Granting access to the central trade register
Description
Information from the Central Trade Register shows whether you have violated trade regulations in the past.
The information also serves as proof of your personal reliability, for example if you want to operate a business requiring a permit (e.g. restaurant, broker) or a business requiring monitoring (e.g. trade in used motor vehicles, travel agency).
The following are recorded in the Central Trade Register:
- refusal of the application for admission to a trade, withdrawal and revocation of licences issued, prohibitions of trade, rejection of the application for a certificate of competency and its withdrawal, withdrawal of the authorisation to recruit or train apprentices, prohibition of employment, supervision, instruction or training of children and young people,
- Waive a license to a business in certain cases,
- Decisions on fines of more than EUR 200.00 in connection with the exercise of the trade as well as
- certain criminal convictions in connection with the exercise of the trade.
The competent authority under state law is responsible for receiving applications for information on the Central Trade Register.
For natural persons:
- You must submit the application in person or
- Your legal representative will submit the application on your behalf.
For legal entities:
- the application must be submitted by the legal representative or the authorised representative of the business entered in the commercial or cooperative register.
General: Application for information from the Central Trade Register
For natural persons:
- in case of personal application:
- Proof of identity in the form of an identity card or passport and, if applicable, additional proof of nationality,
- in the case of a written application:
- Copy of identity card or passport with officially certified personal data and officially certified signature,
- in the case of electronic application:
- Identity card, eID card or electronic residence permit, each with activated online ID function,
- where applicable, the address of the authority for which the information is intended, as well as the purpose of the application or the reference number.
For legal entities:
- valid identity card or passport of the legal representative or the authorised person of the business registered in the commercial or cooperative register
- Please note that you must also present a current registration certificate upon presentation of your passport.
- in the case of electronic application:
- Identity card, eID card or electronic residence permit, each with activated online ID function,
- Excerpt from the Commercial Register,
- where applicable, the address of the authority for which the information is intended, as well as the purpose of the application or the reference number.
For people living abroad
You can only submit an application from abroad in writing
- To do this, fill out the form "Application for information from the Central Trade Register from a person residing abroad" or "Application for information from the Central Trade Register from a legal entity based abroad"
- Submit all required documents.
For natural persons:
- If applicable, separate proof with officially certified personal data and officially certified signature.
- Copy of proof of payment of the fee in the amount of 13 euros.
For legal entities:
- Separate form (form: "Application for information from the Central Trade Register from a person residing abroad") with officially certified personal data and officially certified signature of the legal representative or the authorized person of the business registered in the commercial or cooperative register
- Excerpt from the Commercial Register
- Copy of proof of payment of the fee in the amount of 13 euros.
There is no deadline.
Forms available: Yes
Written form required: Yes
Informal application possible: No
Personal appearance required: No
Online services available: Yes
You can apply for information from the Central Trade Register online directly from the Federal Office of Justice or in writing or in person from the competent authority under state law.
If you would like to request information online:
- Go to the website of the Federal Office of Justice and follow the instructions.
- For the online application you need:
- a new identity card, an eID card or an electronic residence permit, each with an activated online ID function, as well as the AusweisApp2,
- a card reader for reading the identity document,
- a digital capture device (e.g. scanner or digital camera) to upload evidence.
- The Federal Office of Justice will then send the information to your postal address or to the authority for which you have requested it.
If you would like to request the information in person:
- Contact the authority responsible for you under state law.
- The application is forwarded to the Federal Office of Justice, which then prepares the information.
- The Federal Office of Justice will send the information to your postal address or to the authority for which you requested the information.
If you wish to submit the application in writing:
- Send the informal written application to the competent authority under state law. Your signature on the application letter must be officially or publicly certified.
- The application is forwarded to the Federal Office of Justice, which prepares the information.
- The Federal Office of Justice will then send the information to your postal address or to the authority for which you have requested the information.
Note: You cannot be represented by an authorized representative. However, your legal representative is also eligible to apply. If you act as a legal representative yourself, you must prove your power of representation. A commercial enterprise may also be represented by the authorized person of the commercial enterprise entered in the commercial or cooperative register.
Application from abroad
- You can only submit an application from abroad in writing.
- In this case, download the appropriate form and fill in all the necessary information in the form.
- Send the form to the authority along with all the attachments mentioned.
The Central Trade Register does not contain the data of all traders in Germany. These can be found in the trade register, which contains information about the business owner such as name, date of birth and address as well as about the business such as management, addresses and registered activity.
Federal Ministry of Justice (BMJ)
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06122 Halle (Saale), Stadt
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Tue: 09:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 05:00 p.m.
Wed: closed
Thu: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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Sun: closed
Employee
Fr. Sina Laumann
06122 Halle (Saale), Stadt
Fr. Jeannette Zenker
06122 Halle (Saale), Stadt
- kreisfreie Stadt Halle (Saale), Stadt:
Fr. Grit Günther
06122 Halle (Saale), Stadt
