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The reward is tax-free.","restates":"r-9187583684","jurisdiction":"HUN","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2010"},{"rule_id":"r-9187583684","program_id":"hun-gvh-informant-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2010-04-01","valid_to":"","value":"50000000","unit":"HUF","applies_to":"per informant per case","source_id":"hun-gvh-ogy-beszamolo-2010","location":"PDF p. 7","quote":"a kiszabott bírság 1 %-át (de legfeljebb 50 M Ft-ot) kitevô mértékû díjra tarthat igényt az a természetes személy","notes":"valid_from from the same paragraph: '2010. április 1-jével lépett hatályba a Tpvt. azon módosítása, amely bevezette az ún. informátori díj intézményét.'","restates":"","jurisdiction":"HUN","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2010"},{"rule_id":"r-bce9391a1f","program_id":"hun-gvh-informant-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"50000000","unit":"HUF","applies_to":"per informant per case","source_id":"hun-gvh-ogy-beszamolo-2013","location":"PDF p. 10 (printed p. 8)","quote":"A nélkülözhetetlen információt szolgáltató személy részére kifizethető díj összege az ügyben kiszabott bírság egy százaléka, de legfeljebb 50 millió forint","notes":"","restates":"r-9187583684","jurisdiction":"HUN","route_name":"Maximum award","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-25d40021ba","program_id":"hun-gvh-informant-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"2010-04-01","valid_to":"","value":"1","unit":"percent","applies_to":"fine imposed in the case (all parties)","source_id":"hun-gvh-ogy-beszamolo-2010","location":"PDF p. 7","quote":"a kiszabott bírság 1 %-át (de legfeljebb 50 M Ft-ot) kitevô mértékû díjra tarthat igényt az a természetes személy","notes":"","restates":"","jurisdiction":"HUN","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":"2010"},{"rule_id":"r-2dd43ab7bb","program_id":"hun-gvh-informant-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"1","unit":"percent","applies_to":"total fines imposed in the case (fines on all parties added together)","source_id":"hun-gvh-informant-reward-page-2026","location":"FAQ 11","quote":"Az informátori díj összege az eljáró versenytanács által az ügyben kiszabott bírság egy százaléka, de legfeljebb ötvenmillió forint.","notes":"See award_pct_min: fixed 1%.","restates":"r-25d40021ba","jurisdiction":"HUN","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-88cb60ea2d","program_id":"hun-gvh-informant-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"1","unit":"percent","applies_to":"fine imposed in the case (all parties)","source_id":"hun-gvh-ogy-beszamolo-2013","location":"PDF p. 10 (printed p. 8)","quote":"A nélkülözhetetlen információt szolgáltató személy részére kifizethető díj összege az ügyben kiszabott bírság egy százaléka, de legfeljebb 50 millió forint","notes":"","restates":"r-25d40021ba","jurisdiction":"HUN","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-b3eda030d4","program_id":"hun-gvh-informant-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"2010-04-01","valid_to":"","value":"1","unit":"percent","applies_to":"fine imposed in the case (all parties)","source_id":"hun-gvh-ogy-beszamolo-2010","location":"PDF p. 7","quote":"a kiszabott bírság 1 %-át (de legfeljebb 50 M Ft-ot) kitevô mértékû díjra tarthat igényt az a természetes személy","notes":"Fixed 1% (min = max).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"HUN","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":"2010"},{"rule_id":"r-d07646db8c","program_id":"hun-gvh-informant-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"1","unit":"percent","applies_to":"total fines imposed in the case (fines on all parties added together)","source_id":"hun-gvh-informant-reward-page-2026","location":"FAQ 11","quote":"Az informátori díj összege az eljáró versenytanács által az ügyben kiszabott bírság egy százaléka, de legfeljebb ötvenmillió forint.","notes":"Fixed share: 1% of the fine, capped at HUF 50 million (cap already recorded from this FAQ). Base is all fines in the case: \"A díj alapja az ügyben kiszabott összes bírság\". 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FAQ 6 adds that former managers and employees of the leniency applicant are not excluded. Other exclusions in FAQ 5 (evidence obtained by crime or petty offence; no fine imposed, incl. cases taken over by the European Commission; evidence split only to multiply rewards; breach of GVH-ordered cooperation) are described in the ledger contains, not as rows.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"HUN","route_name":"Staff of leniency applicants excluded from rewards","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-7da952e14a","program_id":"hun-gvh-informant-rewards","rule":"decision_deadline_days","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"30","unit":"days","applies_to":"decision on the amount and payment of the reward, counted from the competition council's closing decision","source_id":"hun-gvh-informant-reward-page-2026","location":"FAQ 10","quote":"A díj konkrét összegéről és kifizetéséről az eljáró versenytanács az eljárást befejező határozatának meghozatalát követő harminc napon belül dönt.","notes":"Proposed rule (not in DATA_MODEL list): deadline for deciding the reward.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"HUN","route_name":"Time limit for a decision","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-b5fb7c397e","program_id":"hun-gvh-informant-rewards","rule":"filing_deadline_days","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"5","unit":"days","applies_to":"to announce the reward claim after the GVH notifies the person that the evidence may qualify","source_id":"hun-gvh-informant-reward-page-2026","location":"FAQ 9","quote":"az erről való értesítéstől számított legkésőbb öt napon belül kell bejelentenie díjigényét, különben nem jár díj a későbbiekben","notes":"Five days (the source does not say calendar or working days).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"HUN","route_name":"Time limit to file a claim","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-58dfd04a6e","program_id":"hun-gvh-informant-rewards","rule":"payment_deadline_days","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"30","unit":"days","applies_to":"payment of the reward, counted from the reward order becoming final","source_id":"hun-gvh-informant-reward-page-2026","location":"FAQ 10","quote":"A díj a végzés véglegessé válásától számított harminc napon belül esedékes.","notes":"Proposed rule (not in DATA_MODEL list): deadline for paying the reward.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"HUN","route_name":"Time limit to pay the reward","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-eae245124e","program_id":"ltu-kt-cartel-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2019-07-01","valid_to":"","value":"100000","unit":"EUR","applies_to":"per reward","source_id":"ltu-kt-news-remuneration-procedure-2019","location":"news text, para 2","quote":"a whistleblower remuneration will constitute 1 per cent of the fines imposed on the infringers, and will range from EUR 1,000 to EUR 100,000","notes":"Also a minimum of EUR 1,000: proposed rule 'award_min' (value 1000 EUR). 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News of the Seimas vote (14 Mar 2019); valid_from is the entry into force (1 July 2019) stated in the same release.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"LTU","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":"2019"},{"rule_id":"r-2c087feba7","program_id":"ltu-kt-cartel-rewards","rule":"leniency_applicant_staff_excluded","valid_from":"2019-07-01","valid_to":"","value":"1","unit":"flag","applies_to":"managers, members of supervisory and governing bodies and employees of an undertaking that filed a leniency application in the same case; persons with access to the evidence through judicial or supervisory duties","source_id":"ltu-kt-news-remuneration-procedure-2019","location":"news text, para 6","quote":"Managers or members of the supervisory and governing bodies of an undertaking who submitted a leniency application in the same case, and employees, as well as persons who had access to evidence when performing their duties in judicial or other supervisory authorities, will not be entitled to remuneration.","notes":"Proposed rule (not in DATA_MODEL list): eligibility exclusion.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"LTU","route_name":"Staff of leniency applicants excluded from rewards","year":"2019"},{"rule_id":"r-aadb5b3dd8","program_id":"ltu-kt-cartel-rewards","rule":"decision_deadline_days","valid_from":"2019-07-01","valid_to":"","value":"20","unit":"days","applies_to":"decision on allocating a reward, counted from the official disclosure of the infringement","source_id":"ltu-kt-news-remuneration-procedure-2019","location":"news text, para 4","quote":"Konkurencijos taryba obliges itself to make a decision regarding the allocation of a reward within 20 days from the official disclosure of an infringement.","notes":"Whether calendar or working days is not stated.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"LTU","route_name":"Time limit for a decision","year":"2019"},{"rule_id":"r-c6dc35f95b","program_id":"ltu-gp-rewards","rule":"anonymous_filing","valid_from":"2019-01-01","valid_to":"","value":"0","unit":"flag","applies_to":"reward request","source_id":"ltu-govt-resolution-1133-2018","location":"Reward procedure, point 8.1, PDF p. 2, and annex form","quote":"prašymą pateikusio asmens vardas, pavardė, gimimo data, kontaktiniai duomenys","notes":"The request to the Prosecutor General's Office must give the name, date of birth and contacts of a person already recognised as a whistleblower (point 2); confidentiality is guaranteed (point 9).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"LTU","route_name":"Anonymous reports allowed","year":"2019"},{"rule_id":"r-75e5da809c","program_id":"ltu-gp-rewards","rule":"discretionary","valid_from":"2019-01-01","valid_to":"","value":"1","unit":"flag","applies_to":"all rewards","source_id":"ltu-seimas-law-xiii-804-2017","location":"Art. 12(1)","quote":"Pranešėjams, pateikusiems kompetentingai institucijai vertingos informacijos apie pažeidimus, gali būti atlyginama Vyriausybės nustatyta tvarka.","notes":"'gali būti' = may be paid; amount set by a Prosecutor General's commission (Resolution 1133, points 7 and 10).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"LTU","route_name":"Award is discretionary","year":"2019"},{"rule_id":"r-8d0d84ea4d","program_id":"ltu-gp-rewards","rule":"conviction_required","valid_from":"2019-01-01","valid_to":"","value":"0","unit":"flag","applies_to":"rewards for valuable information","source_id":"ltu-seimas-law-xiii-804-2017","location":"Art. 12(2)(4), PDF p. 9","quote":"atlyginimas pranešėjui nesiejamas su įsiteisėjusiu teismo sprendimu","notes":"Proposed rule (not in DATA_MODEL list): 0 = the reward is not tied to a final court judgment. Art. 12(2)(1)-(2): any type of violation qualifies; reward proportional to the damage caused or that could have been caused, where it can be calculated.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"LTU","route_name":"Conviction required for a reward","year":"2019"},{"rule_id":"r-697beaa76d","program_id":"ltu-gp-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2019-01-01","valid_to":"","value":"","unit":"none","applies_to":"rewards for valuable information","source_id":"ltu-seimas-law-xiii-804-2017","location":"Art. 12(2)(3)","quote":"nenustatomas maksimalaus atlyginimo pranešėjui dydis","notes":"The law sets no maximum; reward proportional to the damage caused or that could have been caused (Art. 12(2)(2)); no fixed percentage in the law or Government Resolution 1133. Empty value = no cap.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"LTU","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2019"},{"rule_id":"r-16ea7797c3","program_id":"ltu-gp-rewards","rule":"compensation_cap","valid_from":"2019-01-01","valid_to":"","value":"50","unit":"basic social benefits (BSI)","applies_to":"compensation for negative impact or possible consequences of a report (not a reward), granted during the investigation on a reasoned request","source_id":"ltu-seimas-law-xiii-804-2017","location":"Art. 13(1), PDF p. 9","quote":"gali jam skirti iki 50 bazinių socialinių išmokų dydžio kompensaciją","notes":"Proposed rule (not in DATA_MODEL list): maximum compensation, in multiples of the basic social benefit. Art. 13(2): no compensation if the whistleblower received a reward under Art. 12. Cap expressed in units, not currency.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"LTU","route_name":"Maximum compensation for the consequences of a report","year":"2019"},{"rule_id":"r-eeecb86ab8","program_id":"ltu-gp-rewards","rule":"tax_exempt","valid_from":"2019-01-01","valid_to":"","value":"0","unit":"flag","applies_to":"taxes on the reward","source_id":"ltu-govt-resolution-1133-2018","location":"Reward procedure, point 16, PDF p. 3","quote":"atskaičius visus privalomus sumokėti mokesčius","notes":"Proposed rule (not in DATA_MODEL list): 0 = the reward is paid after deducting all mandatory taxes.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"LTU","route_name":"Reward is tax-free","year":"2019"},{"rule_id":"r-768cd0f6d8","program_id":"ltu-gp-rewards","rule":"decision_deadline_days","valid_from":"2019-01-01","valid_to":"","value":"3","unit":"months","applies_to":"Prosecutor General's decision to grant or refuse a reward, counted from receipt of the request","source_id":"ltu-govt-resolution-1133-2018","location":"Reward procedure (Aprašas), point 13, PDF p. 3","quote":"ne vėliau kaip per tris mėnesius nuo pranešėjo prašymo gavimo Generalinėje prokuratūroje dienos, priima sprendimą pranešėjui skirti atlyginimą arba jo neskirti","notes":"Printed as three months (value kept in months, not converted to days). The commission (at least three prosecutors or staff of the Prosecutor General's Office) proposes; its opinion does not bind the Prosecutor General. The compensation procedure (point 10 of the second annex) has the same three-month limit.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"LTU","route_name":"Time limit for a decision","year":"2019"},{"rule_id":"r-7472693213","program_id":"ltu-gp-rewards","rule":"disclosure_forward_deadline_days","valid_from":"2019-01-01","valid_to":"","value":"2","unit":"working days","applies_to":"public administration body receiving a report: time to forward it to the competent institution, from receipt","source_id":"ltu-seimas-law-xiii-804-2017","location":"Art. 7, PDF p. 7","quote":"nedelsdamas, bet ne vėliau kaip per 2 darbo dienas nuo pranešimo gavimo dienos, persiunčia jį kompetentingai institucijai","notes":"No existing rule name fits; proposed rule. valid_from: the law enters into force on 1 January 2019 (Art. 18(1)).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"LTU","route_name":"Time limit to forward a copy of a report","year":"2019"},{"rule_id":"r-5a5187ab79","program_id":"ltu-gp-rewards","rule":"payment_deadline_days","valid_from":"2019-01-01","valid_to":"","value":"1","unit":"months","applies_to":"transfer of the reward to the whistleblower's account, counted from the decision","source_id":"ltu-govt-resolution-1133-2018","location":"Reward procedure, point 16, PDF p. 3","quote":"Atlyginimas pervedamas į pranešėjo mokėjimo sąskaitą ne vėliau kaip per vieną mėnesį nuo sprendimo dėl atlyginimo skyrimo priėmimo dienos, atskaičius visus privalomus sumokėti mokesčius.","notes":"Proposed rule (not in DATA_MODEL list). Printed as one month. The same sentence says the reward is paid net of all mandatory taxes (see tax_exempt).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"LTU","route_name":"Time limit to pay the reward","year":"2019"},{"rule_id":"r-5440c5abe9","program_id":"ltu-gp-rewards","rule":"disclosure_referral_deadline_days","valid_from":"2019-01-01","valid_to":"","value":"5","unit":"working days","applies_to":"competent institution not empowered to investigate: time to forward the report to the competent body, from receipt","source_id":"ltu-seimas-law-xiii-804-2017","location":"Art. 6(5), PDF p. 6","quote":"ne vėliau kaip per 5 darbo dienas nuo pranešimo gavimo dienos persiunčia jį pagal kompetenciją kitai institucijai","notes":"No existing rule name fits; proposed rule. valid_from: the law enters into force on 1 January 2019 (Art. 18(1)).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"LTU","route_name":"Time limit to refer a report to the competent body","year":"2019"},{"rule_id":"r-22763de827","program_id":"ltu-gp-rewards","rule":"internal_response_deadline_days","valid_from":"2019-01-01","valid_to":"","value":"5","unit":"working days","applies_to":"organisation receiving a report through its internal channel: time to tell the person how the information is being handled or that it will not be examined","source_id":"ltu-seimas-law-xiii-804-2017","location":"Art. 4(2), PDF p. 3","quote":"Įstaiga ne vėliau kaip per 5 darbo dienas nuo informacijos apie pažeidimą gavimo turi pranešti asmeniui apie jo pateiktos informacijos nagrinėjimo eigą arba atsisakymą šią informaciją nagrinėti.","notes":"No existing rule name fits; proposed rule. valid_from: the law enters into force on 1 January 2019 (Art. 18(1)).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"LTU","route_name":"Time limit to respond to an internal report","year":"2019"},{"rule_id":"r-d8879aed1b","program_id":"intl-eu-wb-directive","rule":"acknowledgment_deadline_days","valid_from":"2019-12","valid_to":"","value":"7","unit":"days","applies_to":"acknowledging receipt of a report (internal channels, Art. 9(1)(b); external channels, Art. 11(2)(b))","source_id":"intl-eu-directive-2019-1937","location":"Art. 9(1)(b), PDF p. 22","quote":"acknowledgment of receipt of the report to the reporting person within seven days of that receipt","notes":"Proposed rule (not in DATA_MODEL list).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"INTL","route_name":"Time limit to acknowledge a report","year":"2019"},{"rule_id":"r-a8ef6c0a5a","program_id":"intl-eu-wb-directive","rule":"feedback_deadline_months","valid_from":"2019-12","valid_to":"","value":"3","unit":"months","applies_to":"feedback to the reporting person on internal reports (from acknowledgment, or from the end of the 7-day period)","source_id":"intl-eu-directive-2019-1937","location":"Art. 9(1)(f), PDF p. 23","quote":"a reasonable timeframe to provide feedback, not exceeding three months from the acknowledgment of receipt","notes":"Proposed rule. For external reports (Art. 11(2)(d)) the limit is three months, or six months in duly justified cases.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"INTL","route_name":"Time limit to give feedback on a report","year":"2019"},{"rule_id":"r-f0a16a0e30","program_id":"intl-eu-wb-directive","rule":"feedback_deadline_months","valid_from":"2019-12","valid_to":"","value":"6","unit":"months","applies_to":"feedback on external reports to competent authorities, in duly justified cases (normally three months)","source_id":"intl-eu-directive-2019-1937","location":"Art. 11(2)(d), PDF p. 23","quote":"provide feedback to the reporting person within a reasonable timeframe not exceeding three months, or six months","notes":"Proposed rule. Upper limit for justified cases.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"INTL","route_name":"Time limit to give feedback on a report","year":"2019"},{"rule_id":"r-35e0f8651b","program_id":"intl-eu-wb-directive","rule":"internal_channel_threshold_workers","valid_from":"2019-12","valid_to":"","value":"50","unit":"workers","applies_to":"private-sector legal entities that must set up internal reporting channels","source_id":"intl-eu-directive-2019-1937","location":"Art. 8(3), OJ L 305 p. 37 (PDF p. 22)","quote":"Paragraph 1 shall apply to legal entities in the private sector with 50 or more workers.","notes":"Proposed rule (not in DATA_MODEL list). valid_from left as month of entry into force: the Directive enters into force on the twentieth day after publication (OJ 26.11.2019); the exact date is not printed. Entities with 50-249 workers had until 17 Dec 2023 (Art. 26(2)) and may share resources (Art. 8(6)).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"INTL","route_name":"Workforce size requiring an internal reporting channel","year":"2019"},{"rule_id":"r-0e0e4e7fe8","program_id":"svk-pmu-cartel-rewards","rule":"anonymous_filing","valid_from":"2021-06-01","valid_to":"","value":"0","unit":"flag","applies_to":"reward: identity protected on request, not anonymous","source_id":"svk-zz-2021-187-competition-act","location":"§ 53(7), PDF p. 33","quote":"Úrad chráni identitu oznamovateľa, ak o to oznamovateľ požiada.","notes":"The Office protects the informant's identity on request; the law does not provide for an anonymous reward claim (a claim must be requested by the informant, § 53(3)). Reward decisions are not published (§ 53(6)) and cannot be appealed by \"rozklad\" (§ 27(7)(c), PDF p. 20). Check whether 0 is the right reading.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Anonymous reports allowed","year":"2021"},{"rule_id":"r-8c58653637","program_id":"svk-pmu-cartel-rewards","rule":"discretionary","valid_from":"2021-06-01","valid_to":"","value":"0","unit":"flag","applies_to":"reward on request once decision final and fine paid","source_id":"svk-zz-2021-187-competition-act","location":"§ 53(3)","quote":"Oznamovateľ má nárok na odmenu, ak o ňu požiada a poskytnutý dôkaz podľa odseku 1 bol rozhodujúci pre preukázanie porušenia zákona","notes":"Legal entitlement ('má nárok') for the first natural person with decisive evidence. Pre-2021 wording not read.","restates":"r-ab7efc6706","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Award is discretionary","year":"2021"},{"rule_id":"r-ab7efc6706","program_id":"svk-pmu-cartel-rewards","rule":"discretionary","valid_from":"2014-07-01","valid_to":"","value":"0","unit":"flag","applies_to":"reward is a legal entitlement ('nárok')","source_id":"svk-pmu-vs-2014","location":"PDF pp. 11-12 (printed pp. 11-12)","quote":"vzniká oznamovateľovi nárok na odmenu vo výške 50 % toho, čo by mu inak patrilo","notes":"The report describes the reward as an entitlement (nárok); the existing discretionary row (r-8c58653637) starts 2021-06-01 from the 2021 Act.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Award is discretionary","year":"2014"},{"rule_id":"r-745844f39c","program_id":"svk-pmu-cartel-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2021-06-01","valid_to":"","value":"100000","unit":"EUR","applies_to":"per reward (fines paid)","source_id":"svk-zz-2021-187-competition-act","location":"§ 53(4), PDF p. 32","quote":"Odmena pre oznamovateľa je 1 % zo súčtu pokút uložených všetkým účastníkom dohody obmedzujúcej súťaž v rozhodnutí úradu, najviac však 100 000 eur","notes":"Main cap. If a court changes the fine, the changed fine is the base. The 50% / EUR 10,000 rule when fines are not paid is already in the data.","restates":"r-0262ce1a8e","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2021"},{"rule_id":"r-0262ce1a8e","program_id":"svk-pmu-cartel-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2014-07-01","valid_to":"","value":"100000","unit":"EUR","applies_to":"fines paid","source_id":"svk-pmu-vs-2014","location":"PDF p. 11","quote":"Odmena za poskytnutie dôkazov o karteli predstavuje 1 % z uložených pokút v jednom rozhodnutí úradu, maximálne 100 000 EUR.","notes":"","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2014"},{"rule_id":"r-17be9dcab4","program_id":"svk-pmu-cartel-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2014-07-01","valid_to":"","value":"10000","unit":"EUR","applies_to":"fines not paid (50% of the reward)","source_id":"svk-zz-2021-187-competition-act","location":"§ 53(4)","quote":"oznamovateľovi patrí 50 % odmeny, ktorá by mu inak patrila podľa prvej vety, najviac však 10 000 eur","notes":"If fines are not paid within 100 days the informant gets half, capped at EUR 10,000 (same rule in the 2014 report).","restates":"r-9b396d08a3","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2014"},{"rule_id":"r-9b396d08a3","program_id":"svk-pmu-cartel-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2014-07-01","valid_to":"","value":"10000","unit":"EUR","applies_to":"fine not paid: 50% of the reward otherwise due","source_id":"svk-pmu-vs-2014","location":"PDF pp. 11-12 (printed pp. 11-12)","quote":"pokuta úradu nebola zaplatená, vzniká oznamovateľovi nárok na odmenu vo výške 50 % toho, čo by mu inak patrilo, maximálne 10 000 EUR.","notes":"Same rule as r-17be9dcab4 (from the 2021 Act); this is the 2014 statement.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2014"},{"rule_id":"r-ff431c9dd0","program_id":"svk-pmu-cartel-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"2014-07-01","valid_to":"","value":"1","unit":"percent","applies_to":"sum of fines on all cartel parties","source_id":"svk-zz-2021-187-competition-act","location":"§ 53(4)","quote":"Odmena pre oznamovateľa je 1 % zo súčtu pokút uložených všetkým účastníkom dohody obmedzujúcej súťaž v rozhodnutí úradu, najviac však 100 000 eur","notes":"","restates":"r-3bff23a808","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":"2014"},{"rule_id":"r-3bff23a808","program_id":"svk-pmu-cartel-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"2014-07-01","valid_to":"","value":"1","unit":"percent","applies_to":"fines imposed in one decision of the Office","source_id":"svk-pmu-vs-2014","location":"PDF p. 11 (printed p. 11), legislative changes","quote":"Odmena za poskytnutie dôkazov o karteli predstavuje 1 % z uložených pokút v jednom rozhodnutí úradu, maximálne 100 000 EUR.","notes":"Fixed share (min = max = 1%); the English text says 'up to 1 %'. valid_from from the amendment's entry into force (event e-8e9a0a0dfb).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":"2014"},{"rule_id":"r-f1b0342d96","program_id":"svk-pmu-cartel-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"2014-07-01","valid_to":"","value":"1","unit":"percent","applies_to":"sum of fines on all cartel parties","source_id":"svk-zz-2021-187-competition-act","location":"§ 53(4)","quote":"Odmena pre oznamovateľa je 1 % zo súčtu pokút uložených všetkým účastníkom dohody obmedzujúcej súťaž v rozhodnutí úradu, najviac však 100 000 eur","notes":"Introduced 1 July 2014 (amendment to Act 136/2001, per the 2014 annual report); carried into Act 187/2021 (in force 1 June 2021). Fixed 1%.","restates":"r-f063de7088","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":"2014"},{"rule_id":"r-f063de7088","program_id":"svk-pmu-cartel-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"2014-07-01","valid_to":"","value":"1","unit":"percent","applies_to":"fines imposed in one decision of the Office","source_id":"svk-pmu-vs-2014","location":"PDF p. 11 (printed p. 11)","quote":"Odmena za poskytnutie dôkazov o karteli predstavuje 1 % z uložených pokút v jednom rozhodnutí úradu","notes":"Slovak text gives a fixed 1%.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":"2014"},{"rule_id":"r-b1295dcafd","program_id":"svk-pmu-cartel-rewards","rule":"award_partial_payment_pct","valid_from":"2021-06-01","valid_to":"","value":"50","unit":"percent","applies_to":"fines not paid within 100 days of the decision becoming enforceable (or of the final court judgment upholding or reducing them): the whistleblower gets 50% of the reward, max EUR 10,000","source_id":"svk-zz-2021-187-competition-act","location":"§ 53(4), PDF p. 32","quote":"oznamovateľovi patrí 50 % odmeny","notes":"Same sentence sets the EUR 10,000 cap already in the data (award_cap 10000, applies_to fines not paid).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Share of award that may be withheld until recovery starts","year":"2021"},{"rule_id":"r-83d62602b4","program_id":"svk-pmu-cartel-rewards","rule":"leniency_applicant_staff_excluded","valid_from":"2021-06-01","valid_to":"","value":"1","unit":"flag","applies_to":"entrepreneurs, and employees of a leniency applicant that applied before the informant gave the evidence","source_id":"svk-zz-2021-187-competition-act","location":"§ 53(2), PDF p. 32","quote":"Oznamovateľom podľa odseku 1 nie je fyzická osoba, ktorá je podnikateľom, zamestnanec žiadateľa o neuloženie pokuty alebo zamestnanec žiadateľa o zníženie pokuty podľa § 51","notes":"Proposed rule (not in DATA_MODEL list): eligibility exclusion. Only the first natural person to deliver decisive evidence qualifies (§ 53(1)).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Staff of leniency applicants excluded from rewards","year":"2021"},{"rule_id":"r-0dc2337750","program_id":"svk-msr-rewards","rule":"anonymous_filing","valid_from":"2015-01-01","valid_to":"","value":"0","unit":"flag","applies_to":"reward request","source_id":"svk-zz-2014-307-whistleblower-act","location":"§ 9(4), PDF p. 5","quote":"Žiadosť podľa odseku 1 obsahuje meno a priezvisko, dátum narodenia a adresu bydliska oznamovateľa","notes":"The reward request must give name, date of birth and address. Anonymous reports count as \"podnet\" for internal systems (§ 2(1)(d), § 2(3)) but a reward goes only to an identified whistleblower.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Anonymous reports allowed","year":"2015"},{"rule_id":"r-020963cf7f","program_id":"svk-msr-rewards","rule":"discretionary","valid_from":"2015-01-01","valid_to":"","value":"1","unit":"flag","applies_to":"all rewards","source_id":"svk-zz-2014-307-whistleblower-act","location":"§ 9(7)","quote":"Na poskytnutie odmeny oznamovateľovi nie je právny nárok. Preskúmanie rozhodnutia ministerstva o odmene súdom je vylúčené.","notes":"","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Award is discretionary","year":"2015"},{"rule_id":"r-aa654695d5","program_id":"svk-msr-rewards","rule":"conviction_required","valid_from":"2015-01-01","valid_to":"","value":"1","unit":"flag","applies_to":"Ministry of Justice reward: a final decision finding the offender guilty (criminal) or the administrative offence committed","source_id":"svk-zz-2014-307-whistleblower-act","location":"§ 9(1), PDF p. 5","quote":"ak v trestnom konaní nadobudlo právoplatnosť rozhodnutie, ktorým bol páchateľ uznaný vinným zo spáchania trestného činu","notes":"Proposed rule (not in DATA_MODEL list): 1 = reward only after a final conviction or final administrative decision. Amount weighs the whistleblower's contribution and the property protected or returned (§ 9(5)).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Conviction required for a reward","year":"2015"},{"rule_id":"r-b3fa266253","program_id":"svk-msr-rewards","rule":"internal_review_extension_days","valid_from":"2015-01-01","valid_to":"","value":"30","unit":"days","applies_to":"extension of the employer's 90-day period for examining an internal report","source_id":"svk-zz-2014-307-whistleblower-act","location":"§ 11(4), PDF p. 6","quote":"túto lehotu možno predĺžiť o ďalších 30 dní","notes":"No existing rule name fits; proposed rule.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Extension of time to examine an internal report","year":"2015"},{"rule_id":"r-fb7b073483","program_id":"svk-msr-rewards","rule":"suspension_duration_days","valid_from":"2015-01-01","valid_to":"","value":"14","unit":"days","applies_to":"suspension of a labour-law act ends 14 days after delivery of the inspectorate's confirmation (unless a court application for an interim measure is filed)","source_id":"svk-zz-2014-307-whistleblower-act","location":"§ 13(6), PDF p. 7","quote":"Pozastavenie účinnosti pracovnoprávneho úkonu sa skončí uplynutím 14 dní od doručenia potvrdenia podľa odseku 2","notes":"No existing rule name fits; proposed rule.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"How long a contested employment action stays suspended","year":"2015"},{"rule_id":"r-200e9eba48","program_id":"svk-msr-rewards","rule":"record_retention_years","valid_from":"2015-01-01","valid_to":"","value":"3","unit":"years","applies_to":"employer's register of internal reports, from delivery of each report","source_id":"svk-zz-2014-307-whistleblower-act","location":"§ 12, PDF p. 6","quote":"je povinný po dobu troch rokov odo dňa doručenia podnetu viesť evidenciu podnetov","notes":"No existing rule name fits; proposed rule.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"How long records of reports must be kept","year":"2015"},{"rule_id":"r-60ff467475","program_id":"svk-msr-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2015-01-01","valid_to":"","value":"50","unit":"minimum_wage_multiple","applies_to":"per reward","source_id":"svk-zz-2014-307-whistleblower-act","location":"§ 9(1)","quote":"môže poskytnúť oznamovateľovi na základe jeho žiadosti odmenu až do výšky päťdesiatnásobku minimálnej mzdy","notes":"After a final conviction or final administrative decision. Superseded by Act 54/2019 (svk-uoo-rewards); end date not confirmed here.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2015"},{"rule_id":"r-1bce839480","program_id":"svk-msr-rewards","rule":"employer_fine_max","valid_from":"2015-01-01","valid_to":"","value":"20000","unit":"EUR","applies_to":"employer breaching the internal reporting-system and record-keeping duties (§ 11-12), imposed by the labour inspectorate","source_id":"svk-zz-2014-307-whistleblower-act","location":"§ 15(1), PDF p. 8","quote":"inšpektorát práce môže uložiť pokutu do 20 000 eur","notes":"Act-level rule (protection side of Act 307/2014), filed under the reward programme because Act 307/2014 has no separate protection programme row. Also procedural fines up to EUR 500 (§ 14(1)).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Maximum fine on employers","year":"2015"},{"rule_id":"r-5100d7e4e2","program_id":"svk-msr-rewards","rule":"procedural_fine_max","valid_from":"2015-01-01","valid_to":"","value":"500","unit":"EUR","applies_to":"procedural fine on persons who do not meet the duties of § 17(2) within the set time (may be repeated)","source_id":"svk-zz-2014-307-whistleblower-act","location":"§ 14(1), PDF p. 8","quote":"inšpektorát práce môže uložiť poriadkovú pokutu do 500 eur, a to aj opakovane","notes":"No existing rule name fits; proposed rule.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Maximum procedural fine","year":"2015"},{"rule_id":"r-5c0879616a","program_id":"svk-msr-rewards","rule":"sanctions_threshold","valid_from":"2015-01-01","valid_to":"","value":"50000","unit":"EUR","applies_to":"administrative offences: the maximum fine the law allows for the offence must be at least EUR 50,000 for it to count as serious anti-social activity","source_id":"svk-zz-2014-307-whistleblower-act","location":"§ 2(1)(c)(3), PDF p. 2","quote":"správnym deliktom, za ktorý možno uložiť pokutu s hornou hranicou vo výške najmenej 50 000 eur","notes":"Statutory maximum of the offence, not the sanction actually imposed. Crimes qualify if listed (EU financial interests, procurement, public officials, corruption) or punishable by more than three years (§ 2(1)(c)(1)-(2)).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Minimum sanctions or amount collected to qualify","year":"2015"},{"rule_id":"r-36ff69717a","program_id":"svk-msr-rewards","rule":"serious_offence_prison_threshold_years","valid_from":"2015-01-01","valid_to":"","value":"3","unit":"years","applies_to":"criminal offences: the maximum prison term must exceed three years for the offence to count as serious anti-social activity (companion of the EUR 50,000 administrative-offence threshold)","source_id":"svk-zz-2014-307-whistleblower-act","location":"§ 2(1)(c)(2), PDF p. 2","quote":"trestným činom, za ktorý Trestný zákon ustanovuje trest odňatia slobody s hornou hranicou trestnej sadzby prevyšujúcou tri roky","notes":"No existing rule name fits; proposed rule.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Prison term threshold for a serious offence","year":"2015"},{"rule_id":"r-6b841e508b","program_id":"svk-msr-rewards","rule":"decision_deadline_days","valid_from":"2015-01-01","valid_to":"","value":"6","unit":"months","applies_to":"Ministry decision on a reward request, from its delivery","source_id":"svk-zz-2014-307-whistleblower-act","location":"§ 9(6), PDF p. 5","quote":"Ministerstvo rozhodne o žiadosti o poskytnutie odmeny do šiestich mesiacov odo dňa jej doručenia.","notes":"Printed as six months (not converted to days). No right to a reward and no court review (§ 9(7)).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Time limit for a decision","year":"2015"},{"rule_id":"r-086e1b21a4","program_id":"svk-msr-rewards","rule":"decision_deadline_days","valid_from":"2015-01-01","valid_to":"","value":"30","unit":"days","applies_to":"labour inspectorate decision on an employer's request for consent to a labour-law act against a protected whistleblower (non-simple cases), from delivery of the request","source_id":"svk-zz-2014-307-whistleblower-act","location":"§ 7(4), PDF p. 4","quote":"V ostatných veciach rozhodne inšpektorát práce do 30 dní odo dňa doručenia žiadosti o udelenie súhlasu.","notes":"No existing rule name fits; proposed rule.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Time limit for a decision","year":"2015"},{"rule_id":"r-3bda3bdd74","program_id":"svk-msr-rewards","rule":"internal_review_deadline_days","valid_from":"2015-01-01","valid_to":"","value":"90","unit":"days","applies_to":"employer examining a report received through its internal system, from receipt (extendable by 30 days)","source_id":"svk-zz-2014-307-whistleblower-act","location":"§ 11(4), PDF p. 6","quote":"je povinný prijať a preveriť každý podnet do 90 dní od jeho prijatia; túto lehotu možno predĺžiť o ďalších 30 dní","notes":"No existing rule name fits; proposed rule.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Time limit to examine an internal report","year":"2015"},{"rule_id":"r-af07c6c2c3","program_id":"svk-msr-rewards","rule":"filing_deadline_days","valid_from":"2015-01-01","valid_to":"","value":"6","unit":"months","applies_to":"after notice that the decision became final","source_id":"svk-zz-2014-307-whistleblower-act","location":"§ 9(3)","quote":"Žiadosť o poskytnutie odmeny podľa odseku 1 môže podať oznamovateľ ministerstvu do šiestich mesiacov odo dňa doručenia oznámenia podľa odseku 2.","notes":"Deadline is six months, not days: unit 'months'. Convert or add a filing_deadline_months rule at merge.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Time limit to file a claim","year":"2015"},{"rule_id":"r-0fcd906729","program_id":"svk-msr-rewards","rule":"suspension_request_deadline_days","valid_from":"2015-01-01","valid_to":"","value":"7","unit":"days","applies_to":"person who made an internal report asking the labour inspectorate to suspend a contested labour-law act, from learning of it","source_id":"svk-zz-2014-307-whistleblower-act","location":"§ 13(1), PDF p. 7","quote":"môže požiadať inšpektorát práce do siedmich dní odo dňa, keď sa dozvedela o pracovnoprávnom úkone, o pozastavenie účinnosti","notes":"No existing rule name fits; proposed rule.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Time limit to request suspension of an employment action","year":"2015"},{"rule_id":"r-e84f31a6ec","program_id":"svk-msr-rewards","rule":"internal_response_deadline_days","valid_from":"2015-01-01","valid_to":"","value":"10","unit":"days","applies_to":"employer informing the person who made an internal report of the result, from completing the review","source_id":"svk-zz-2014-307-whistleblower-act","location":"§ 11(7), PDF p. 6","quote":"je povinný oznámiť osobe, ktorá podala podnet, výsledok jeho preverenia do desiatich dní od preverenia podnetu","notes":"No existing rule name fits; proposed rule.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Time limit to respond to an internal report","year":"2015"},{"rule_id":"r-895fa06caa","program_id":"svk-uoo-rewards","rule":"discretionary","valid_from":"2021","valid_to":"","value":"1","unit":"flag","applies_to":"all rewards","source_id":"svk-uoo-vs-2021","location":"PDF p. 52","quote":"V ustanovení § 9 ods. 7 však zákon hovorí, že odmena je právne nenárokovateľná.","notes":"No legal entitlement to a reward.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Award is discretionary","year":"2021"},{"rule_id":"r-9934b2dd06","program_id":"svk-uoo-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2021","valid_to":"","value":"50","unit":"minimum_wage_multiple","applies_to":"qualified report (kvalifikované oznámenie)","source_id":"svk-uoo-vs-2021","location":"PDF p. 52","quote":"V prípade kvalifikovaného oznámenia môže úrad poskytnúť odmenu až do výšky 50-násobku minimálnej mzdy (podľa súčasného stavu v roku 2021 ide o sumu 31 150 €).","notes":"Act No. 54/2019 Coll., s. 9. In 2021 equal to 31,150 EUR. Proposed unit: minimum_wage_multiple. valid_from = Office's first year of operation; the Act set the rule earlier.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2021"},{"rule_id":"r-a06fef875f","program_id":"svk-uoo-rewards","rule":"filing_deadline_days","valid_from":"2021","valid_to":"","value":"6","unit":"months","applies_to":"from notice of indictment, plea agreement, settlement, (conditional) discontinuance, or final administrative decision","source_id":"svk-uoo-vs-2021","location":"PDF p. 56, 'Správne formálne podaná žiadosť'","quote":"Žiadateľ musí podať žiadosť do 6 mesiacov odo dňa doručenia oznámenia o podaní obžaloby","notes":"Deadline in months, not days (as for svk-msr-rewards r-af07c6c2c3). valid_from = Office's first year, as for the other rules from this report.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Time limit to file a claim","year":"2021"},{"rule_id":"r-f8054bdc18","program_id":"svk-uoo","rule":"employer_fine_max","valid_from":"2023-09-01","valid_to":"","value":"6000","unit":"EUR","applies_to":"natural person who threatens or retaliates, breaches confidentiality of identity, or obstructs a report (up to EUR 12,000 if repeated within two years)","source_id":"svk-uoo-vs-2023","location":"PDF p. 69 (printed p. 68), chapter 10","quote":"Zvýšili sa pokuty z 2 000 EUR na 6 000 EUR v prípade, že fyzická osoba:","notes":"Amendment of Act 54/2019 in force 1 July 2023; provisions on sanctions from 1 September 2023 (PDF p. 71). Proposed rule type employer_fine_max.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Maximum fine on employers","year":"2023"},{"rule_id":"r-1dea3bc5ab","program_id":"svk-uoo","rule":"employer_fine_max","valid_from":"2023-09-01","valid_to":"","value":"100000","unit":"EUR","applies_to":"employer (legal person) acting without the Office's consent or retaliating; or employer with 250+ staff breaching internal-system duties","source_id":"svk-uoo-vs-2023","location":"PDF p. 70 (printed p. 69), chapter 10","quote":"Zaviedla sa pokuta do 100 000 EUR zamestnávateľovi (právnickej osobe)","notes":"Sanction provisions effective 1 September 2023.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Maximum fine on employers","year":"2023"},{"rule_id":"r-0e58367a3e","program_id":"svk-uoo","rule":"employer_fine_max","valid_from":"2023-09-01","valid_to":"","value":"50000","unit":"EUR","applies_to":"employers with 50-249 staff (private) or 5-249 staff (public bodies) breaching internal-system duties","source_id":"svk-uoo-vs-2023","location":"PDF p. 70 (printed p. 69), chapter 10","quote":"Pribudla aj pokuta do 50 000 EUR zamestnávateľovi","notes":"Sanction provisions effective 1 September 2023.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Maximum fine on employers","year":"2023"},{"rule_id":"r-1b5a97a424","program_id":"svk-uoo","rule":"employer_fine_max","valid_from":"2023-09-01","valid_to":"","value":"30000","unit":"EUR","applies_to":"employer that did not remedy inspection findings or report on measures taken","source_id":"svk-uoo-vs-2023","location":"PDF p. 70 (printed p. 69), chapter 10","quote":"Pokuta do 30 000 EUR hrozí zase zamestnávateľovi, ktorý neprijal opatrenia na odstránenie nedostatkov","notes":"Sanction provisions effective 1 September 2023.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Maximum fine on employers","year":"2023"},{"rule_id":"r-3363ac9409","program_id":"svk-uoo","rule":"employer_fine_max","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"20000","unit":"EUR","applies_to":"breach of the rules on internal reporting systems and recording of reports","source_id":"svk-uoo-vs-2022","location":"PDF p. 36 (printed p. 34), 'Kontrola'","quote":"môže úrad uložiť pokutu do 20 000 eur","notes":"Proposed rule type employer_fine_max (maximum fine the authority can impose). As in force in 2022 under Act 54/2019.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Maximum fine on employers","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-49297539b0","program_id":"svk-uoo","rule":"employer_fine_max","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"2000","unit":"EUR","applies_to":"retaliation, labour-law act without the Office's consent, or breach of confidentiality of the whistleblower's identity","source_id":"svk-uoo-vs-2022","location":"PDF p. 36 (printed p. 34), 'Kontrola'","quote":"Pokutu 2 000 eur môže úrad uložiť zamestnávateľovi za odvetu alebo pracovnoprávny úkon bez súhlasu úradu voči oznamovateľovi, alebo ak poruší povinnosť zachovávať mlčanlivosť o totožnosti oznamovateľa.","notes":"Proposed rule type employer_fine_max. As in force in 2022; the draft amendment described on PDF p. 69 would raise it to EUR 6,000 and add fines up to EUR 100,000 for employers.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"SVK","route_name":"Maximum fine on employers","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-15efa30bb0","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"anonymous_filing","valid_from":"2022-07-19","valid_to":"","value":"1","unit":"flag","applies_to":"corruption reports (ACRC Act) through a lawyer without giving the reporter's identity (proxy reporting, Act art. 58-2)","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2026-03","location":"art. 57(3) item 2","quote":"법 제58조의2제1항에 따라 신고자가 자신의 인적사항을 밝히지 않고 변호사를 선임하여 신고를 대리하게 한 경우","notes":"The decree refers to proxy reporting under art. 58-2 of the Act; this paragraph is marked <개정 2022.7.19>, which is the earliest date the stored decree versions show for it. The Act amendment that created proxy reporting is not in this batch, so the real start may differ (the events table has an ACRC Act amendment of 2022-07).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Anonymous reports allowed","year":"2022"},{"rule_id":"r-b08caa25e9","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"anonymous_filing","valid_from":"2018-10-18","valid_to":"","value":"1","unit":"flag","applies_to":"public interest reports (PIWPA) through a lawyer without giving the reporter's identity (proxy reporting, Act art. 8-2), from 18 Oct 2018","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2023","location":"art. 7(1) item 1; art. 9(3) item 2; addendum 2018.10.16","quote":"법 제8조의2제1항에 따라 공익신고자가 자신의 인적사항을 밝히지 아니하고 변호사로 하여금 공익신고를 대리하게 하는 경우","notes":"The decree provisions on proxy reporting are marked <개정 2018.10.16>; that amendment took effect on 18 Oct 2018 (addendum <제29239호,2018.10.16>: \"이 영은 2018년 10월 18일부터 시행한다\"). Matches the 2018-10 event from kor-acrc-ar-2018.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Anonymous reports allowed","year":"2018"},{"rule_id":"r-46dac2d060","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"anonymous_filing","valid_from":"2002-01-25","valid_to":"","value":"0","unit":"flag","applies_to":"corruption reports (original Act)","source_id":"kor-moleg-acad-act-2001","location":"art. 28","quote":"부패행위를 신고하고자 하는 자는 신고자의 인적사항과 신고취지 및 이유를 기재한 기명의 문서로써 하여야 하며","notes":"Reports had to be made in a signed document giving the reporter's identity, so no anonymous filing (proxy reporting through a lawyer came much later).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Anonymous reports allowed","year":"2002"},{"rule_id":"r-b2cb96fe80","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"anonymous_filing","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"1","unit":"flag","applies_to":"corruption reports (ACRC Act) through a lawyer without giving the reporter's identity (proxy reporting, Act art. 58-2)","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2026-09","location":"art. 57(3) item 2","quote":"법 제58조의2제1항에 따라 신고자가 자신의 인적사항을 밝히지 않고 변호사를 선임하여 신고를 대리하게 한 경우","notes":"","restates":"r-15efa30bb0","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Anonymous reports allowed","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-acf4c052de","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"anonymous_filing","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"1","unit":"flag","applies_to":"public interest reports (PIWPA) through a lawyer without giving the reporter's identity (proxy reporting, Act art. 8-2)","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2024","location":"art. 7(1) item 1; art. 9(3) item 2","quote":"법 제8조의2제1항에 따라 공익신고자가 자신의 인적사항을 밝히지 아니하고 변호사로 하여금 공익신고를 대리하게 하는 경우","notes":"","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Anonymous reports allowed","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-3dda173188","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"anonymous_filing","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"1","unit":"flag","applies_to":"public interest reports (PIWPA) through a lawyer without giving the reporter's identity (proxy reporting, Act art. 8-2)","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2026","location":"art. 7(1) item 1; art. 9(3) item 2","quote":"법 제8조의2제1항에 따라 공익신고자가 자신의 인적사항을 밝히지 아니하고 변호사로 하여금 공익신고를 대리하게 하는 경우","notes":"","restates":"r-acf4c052de","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Anonymous reports allowed","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-15175b188e","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"discretionary","valid_from":"2002-01-25","valid_to":"","value":"0","unit":"flag","applies_to":"corruption reports","source_id":"kor-moleg-acad-act-2001","location":"art. 36(3)","quote":"위원회는 제2항의 규정에 의한 보상금의 지급신청을 받은 때에는 제37조의 규정에 의한 보상심의위원회의 심의ㆍ의결을 거쳐 대통령령이 정하는 바에 따라 보상금을 지급하여야 한다","notes":"The reward must be paid (\"지급하여야 한다\") once a report recovers revenue, though the decree allows reductions and officials reporting on their own duties may get less or nothing. The same wording is in art. 68(4) of the ACRC Act (2026 version).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Award is discretionary","year":"2002"},{"rule_id":"r-8abe79fa5f","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"relief_wage_cap_multiple","valid_from":"2024-09-27","valid_to":"","value":"2","unit":"times average wage","applies_to":"relief (구조금) under the Public Funds Recovery Act: monthly average pay used for lost-wage relief may not exceed twice the average wage","source_id":"kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2024","location":"art. 22(2)","quote":"월평균액은 평균임금의 2배를 초과하지 못하고, 법 제23조제3항제4호에 따른 임금 손실액의 산정 기간은 36개월을 초과하지 못한다.","notes":"Proposed rule type (none fits).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Cap on monthly pay used for lost-wage relief","year":"2024"},{"rule_id":"r-db1d884da0","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"relief_wage_cap_multiple","valid_from":"2011-09-30","valid_to":"","value":"2","unit":"times average wage","applies_to":"relief (구조금) under the PIWPA: monthly average pay used for lost-wage relief may not exceed twice the average wage","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2011","location":"art. 26(2)","quote":"월평균액은 평균임금의 2배를 초과하지 못하고, 법 제27조제1항제4호에 따른 임금 손실액의 산정기간은 36개월을 초과하지 못한다.","notes":"Proposed rule type (none fits). Unchanged in later stored versions.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Cap on monthly pay used for lost-wage relief","year":"2011"},{"rule_id":"r-66c930caac","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"relief_wage_cap_multiple","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"2","unit":"times average wage","applies_to":"relief (구조금) under the ACRC Act: monthly average pay used for lost-wage relief may not exceed twice the average wage","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2026-03","location":"art. 74(2)","quote":"월평균액은 평균임금의 2배를 초과하지 못하고, 법 제68조제3항제4호에 따른 임금 손실액의 산정기간은 36개월을 초과하지 못한다.","notes":"Proposed rule type (none fits). valid_from left empty: the paragraph carries no amendment date in this version (in force as of 3 Mar 2026; also in kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2026-09).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Cap on monthly pay used for lost-wage relief","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-d1420b4578","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"relief_wage_cap_multiple","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"2","unit":"times average wage","applies_to":"relief (구조금) under the ACRC Act: monthly average pay used for lost-wage relief may not exceed twice the average wage","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2026-09","location":"art. 74(2)","quote":"월평균액은 평균임금의 2배를 초과하지 못하고, 법 제68조제3항제4호에 따른 임금 손실액의 산정기간은 36개월을 초과하지 못한다.","notes":"","restates":"r-66c930caac","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Cap on monthly pay used for lost-wage relief","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-3712589410","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"relief_wage_cap_multiple","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"2","unit":"times average wage","applies_to":"relief (구조금) under the Public Funds Recovery Act: monthly average pay used for lost-wage relief may not exceed twice the average wage","source_id":"kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2026","location":"art. 22(2)","quote":"월평균액은 평균임금의 2배를 초과하지 못하고, 법 제23조제3항제4호에 따른 임금 손실액의 산정 기간은 36개월을 초과하지 못한다.","notes":"","restates":"r-8abe79fa5f","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Cap on monthly pay used for lost-wage relief","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-e78603d524","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"relief_wage_cap_multiple","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"2","unit":"times average wage","applies_to":"relief (구조금) under the PIWPA: monthly average pay used for lost-wage relief may not exceed twice the average wage","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2018","location":"art. 26(2)","quote":"월평균액은 평균임금의 2배를 초과하지 못하고, 법 제27조제1항제4호에 따른 임금 손실액의 산정기간은 36개월을 초과하지 못한다.","notes":"","restates":"r-db1d884da0","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Cap on monthly pay used for lost-wage relief","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-f01e76f490","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"relief_wage_cap_multiple","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"2","unit":"times average wage","applies_to":"relief (구조금) under the PIWPA: monthly average pay used for lost-wage relief may not exceed twice the average wage","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2024","location":"art. 26(2)","quote":"월평균액은 평균임금의 2배를 초과하지 못하고, 법 제27조제1항제4호에 따른 임금 손실액의 산정기간은 36개월을 초과하지 못한다.","notes":"","restates":"r-db1d884da0","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Cap on monthly pay used for lost-wage relief","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-cbb18396bd","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"relief_wage_cap_multiple","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"2","unit":"times average wage","applies_to":"relief (구조금) under the PIWPA: monthly average pay used for lost-wage relief may not exceed twice the average wage","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2026","location":"art. 26(2)","quote":"월평균액은 평균임금의 2배를 초과하지 못하고, 법 제27조제1항제4호에 따른 임금 손실액의 산정기간은 36개월을 초과하지 못한다.","notes":"","restates":"r-db1d884da0","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Cap on monthly pay used for lost-wage relief","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-13680651d9","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"reward_basis_includes_fines","valid_from":"2019-10-17","valid_to":"","value":"1","unit":"flag","applies_to":"corruption rewards (ACRC Act): fines, petty fines, surcharges, fines for negligence and notices of disposition count toward the recovered amount, reports made from 17 Oct 2019","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2026-03","location":"art. 72(1) item 5; addendum 2019.10.15 arts. 1 and 4","quote":"벌금ㆍ과료ㆍ과징금 또는 과태료의 부과와 통고처분","notes":"Proposed rule type (see the 2005 row). Item 5 of art. 72(1) was added by the 15 Oct 2019 amendment (in force 17 Oct 2019), applying to corruption reports made from that date (addendum art. 4: \"제72조제1항제5호의 개정규정은 이 영 시행 이후 부패행위 신고를 하는 경우부터 적용한다\").","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Fines count toward the reward base","year":"2019"},{"rule_id":"r-86d3ff44df","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"reward_basis_includes_fines","valid_from":"2008-02-29","valid_to":"","value":"0","unit":"flag","applies_to":"corruption rewards: fines, petty fines, administrative surcharges, fines for negligence and notices of disposition do not count toward the recovered amount","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2008","location":"art. 72(1) item 5","quote":"그 밖의 처분이나 판결. 다만, 벌금ㆍ과료ㆍ과징금 또는 과태료의 부과와 통고처분을 제외한다.","notes":"","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Fines count toward the reward base","year":"2008"},{"rule_id":"r-d3c93149be","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"reward_basis_includes_fines","valid_from":"","valid_to":"2019-10-16","value":"0","unit":"flag","applies_to":"corruption rewards: fines, petty fines, administrative surcharges, fines for negligence and notices of disposition do not count toward the recovered amount (Anti-Corruption Act decree)","source_id":"kor-moleg-acad-decree-2005","location":"art. 35-2(1) item 5","quote":"그 밖의 처분이나 판결. 다만, 벌금ㆍ과료ㆍ과징금 또는 과태료의 부과와 통고처분을 제외한다.","notes":"Proposed rule type (none fits): 1 if fines and administrative penalties imposed because of a report count toward the reward base, 0 if not. valid_from left empty: this version does not date the proviso (kor2 recorded the same exclusion in the 2002 decree). valid_to from kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2026-03: art. 72(1)5 now counts them, for reports made from 17 Oct 2019 (addendum 2019.10.15, art. 4).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Fines count toward the reward base","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-87155e6acf","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"reward_basis_includes_fines","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"0","unit":"flag","applies_to":"corruption rewards: fines, penalties, administrative charges and fines for negligence are excluded from the recovered amount","source_id":"kor-acrc-ar-2014","location":"p. 70, 'Payment of reward'","quote":"any other measures taken or court rulings (excluding the imposition or notification of a fine, penalty, administrative charge or fine for negligence)","notes":"","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Fines count toward the reward base","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-510e15a0ba","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"reward_basis_includes_fines","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"0","unit":"flag","applies_to":"corruption rewards: fines, petty fines, administrative surcharges, fines for negligence and notices of disposition do not count toward the recovered amount","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2014","location":"art. 72(1) item 5","quote":"그 밖의 처분이나 판결. 다만, 벌금ㆍ과료ㆍ과징금 또는 과태료의 부과와 통고처분을 제외한다.","notes":"","restates":"r-86d3ff44df","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Fines count toward the reward base","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-dce9d4d65a","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"reward_basis_includes_fines","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"1","unit":"flag","applies_to":"corruption rewards (ACRC Act): fines, petty fines, surcharges, fines for negligence and notices of disposition count toward the recovered amount","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2026-09","location":"art. 72(1) item 5","quote":"벌금ㆍ과료ㆍ과징금 또는 과태료의 부과와 통고처분","notes":"","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Fines count toward the reward base","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-3cc005a587","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2026-09-29","valid_to":"","value":"","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"applications made from 29 Sep 2026 (all three laws)","source_id":"kor-sbs-decree-2026","location":"article text","quote":"여기에 30억 원으로 제한됐던 보상금 지급 상한도 전면 폐지됩니다.","notes":"Cap abolished: value left empty = no cap. Media report.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2026"},{"rule_id":"r-8d0f736308","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2026-09-29","valid_to":"","value":"","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"corruption reports (ACRC Act), applications filed from 29 Sep 2026","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2026-09","location":"reason statement (개정이유)","quote":"해당 신고 보상금의 지급한도액인 30억원을 폐지하는 등","notes":"No cap: value left empty. Art. 77(2) of the old version (cap) replaced.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2026"},{"rule_id":"r-e0a34d67ec","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2026-09-29","valid_to":"","value":"","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"fraudulent claims for public funds (Public Funds Recovery Act), from 29 Sep 2026","source_id":"kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2026","location":"reason statement (개정이유)","quote":"해당 신고 보상금의 지급한도액인 30억원을 폐지하는 등","notes":"No cap: value left empty.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2026"},{"rule_id":"r-726f480c37","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2026-09-29","valid_to":"","value":"","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"Graft Act and Conflict of Interest Prevention Act reports, applications from 29 Sep 2026","source_id":"kor-acrc-pr-2026-09-22","location":"p. 1-2","quote":"신고자 보상금 지급 상한은 최대 30억 원이었으나, 이번 개정으로 지급 상한이 함께 폐지됨","notes":"No cap (value empty). Applies to applications filed after the decrees take effect on 29 Sep 2026.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2026"},{"rule_id":"r-337c9a12c7","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2026-09-29","valid_to":"","value":"","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"corruption reports (ACRC Act), applications filed from 29 Sep 2026","source_id":"kor-acrc-pr-2026-09-22","location":"p. 1-2","quote":"30억 원으로 제한됐던 보상금 지급상한이 전면 폐지된다.","notes":"No cap: value left empty. valid_from: the amended decrees take effect on 29 September and the new criteria apply to reward applications made after that ('오는 9월 29일부터 시행되며, 개정된 보상금 지급기준은 시행 이후 보상금 지급을 신청하는 경우부터 적용된다').","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2026"},{"rule_id":"r-b20b469511","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2026-09-29","valid_to":"","value":"","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"fraudulent claims for public funds (Public Funds Recovery Act), from 29 Sep 2026","source_id":"kor-acrc-pr-2026-09-22","location":"p. 1-2","quote":"30억 원으로 제한됐던 보상금 지급상한이 전면 폐지된다.","notes":"No cap: value left empty. valid_from: the amended decrees take effect on 29 September and the new criteria apply to reward applications made after that ('오는 9월 29일부터 시행되며, 개정된 보상금 지급기준은 시행 이후 보상금 지급을 신청하는 경우부터 적용된다').","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2026"},{"rule_id":"r-14f0028607","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2026-09-29","valid_to":"","value":"","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"public interest reports (PIWPA), from 29 Sep 2026","source_id":"kor-acrc-pr-2026-09-22","location":"p. 1-2","quote":"30억 원으로 제한됐던 보상금 지급상한이 전면 폐지된다.","notes":"No cap: value left empty. valid_from: the amended decrees take effect on 29 September and the new criteria apply to reward applications made after that ('오는 9월 29일부터 시행되며, 개정된 보상금 지급기준은 시행 이후 보상금 지급을 신청하는 경우부터 적용된다').","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2026"},{"rule_id":"r-cd48adf2d9","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2024-09-27","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"3000000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"fraudulent claims for public funds (Public Funds Recovery Act)","source_id":"kor-acrc-ar-2025","location":"PDF p. 91, item 6","quote":"Rewards shall be paid within the range of 4% to 30% of the reward eligible amount, up to a maximum of KRW 3 billion","notes":"","restates":"r-eb3d9ea468","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2024"},{"rule_id":"r-289f437d6c","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2024-08-07","valid_to":"","value":"","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"public interest reports (PIWPA) filed from 7 Aug 2024","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2024","location":"reason statement (개정이유)","quote":"종전에 30억원으로 설정한 내부 공익신고자에 대한 보상금의 지급한도액을 없애는","notes":"No cap: value left empty. Law amendment Act 20243 (6 Feb 2024, in force 7 Aug 2024); applies to reports filed after it took effect.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2024"},{"rule_id":"r-fd6523a2aa","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2023-12-19","valid_to":"","value":"500000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"monetary award for public-interest reports filed on or after 19 Dec 2023","source_id":"kor-acrc-ar-2025","location":"PDF p. 89 (report p. 88)","quote":"for reports filed on or after December 19, 2023, awards of up to KRW 500 million may be paid","notes":"","restates":"r-5db82dd90a","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2023"},{"rule_id":"r-5db82dd90a","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2023-12-19","valid_to":"","value":"500000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"monetary award (포상금) for public interest reports (PIWPA), reports made from 19 Dec 2023","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2023","location":"art. 25-3(1); addendum art. 3","quote":"이 경우 지급한도액은 5억원으로 한다. <개정 2021.10.19, 2023.12.19>","notes":"Korean amounts read with 억 = 100,000,000, 천만 = 10,000,000, 만 = 10,000 (compound units multiply, e.g. 2억 = 200,000,000; 5천만 = 50,000,000; 30만 = 300,000); value recorded in KRW at scale 1 as existing Korean rule rows do. Reports made before 19 Dec 2023 keep the KRW 200 million cap (addendum art. 3). Still 5억원 in the 2024 and 2026 versions.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2023"},{"rule_id":"r-982e42e2e3","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2023-12-19","valid_to":"","value":"500000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"monetary award (포상금) for reports of fraudulent claims for public funds (Public Funds Recovery Act), reports made from 19 Dec 2023","source_id":"kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2024","location":"art. 18(2); addendum 2023.12.19 art. 2","quote":"포상금의 지급한도액은 5억원으로 한다. <개정 2023.12.19>","notes":"Korean amounts read with 억 = 100,000,000, 천만 = 10,000,000, 만 = 10,000 (compound units multiply, e.g. 2억 = 200,000,000; 5천만 = 50,000,000; 30만 = 300,000); value recorded in KRW at scale 1 as existing Korean rule rows do. Amended by Presidential Decree 34015 (19 Dec 2023), not stored; this 2024 version prints it. Still 5억원 in kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2026.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2023"},{"rule_id":"r-8c9d4128f8","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2023-12","valid_to":"","value":"500000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"monetary award (포상금) for public-interest reports and for reports of false claims for public funds","source_id":"kor-acrc-ar-2023","location":"p. 12-13 and 72","quote":"The upper limit of monetary rewards for reporting was increased from KRW 200 million to KRW 500 million","notes":"Enforcement decrees of the Public Interest Whistleblower Protection Act and Public Funds Recovery Act revised in December 2023 (day not given; the 4-30% public-interest reward band in the same revision applies from 19 Dec 2023). The award section on p. 76 still says KRW 200 million for public interest. Replaces the KRW 200 million cap.","restates":"r-5db82dd90a","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2023"},{"rule_id":"r-0f86522bd0","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2022-07-19","valid_to":"","value":"500000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"monetary award (포상금) for corruption reports, all grounds (ACRC Act decree), reports made from 19 Jul 2022","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2026-03","location":"art. 71(2); addendum 2022.7.19 art. 2","quote":"제1항 각 호에 따른 포상금의 지급액은 5억원 이하로 한다. <개정 2009.5.28, 2015.10.20, 2019.10.15, 2022.7.19>","notes":"Korean amounts read with 억 = 100,000,000, 천만 = 10,000,000, 만 = 10,000 (compound units multiply, e.g. 2억 = 200,000,000; 5천만 = 50,000,000; 30만 = 300,000); value recorded in KRW at scale 1 as existing Korean rule rows do. Exact start from the addendum (applies to reports made after the 19 Jul 2022 amendment). Still in force in kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2026-09 (art. 71(2)). Matches the kor-acrc-ar-2022/2025 rows dated 2022-07.","restates":"r-62a03bbc8c","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2022"},{"rule_id":"r-62a03bbc8c","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2022-07","valid_to":"","value":"500000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"monetary award (포상금) for corruption reports (ACRC Act)","source_id":"kor-acrc-ar-2022","location":"p. 74 and 79","quote":"Finally, the amount of the reward for reporting corruption was increased from 200 million won to 500 million won.","notes":"Amended ACRC Act and decree in force July 2022 (day not given). The text says \"reward\" but p. 79 confirms it is the monetary award (\"monetary awards of up to 500 million won for corruption whistleblowing\"). Replaces the KRW 200 million cap (from 20 Oct 2015).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2022"},{"rule_id":"r-e67b0c48af","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2022-07","valid_to":"","value":"500000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"monetary award (포상금) for corruption reports (ACRC Act)","source_id":"kor-acrc-ar-2025","location":"PDF p. 87 (report p. 86)","quote":"If the requirements for payment are met, award payments may be made up to KRW 500 million.","notes":"Restated in the 2025 report; valid_from from the 2022 report (July 2022).","restates":"r-62a03bbc8c","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2022"},{"rule_id":"r-eb3d9ea468","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2020-01-01","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"3000000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"fraudulent claims for public funds (Public Funds Recovery Act)","source_id":"kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2020","location":"art. 19(4)","quote":"제1항에 따른 보상금의 지급한도액은 30억원으로 하고","notes":"Kept in the 2024 version (art. 19(5)); abolished from 29 Sep 2026.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2020"},{"rule_id":"r-2b79f18467","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2020-01-01","valid_to":"2023-12-18","value":"200000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"monetary award (포상금) for reports of fraudulent claims for public funds (Public Funds Recovery Act), reports made before 19 Dec 2023","source_id":"kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2020","location":"art. 18(2)","quote":"포상금의 지급한도액은 2억원으로 한다.","notes":"Korean amounts read with 억 = 100,000,000, 천만 = 10,000,000, 만 = 10,000 (compound units multiply, e.g. 2억 = 200,000,000; 5천만 = 50,000,000; 30만 = 300,000); value recorded in KRW at scale 1 as existing Korean rule rows do. valid_to from kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2024 (art. 18(2) amended <2023.12.19> to 5억원; earlier reports keep the old rule, addendum 2023.12.19 art. 2).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2020"},{"rule_id":"r-130d5043fe","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2018-05-01","valid_to":"2024-08-06","value":"3000000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"public interest reports (PIWPA)","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2018","location":"art. 22(2)","quote":"보상금의 지급한도액은 30억원으로 하고","notes":"Reason statement: \"보상금의 지급한도액을 20억원에서 30억원으로 상향\". Removed for reports filed from 7 Aug 2024.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2018"},{"rule_id":"r-865f54db50","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2016-01-25","valid_to":"2018-04-30","value":"2000000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"public interest reports (PIWPA), internal whistleblowers only","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2016","location":"art. 22(2)","quote":"보상금의 지급한도액은 20억원으로 하고","notes":"From 25 Jan 2016 rewards are paid only to internal whistleblowers (law amendment, Act 13443).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2016"},{"rule_id":"r-c090e4d6de","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2016-01-25","valid_to":"2023-12-18","value":"200000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"monetary award (포상금) for public interest reports (PIWPA), from 25 Jan 2016","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2016","location":"art. 25-3(1)","quote":"이 경우 지급한도액은 2억원으로 한다.","notes":"Korean amounts read with 억 = 100,000,000, 천만 = 10,000,000, 만 = 10,000 (compound units multiply, e.g. 2억 = 200,000,000; 5천만 = 50,000,000; 30만 = 300,000); value recorded in KRW at scale 1 as existing Korean rule rows do. Awards for public-interest reports were introduced by this amendment (arts. 25-2, 25-3). valid_to from kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2023 (raised to 5억원; reports made before 19 Dec 2023 keep the old rule, addendum art. 3).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2016"},{"rule_id":"r-d4dfe69c75","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2015-10-20","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"3000000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"corruption reports (ACRC Act) made after 20 Oct 2015","source_id":"kor-acrc-ar-2015","location":"PDF p. 35","quote":"for the corruption reports made after October 20, 2015, … the maximum reward has increased from the current 2 billion KRW to 3 billion KRW","notes":"Confirmed in kor-acrc-ar-2025 PDF p. 88. Abolished by the decree in force 29 Sep 2026 (kor-sbs-decree-2026).","restates":"r-2e0898affa","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2015"},{"rule_id":"r-6fadde458d","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2015-10-20","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"3000000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"corruption reports (ACRC Act)","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2026-03","location":"art. 77(2)","quote":"보상금의 지급한도액은 30억원으로 하고","notes":"Cap set at 30억원 by the decree of 20 Oct 2015 (art. 77(3)); still in force in the version of 3 Mar 2026.","restates":"r-2e0898affa","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2015"},{"rule_id":"r-7bdb5b05cf","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2015-10-20","valid_to":"","value":"200000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"monetary award (포상금) for corruption reports made after 20 Oct 2015","source_id":"kor-acrc-ar-2015","location":"PDF p. 34-35 (report p. 68-69)","quote":"for the corruption reports made after October 20, 2015, the maximum reward has increased from the current 2 billion KRW to 3 billion KRW, and the maximum award has increased from the current 100 million KRW to 200 million KRW","notes":"Previous award cap KRW 100 million (recorded undated from the 2013 report).","restates":"r-d56b0e3279","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2015"},{"rule_id":"r-2e0898affa","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2015-10-20","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"3000000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"corruption rewards (ACRC Act), reports received from 20 Oct 2015 (as enacted by the 2015 amendment)","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2015","location":"art. 77(3); addendum art. 2","quote":"보상금의 지급한도액은 30억원으로 하고, 산정된 보상금의 천원 단위 미만은 이를 지급하지 아니한다. <개정 2015.10.20>","notes":"Korean amounts read with 억 = 100,000,000, 천만 = 10,000,000, 만 = 10,000 (compound units multiply, e.g. 2억 = 200,000,000; 5천만 = 50,000,000; 30만 = 300,000); value recorded in KRW at scale 1 as existing Korean rule rows do. Reports received before 20 Oct 2015 keep the old KRW 2 billion cap (addendum art. 2). valid_to from kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2026-09 (cap abolished for applications from 29 Sep 2026). The same cap is already recorded from the 2026-03 version.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2015"},{"rule_id":"r-d56b0e3279","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2015-10-20","valid_to":"2022-07-18","value":"200000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"monetary award (포상금) for corruption reports, grounds 1-3 and 5 (ACRC Act), reports received from 20 Oct 2015","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2015","location":"art. 71(2)","quote":"제1항제1호부터 제3호까지 및 제5호에 해당하는 경우 포상금은 2억원 이하로 한다. <개정 2009.5.28, 2015.10.20>","notes":"Korean amounts read with 억 = 100,000,000, 천만 = 10,000,000, 만 = 10,000 (compound units multiply, e.g. 2억 = 200,000,000; 5천만 = 50,000,000; 30만 = 300,000); value recorded in KRW at scale 1 as existing Korean rule rows do. valid_to from kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2026-03 (art. 71(2) amended <2022.7.19> to 5억원, applying to reports from 19 Jul 2022). The 2026-03 version also shows an amendment of this paragraph on 2019.10.15 (it then covered all grounds after ground 4 was deleted); the amount in 2019-2022 is not printed in the stored versions.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2015"},{"rule_id":"r-aa3236acbf","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2015-10-20","valid_to":"2019-10-16","value":"500000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"monetary award (포상금) for self-disclosure (art. 71(1) ground 4), reports received from 20 Oct 2015","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2015","location":"art. 71(3)","quote":"제1항제4호에 해당하는 경우 포상금은 신고금액의 30퍼센트 범위로 하되, 5억원 이하로 한다. <개정 2015.10.20>","notes":"Korean amounts read with 억 = 100,000,000, 천만 = 10,000,000, 만 = 10,000 (compound units multiply, e.g. 2억 = 200,000,000; 5천만 = 50,000,000; 30만 = 300,000); value recorded in KRW at scale 1 as existing Korean rule rows do. valid_to from kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2026-03: ground 4 and para. 3 deleted <2019.10.15>, that amendment in force 17 Oct 2019 (reports made before then keep the old award rules, addendum 2019.10.15 art. 5).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2015"},{"rule_id":"r-6dafed598c","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2015-10-20","valid_to":"2019-10-16","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"monetary award (포상금) for self-disclosure (art. 71(1) ground 4): share of the amount reported, reports received from 20 Oct 2015","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2015","location":"art. 71(3)","quote":"제1항제4호에 해당하는 경우 포상금은 신고금액의 30퍼센트 범위로 하되, 5억원 이하로 한다. <개정 2015.10.20>","notes":"Percent cap of the self-disclosure award. valid_to as for the KRW 500 million cap.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2015"},{"rule_id":"r-23704d9407","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2011-09-30","valid_to":"2016-01-24","value":"1000000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"public interest reports (PIWPA)","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2011","location":"art. 22(2)","quote":"보상금의 지급한도액은 10억원으로 하고","notes":"","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2011"},{"rule_id":"r-a0a8b75411","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2009-05-28","valid_to":"2015-10-19","value":"100000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"monetary award (포상금) for corruption reports, grounds 1-3 and 5 (ACRC Act), reports received from 28 May 2009","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2014","location":"art. 71(2); addendum 2009.5.28 arts. 1-2","quote":"제1항제1호부터 제3호까지 및 제5호에 해당하는 경우 포상금은 1억원 이하로 한다. <개정 2009.5.28>","notes":"Korean amounts read with 억 = 100,000,000, 천만 = 10,000,000, 만 = 10,000 (compound units multiply, e.g. 2억 = 200,000,000; 5천만 = 50,000,000; 30만 = 300,000); value recorded in KRW at scale 1 as existing Korean rule rows do. Amended by Presidential Decree 21513 (28 May 2009, in force on promulgation; applies to reports first received after it, addendum art. 2). That amending decree is not stored; this consolidated 2014 version prints it. valid_to from kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2015 (raised to 2억원). Consistent with the undated KRW 100 million row from kor-acrc-ar-2013.","restates":"r-b7191c69ac","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2009"},{"rule_id":"r-b6817bd64b","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2008-02-29","valid_to":"","value":"50000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"monetary awards (포상금) for corruption reports, grounds 1-3 and 5","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2008","location":"art. 71(2)","quote":"제1항제1호부터 제3호까지 및 제5호에 해당하는 경우 포상금은 5천만원 이하로 한다.","notes":"","restates":"r-8ebdd004b6","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2008"},{"rule_id":"r-ad99b3f4f4","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2008-02-29","valid_to":"","value":"200000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"monetary award (포상금) for self-disclosure: a person who received money or goods and reported them (art. 71(1) ground 4)","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2008","location":"art. 71(3)","quote":"제1항제4호에 해당하는 경우 포상금은 신고금액의 20퍼센트 범위로 하되, 2억원 이하로 한다.","notes":"","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2008"},{"rule_id":"r-e081c5e00b","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2008-02-29","valid_to":"","value":"20","unit":"percent","applies_to":"monetary award (포상금) for self-disclosure (art. 71(1) ground 4): share of the amount reported","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2008","location":"art. 71(3)","quote":"제1항제4호에 해당하는 경우 포상금은 신고금액의 20퍼센트 범위로 하되, 2억원 이하로 한다.","notes":"","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2008"},{"rule_id":"r-787d863ff5","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2008-02-29","valid_to":"","value":"2000000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"corruption reports","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2008","location":"art. 77(3)","quote":"보상금의 지급한도액은 20억원으로 하고","notes":"","restates":"r-24b651079e","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2008"},{"rule_id":"r-42830a368e","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2005-12-30","valid_to":"2015-10-19","value":"2000000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"corruption reports made before 20 Oct 2015","source_id":"kor-acrc-ar-2015","location":"PDF p. 35","quote":"for the corruption reports made after October 20, 2015, … the maximum reward has increased from the current 2 billion KRW to 3 billion KRW","notes":"","restates":"r-24b651079e","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2005"},{"rule_id":"r-24b651079e","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2005-12-30","valid_to":"2015-10-19","value":"2000000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"corruption reports","source_id":"kor-moleg-acad-decree-2005","location":"art. 40(3)","quote":"보상금의 지급한도액은 20억원으로 하고","notes":"Raised from 2억원; the reason statement says the cap goes \"현행 2억원에서 20억원으로\". Still 20억원 in the 2008 decree (art. 77(3)) and 2014 version.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2005"},{"rule_id":"r-8ebdd004b6","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2005-12-30","valid_to":"","value":"50000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"monetary awards (포상금) for corruption reports, grounds 1-3 and 5","source_id":"kor-moleg-acad-decree-2005","location":"art. 35(2)","quote":"제1항제1호 내지 제3호 및 제5호에 해당하는 경우 포상금은 5천만원 이하로 한다","notes":"Award cap, not reward cap. For reports of bribes received and self-reported, up to 20% of the amount, max 2억원 (art. 35(3)). Later raised to 2억원 (by 2021 per ACRC release of 11 Nov 2021) and 5억원 (ACRC annual reports 2022-2025); dates of those changes not established here, so valid_to is left empty.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2005"},{"rule_id":"r-16e802e0a2","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2005-12-30","valid_to":"2015-10-19","value":"200000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"monetary award (포상금) for self-disclosure: a person who received money or goods and reported them (art. 35(1) ground 4), Anti-Corruption Act decree from 30 Dec 2005","source_id":"kor-moleg-acad-decree-2005","location":"art. 35(3)","quote":"제1항제4호에 해당하는 경우 포상금은 신고금액의 20퍼센트 범위 내로 하되, 2억원 이하로 한다","notes":"Self-disclosure award: at most 20% of the amount reported and at most 2억원. Korean amounts read with 억 = 100,000,000, 천만 = 10,000,000, 만 = 10,000 (compound units multiply, e.g. 2억 = 200,000,000; 5천만 = 50,000,000; 30만 = 300,000); value recorded in KRW at scale 1 as existing Korean rule rows do. valid_to from kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2015 (raised to 30% and 5억원 for reports received from 20 Oct 2015); the 2008 ACRC decree (art. 71(3)) kept the same text.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2005"},{"rule_id":"r-d0deca88a3","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2005-12-30","valid_to":"2015-10-19","value":"20","unit":"percent","applies_to":"monetary award (포상금) for self-disclosure (art. 35(1) ground 4): share of the amount reported, Anti-Corruption Act decree from 30 Dec 2005","source_id":"kor-moleg-acad-decree-2005","location":"art. 35(3)","quote":"제1항제4호에 해당하는 경우 포상금은 신고금액의 20퍼센트 범위 내로 하되, 2억원 이하로 한다","notes":"Percent cap on the self-disclosure award (of the amount reported), alongside the KRW 200 million cap. valid_to from kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2015.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2005"},{"rule_id":"r-fe65f17a65","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"2002-01-25","valid_to":"2005-12-29","value":"200000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"corruption reports (Anti-Corruption Act)","source_id":"kor-moleg-acad-decree-2002","location":"art. 40(3)","quote":"보상금의 지급한도액은 2억원으로 하고","notes":"Printed as 2억원.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":"2002"},{"rule_id":"r-17884d3e84","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"","valid_to":"2024-08-06","value":"3000000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"public interest reports (PIWPA) filed on or before 7 Aug 2024","source_id":"kor-acrc-ar-2025","location":"PDF p. 89, item 4","quote":"For reports filed on or before August 7, 2024, the reward is capped at KRW 3 billion per individual report, whereas no maximum limit applies to reports filed on or after August 7, 2024.","notes":"The report gives 7 Aug 2024 on both sides of the change; valid_to set to the day before. No cap from 7 Aug 2024.","restates":"r-130d5043fe","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-b7191c69ac","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"100000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"monetary award (포상금) for corruption reports, general case","source_id":"kor-acrc-ar-2013","location":"p. 64-65 (PDF p. 65-66), \"Rewards and award money for whistleblowers\"","quote":"If a reporter satisfies one of the above conditions, the award money of less than KRW 100 million can be paid","notes":"As described in the 2013 report; validity dates not given.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-ae6cccf474","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"200000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"monetary award for a person who discloses having received pecuniary benefits (self-disclosure): less than one fifth of the benefits disclosed","source_id":"kor-acrc-ar-2013","location":"p. 64-65 (PDF p. 65-66), \"Rewards and award money for whistleblowers\"","quote":"the amount of award shall be less than a fifth of the pecuniary benefits disclosed but not exceeding KRW 200 million","notes":"As described in the 2013 report; validity dates not given.","restates":"r-16e802e0a2","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-fc79b7c31c","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"500000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"monetary award for a person who discloses having received money or valuables (self-disclosure): up to 30% of the amount reported","source_id":"kor-acrc-ar-2015","location":"PDF p. 34-35 (report p. 68-69)","quote":"if the person discloses that he/she received money or other valuables, up to 30% of the amount reported, but not exceeding KRW 500 million, can be provided as an award","notes":"Stated as current in the 2015 report (after the October 2015 decree revision); start date not stated. 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valid_to is the day before the amended Act and decree take effect (the reason statement gives the Act's effective date as 8. 7. [2024]).","restates":"r-130d5043fe","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-d4b1aa1b51","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_cap","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"500000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"monetary award (포상금) for public interest reports (PIWPA)","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2026","location":"art. 25-3(1)","quote":"이 경우 지급한도액은 5억원으로 한다.","notes":"","restates":"r-d3b024678c","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-aab8bdbcd7","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_reduction_max_officials","valid_from":"2002-01-25","valid_to":"2005-12-29","value":"50","unit":"percent","applies_to":"corruption reports by public officials about their own duties (other than audit/investigation staff, who get no reward)","source_id":"kor-moleg-acad-decree-2002","location":"art. 41","quote":"제1항의 규정에 의한 공직자를 제외한 공직자가 자기직무와 관련하여 신고한 경우에는 제40조의 규정에 의하여 산정된 보상금의 100분의 50의 범위안에서 감액할 수 있다","notes":"Proposed rule type (none fits): maximum cut in the reward for officials reporting on their own duties; art. 41(1) bars rewards to officials who audit or investigate corruption reporting on their own duties. valid_to taken from the next decree in the data (in force 30 Dec 2005); not printed here.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award cut for officials reporting on own duties","year":"2002"},{"rule_id":"r-e1481283d4","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_reduction_max_pct","valid_from":"2020-01-01","valid_to":"2023-12-18","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"public-funds rewards (Public Funds Recovery Act): maximum cut for each single reduction ground (accuracy, prior media coverage, reporter's own illegal acts, contribution)","source_id":"kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2020","location":"art. 20(2)","quote":"제1항 각 호의 사항별 감액 한도는 30퍼센트로 하며, 감액 사유가 둘 이상인 경우 감액한도는 50퍼센트를 초과할 수 없다","notes":"Proposed rule type (none fits): limit on how far the reward committee may cut a computed reward. Exception: no limit where the reporter planned or led the fraud. valid_to from kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2024 (art. 20 deleted <2023.12.19>).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award reduction","year":"2020"},{"rule_id":"r-cb2f0e1a15","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_reduction_max_pct","valid_from":"2020-01-01","valid_to":"2023-12-18","value":"50","unit":"percent","applies_to":"public-funds rewards (Public Funds Recovery Act): maximum total cut when two or more reduction grounds apply","source_id":"kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2020","location":"art. 20(2)","quote":"제1항 각 호의 사항별 감액 한도는 30퍼센트로 하며, 감액 사유가 둘 이상인 경우 감액한도는 50퍼센트를 초과할 수 없다","notes":"Proposed rule type (see the 30% row). valid_to from kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2024 (art. 20 deleted <2023.12.19>).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award 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시행 이후 보상금 지급을 신청하는 경우부터 적용된다').","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":"2026"},{"rule_id":"r-3cf26c52a2","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"2026-09-29","valid_to":"","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"fraudulent claims for public funds (Public Funds Recovery Act), from 29 Sep 2026","source_id":"kor-acrc-pr-2026-09-22","location":"p. 1-2","quote":"앞으로는 보상대상가액의 규모와 관계없이 30%를 기준으로 보상금을 산정한다.","notes":"valid_from: the amended decrees take effect on 29 September and the new criteria apply to reward applications made after that ('오는 9월 29일부터 시행되며, 개정된 보상금 지급기준은 시행 이후 보상금 지급을 신청하는 경우부터 적용된다').","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":"2026"},{"rule_id":"r-ba022386b3","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"2026-09-29","valid_to":"","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"public interest reports (PIWPA), from 29 Sep 2026","source_id":"kor-acrc-pr-2026-09-22","location":"p. 1-2","quote":"앞으로는 보상대상가액의 규모와 관계없이 30%를 기준으로 보상금을 산정한다.","notes":"valid_from: the amended decrees take effect on 29 September and the new criteria apply to reward applications made after that ('오는 9월 29일부터 시행되며, 개정된 보상금 지급기준은 시행 이후 보상금 지급을 신청하는 경우부터 적용된다').","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":"2026"},{"rule_id":"r-27f9274af4","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"2024-09-27","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"fraudulent claims for public funds (Public Funds Recovery Act)","source_id":"kor-acrc-ar-2025","location":"PDF p. 91, item 6","quote":"Rewards shall be paid within the range of 4% to 30% of the reward eligible amount, up to a maximum of KRW 3 billion","notes":"","restates":"r-1328f8a9b4","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":"2024"},{"rule_id":"r-1328f8a9b4","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"2024-09-27","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"fraudulent claims for public funds (Public Funds Recovery Act), applications from 27 Sep 2024 (decree annex 2, band up to 1억원)","source_id":"kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2024","location":"annex 2","quote":"│1억원 이하  │보상대상가액의 30%","notes":"Top rate of the new 30%-4% schedule (30% up to 1억원; 20%, 14%, 8%, 4% on higher bands). Korean amounts read with 억 = 100,000,000, 천만 = 10,000,000, 만 = 10,000 (compound units multiply, e.g. 2억 = 200,000,000; 5천만 = 50,000,000; 30만 = 300,000); value recorded in KRW at scale 1 as existing Korean rule rows do. Applications filed before 27 Sep 2024 keep the flat 30% (addendum 2024.9.26 art. 2). valid_to from kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2026. Same as the kor-acrc-ar-2025 row.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":"2024"},{"rule_id":"r-af78d382ed","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"2023-12-19","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"public interest reports filed on or after 19 Dec 2023 (PIWPA)","source_id":"kor-acrc-ar-2025","location":"PDF p. 89, item 4","quote":"whereas for reports filed on or after December 19, 2023, it shall be within the range of 4% to 30%","notes":"","restates":"r-e015cbe76e","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":"2023"},{"rule_id":"r-e015cbe76e","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"2023-12-19","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"public interest reports (PIWPA)","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2023","location":"annex 2","quote":"1억원 이하 │보상대상가액의 30%","notes":"Sliding scale by size of the recovered amount (보상대상가액): the top rate applies to the first KRW 100 million, the bottom rate is the marginal rate above KRW 4 billion. Reason statement: the base rate goes from \"보상대상가액의 20%\" to \"보상대상가액의 30%\".","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":"2023"},{"rule_id":"r-debf3951f5","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"2020-01-01","valid_to":"2024-09-26","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"fraudulent claims for public funds (Public Funds Recovery Act)","source_id":"kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2020","location":"art. 19(1)","quote":"의 30퍼센트로 한다","notes":"See award_pct_min row.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":"2020"},{"rule_id":"r-7f1b0056de","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"2015-10-20","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"corruption reports (ACRC Act)","source_id":"kor-acrc-ar-2025","location":"PDF p. 88","quote":"Rewards are paid at a rate of 4% to 30% of the reward eligible amount, up to a maximum of KRW 3 billion, and may be reduced in cases prescribed by Presidential Decree.","notes":"","restates":"r-7f9384e64a","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":"2015"},{"rule_id":"r-7f9384e64a","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"2015-10-20","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"corruption reports (ACRC Act)","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2015","location":"annex 1","quote":"1억원 이하 │보상대상가액의 30%","notes":"Sliding scale by size of the recovered amount (보상대상가액): the top rate applies to the first KRW 100 million, the bottom rate is the marginal rate above KRW 4 billion. Same schedule in annex 2 of the version of 3 Mar 2026.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":"2015"},{"rule_id":"r-e49d0afe79","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"2011-09-30","valid_to":"2023-12-18","value":"20","unit":"percent","applies_to":"public interest reports filed on or before 18 Dec 2023 (PIWPA)","source_id":"kor-acrc-ar-2025","location":"PDF p. 89, item 4","quote":"for reports filed on or before December 18, 2023, the reward shall be determined within the range of 4% to 20% of the reward eligible amount","notes":"","restates":"r-efea1d2aad","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":"2011"},{"rule_id":"r-efea1d2aad","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"2011-09-30","valid_to":"2023-12-18","value":"20","unit":"percent","applies_to":"public interest reports (PIWPA)","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2011","location":"art. 22(1), annex 2","quote":"1억원 이하 │ 20%","notes":"Sliding scale by size of the recovered amount (보상대상가액): the top rate applies to the first KRW 100 million, the bottom rate is the marginal rate above KRW 4 billion.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":"2011"},{"rule_id":"r-7980f9d6f9","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"2008-02-29","valid_to":"","value":"20","unit":"percent","applies_to":"corruption reports","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2008","location":"art. 77(1), annex 1","quote":"1억원 이하  │ 20%","notes":"Top band of the annex 1 schedule.","restates":"r-4f18498bbb","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":"2008"},{"rule_id":"r-4f18498bbb","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"2005-12-30","valid_to":"2015-10-19","value":"20","unit":"percent","applies_to":"corruption reports","source_id":"kor-moleg-acad-decree-2005","location":"annex 1","quote":"1억원 이하 │ 20%","notes":"Sliding scale by size of the recovered amount (보상대상가액): the top rate applies to the first KRW 100 million, the bottom rate is the marginal rate above KRW 4 billion. Same schedule in the 2008 ACRC Act decree (annex 1) and the 2014 version.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":"2005"},{"rule_id":"r-0d5ab196d1","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"2002-01-25","valid_to":"2005-12-29","value":"10","unit":"percent","applies_to":"corruption reports (Anti-Corruption Act)","source_id":"kor-moleg-acad-decree-2002","location":"art. 40(1), annex 1","quote":"1억원 이하 │ 10%","notes":"Sliding scale by size of the recovered amount (보상대상가액): the top rate applies to the first KRW 100 million, the bottom rate is the marginal rate above KRW 4 billion.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":"2002"},{"rule_id":"r-111c434b2f","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"20","unit":"percent","applies_to":"rewards (보상금) for corruption reports, as described in the 2013 report","source_id":"kor-acrc-ar-2013","location":"p. 64-65 (PDF p. 65-66), \"Rewards and award money for whistleblowers\"","quote":"The maximum amount of reward shall be less than KRW 2 billion, from 4% to 20% of the recovered or increased revenues or the reduced costs","notes":"Validity dates not stated in this report; the 2015 report says the band became 4-30% for reports after 20 Oct 2015. The 4% minimum and 2 billion cap are already in the rules table from the 2015 report.","restates":"r-4f18498bbb","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-aac4dc9694","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"rewards for corruption reports (ACRC reporters only), as stated in Nov 2021","source_id":"kor-acrc-pr-2021-11-11","location":"p. 1","quote":"부패신고 : 신고로 인한 수입 회복 · 증대액의 4 ∼ 30%( 국민권익위 신고자만 지급 )","notes":"Restates the rules in force.","restates":"r-7f9384e64a","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-0ccb7d4d81","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"20","unit":"percent","applies_to":"rewards for public-interest reports (internal whistleblowers only), as stated in Nov 2021","source_id":"kor-acrc-pr-2021-11-11","location":"p. 1","quote":"공익신고 : 신고로 인한 수입 회복 · 증대액의 4 ∼ 20%( 내부신고자만 지급 )","notes":"Restates the rules in force.","restates":"r-efea1d2aad","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-eb94ce168e","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"rewards for corruption reports, as stated in May 2022","source_id":"kor-acrc-pr-2022-05-09","location":"p. 2","quote":"현행 구간제 ( 부패 4% ∼ 30%, 공익 4% ∼ 20%)","notes":"Restates the sliding scale in force; 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validity date not printed.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-35e30b2afe","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"rewards under the ACRC Act, PIWPA and Public Funds Recovery Act, as stated in July 2026 (before the 29 Sep 2026 decrees)","source_id":"kor-acrc-pr-2026-07-14","location":"p. 1-2","quote":"1억원 이하 보상대상가액의 30%","notes":"Top band of the same sliding scale.","restates":"r-7f9384e64a","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-69a8c468b5","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"20","unit":"percent","applies_to":"corruption reports","source_id":"kor-acrc-ar-2014","location":"p. 70, 'Payment of reward'","quote":"The maximum amount of reward is KRW 2 billion, or 4-20% of the recovered amount.","notes":"","restates":"r-4f18498bbb","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-d3a03195f7","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"corruption reports (ACRC Act)","source_id":"kor-acrc-pr-2026-09-22","location":"p. 1-2","quote":"기존의 신고자 보상금은 보상 대상가액에 따라 4~30%의 비율로 차등 산정되어","notes":"Rate before the September 2026 amendment, graded by the amount recovered.","restates":"r-7f9384e64a","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-9cf2b7a82b","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"fraudulent claims for public funds (Public Funds Recovery Act)","source_id":"kor-acrc-pr-2026-09-22","location":"p. 1-2","quote":"기존의 신고자 보상금은 보상 대상가액에 따라 4~30%의 비율로 차등 산정되어","notes":"Rate before the September 2026 amendment, graded by the amount recovered.","restates":"r-debf3951f5","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-4bc99eb84c","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"public interest reports (PIWPA)","source_id":"kor-acrc-pr-2026-09-22","location":"p. 1-2","quote":"기존의 신고자 보상금은 보상 대상가액에 따라 4~30%의 비율로 차등 산정되어","notes":"Rate before the September 2026 amendment, graded by the amount recovered.","restates":"r-e015cbe76e","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-c30052f47d","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"Graft Act and Conflict of Interest Prevention Act reports (which apply the ACRC Act's reward rules), before 29 Sep 2026","source_id":"kor-acrc-pr-2026-09-22","location":"p. 1-2","quote":"기존의 신고자 보상금은 보상 대상가액에 따라 4~30%의 비율로 차등 산정되어","notes":"These reports apply the ACRC Act's reward criteria ('부패방지권익위법의 보상금 기준을 준용').","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-eadabab01a","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"20","unit":"percent","applies_to":"corruption reports","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2014","location":"art. 77(1), annex 1","quote":"1억원 이하  │ 20%","notes":"Top band of the annex 1 schedule.","restates":"r-4f18498bbb","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-aadfd39dab","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"corruption reports (ACRC Act)","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2026-09","location":"reason statement (개정이유)","quote":"해당 금액의 100분의 4에서 100분의 30까지로 차등하던 것을","notes":"Rule before this amendment; valid_to is the day before the decree takes effect (29 Sep 2026).","restates":"r-7f9384e64a","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-25c1ecb854","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"fraudulent claims for public funds (Public Funds Recovery Act)","source_id":"kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2026","location":"reason statement (개정이유)","quote":"해당 금액의 100분의 4에서 100분의 30까지로 차등하던 것을","notes":"Rule before this amendment; valid_to is the day before the decree takes effect (29 Sep 2026).","restates":"r-debf3951f5","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-ef9031fb79","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"20","unit":"percent","applies_to":"public interest reports (PIWPA)","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2018","location":"art. 22(1), annex 2","quote":"┃1억원 이하  │ 20%","notes":"Top band of the annex 2 schedule.","restates":"r-efea1d2aad","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-45d4a398c8","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"public interest reports (PIWPA)","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2024","location":"art. 22(1), annex 2","quote":"│1억원 이하  │보상대상가액의 30%","notes":"Top band of the annex 2 schedule.","restates":"r-e015cbe76e","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-f397196bf1","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_max","valid_from":"","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"public interest reports (PIWPA)","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2026","location":"reason statement (개정이유 및 주요내용)","quote":"해당 금액의 100분의 4에서 100분의 30까지로 차등하던 것을","notes":"Rule before this amendment; 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Unchanged in later stored versions.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum period of lost wages covered","year":"2011"},{"rule_id":"r-f3cdd57e35","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"relief_wage_loss_max_months","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"36","unit":"months","applies_to":"relief (구조금) under the ACRC Act: maximum period of lost wages covered","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2026-03","location":"art. 74(2)","quote":"월평균액은 평균임금의 2배를 초과하지 못하고, 법 제68조제3항제4호에 따른 임금 손실액의 산정기간은 36개월을 초과하지 못한다.","notes":"Proposed rule type (none fits). valid_from left empty as for the wage-cap row.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum period of lost wages covered","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-05b01f54d7","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"relief_wage_loss_max_months","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"36","unit":"months","applies_to":"relief (구조금) under the ACRC Act: maximum period of lost wages covered","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2026-09","location":"art. 74(2)","quote":"월평균액은 평균임금의 2배를 초과하지 못하고, 법 제68조제3항제4호에 따른 임금 손실액의 산정기간은 36개월을 초과하지 못한다.","notes":"","restates":"r-f3cdd57e35","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum period of lost wages covered","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-b7379f211e","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"relief_wage_loss_max_months","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"36","unit":"months","applies_to":"relief (구조금) under the Public Funds Recovery Act: maximum period of lost wages covered","source_id":"kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2026","location":"art. 22(2)","quote":"월평균액은 평균임금의 2배를 초과하지 못하고, 법 제23조제3항제4호에 따른 임금 손실액의 산정 기간은 36개월을 초과하지 못한다.","notes":"","restates":"r-c336c6c99a","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum period of lost wages covered","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-b29bd614b6","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"relief_wage_loss_max_months","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"36","unit":"months","applies_to":"relief (구조금) under the PIWPA: maximum period of lost wages covered","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2018","location":"art. 26(2)","quote":"월평균액은 평균임금의 2배를 초과하지 못하고, 법 제27조제1항제4호에 따른 임금 손실액의 산정기간은 36개월을 초과하지 못한다.","notes":"","restates":"r-ed85947b22","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum period of lost wages covered","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-d5764274cc","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"relief_wage_loss_max_months","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"36","unit":"months","applies_to":"relief (구조금) under the PIWPA: maximum period of lost wages covered","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2024","location":"art. 26(2)","quote":"월평균액은 평균임금의 2배를 초과하지 못하고, 법 제27조제1항제4호에 따른 임금 손실액의 산정기간은 36개월을 초과하지 못한다.","notes":"","restates":"r-ed85947b22","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum period of lost wages covered","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-1a52767c76","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"relief_wage_loss_max_months","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"36","unit":"months","applies_to":"relief (구조금) under the PIWPA: maximum period of lost wages covered","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2026","location":"art. 26(2)","quote":"월평균액은 평균임금의 2배를 초과하지 못하고, 법 제27조제1항제4호에 따른 임금 손실액의 산정기간은 36개월을 초과하지 못한다.","notes":"","restates":"r-ed85947b22","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Maximum period of lost wages covered","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-43c22103c9","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_min_amount","valid_from":"2023-12-19","valid_to":"","value":"300000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"public interest rewards (PIWPA): a reward computed at KRW 300,000 or less for an individual violation is not paid, reports made from 19 Dec 2023","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2023","location":"art. 22(3); reason statement","quote":"개별 공익침해행위로 인하여 산정된 보상금이 30만원 이하인 경우에는 지급하지 아니한다. <개정 2014.9.2, 2023.12.19>","notes":"Proposed rule type (see the 2011 row). Korean amounts read with 억 = 100,000,000, 천만 = 10,000,000, 만 = 10,000 (compound units multiply, e.g. 2억 = 200,000,000; 5천만 = 50,000,000; 30만 = 300,000); value recorded in KRW at scale 1 as existing Korean rule rows do. The reason statement confirms the change from 20만원 이하 to 30만원 이하. Still in force in kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2026 (art. 22(3)).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award amount","year":"2023"},{"rule_id":"r-4eeeea4790","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_min_amount","valid_from":"2023-12-19","valid_to":"","value":"300000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"public-funds rewards (Public Funds Recovery Act): a reward computed at KRW 300,000 or less for an individual fraudulent claim is not paid, reports made from 19 Dec 2023","source_id":"kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2024","location":"art. 19(6)","quote":"개별 부정청구등으로 인하여 산정된 보상금이 30만원 이하인 경우에는 보상금을 지급하지 않는다. <신설 2023.12.19>","notes":"Proposed rule type (see the PIWPA rows). Korean amounts read with 억 = 100,000,000, 천만 = 10,000,000, 만 = 10,000 (compound units multiply, e.g. 2억 = 200,000,000; 5천만 = 50,000,000; 30만 = 300,000); value recorded in KRW at scale 1 as existing Korean rule rows do. Still in kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2026 (art. 19(6)).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award amount","year":"2023"},{"rule_id":"r-074349f2a7","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_min_amount","valid_from":"2014-09-02","valid_to":"2023-12-18","value":"200000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"public interest rewards (PIWPA): a reward computed at KRW 200,000 or less for an individual violation is not paid, reports made from 2 Sep 2014","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2016","location":"art. 22(3); addendum 2014.9.2 art. 3","quote":"개별 공익침해행위로 인하여 산정된 보상금이 20만원 이하인 경우에는 지급하지 아니한다. <개정 2014.9.2>","notes":"Proposed rule type (see the 2011 row). Korean amounts read with 억 = 100,000,000, 천만 = 10,000,000, 만 = 10,000 (compound units multiply, e.g. 2억 = 200,000,000; 5천만 = 50,000,000; 30만 = 300,000); value recorded in KRW at scale 1 as existing Korean rule rows do. Amended by Presidential Decree 25586 (2 Sep 2014, in force on promulgation; earlier reports keep the old rule, addendum art. 3); that decree is not stored, this 2016 version prints it. valid_to from kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2023 (raised to 30만원 이하 on 19 Dec 2023). Note: kor-acrc-ar-2014 rows describe a 2014-09-02 change as a minimum penalty of KRW 1 million (sanctions_threshold); the decree text shows a minimum reward amount instead.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award amount","year":"2014"},{"rule_id":"r-7366e88732","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_min_amount","valid_from":"2011-09-30","valid_to":"2014-09-01","value":"100000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"public interest rewards (PIWPA): a reward computed below KRW 100,000 for an individual violation is not paid","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2011","location":"art. 22(3)","quote":"개별 공익침해행위로 인하여 산정된 보상금이 10만원 미만인 경우에는 지급하지 아니한다.","notes":"Proposed rule type (none fits): minimum reward. Here \"below\" (미만) KRW 100,000; later versions use \"or less\" (이하). Korean amounts read with 억 = 100,000,000, 천만 = 10,000,000, 만 = 10,000 (compound units multiply, e.g. 2억 = 200,000,000; 5천만 = 50,000,000; 30만 = 300,000); value recorded in KRW at scale 1 as existing Korean rule rows do. valid_to from kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2016 (art. 22(3) amended <2014.9.2> to 20만원 이하, for reports made from 2 Sep 2014).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award amount","year":"2011"},{"rule_id":"r-e216fb2276","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_min_amount","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"300000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"corruption rewards (ACRC Act): a reward computed at KRW 300,000 or less for an individual act of corruption is not paid","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2026-03","location":"art. 77(3)","quote":"개별 부패행위로 인하여 산정된 보상금이 30만원 이하인 경우에는 보상금을 지급하지 않는다. <신설 2022.2.18, 2023.12.19>","notes":"Proposed rule type (none fits): minimum reward; rewards at or below this amount are not paid. Korean amounts read with 억 = 100,000,000, 천만 = 10,000,000, 만 = 10,000 (compound units multiply, e.g. 2억 = 200,000,000; 5천만 = 50,000,000; 30만 = 300,000); value recorded in KRW at scale 1 as existing Korean rule rows do. valid_from left empty: the paragraph was created 18 Feb 2022 and amended 19 Dec 2023, and the 2022 addendum refers to rewards of 20만원 or less, so the threshold was probably KRW 200,000 from 18 Feb 2022 and KRW 300,000 from 19 Dec 2023 (as the PIWPA decree did, kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2023); the 2022 and 2023 amending decrees are not stored, so this is not confirmed. Still in force in kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2026-09 (art. 77(3)).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award amount","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-02b7138cfa","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_min_amount","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"300000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"corruption rewards (ACRC Act): a reward computed at KRW 300,000 or less for an individual act of corruption is not paid","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2026-09","location":"art. 77(3)","quote":"개별 부패행위로 인하여 산정된 보상금이 30만원 이하인 경우에는 보상금을 지급하지 않는다.","notes":"","restates":"r-e216fb2276","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award amount","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-66c402fa67","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_min_amount","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"300000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"public-funds rewards (Public Funds Recovery Act): a reward computed at KRW 300,000 or less for an individual fraudulent claim is not paid","source_id":"kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2026","location":"art. 19(6)","quote":"개별 부정청구등으로 인하여 산정된 보상금이 30만원 이하인 경우에는 보상금을 지급하지 않는다.","notes":"","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award amount","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-c84b6473a6","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_min_amount","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"200000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"public interest rewards (PIWPA): a reward computed at KRW 200,000 or less for an individual violation is not paid","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2018","location":"art. 22(3)","quote":"개별 공익침해행위로 인하여 산정된 보상금이 20만원 이하인 경우에는 지급하지 아니한다.","notes":"","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award amount","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-923235e3eb","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_min_amount","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"300000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"public interest rewards (PIWPA): a reward computed at KRW 300,000 or less for an individual violation is not paid","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2024","location":"art. 22(3)","quote":"개별 공익침해행위로 인하여 산정된 보상금이 30만원 이하인 경우에는 지급하지 아니한다.","notes":"","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award amount","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-28d7424a0e","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_min_amount","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"300000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"public interest rewards (PIWPA): a reward computed at KRW 300,000 or less for an individual violation is not paid","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2026","location":"art. 22(3)","quote":"개별 공익침해행위로 인하여 산정된 보상금이 30만원 이하인 경우에는 지급하지 아니한다.","notes":"","restates":"r-923235e3eb","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award amount","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-cbdb9485c3","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"2026-09-29","valid_to":"","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"applications made from 29 Sep 2026 under the ACRC Act, PIWPA and Public Funds Recovery Act","source_id":"kor-sbs-decree-2026","location":"article text","quote":"앞으로 부패·공익침해 행위 신고자는 상한 없이 보상대상 가액(수입 회복액)의 30%를 보상금을 받을 수 있습니다.","notes":"Flat 30% replaces the sliding 4-30% scale; reductions for accuracy, evidence and contribution are kept (kor-asiae-decree-2026), so 30% is a ceiling in practice. Media report; decree text not retrieved.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":"2026"},{"rule_id":"r-009ee7d444","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"2026-09-29","valid_to":"","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"corruption reports (ACRC Act), applications filed from 29 Sep 2026","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2026-09","location":"art. 77(1)","quote":"보상금은 제72조제1항 각 호의 부과 및 환수 등으로 인하여 직접적인 공공기관 수입의 회복이나 증대 또는 비용의 절감을 가져오거나 그에 관한 법률관계가 확정된 금액의 100분의 30으로 한다","notes":"Flat 30%, which may still be reduced or refused for the reasons in art. 77(2). Addendum art. 2: applications filed before the decree took effect keep the old schedule. Also applies by reference to rewards under the Improper Solicitation Act and the Conflict of Interest Act (ACRC release 22 Sep 2026).","restates":"r-cbdb9485c3","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":"2026"},{"rule_id":"r-dfa4215466","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"2026-09-29","valid_to":"","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"public interest reports (PIWPA), from 29 Sep 2026","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2026","location":"art. 22(1)","quote":"보상금은 같은 조 제1항 각 호 및 이 영 제21조제1항 각 호의 부과 및 환수 등으로 인하여 직접적인 공공기관 수입의 회복 또는 증대를 가져오거나 그에 관한 법률관계가 확정된 금액의 100분의 30으로 한다","notes":"Flat 30%, reducible under art. 22(2). Uncapped since 7 Aug 2024.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":"2026"},{"rule_id":"r-2a6791f414","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"2026-09-29","valid_to":"","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"fraudulent claims for public funds (Public Funds Recovery Act), from 29 Sep 2026","source_id":"kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2026","location":"art. 19(1)","quote":"보상금은 법 제23조제2항 각 호의 조치로 인하여 공공기관의 직접적인 수입의 회복ㆍ증대 또는 비용의 절감을 가져오거나 그에 관한 법률관계가 확정된 금액의 100분의 30으로 한다","notes":"Flat 30%, reducible under art. 19(2).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":"2026"},{"rule_id":"r-1d6d2492b6","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"2026-09-29","valid_to":"","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"Graft Act and Conflict of Interest Prevention Act reports, applications from 29 Sep 2026","source_id":"kor-acrc-pr-2026-09-22","location":"p. 1-2","quote":"국민권익위 소관 반부패 5개 법률의 보상금 지급 체계가 함께 개선된다","notes":"Flat 30% of the recovered amount (reductions for accuracy, contribution etc. still allowed), extended to the two laws that apply the ACRC Act's reward rules.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":"2026"},{"rule_id":"r-cfc08e62ef","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"2026-09-29","valid_to":"","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"corruption reports (ACRC Act), applications filed from 29 Sep 2026","source_id":"kor-acrc-pr-2026-09-22","location":"p. 1-2","quote":"앞으로는 보상대상가액의 규모와 관계없이 30%를 기준으로 보상금을 산정한다.","notes":"valid_from: the amended decrees take effect on 29 September and the new criteria apply to reward applications made after that ('오는 9월 29일부터 시행되며, 개정된 보상금 지급기준은 시행 이후 보상금 지급을 신청하는 경우부터 적용된다').","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":"2026"},{"rule_id":"r-1f0029ad05","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"2026-09-29","valid_to":"","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"fraudulent claims for public funds (Public Funds Recovery Act), from 29 Sep 2026","source_id":"kor-acrc-pr-2026-09-22","location":"p. 1-2","quote":"앞으로는 보상대상가액의 규모와 관계없이 30%를 기준으로 보상금을 산정한다.","notes":"valid_from: the amended decrees take effect on 29 September and the new criteria apply to reward applications made after that ('오는 9월 29일부터 시행되며, 개정된 보상금 지급기준은 시행 이후 보상금 지급을 신청하는 경우부터 적용된다').","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":"2026"},{"rule_id":"r-d327553da0","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"2026-09-29","valid_to":"","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"public interest reports (PIWPA), from 29 Sep 2026","source_id":"kor-acrc-pr-2026-09-22","location":"p. 1-2","quote":"앞으로는 보상대상가액의 규모와 관계없이 30%를 기준으로 보상금을 산정한다.","notes":"valid_from: the amended decrees take effect on 29 September and the new criteria apply to reward applications made after that ('오는 9월 29일부터 시행되며, 개정된 보상금 지급기준은 시행 이후 보상금 지급을 신청하는 경우부터 적용된다').","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":"2026"},{"rule_id":"r-d9982e3201","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"2024-09-27","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"4","unit":"percent","applies_to":"fraudulent claims for public funds (Public Funds Recovery Act)","source_id":"kor-acrc-ar-2025","location":"PDF p. 91, item 6","quote":"Rewards shall be paid within the range of 4% to 30% of the reward eligible amount, up to a maximum of KRW 3 billion","notes":"valid_from = date the amended Act took effect (27 Sep 2024, same paragraph); the band may be older.","restates":"r-229b487f81","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":"2024"},{"rule_id":"r-229b487f81","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"2024-09-27","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"4","unit":"percent","applies_to":"fraudulent claims for public funds (Public Funds Recovery Act), applications from 27 Sep 2024 (decree annex 2, band above 40억원)","source_id":"kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2024","location":"annex 2","quote":"│40억원 초과 │4억8천만원 + 40억원 초과금액의 4%","notes":"Bottom marginal rate of the schedule. valid_to from kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2026. Same as the kor-acrc-ar-2025 row.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":"2024"},{"rule_id":"r-58270fd1c2","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"2023-12-19","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"4","unit":"percent","applies_to":"public interest reports filed on or after 19 Dec 2023 (PIWPA)","source_id":"kor-acrc-ar-2025","location":"PDF p. 89, item 4","quote":"whereas for reports filed on or after December 19, 2023, it shall be within the range of 4% to 30%","notes":"","restates":"r-b3d2402d3e","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":"2023"},{"rule_id":"r-b3d2402d3e","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"2023-12-19","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"4","unit":"percent","applies_to":"public interest rewards (PIWPA), reports made from 19 Dec 2023 (decree annex 2, bottom band above 40억원)","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2023","location":"annex 2","quote":"│40억원 초과 │4억8천만원 + 40억원 초과금액의 4%","notes":"Bottom marginal rate of the 30%-4% schedule (30% up to 1억원; 20%, 14%, 8%, 4% on higher bands). Korean amounts read with 억 = 100,000,000, 천만 = 10,000,000, 만 = 10,000 (compound units multiply, e.g. 2억 = 200,000,000; 5천만 = 50,000,000; 30만 = 300,000); value recorded in KRW at scale 1 as existing Korean rule rows do. Reports made before 19 Dec 2023 keep the 20%-4% schedule (addendum art. 2). valid_to from kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2026 (flat 30% for applications from 29 Sep 2026). Same value as the kor-acrc-ar-2025 row.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":"2023"},{"rule_id":"r-53a083f481","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"2020-01-01","valid_to":"2024-09-26","value":"30","unit":"percent","applies_to":"fraudulent claims for public funds (Public Funds Recovery Act)","source_id":"kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2020","location":"art. 19(1)","quote":"보상금은 보상대상가액(부정이익등의 환수 또는 제재부가금의 부과 등으로 인하여 직접적인 공공기관 수입의 회복ㆍ증대 또는 비용의 절감을 가져오거나 그에 관한 법률관계가 확정된 경우 그 금액)의 30퍼센트로 한다","notes":"Flat 30% from the start of the Act. Replaced by a 30%-4% sliding scale from 27 Sep 2024 (decree 34920, reason statement: \"종전에는 ... 일률적으로 보상대상가액의 30퍼센트를 보상금으로 산정하였으나\").","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":"2020"},{"rule_id":"r-8c7c345504","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"2015-10-20","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"4","unit":"percent","applies_to":"corruption reports (ACRC Act)","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2015","location":"annex 1","quote":"40억원 초과 │4억8천만원 + 40억원 초과금액의 4%","notes":"Sliding scale by size of the recovered amount (보상대상가액): the top rate applies to the first KRW 100 million, the bottom rate is the marginal rate above KRW 4 billion.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":"2015"},{"rule_id":"r-d44a40110b","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"2011-09-30","valid_to":"2023-12-18","value":"4","unit":"percent","applies_to":"public interest reports filed on or before 18 Dec 2023 (PIWPA)","source_id":"kor-acrc-ar-2025","location":"PDF p. 89, item 4","quote":"for reports filed on or before December 18, 2023, the reward shall be determined within the range of 4% to 20% of the reward eligible amount","notes":"","restates":"r-6550595950","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":"2011"},{"rule_id":"r-6550595950","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"2011-09-30","valid_to":"2023-12-18","value":"4","unit":"percent","applies_to":"public interest reports (PIWPA)","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2011","location":"annex 2","quote":"40억원 초과 │3억4천6백만원+40억원 초과금액의 4%","notes":"Sliding scale by size of the recovered amount (보상대상가액): the top rate applies to the first KRW 100 million, the bottom rate is the marginal rate above KRW 4 billion.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":"2011"},{"rule_id":"r-5a2bfd4d8c","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"2008-02-29","valid_to":"","value":"4","unit":"percent","applies_to":"corruption reports","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2008","location":"art. 77(1), annex 1","quote":"40억원 초과 │3억4천6백만원+40억원 초과금액의 4%","notes":"Bottom band of the annex 1 schedule.","restates":"r-353c6cc269","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":"2008"},{"rule_id":"r-c3804433ac","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"2005-12-30","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"4","unit":"percent","applies_to":"corruption reports (ACRC Act)","source_id":"kor-acrc-ar-2015","location":"PDF p. 35","quote":"The maximum amount of reward is KRW 3 billion, or 4-30% of the recovered amount.","notes":"Start date of the 4-30% band not established here; still 4-30% in the 2025 report (PDF p. 88). Sliding scale by size of recovery (asiae 2026).","restates":"r-8c7c345504","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":"2005"},{"rule_id":"r-353c6cc269","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"2005-12-30","valid_to":"2015-10-19","value":"4","unit":"percent","applies_to":"corruption reports","source_id":"kor-moleg-acad-decree-2005","location":"annex 1","quote":"40억원 초과 │ 3억4천6백만원+40억원 초과금액의 4%","notes":"Sliding scale by size of the recovered amount (보상대상가액): the top rate applies to the first KRW 100 million, the bottom rate is the marginal rate above KRW 4 billion.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":"2005"},{"rule_id":"r-9dbdf598d6","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"2002-01-25","valid_to":"2005-12-29","value":"2","unit":"percent","applies_to":"corruption reports (Anti-Corruption Act)","source_id":"kor-moleg-acad-decree-2002","location":"annex 1","quote":"40억원 초과 │ 1억7천3백만원＋40억원 초과금액의 2%","notes":"Sliding scale by size of the recovered amount (보상대상가액): the top rate applies to the first KRW 100 million, the bottom rate is the marginal rate above KRW 4 billion.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":"2002"},{"rule_id":"r-3d0010cf3e","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"4","unit":"percent","applies_to":"rewards for corruption reports (ACRC reporters only), as stated in Nov 2021","source_id":"kor-acrc-pr-2021-11-11","location":"p. 1","quote":"부패신고 : 신고로 인한 수입 회복 · 증대액의 4 ∼ 30%( 국민권익위 신고자만 지급 )","notes":"Restates the rules in force.","restates":"r-8c7c345504","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-2403511bed","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"4","unit":"percent","applies_to":"rewards for public-interest reports (internal whistleblowers only), as stated in Nov 2021","source_id":"kor-acrc-pr-2021-11-11","location":"p. 1","quote":"공익신고 : 신고로 인한 수입 회복 · 증대액의 4 ∼ 20%( 내부신고자만 지급 )","notes":"Restates the rules in force.","restates":"r-6550595950","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-94d447623d","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"4","unit":"percent","applies_to":"rewards for corruption reports, as stated in May 2022","source_id":"kor-acrc-pr-2022-05-09","location":"p. 2","quote":"현행 구간제 ( 부패 4% ∼ 30%, 공익 4% ∼ 20%)","notes":"Restates the sliding scale in force; 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3천만 + 20% of the excess over 1억 up to 5억; 1억1천만 + 14% over 5억 up to 20억; 3억2천만 + 8% over 20억 up to 40억; 4억8천만 + 4% over 40억.","restates":"r-8c7c345504","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-431d8b761f","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"4","unit":"percent","applies_to":"corruption reports","source_id":"kor-acrc-ar-2014","location":"p. 70, 'Payment of reward'","quote":"The maximum amount of reward is KRW 2 billion, or 4-20% of the recovered amount.","notes":"","restates":"r-353c6cc269","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-ffc4a1c97c","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"4","unit":"percent","applies_to":"corruption reports (ACRC Act)","source_id":"kor-acrc-pr-2026-09-22","location":"p. 1-2","quote":"기존의 신고자 보상금은 보상 대상가액에 따라 4~30%의 비율로 차등 산정되어","notes":"Rate before the September 2026 amendment, graded by the amount recovered.","restates":"r-8c7c345504","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-63dd43bb4a","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"4","unit":"percent","applies_to":"fraudulent claims for public funds (Public Funds Recovery Act)","source_id":"kor-acrc-pr-2026-09-22","location":"p. 1-2","quote":"기존의 신고자 보상금은 보상 대상가액에 따라 4~30%의 비율로 차등 산정되어","notes":"Rate before the September 2026 amendment, graded by the amount recovered.","restates":"r-d9982e3201","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-d81df7e9c0","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"4","unit":"percent","applies_to":"public interest reports (PIWPA)","source_id":"kor-acrc-pr-2026-09-22","location":"p. 1-2","quote":"기존의 신고자 보상금은 보상 대상가액에 따라 4~30%의 비율로 차등 산정되어","notes":"Rate before the September 2026 amendment, graded by the amount recovered.","restates":"r-6550595950","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-8cc1c1ee02","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"4","unit":"percent","applies_to":"Graft Act and Conflict of Interest Prevention Act reports (which apply the ACRC Act's reward rules), before 29 Sep 2026","source_id":"kor-acrc-pr-2026-09-22","location":"p. 1-2","quote":"기존의 신고자 보상금은 보상 대상가액에 따라 4~30%의 비율로 차등 산정되어","notes":"These reports apply the ACRC Act's reward criteria ('부패방지권익위법의 보상금 기준을 준용').","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-7683e16b74","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"4","unit":"percent","applies_to":"corruption reports","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2014","location":"art. 77(1), annex 1","quote":"40억원 초과 │3억4천6백만원+40억원 초과금액의 4%","notes":"Bottom band of the annex 1 schedule.","restates":"r-353c6cc269","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-8b691a010c","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"4","unit":"percent","applies_to":"corruption reports (ACRC Act)","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2026-09","location":"reason statement (개정이유)","quote":"해당 금액의 100분의 4에서 100분의 30까지로 차등하던 것을","notes":"Rule before this amendment; valid_to is the day before the decree takes effect (29 Sep 2026).","restates":"r-8c7c345504","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-9e775d4d89","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"4","unit":"percent","applies_to":"fraudulent claims for public funds (Public Funds Recovery Act)","source_id":"kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2026","location":"reason statement (개정이유)","quote":"해당 금액의 100분의 4에서 100분의 30까지로 차등하던 것을","notes":"Rule before this amendment; valid_to is the day before the decree takes effect (29 Sep 2026).","restates":"r-d9982e3201","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-c1c81a5074","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"4","unit":"percent","applies_to":"public interest reports (PIWPA)","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2018","location":"art. 22(1), annex 2","quote":"┃40억원 초과 │3억4천6백만원+40억원 초과금액의 4%","notes":"Bottom band of the annex 2 schedule.","restates":"r-6550595950","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-e6a5355d7c","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"4","unit":"percent","applies_to":"public interest reports (PIWPA)","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2024","location":"art. 22(1), annex 2","quote":"│40억원 초과 │4억8천만원 + 40억원 초과금액의 4%","notes":"Bottom band of the annex 2 schedule.","restates":"r-6550595950","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-a4dfd97ec8","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_pct_min","valid_from":"","valid_to":"2026-09-28","value":"4","unit":"percent","applies_to":"public interest reports (PIWPA)","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2026","location":"reason statement (개정이유 및 주요내용)","quote":"해당 금액의 100분의 4에서 100분의 30까지로 차등하던 것을","notes":"Rule before this amendment; valid_to is the day before the decree takes effect (29 Sep 2026).","restates":"r-6550595950","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum award share","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-fd055c2ca9","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"sanctions_threshold","valid_from":"2014-09-02","valid_to":"","value":"1000000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"public-interest reports: minimum administrative charge or penalty imposed on the violator for a reward to be payable","source_id":"kor-acrc-ar-2014","location":"p. 73","quote":"The Commission revised the Enforcement Decree of the Act on the Protection of Public Interest Whistleblowers on Sep. 2, 2014 ... (the minimum penalty was raised from KRW 500,000 to KRW 1 million)","notes":"valid_from = date of the decree revision as printed; end date not in this report.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum sanctions or amount collected to qualify","year":"2014"},{"rule_id":"r-c6b086e843","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"sanctions_threshold","valid_from":"","valid_to":"2014-09-01","value":"500000","unit":"KRW","applies_to":"public-interest reports: minimum administrative charge or penalty imposed on the violator for a reward to be payable","source_id":"kor-acrc-ar-2014","location":"p. 73","quote":"there will be no reward money for cases where the amount of the imposed administrative charge/penalty on the violator is too small (the minimum penalty was raised from KRW 500,000 to KRW 1 million)","notes":"Start date not given.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Minimum sanctions or amount collected to qualify","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-9867623da5","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"covered_laws_count","valid_from":"2011-09-30","valid_to":"2016-01-24","value":"169","unit":"laws","applies_to":"public interest reports (PIWPA): number of laws whose violations count as public-interest violations (decree annex 1, besides the laws listed in the Act itself)","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2011","location":"reason statement (제정이유), item 가 1); annex 1","quote":"소비자의 이익 보호 및 공정한 경쟁 확보와 관련된 법률 169개를 공익침해행위 대상 법률로 규정함","notes":"Proposed rule type (none fits): scope of the programme, as a count of covered laws. Annex 1 numbers its entries 1-169. Annex 1 and art. 2 were deleted on 22 Jan 2016 (kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2016), when the list moved into the Act; valid_to set to the day before that decree took effect (25 Jan 2016).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Number of laws covered","year":"2011"},{"rule_id":"r-f9b778c055","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_partial_payment_pct","valid_from":"2024-09-27","valid_to":"","value":"50","unit":"percent","applies_to":"public-funds rewards (Public Funds Recovery Act) decided on a legally settled recovery when nothing, or less than half of the reward, has yet been recovered: maximum share paid up front","source_id":"kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2024","location":"art. 23-2(3)","quote":"결정된 지급금액의 100분의 50 범위에서 보상금의 일부만 우선 지급하도록 결정할 수 있다","notes":"Proposed rule type (see the corruption rows). valid_from is the start of this version: art. 23-2 carries no amendment date, while the addendum of 19 Dec 2023 refers to changes to arts. 23-25, so the up-front rule may date from 19 Dec 2023 (that decree is not stored). Still in kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2026.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Share of award that may be withheld until recovery starts","year":"2024"},{"rule_id":"r-33bed7b3ec","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_partial_payment_pct","valid_from":"2023-12-19","valid_to":"","value":"50","unit":"percent","applies_to":"corruption rewards (ACRC Act) decided on a legally settled recovery when nothing, or less than half of the reward, has yet been recovered: maximum share paid up front","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2026-03","location":"art. 79(2)","quote":"결정된 지급금액의 100분의 50 범위에서 보상금의 일부만 우선 지급하도록 결정할 수 있다. <신설 2023.12.19>","notes":"Proposed rule type (see the 2005 row): up-front partial payment of at most 50%, the rest paid as money is recovered (art. 79(3)). Applies to reports made from 19 Dec 2023 (addendum 2023.12.19 art. 2). Still in kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2026-09.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Share of award that may be withheld until recovery starts","year":"2023"},{"rule_id":"r-b4c103af90","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_partial_payment_pct","valid_from":"2020-01-01","valid_to":"2023-12-18","value":"50","unit":"percent","applies_to":"public-funds rewards (Public Funds Recovery Act) decided on a legally settled recovery: share of the decided reward that may be withheld until revenue recovery starts","source_id":"kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2020","location":"art. 25(2)","quote":"공공기관의 수입 회복 등이 시작될 때까지는 제23조제1항에 따라 결정된 보상금의 100분의 50 이내에 해당하는 금액을 지급하지 않을 수 있다","notes":"Proposed rule type (see the corruption rows). valid_to from kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2024 (art. 25(3) deleted and the mechanism rewritten <2023.12.19> as an up-front payment of up to 50%).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Share of award that may be withheld until recovery starts","year":"2020"},{"rule_id":"r-12ca382f50","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_partial_payment_pct","valid_from":"2011-09-30","valid_to":"","value":"50","unit":"percent","applies_to":"public interest rewards (PIWPA) decided on a legally settled recovery when recovery has not started or is below half the reward: maximum share paid first","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2011","location":"art. 23(2)","quote":"우선적으로 100분의 50 범위에서 보상금을 지급하고","notes":"Proposed rule type (see the corruption rows). Still 50% in the 2023, 2024 and 2026 versions (art. 23(2)), reworded 19 Dec 2023 and 30 Jul 2024.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Share of award that may be withheld until recovery starts","year":"2011"},{"rule_id":"r-103babafea","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_partial_payment_pct","valid_from":"2008-02-29","valid_to":"","value":"50","unit":"percent","applies_to":"corruption rewards decided on a legally settled recovery: share of the decided reward that may be withheld until public revenue recovery starts","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2008","location":"art. 81(2)","quote":"공공기관의 수입회복 등이 시작될 때까지 제79조제1항에 따라 결정된 보상금의 100분의 50 범위에서 그 지급을 하지 아니할 수 있다.","notes":"","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Share of award that may be withheld until recovery starts","year":"2008"},{"rule_id":"r-93119e6ed7","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_partial_payment_pct","valid_from":"2005-12-30","valid_to":"2023-12-18","value":"50","unit":"percent","applies_to":"corruption rewards decided on a legally settled recovery: share of the decided reward that may be withheld until public revenue recovery starts (Anti-Corruption Act decree)","source_id":"kor-moleg-acad-decree-2005","location":"art. 44(2)","quote":"공공기관의 수입회복 등이 시작될 때까지 제42조제1항의 규정에 의하여 결정된 보상금의 100분의 50범위 안에서 그 지급을 하지 아니할 수 있다","notes":"Proposed rule type (none fits): the share of a decided reward the commission may hold back (or, in later decrees, the most it may pay up front) until money is actually recovered. Paragraph marked <신설 2005.12.30>. valid_to from kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2026-03 (art. 79(2)-(3) and 81 rewritten <2023.12.19> as an up-front payment of up to 50%).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Share of award that may be withheld until recovery starts","year":"2005"},{"rule_id":"r-3ece2a0416","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_partial_payment_pct","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"50","unit":"percent","applies_to":"corruption rewards decided on a legally settled recovery: share of the decided reward that may be withheld until public revenue recovery starts","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2014","location":"art. 81(2)","quote":"공공기관의 수입회복 등이 시작될 때까지 제79조제1항에 따라 결정된 보상금의 100분의 50 범위에서 그 지급을 하지 아니할 수 있다.","notes":"","restates":"r-103babafea","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Share of award that may be withheld until recovery starts","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-5013e298c7","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_partial_payment_pct","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"50","unit":"percent","applies_to":"corruption rewards (ACRC Act) decided on a legally settled recovery when nothing, or less than half of the reward, has yet been recovered: maximum share paid up front","source_id":"kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2026-09","location":"art. 79(2)","quote":"결정된 지급금액의 100분의 50 범위에서 보상금의 일부만 우선 지급하도록 결정할 수 있다.","notes":"","restates":"r-33bed7b3ec","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Share of award that may be withheld until recovery starts","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-d022bbf7d1","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_partial_payment_pct","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"50","unit":"percent","applies_to":"public-funds rewards (Public Funds Recovery Act) decided on a legally settled recovery when nothing, or less than half of the reward, has yet been recovered: maximum share paid up front","source_id":"kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2026","location":"art. 23-2(3)","quote":"결정된 지급금액의 100분의 50 범위에서 보상금의 일부만 우선 지급하도록 결정할 수 있다.","notes":"","restates":"r-f9b778c055","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Share of award that may be withheld until recovery starts","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-62a4fa1eb0","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_partial_payment_pct","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"50","unit":"percent","applies_to":"public interest rewards (PIWPA) decided on a legally settled recovery when recovery has not started or is below half the reward: maximum share paid first","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2018","location":"art. 23(2)","quote":"우선적으로 100분의 50 범위에서 보상금을 지급하고","notes":"","restates":"r-12ca382f50","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Share of award that may be withheld until recovery starts","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-484ca2aca5","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_partial_payment_pct","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"50","unit":"percent","applies_to":"public interest rewards (PIWPA) decided on a legally settled recovery when recovery has not started or is below half the reward: maximum share paid first","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2024","location":"art. 23(2)","quote":"별표 2에 따라 산정된 보상금 지급금액의 100분의 50 범위에서 보상금을 우선적으로 지급하도록 결정할 수 있다.","notes":"","restates":"r-12ca382f50","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Share of award that may be withheld until recovery starts","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-c6990269e8","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"award_partial_payment_pct","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"50","unit":"percent","applies_to":"public interest rewards (PIWPA) decided on a legally settled recovery when recovery has not started or is below half the reward: maximum share paid first","source_id":"kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2026","location":"art. 23(2)","quote":"제22조제1항에 따라 산정된 보상금 지급금액의 100분의 50 범위에서 보상금을 우선적으로 지급하도록 결정할 수 있다.","notes":"","restates":"r-12ca382f50","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Share of award that may be withheld until recovery starts","year":""},{"rule_id":"r-409db005c3","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"agency_repayment_deadline_months","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"3","unit":"months","applies_to":"local governments and public bodies whose recovered corruption gains led to an ACRC reward: time to repay the reward amount to the ACRC","source_id":"kor-acrc-ar-2010","location":"PDF p. 70 (report p. 68), 'Implementing reward repayment system'","quote":"requires convicted government offices to repay the amount of reward within 3 months","notes":"No existing rule name fits; proposed rule. 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Outer limit; see the 3-year row.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Time limit to file a claim","year":"2024"},{"rule_id":"r-355b202955","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"filing_deadline_days","valid_from":"2002-01-25","valid_to":"","value":"2","unit":"years","applies_to":"corruption reports (original Act)","source_id":"kor-moleg-acad-act-2001","location":"art. 36(4)","quote":"보상금의 지급신청은 공공기관 수입의 회복이나 증대 또는 비용의 절감이 있음을 안 날부터 2년 이내에 하여야 한다","notes":"Two years from learning of the recovery. Unit \"years\" because the law states years. Now three years from learning that the legal relationship is settled, and no later than five years after it (ACRC Act art. 68(6)); date of that change not established here.","restates":"","jurisdiction":"KOR","route_name":"Time limit to file a claim","year":"2002"},{"rule_id":"r-aabed4bb9d","program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","rule":"filing_deadline_days","valid_from":"","valid_to":"","value":"3","unit":"years","applies_to":"corruption rewards (ACRC Act): from the date the applicant learns the recovery is legally established","source_id":"kor-acrc-ar-2025","location":"PDF p. 87-88 (report p. 86-87)","quote":"An application for a reward must be submitted within three years from the date on which the applicant becomes aware that the legal relationship ... has been established, and no application may be submitted after five years","notes":"Unit years, as in the existing filing_deadline_days row for the 2001 Act. 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Distribution among several informants of different facts is at the committee's discretion (Art. 6(2)(3)).","restates":"","jurisdiction":"TWN","route_name":"Award is discretionary","year":"2019"},{"rule_id":"r-e324ce1a63","program_id":"twn-moj-corruption-rewards","rule":"conviction_required","valid_from":"2019-02-01","valid_to":"","value":"1","unit":"flag","applies_to":"corruption rewards: one third after a court conviction, the rest after the conviction becomes final","source_id":"twn-moj-reward-regulation-2019","location":"Art. 7(1)","quote":"檢舉貪污瀆職案件，經法院判決有罪者，依附表之標準給與獎金三分之一，經法院判決有罪確定後，給與其餘獎金。","notes":"Proposed rule (not in DATA_MODEL list). 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