Business Operation Licensing and Administration Regulations of Measuring Instrument Enterprises Article 9

A measuring instrument enterprise may, six months before expiration of the validity period of business license, prepare an application form in accordance with Article 4 and submit it together with the permit fee and license fee to the dedicated weights and measures authority to apply for prolongation, and the dedicated weights and measures authority may carry out the on-site inspection. A measuring instrument enterprise shall reapply a business license which validity period expires, and the prolonged application shall be rejected in accordance with Article 4.The validity period of the qualified replacement license referred to in the preceding Paragraph is ten years commencing from the day following expiration of the validity period of the original business license. However, if an application for prolongation is not filed six months before expiration and the replacement is not finished within the validity period of the original business license due to causes not attributed to the dedicated weights and measures authority, or if an application for prolongation is filed eight months before expiration, the validity period of the replacement shall be ten years commencing from the day of issuance.If the relevant requirements are not satisfied in the preceding Paragraph, a time limit may be set for correction. The correction referred to in the preceding Paragraph shall be finished within fourteen days; in case correction is not made within the specified time limit, the application shall be rejected.