Regulations for the Administration of Hotel Enterprises Article 28

To suspend operations or business for more than one month, the operator of an incorporated hotel enterprise shall submit an application along with minutes of the shareholder meeting or letter of consent from the shareholders to the local administrative authority within fifteen days prior to the occurrence of the suspension; the operator of a non-incorporated hotel enterprise shall submit an application detailing the reasons for the suspension to the local administrative authority.An application as described above may not be made for a suspension of operation or business in excess of one year. However, a hotel enterprise may, with reasonable justification, apply to the local administrative authority to extend a suspension for an additional year at most. The application for such an extension shall be filed within the final fifteen days of the original period of suspension.After the suspension period expires, the hotel enterprise shall file for business resumption with the local administrative authority within fifteen days, and business resumption shall be permitted when the application has been reviewed and approved.In the event that an operator fails to submit an application according to Paragraph 1 of this Article or to apply for business resumption according to the preceding paragraph for more than six months, the local administrative authority may annul the registration and cancel the registration certificate of the business.A hotel enterprise that is unable to operate due to practical or legal cause shall return its hotel enterprise registration certificate within fifteen days of the occurrence of the practical cause or be subjected to the imposition of an administrative penalty; if it fails to comply with this time limit, the local administrative authority may publicly announce the cancellation of its registration. However, this provision shall not apply to a hotel enterprise that temporarily suspends operation under the provisions of Paragraph 1 of this Article.The local administrative authority shall submit to the Tourism Administration of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, within the first five days of the following month, data on new hotel enterprise registrations, changes in business registration, terminations of registration, cancellations, replacements and reissuances of business registration certificates, suspensions of operation, closures of business, and purchases of liability insurance for the current month.