The procedure followed by the office for an interruption or resumption of a trade

The processing of a received submission at the trade licensing office

The trade licensing office that received the submission will register the submission and assess whether its content is correct. If the submission also includes information that has been submitted via the CRP to other public administration authorities, the trade licensing office will transmit the relevant information within the following time limits:

Submissions to the Social Security Administration, the Labour Office or a health insurance company:

• Within 5 working days from the date of submission or from the date on which defects in the submission have been rectified.

Submissions to the tax authority:

• Within 3 working days from the date of submission.

Information on the interruption of a trade or the resumption of an interrupted trade must be registered in the trade licensing register within 5 days from the date of submission or from the date on which defects in the submission have been rectified.

The procedure followed by the trade licensing office in dealing with a submission depends on whether the content of the submission is correct. If it becomes apparent, from the submission made or from other official findings, that the entrepreneur has not fulfilled a statutory obligation or has not met a statutory time limit, the trade licensing office may impose an administrative penalty (sanction).