Regulations Governing Procurements for Scientific and Technological Research and Development Article 3

Unless otherwise prescribed by any treaty or agreement to which this nation is a party, these Regulations shall apply to any public school, public research institute (organization), or juristic person or entity performing a scientific research procurement.These Regulations shall apply mutatis mutandis to any public schools, public research institutions (organization) when implementing the Scientific and Technology Research and Development Projects conducted under subsidy or commission from the government, or by the competent authorities, and the budgets including the Technology Research and Development Budget and matching grants from industry.These Regulations shall not apply to a juristic person or entity receiving government subsidy to perform a procurement, where the subsidy amount is less than half the procurement value, or less than the threshold for publication as stipulated in the Government Procurement Act.