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le 17 A licenseissuing body shall strengthen the supervision and administration of operating licenses, and establish and perfect the systems of examination and approval, and issuance archive management of operating licenses. Article 18 A licenseissuing body at the city level shall report the examination and approval as well as the licenses issued each year to the licenseissuing body at the provincial level for record, and issuance of operating licenses within its administrative area of the year. The licenseissuing bodies at the provincial level shall report the examination and approval as well as the licenses issued within its administrative area of the year to the State Bureau of Safe Production Supervision and Administration for record. Article 19 A licenseissuing body shall supervise and inspect the entities that have obtained the operating licenses within its administrative area. An operating entity shall accept the supervision and inspection carried out by the licenseissuing body pursuant to law, and may not refuse or frustrate without due causes. Chapter IV Penalty Procisions Article 20 Those engaging in the operation of hazardous chemicals without the operating license shall be punished by the licenseissuing bodies at the provincial level or city level pursuant to Article 57 of the Regulations on the Safety Administration of Hazardous Chemicals. Article 21 If an operating entity conducts any of the following acts in violation of the present Measures, the licenseissuing body shall revoke its operating license: 1) Obtaining the operating license by providing false certifications or other deceitful means; 2) No longer meeting the basic conditions for operating and marketing hazardous chemicals; 3) Transferring, trading, leasing, lending, fing or altering the operating license. Article 22 If the functionary of the licenseissuing bodies seek private benefit through wrongful means, abuse their powers, mits frauds, or neglect their duties, they shall be given administrative sanctions of demotion or removal pursuant to Article 55 of the Regulations on the Safety Administration of Hazardous Chemicals; if a crime is constituted, the offender shall be subject to criminal liabilities. Article 23 If an agency undertaking the safety evaluation produces false evaluation reports, the department of safe production supervision and administration at or above the provincial level shall confiscate the illegal gains and impose on that agency a fine of no more than 30, 000 yuan; if there is no illegal gains, a fine of no more than 20, 000 yuan shall be imposed; and the department that granted qualification to that agency shall be suggested to revoke the qualification certificate; if a crime is constituted, the offender shall be subject to criminal liabilities. Chapter V Supplementary Rules Article 24 If a production entity of hazardous chemicals markets the hazardous chemicals produced thereby, it need not apply for the operating license any more, however, if it markets hazardous chemicals not produced by it or sets up marketing spots out