Business license is a certificate issued by the administrative department for industry and commerce to industrial and commercial enterprises and individual operators to engage in certain production and business activities. Its format shall be uniformly stipulated by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce.
Its registered items include name, address, person in charge, amount of funds, etc. , shall not be forged, altered, leased, lent or transferred. Business licenses are divided into originals and duplicates, which have the same legal effect.
The original and duplicate of the business license have the same legal effect, and there is no difference in essence. If there is a difference, it is only a form of representation. In terms of use, it was originally "must be hung" in an obvious place in the business premises, otherwise it may be fined for not hanging the license; Copies are generally used for going out to handle business, such as handling bank account opening license, enterprise organization code certificate, tax registration certificate, signing contract, etc.
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Measures for the administration of registration of individual industrial and commercial households
Article 6 The registered items of individual industrial and commercial households include:
(a) the name and domicile of the operator;
(2) Composition form;
(3) Business scope;
(4) business premises.
Individual industrial and commercial households use the name, with the name as a registered item. Article 7 The name and domicile of an operator refers to the name and detailed address of a citizen who applies for registration as an individual industrial and commercial household. Article 8 The organizational forms of enterprises include individual enterprises and family enterprises.
In the case of a family business, the names of the family members involved in the business operation shall be filed at the same time. Article 9 The business scope refers to the industry category in which individual industrial and commercial households carry out business activities.
The registration authority shall register the business scope of individual industrial and commercial households according to the application of the applicant and referring to the classification standard in the National Economic Industry Classification.