Source: BUS Sachsen-Anhalt (Linie6PLus)

Entry in the register of craftsmen with a university degree or technician degree

Description

The Register of Craftsmen is a register in which all

natural and
legal persons, and
partnerships with legal capacity

who operate a craft subject to licensing as a standing trade. The standing trade does not include itinerant trade and market traffic.

A complete list of crafts requiring approval can be found in Annex A to the Crafts Code (HwO). The craft does not have to be exercised as a whole, since the exercise of essential (partial) activities is also possible. Conversely, it is conceivable that several crafts or essential activities of several crafts are to be carried out. If several crafts subject to authorisation are practised, each of these crafts subject to authorisation must normally be entered in the register of craftsmen.

Furthermore, the management is entered in the register of craftsmen, which is responsible for the technical management of the craft enterprise and which has the necessary professional qualification for the exercise of the craft subject to licensing. Both the owners of craft businesses and salaried persons can be considered as plant managers. Proof of qualification can be provided by presenting a university degree certificate or a certificate of passing the technician examination. The training focus must correspond to the craft that is to be practiced.

Prerequisites

Successful completion of a university degree or training as a state-certified technician.
The study or school focus of their examination must correspond to the craft subject to approval that is to be practiced.

Required documents

For sole proprietorships:

Copy of identity card or comparable identification document
Graduation certificate from the university or certificate of passing the technician examination in copy
Copy of the business registration (can be submitted later after entry in the register of craftsmen)

For companies under civil law (GbR):

Copies of the identity card or a comparable identification document of the partners or authorised representatives
Copy of the articles of association (unless informally concluded)
Graduation certificate from the university or certificate of passing the technician examination in copy
Copy of the business registration (can be submitted later after entry in the register of craftsmen)

In the case of partnerships with legal capacity, i.e. the general partnership (OHG), limited partnership (KG) and corresponding foreign company forms:

Copies of the identity card or a comparable identification document of the shareholders or authorised representatives
For proof of the entrepreneurial legal form at the company's registered office in Germany:
- for companies entered in the commercial register: extract from the register, for the OHG additionally a copy of the articles of association
- if no registration has been made: copy of the articles of association
For proof of the entrepreneurial legal form for foreign legal forms:
- Extract from the register of the competent foreign register for companies entered in registers, otherwise
- Copy of the articles of association
Graduation certificate from the university or certificate of passing the technician examination in copy
Copy of the business registration (can be submitted later after entry in the register of craftsmen)

For legal entities (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH), Unternehmergesellschaft (haftungsbeschränkt) or UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Aktiengesellschaft (AG), eingetragene Genossenschaft (eG)):

Copies of the identity card or comparable identification document of the authorised representatives
for proof of entrepreneurial legal form:
- if the company is domiciled in Germany: extract from the commercial or cooperative register
- for foreign legal forms: extract from the register of the competent foreign register
Copy of the business registration (can be submitted later after entry in the register of craftsmen)
Management details: see 5.

When employing a manager, the following documents must also be submitted:

Plant manager's declaration
Proof of farm manager activity (copy of employment contract)
Proof of social security of the management
Graduation certificate from the university or certificate of passing the technician examination in copy