Last Change:

02/05/2024

Commercial Registration and Licensing Proclamation No. 980/2016

Year: 2016

Type: Domestic law

Rights Category: Work & Workplace rights

Description

The Proclamation is enacted to put in place a fair, modern, fast and accessible system of commercial registration and business licensing services and to close loopholes in legislation and working procedures.It provides that no person shall obtain business license without being registered in commercial register. The Proclamation further states that an application for commercial registration shall be submitted before the commencement date of commercial activity by filling a prescribed form and attaching documents specified under the regulations and directives issued for the implementation of the Proclamation. The Regulation enacted to supplement this Proclamation states that application for business licensing shall be submitted with valid identity card or passport of the applicant. Such requirements may be difficult for refugees to meet.