to open a restaurant, you can apply for a business license before you apply for other business licenses, but you can't open a store after you complete the operation. You need to apply for a food business license and other relevant documents before you can start business.

to apply for registration as an individual industrial and commercial household according to article 8 of the regulations on individual industrial and commercial households, an application for registration shall be made to the registration authority where the business premises are located. The applicant shall submit an application for registration, identity certificate and proof of business premises. The registered items of individual industrial and commercial households include the operator's name and domicile, composition, business scope and business premises. Individual industrial and commercial households use the name, the name as a registered item.

Article 9 After examining the application materials according to law, the registration authority shall handle it according to the following provisions:

(1) If the application materials are complete and conform to the legal form, it shall be registered on the spot; If the application materials are incomplete or do not meet the requirements of the statutory form, the applicant shall be informed of all the contents that need to be supplemented on the spot;

(2) If it is necessary to verify the substantive contents of the application materials, it shall be verified according to law, and a decision on whether to register it shall be made within 15 days from the date of accepting the application;

(3) If the individual industrial and commercial households do not meet the registration requirements, they shall not be registered and shall inform the applicant in writing, explain the reasons and inform the applicant that they have the right to apply for administrative reconsideration and bring an administrative lawsuit according to law.

if it is registered, the registration authority shall issue a business license within 11 days from the date of registration. The state promotes electronic business licenses. Electronic business license and paper business license have the same legal effect.

Extended information:

Article 45 of the Measures for the Administration of Food Business License. Anyone who engages in food business activities without a food business license shall be punished by the local food and drug supervision and administration department at or above the county level in accordance with Article 122 of the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China.

article 46 where the license applicant conceals the real situation or provides false materials to apply for a food business license, the local food and drug supervision and administration department at or above the county level shall give a warning. The applicant shall not apply for food business license again within 1 years.

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