Franchise license application process
Commercial franchising, refers to the registered trademarks, corporate logos, patents, proprietary technology and other business resources (hereinafter referred to as the franchisor), in the form of a contract to license the business resources owned by other operators (hereinafter referred to as the franchisee) to use the franchisee in accordance with the contract agreed to carry out business in a unified business model and pay a franchisee fees to the franchisor. The franchisee shall operate under a unified business model as agreed in the contract and pay the franchisee the franchise fee for the business activities. Units and individuals other than enterprises shall not engage in franchising activities as franchisees.
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I. The service object engaged in franchising activities should have at least two directly-managed stores, and the operating time is more than one year. Franchisee shall, within 15 days from the date of the first franchise contract, to the competent business department for the record. Local business departments, enterprises, the public
II. Legal basis "Regulations on the Administration of Commercial Franchising" "Administrative Measures for the Record of Commercial Franchising"
III. Application conditions
Enterprises other than other units and individuals may not engage in franchising activities as a franchisee. Enterprises with registered trademarks, corporate logos, patents, proprietary technology and other business resources. Engaged in franchising activities should have a mature business model, and have the ability to continue to provide business guidance, technical support and business training services for the franchisee.
Application materials franchisee to the competent business department for the record, shall submit the following documents and information:
(a) the basic situation of commercial franchising.
(ii) the distribution of stores of all franchisees in China.
(iii) Franchisee's marketing plan.
(iv) Business license of the enterprise legal person or other proof of subject qualification.
(v) Certificates of registration of trademark rights, patents and other business resources related to franchising activities.
(vi) Documents proving compliance with the provisions of Article 7(2) of the Regulations.
Franchisors who have already engaged in franchising activities before May 1, 2007 shall not be subject to the provisions of the preceding paragraph when submitting their applications for filing materials for commercial franchising.
(vii) The first franchise contract concluded with the franchisee in China.
(viii) A sample of the franchise contract.
(ix) The table of contents of the franchise operation manual (the number of pages in each chapter and the total number of pages in the manual must be indicated, and for the provision of such manuals on the intranet of the franchising system, an estimate of the number of printed pages must be provided).
(j) For products and services that are required by national laws and regulations to be approved for franchising, the approval documents of the relevant competent authorities shall be submitted.
(xi) The franchisor's commitment signed and sealed by the legal representative.
(xii) the filing authority that should be submitted to other information.
Directly-operated stores are stores owned by the franchisor including wholly-owned and controlling ownership, and directly-operated stores and the franchisor should be the same brand, the same business nature. In practice, the performance of the branch, subsidiaries (holding), store in the store and other forms.
The Ministry of Commerce franchise filing conditions, for the franchise filing costs and processes, the department for a one-time informational letter for the time chain franchise application guide
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