According to the Article 1 of the Law of Ukraine “On Licensing of Certain Types of Economic Activity” (hereinafter – the Law) total or partial suspension of a license is temporary deprivation of a business entity’s right to conduct a certain type of economic activity or any part of activity that is subject to licensing in a way of taking a decision by the body of licensing to suspend a license totally or partially and record it in the register.
According to the Paragraph 1 of the Part 2 of the Article 16 of the Law, the basis to take a decision on total or partial suspension of a license for the body of licensing is a licensee’s application on total or partial suspension of its own license.
Meanwhile according to the Part 6 of the Article 16 of the Law, a license can be suspended totally or partially for a period till causes defined by the Paragraph 1 of the Part 2 of this Article are eliminated, but not more that a period of 6 months starting from the date when the decision on total or partial suspension of a license enters into force.
According to the Part 7 of the Article 16 of the Law the license may be renewed in case of providing the licensing body with an application and necessary documents confirming elimination of causes that resulted into license suspension.
Business entities may inform the State Service of Ukraine on Medicines and Drugs Control on conducting scheduled and routine maintenance of premises / equipment that do not cause closure of place of business and/or removal from circulation of the medicinal products mentioned in the license annex (for manufacturers) and do not cause termination of the right of conducting business activities or part of business activities sending the information letter.