Do not use images of the National Flag and National Emblem on corporate seals.

The Government has just issued Decree 96/2015/ND-CP detailing a number of articles of the Law on Enterprises, effective from December 8, 2015.

Accordingly, the owner of a private enterprise, the Board of Members (for a partnership), the Board of Members or the Chairman of the company (for a limited liability company), the Board of Directors (for a joint stock company) decides on the quantity, form, content, design of the seal, the management and use of the seal.

Each enterprise has a seal with a uniform design, content, form and size. The seal of a branch or representative office must have the name of the branch or representative office.

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Enterprises are not allowed to use the following images, words, and symbols in the content or as the form of the seal: National flag, National emblem, Party flag; images, symbols, names of the state, state agencies, people's armed forces, political organizations, socio-political organizations, socio-political-professional organizations, social organizations, socio-professional organizations; Words, symbols, and images that violate the historical, cultural, ethical traditions and customs of the Vietnamese people.

The business registration authority is not responsible for examining the content of the enterprise's seal sample when handling the procedure for notifying the enterprise of the seal sample.

Enterprises established before July 1, 2015, shall continue to use the seal without having to notify the business registration authority of the seal sample. In case the enterprise makes additional seals or changes the ink color, it shall notify according to regulations.

In case an enterprise established before July 1, 2015 makes a new seal according to the provisions of this Decree, it must return the seal and the Seal Sample Registration Certificate to the police agency that issued the Seal Sample Registration Certificate.

In case an enterprise established before July 1, 2015 loses its seal or its Certificate of Seal Registration, the enterprise shall be allowed to re-make a seal according to regulations; at the same time, notify the police agency that issued the Certificate of Seal Registration of the loss of the seal or the Certificate of Seal Registration of the loss.

The sample of the newly issued seal and the cancellation of the seal of an enterprise will be publicly announced on the National Business Registration Information Portal.

This Decree replaces Decree No. 102/2010/ND-CP dated October 1, 2010 of the Government.

According to phapluattp.vn