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ARTICLE XV
Paragraph 1
1. If the United States armed forces determine that there would be a significant advantage for United States-Republic of Korea mutual defense to utilize one or more third-country

corporations as United States armed forces invited contractors, the authorities of the Government of the Republic of Korea shall give sympathetic consideration to a United States
request to extend the benefits of this Agreement to such non-United States corporations.
2. The United States armed forces may bring into the Republic of Korea, without privileges, third-country contractor employees possessing special skills not available from the

Korean labor force.

ARTICLE XVI
1. United States armed forces contracting activities shall respect Republic of Korea Government administrative requirements for registration of local contractor firms. No special

requirements will be imposed solely upon contractors doing business with the United States armed forces. Contractors awarded contracts with United States armed forces will not be
required to join any military supply associations or similar organizations.
2. "Administrative requirements for registration of local contractor firms" refers to Korean government legal criteria and procedures for registration and licensing of local firms.

ARTICLE XVII
Paragraph 3 and Agreed Minute 2 and 4
1. The term "the United States armed forces," used in paragraph 3, shall be understood as to include the persons referred to in the first paragraph of Article XV.

2. The term "conform," used in paragraph 3, means that conditions of employment, compensation, and labor-management relations shall, unless otherwise agreed upon in this
Article, or by the Joint Committee in accordance with the procedures stipulated in Agreed Minute 4, be in substantial agreement with those conditions laid down by the labor laws of the
Republic of Korea. When there is an issue as to whether conditions of employment,