Application for termination of a trade authorisation
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Additional information
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Information on submissions
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Procedure followed by the trade licensing office
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The trade licensing office will terminate a trade authorisation at the entrepreneur’s request as of the date indicated by the entrepreneur in the application for termination, but no earlier than the date of delivery of the application to the trade licensing office. If the entrepreneur does not specify the date in the application for termination, the trade authorisation will be terminated as of the date on which the decision of the trade licensing office to terminate the trade comes into force. If the entrepreneur is subject to insolvency proceedings in which a court has ordered an interim measure under which the handling of the assets by the entrepreneur is restricted, the entrepreneur may only apply for the termination of a trade authorisation with the written consent of the interim receiver. During insolvency proceedings, the entrepreneur whose assets are subject to a bankruptcy order may only apply for the termination of a trade authorisation with the written consent of the receiver. If administrative proceedings to terminate a trade authorisation have been opened against an entrepreneur due to serious violations of the conditions for carrying on a trade as specified in the decision to grant a concession, the Trade Licensing Act or special legislation (punitive termination), the termination of the same trade authorisation at the entrepreneur’s request cannot be decided before a decision is made in the proceedings for the punitive termination of that authorisation.