperation; 
   (d)discussing jointly the future orientations and priorities of policies related to 
programmes or activities covered by the Protocols to this Agreement; 
   (e)exchanging information, inter alia, on new legislation, decisions or national 
programmes that are relevant for the implementation of this Agreement and its 
Protocols;
   (f) adopting the Protocols to this Agreement on specific terms and conditions of the 
participation of Korea in Union programmes or activities, or in exceptional cases, 
parts thereof, or amending such Protocols as needed by way of a decision; and
   (g)amending Articles 9 and 10, in particular to take account of changes of acts of one 
or more Union institutions, by way of a decision.
4. Decisions of the Joint Committee shall be taken by consensus. 
5. The Joint Committee may set up a working party or an advisory body on an ad hoc 
basis at an expert level that can assist in carrying out the implementation of this 
Agreement.
6. The Joint Committee shall meet at least once a year, and, whenever special 
circumstances so require, at the request of a Party. 
Article 15
Applicable law
This Agreement shall be implemented in accordance with each Party’s applicable law 
in its respective jurisdiction. 
Article 16
Consultations
1. The Parties shall endeavour, in good faith, to resolve any matter between them arising 
from 
the 
interpretation 
or 
implementation 
of 
this 
Agreement 
amicably, 
through 
discussions at the Joint Committee.
2. If a matter arising from the interpretation or implementation of this Agreement cannot 
be resolved through discussions at the Joint Committee within two months of being 
raised by a Party, either Party may request consultations with the other Party regarding 
the matter. The Parties shall resolve any differences through negotiations. 
Article 17
Final provisions 
1. This Agreement shall enter into force on the date on which the Parties have notified 
each other of the completion of their internal procedures necessary for that purpose. It 
shall apply from 1 January 2025.
2. Korea and the Union may apply this Agreement provisionally in accordance with their 
respective internal procedures and legislation, for the purposes of Korea’s participation 
in the Union programmes or activities. The provisional application shall begin on the date 
on which the Parties have notified each other of the completion of their internal 
procedures necessary for that purpose. 
3. Should Korea notify the Union that it will not complete its internal procedures 
necessary for the entry into force of this Agreement, this Agreement shall cease to 
apply provisionally on the date of receipt of that notification by the Union, which shall 
constitute the cessation date for the purposes of this Agreement. 
The decisions of the Joint Committee shall cease to apply on the same date.
4. The application of a relevant Protocol to this Agreement may be suspended by the 
Union in case of partial or full non-payment of the financial contribution due by Korea 
under the respective Union programme or activity.
In case of non-payment which may significantly jeopardise the implementation and 
management of the relevant Union programme or activity, the European  Commission 
shall send a formal letter of reminder. Where no payment is made within 20 working 
days after the formal letter of reminder, the suspension of the application of the relevant 
Protocol to this Agreement shall be notified by the European Commission to Korea by a 
formal letter of notification which shall take effect 15 days following the receipt of that 
notification by Korea.
In case the application of a Protocol to this Agreement is suspended under this 
paragraph, Korean entities shall not be eligible to participate in Union award procedures 
that are not yet completed when the suspension takes effect. A Union award procedure 
shall be considered completed when legal commitments have been entered into as a 
result of that procedure. The suspension under this paragraph does not affect the legal 
commitments entered into with Korean entities under the relevant Union programme or 
activity before the suspension took effect. The relevant Protocol to this Agreement shall 
continue to apply to such legal commitments. The Union shall immediately notify Korea 
once the entire amount of the financial contribution due has been received by the Union. 
The suspension under this paragraph shall be lifted with an immediate effect upon that 
notification. As of the date when the suspension is lifted, Korean entities shall again be 
eligible in Union award procedures launched under the relevant Union programme or 
activity after that date and in award procedures launched before that date, for which the 
deadlines for submission of applications have not expired.
5. Either Party may terminate this Agreement at any time by a written notification 
informing the other Party of its intent to terminate it. This Agreement may only be 
terminated in its entirety. The termination shall take effect three calendar months after 
the date on which the other Party has received the notification. The date on which the 
termination takes effect shall constitute the termination date for the purposes of this 
Agreement. 
6. Where this Agreement ceases to apply provisionally in accordance with paragraph 3, 
or is terminated in accordance with paragraph 5, the Parties agree as follows:
   (a) projects, actions or activities, or parts thereof, in respect of which legal 
commitments have been entered into during the provisional application and/or after 
the entry into force of this Agreement, and before this Agreement ceases to apply 
or is terminated, shall continue until their completion under the conditions laid
down in this Agreement;
   (b)the annual financial contribution to the relevant programme or activity of the year 
N during which this Agreement ceases to apply provisionally or is terminated shall 
be paid entirely in accordance with Article 6 of this Agreement and any relevant 
rules in the respective Protocols to this Agreement; where the adjustment 
mechanism applies, the operational contribution to the relevant Union programme or 
activity of the year N shall be adjusted in accordance with Article 7; for Union 
programmes or activities where both the adjustment mechanism and the automatic 
correction mechanism apply, the relevant operational contribution of the year N 
shall be adjusted in accordance with Article 7 and corrected in accordance with 
Article 8; for Union programmes or activities, where only the correction 
mechanism applies, the relevant operational contribution of the year N shall be 
corrected in accordance with Article 8; the participation fee paid for the year N as 
part of the financial contribution to the relevant programme or activity shall not be 
adjusted or corrected; and 
   (c) where the adjustment mechanism applies, following the year during which this 
Agreement ceases to apply provisionally or is terminated, the operational 
contributions to the relevant Union programme or activity, paid for the years 
during which this Agreement applied shall be adjusted in accordance with Article 7; 
for Union programmes or activities where both the adjustment mechanism and the 
automatic correction mechanism apply, the relevant operational contributions shall 
be adjusted in accordance with Article 7 and automatically corrected in accordance 
with Article 8; for Union programmes or activities where only the automatic 
correction mechanism applies, the relevant operational contributions shall be 
automatically corrected in accordance with Article 8.
7. The Parties shall settle by common consent any other consequences of the termination 
or cessation of the provisional application of this Agreement.
8. This Agreement may only be amended in writing by common consent of the Parties. 
The entry into force of the amendments shall follow the same procedure as that 
applicable for the entry into force of this Agreement as provided for in paragraph 1.
9. The Protocols referred to in Article 3 and the Annex shall constitute an integral part 
of this Agreement.
10.
This Agreement shall be drawn in duplicate in the Korean, Bulgarian, Croatian, 
Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, 
Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, 
Spanish and Swedish languages, each text being equally authentic. In case of any 
divergence of interpretation, the English text shall prevail.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, duly authorised to this effect, 
have signed this Agreement.
DONE at Brussels, this seventeenth day of July in the year 2025.
FOR THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA             FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION
ANNEX
RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE
Rule 1
Tasks
The Joint Committee established under Article 14(1) of this Agreement shall perform 
the tasks and duties referred to in Article 14(3) of this Agreement.
Rule 2
Composition and Chair
1. The Joint Committee shall be composed of representatives of Korea and the Union.
2. The Joint Committee shall be co-chaired by senior officials or their designees acting
as representatives of Korea and the Union, respectively.
3. Korea and the Union shall notify each other of the name, position and contact details 
of the official who is the co-chair of the Joint Committee for Korea and the Union, 
respectively. That official is deemed to continue acting as the co-chair for Korea or for 
the Union, respectively, until the date either the Union or Korea has notified the other 
Party of a new co-chair.
4. A co-chair is deemed to have the authorisation for representing, respectively, Korea 
or the Union until the date a new co-chair has been notified to the other Party.
Rule 3
Secretariat
1. The Secretariat of the Joint Committee (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretariat") 
shall be composed of an official of Korea and an official of the Union. The Secretariat 
shall perform the tasks conferred on it by these Rules of Procedure.
2. Korea and the Union shall notify each other of the name, position and contact details 
of the official who is the member of the Secretariat for Korea and the Union, 
respectively. That official is deemed to continue acting as a member of the Secretariat 
for Korea or for the Union, respectively, until the date either the Union or Korea has 
notified a new official.
Rule 4
Meetings
1. The Joint Committee shall meet at least once a year, and, whenever special 
circumstances so require, at the request of either of the Parties.
2. The Joint Committee shall meet, in principle, alternately in Brussels and in Korea 
unless the co-chairs decide otherwise. Meetings may also be held by videoconference or 
teleconference, if so agreed by the co-chairs.
3. In between its meetings, the Joint Committee shall work on an ongoing basis by any 
means of communication, in particular through exchange of emails.
Rule 5
Participation in meetings
1. At a reasonable time in advance of each meeting, Korea and the Union shall inform 
each other through the Secretariat of the intended composition of their respective 
delegations and shall specify the name and function of each member of the delegation.
2. Where appropriate and by mutual agreement, the co-chairs may invite experts (i.e. 
non-government officials) to attend meetings of the Joint Committee in order to provide 
information on a specific subject and for the parts of the meeting where such specific 
subjects are discussed.
3. The representative of the Party organising and hosting the meeting, after having 
obtained approval of the other Party, shall fix the date and the place of the meeting.
Rule 6
Documents
Written documents on which the deliberations of the Joint Committee are based shall 
be numbered and circulated to Korea and the Union by the Secretariat.
Rule 7
Correspondence
1. Korea and the Union shall send their correspondence addressed to the Joint 
Committee via the Secretariat. Such correspondence may be sent in any form of written 
communication, including through emails.
2. The Secretariat shall ensure that the correspondence addressed to the Joint 
Committee is delivered to the co-chairs and is circulated, where appropriate, in
accordance with Rule 6.
3. All correspondence from, or addressed directly to, the co-chairs shall be forwarded to 
the Secretariat and shall be circulated, where appropriate, in accordance with Rule 6.
Rule 8
Agenda
1. For each meeting, a draft provisional agenda shall be drawn up by the Secretariat. To 
that end, at least four weeks before the date of the meeting, the first draft of a 
provisional agenda together with the documents related to each item appearing thereon 
shall be prepared by the official acting as the member of the Secretariat of the Party 
hosting the meeting and transmitted for comments to the member of the Secretariat of 
the other Party. Once prepared by the Secretariat, the draft provisional agenda, together 
with any relevant documents, shall be transmitted to the co-chairs for approval no later 
than 10 days before the date of the meeting.
2. The provisional agenda shall include those items, which have been requested by the 
Parties. Any such request, together with any relevant documents, shall be submitted to 
the Secretariat no later than 15 days before the beginning of the meeting.
3. In exceptional cases, the co-chairs may agree to reduce the periods provided for in 
paragraphs 1 and 2.
4. The Joint Committee shall, at the beginning of each meeting, adopt its agenda.
5. Points that do not appear on the draft agenda can be added, and points on the draft 
agenda can be deleted, deferred or amended, at the meeting, provided that the two 
Parties agree.
Rule 9
Transparency and access to documents
1. The meetings of the Joint Committee shall not be public, unless otherwise decided by