Resource Circulation Promotion Act Article 12

For the purpose of exercising the authority set forth in Paragraphs 1 through 3 of the preceding article, the central competent authority shall establish a Resource Circulation Promotion Council (hereinafter referred to as the “Promotion Council”), which shall be responsible for convening and supervising relevant ministries and agencies in conducting deliberation, coordination, assessment, integration, formulation, and promotion of the resource circulation policies and measures referred to in the preceding article.The Promotion Council shall have one convener, to be concurrently served by the Minister of Environment. The term of office for members shall be two years. Members shall consist of representatives from relevant government agencies, scholars, experts, and environmental protection organizations. Representatives from government agencies shall be officials at the deputy-head level or above. Scholars, experts, and representatives of environmental protection organizations shall account for no less than one-half of the total membership, and representatives of environmental protection organizations shall account for no less than one-fourth of the total membership of the Promotion Council.Minutes of meetings of the Promotion Council shall be made publicly available, provided, however, that matters involving state secrets or trade secrets shall not be subject to such requirement.