工商企字[2000]第289号
颁布日期：20001204 　实施日期：20001204 　颁布单位：国家工商行政管理局

GongShangQiZi [2000] No.289

December 4, 2000

Hubei Administration for Industry and Commerce:

We have studied your Request for Instructions on How to Deal with the Situation that an Enterprise Disclaims its Business License After its Application for Registration is Verified and Approved (EGongShangZhuZi [2000] No.154) and now reply as follows:

According to the Regulations for Controlling the Registration of Enterprises as Legal Persons and the Regulations on Company Registration Administration, a business entity is only legitimized after the competent registration authority approves its application and issues the business license. Therefore those that fail to claim their business license for corporate entities within 6 months after the approval of their applications for registration may be revoked of their registration and deprived of further issuance of the business license for corporate entities by the competent registration authority. Businesses operating without claiming their business license for corporate entities after the approval of their applications for registration should be duly punished for operating without a business license.