9 CFR § 105.4 - Termination of licenses and permits for inactivity.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s105.4"
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title: "9 CFR § 105.4 - Termination of licenses and permits for inactivity."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "105.4"
section_name: "Termination of licenses and permits for inactivity."
chapter_name: "ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "VIRUSES, SERUMS, TOXINS, AND ANALOGOUS PRODUCTS; ORGANISMS AND VECTORS"
part_number: "105"
part_name: "SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, OR TERMINATION OF BIOLOGICAL LICENSES OR PERMITS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 151-159; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4."
cfr_part: "105"
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# 105.4 Termination of licenses and permits for inactivity.
(a) If a biological product has not been prepared by a licensee, or imported by a permittee for a period of 5 years or more, the Administrator may require the licensee to show intent to resume production, or the permittee to show intent to resume importation, within 6 months of notification. If the licensee does not resume preparation, or the permittee does not resume importation, within 6 months of notification, or within a mutually agreeable period, the product license, or permit, may be terminated by the Administrator.
(b) When a license or permit is terminated, the licensee or permittee shall continue to be subject to the applicable records provisions of § 116.8.
[61 FR 52874, Oct. 9, 1996]