Proposing the Business Registration Authority to stop processing business registration procedures

Currently, the Business Registration Office receives applications, letters, petitions, complaints... from businesses or individuals requesting the Business Registration Office to stop processing business registration procedures (for a specific enterprise) for the reason that it detects signs of law violations occurring at the enterprise, and needs to stop processing business registration procedures so that other competent state agencies can handle and resolve them.

For the request to stop processing business registration procedures, Decree No. 01/2021/ND-CP dated January 4, 2021 of the Government on business registration is stipulated in Clause 1, Article 65 as follows:

“1. Enterprises are not allowed to register or notify changes in enterprise registration content in the following cases:

a) The Business Registration Office has issued a Notice of violation of the enterprise in the case of revoking the Business Registration Certificate or has had a Decision to revoke the Business Registration Certificate;

b) In the process of dissolution according to the enterprise's dissolution decision;

c) At the request of the Court or Judgment Enforcement Agency or Investigation Agency, Head, Deputy Head of Investigation Agency, Investigator as prescribed in the Criminal Procedure Code;

d) The enterprise is in the legal status "No longer doing business at the registered address"."

Thus, only the following organizations and individuals have the authority to request the Business Registration Office to stop processing business registration procedures: Courts or Enforcement Agencies or Investigation Agencies, Heads and Deputy Heads of Investigation Agencies, Investigators.

Except for the above organizations and individuals, cases requesting the Business Registration Office to stop processing other business registration procedures will not be considered and resolved by the Business Registration Office.