Use network of single points of contact for simple handling of administrative procedures
Description
As part of a Europe-wide network, the single points of contact provide you with easy access to administrations and authorities.
The single points of contact will help you
- if you want to do business in Germany or
- if you want to have your professional qualification formally recognized.
The single points of contact will inform you about
- Application and required documents,
- competent authorities,
- costs and
- duration of the administrative procedure.
The single points of contact also handle the entire electronic processing of administrative procedures for you. They receive your application and forward it to the relevant authorities. This saves you visits to the authorities.
The network of single points of contact consists of internet portals and personal contacts.
Please note
If you want to do business or work in another European Union (EU) country, you can find the right single point of contact on the EU Commission's website.
The single point of contact service can be used by
- Service providers,
- companies,
- founders and
- persons who wish to have their professional qualifications recognized
from
- the Federal Republic of Germany
- a member state of the European Union (EU) or
- a member state of the European Economic Area (EEA), currently
- Iceland,
- Liechtenstein or
- Norway.
Which documents you need to submit depends on your specific project.
Please note:
You can find more information on the websites of the responsible single points of contact.
The information services provided by the points of single contact are generally free of charge. In some federal states, you have to pay fees for advice and the handling of administrative procedures via a single point of contact.
Information on the amount of the fees can be found on the websites of the respective points of single contact.
Federal states without EA fees:
- Bavaria
- Berlin
- Brandenburg
- Bremen
- Hesse
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Rhineland-Palatinate
- Saarland
- Saxony-Anhalt
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Thuringia
Federal states with EA fees:
- Baden-Württemberg
- Hamburg
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Lower Saxony
- Saxony
Please note:
In addition to the processing fee for the single point of contact service, you must pay the regular fees for your administrative procedure.
The amount of these fees depends on the respective administrative procedure. Information on this can be found in the service descriptions of the respective administrative procedures.
- in the handling of procedures: Deadlines depend on the respective procedure and can be found in the corresponding procedure descriptions
Note:
The deadline only begins when all required documents have been submitted in full.
- for the provision of information:
- on the Internet portals: immediately
- Requests by e-mail: usually up to 3 days
- for the processing time of the procedures:
- The processing time depends on the respective procedure. You can find this in the descriptions of the procedures.
- The processing time depends on the respective procedure. You can find this in the descriptions of the procedures.
none
Please contact the State Administration Office, EG-DLR Coordination Office.
- Forms: no
- Online procedure possible: yes
- Written form required: no
- Personal appearance required: no
Note: Depending on the procedure to be carried out, written form or personal appearance may be required. Details can be found in the relevant procedure descriptions.
If you want to use the single point of contact service, you must contact the single point of contact in the federal state in which you want to carry out your project:
- Go to the website of the single point of contact for the federal state relevant to you.
- There you can determine the administrative procedures required for your project. Search functions and/or electronic assistants are usually available for this purpose.
- You will then be directed to the relevant online procedures.
- Artikel 6 Richtlinie 2006/123/EG über Dienstleistungen im Binnenmarkt
- Artikel 57 und 57a Richtlinie 2005/36/EG über die Anerkennung von Berufsqualifikationen, geändert durch die Richtlinie 2013/55/EU
- Anhang III Nummer 1 Verordnung (EU) 2018/1724 über Einrichtung eines einheitlichen digitalen Zugangstors
- §§ 71a bis e Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetz (VwVfG)
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi)
04.05.2021
Information on associations and organizations that can provide companies and customers with further advice and support can be obtained from the EA.
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
06003 Halle (Saale), Stadt
06112 Halle (Saale), Stadt
Mon. - Thurs.: 9:00 - 15:00
Fri.: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Please note:
Appointments can also be made outside office hours by individual arrangement. Please note that individual departments have different opening hours. These can be found on the respective department's website.
06112 Halle (Saale), Stadt
