Regulations for Coverage and Handling of Special Military Procurement Article 3

The term “this nation is confronted with a war, in mobilization for a war, or in a war” referred to in subparagraph 1 of paragraph 1 of Article 104 of the Act means that the Ministry of National Defense issues an urgent order for combat readiness alert under the relevant military regulations, or mobilizes the reserve forces depending on the actual need, when the nation is facing apparent military threats, is being blockaded by military force or has been attacked by the enemy.The term “confidential or strictly confidential” referred to in subparagraph 2 of paragraph 1 of Article 104 of the Act means that the level of secrecy including confidential, strictly confidential and absolute confidential prescribed in the Classified National Security Information Protection Act or the Regulations for Scope, Categories and Classification of Military Secrecy and National Secrecy.The term “there is an emergency which may jeopardize an important military mission” referred to in subparagraph 3 of paragraph 1 of Article 104 of the Act means that during the period of ordinary combat readiness, any sudden and temporary shortage of weapons, ammunitions or combat materials which jeopardize the ordinary course of combat readiness and, unless immediate procurement is conducted, the military alert, urgent combat readiness or military mission will be affected.