Renewal of expired Business Name Registration Certificates sought

The Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) through the Bureau of Trade Regulation and Consumer Protection (BTRCP) reminds all owners/proprietors of Business or Business Name (BN) Registrants, whose Certificates of Registration have already expired as of 31 March 2005, to renew these on or before 30 September 2005, otherwise their BN Registration shall be considered abandoned and will be cancelled from the master list, said DTI Regional Director Dominic P. Abad.

Abad said that BN Application for renewal must be received by BTRCP or on-line field offices of the DTI that process BN applications on or before 7 October 2005 for upgrading purposes, otherwise the same shall be considered cancelled.  Applications for renewal of BN Registration filed beyond the above mentioned grace period shall be considered as new applications subject to verification and approval.
Pursuant to Section 12 (A) of Department Administrative Order No. 15 series of 1990, the DTI through the BTRCP cancels from the record all Business Name Registrations which expired as of March 31, 2005 effective October 1, 2005.

Under the Business Name Law (ACT No. 3883), as amended, owners or proprietors should renew their Business Name Registration (BNR) upon expiration thereof.  Business Name Certificate of Registration is valid for five (5) years. (Ruby M. Melliza)