Regulations Governing the Use of Commodity Inspection Mark Article 12

If the Mark labels issued by the BSMI during the application of inspection are not used, the applicant shall apply for cancellation or return these Mark labels in accordance with the following requirements:1. If the inspection application is withdrawn by the applicant due to an insufficient quantity of commodities or incomplete packaging, the unused Mark labels must be returned;2. If during on-site sampling or inspection it is found that the quantity of commodities does not reach the quantity specified in the inspection application, the quantity specified in the application should be corrected. The surplus Mark labels are allowed to be returned if there are more than one hundred well preserved Mark labels in sequence, or cancelled directly if there are less than one hundred ones or there are more than one hundred ones but not in sequence or not well preserved.Where the unused Mark labels referred to in the preceding paragraph cannot be written off or used up within the time limit specified in paragraph 1, Article 10 due to justifiable reasons, the unused Mark labels can still be returned if the amount is more than one hundred and the labels are intact with serial numbers in sequence. The inspection authority shall directly cancel such Mark labels if the amount is less than one hundred, or if the amount is more than one hundred but the labels are not well preserved or the serial numbers are not in sequence.An applicant who returns Mark labels in accordance with the preceding two paragraphs may,within one year from the date of return, apply for a refund of the certificate fees related to such Mark labels.