From driving schools to restaurants to weapons dealerships, some business
establishments and activities require special authorisations, and some professions
can only be practised with such authorisations. Do you need a special licence? Then
you are in the right place.
If you want to import pathogens into Germany, export them, store them, dispense them or work with them, you need a permit from the competent authority.
If you wish to establish a patent attorney company in the legal form of a GmbH, you must apply for admission as a patent attorney company.Note: In addition to the GmbH, partner...
If your company belongs to an accident insurance institution and contributions to the statutory accident insurance have been paid, you can prove this with a clearance certificate.
In the case of projects and planning that lead to impairments of nature and the landscape - such as road construction projects - the polluter is obligated to provide compensation...
If you are planning a new mining or expansion project, in certain cases you must initiate a general preliminary assessment to determine whether an environmental impact assessment must be carried out.
If you want to carry letters commercially, you must apply for a permit to do so.
You always need a licence for the commercial transport of letters if you collect, forward or...
If you are planning a new mining project, in certain cases you must initiate a site-specific preliminary assessment to determine whether an environmental impact assessment must be carried out.
If you want to hold an event at your airfield where aircraft are displayed in flight or compete against each other in a competition, then you need a permit. You must apply for this from the relevant aviation authority.
Manufacturers of in-vitro diagnostics can apply for a certificate of free sale. The certificate of free sale confirms that the manufacturer or authorized representative has its registered place of business in Germany and that the product in question can be traded within the Union.
Manufacturers of active medical devices can apply for a certificate of free sale. The certificate of free sale confirms that the manufacturer has its registered place of business in Germany and that the product in question can be traded within the Union.
Manufacturers can apply for a certificate of free sale for export purposes. The certificate of free sale confirms that the manufacturer or authorized representative has its registered place of business in Germany and that the product in question can be traded within the Union.
If you want to start working with biosubstances of protection level 3 or 4 in laboratories, laboratory animal facilities or in biotechnology for the first time, you must apply for a permit. You can find out more here.
If you export plants, plant products or other objects to countries outside the EU, they must not contain harmful organisms. As proof of this, you must apply for a phytosanitary certificate or a pre-export certificate or re-export certificate.
If you would like to be publicly appointed and sworn in as an expert for agriculture and forestry, you must apply to the competent authority. You can find out more here.
As a capital management company, you may outsource tasks to other companies. You must notify the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) of this.
If you wish to acquire holdings in a bank or financial services institution, you must inform the Deutsche Bundesbank and the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) in advance. The same applies if your shareholdings in companies change.
If you wish to manufacture devices containing radioactive substances or installations for the generation of ionising radiation which may be operated without a licence or notification, you may apply for a type approval.
If you want to place or broker bets on public horse races on a commercial basis as a bookmaker, you need a license.
The license is issued for
the location where the bets are...
If you need proof in another country that you are an entrepreneur in the Federal Republic of Germany, you can have a business legitimation card issued to you.
As an Undertaking for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities- Capital Management Company or Alternative Investment Fund Capital Management Company, you can apply for a distribution certificate from the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).
For the construction and operation of warehouses in which explosive substances are to be stored or for significant changes to these warehouses, you require a permit in accordance with the Explosives Act.
Hunting primarily serves to maintain and preserve a healthy and species-appropriate wild animal population. It also aims to protect game and secure and maintain its livelihood.
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If you wish to manage investment assets as a capital management company with its registered office and head office in Germany, you need written permission or you must register.
Would you like to broker real estate or loan agreements on a commercial basis? For this you need an official permit. This also applies if you want to manage residential real estate on a commercial basis or prepare and carry out construction projects.
You must apply for approval from the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) whenever you wish to offer armed services with the aim of countering piracy on seagoing...
With the partial building permit, you can start construction work to change construction phases before the building permit. To do this, submit an application for a partial building permit to the responsible lower building supervisory authority.
If you want to run a zoo, you'll need permission from the conservation authority. In addition to the construction and operation of a zoo, the expansion and significant changes are also subject to approval.
You need a trade permit for your work as a fee-based financial investment advisor if you
advise on transactions with certain financial instruments and your recommendation is...
You need a permit to work as a real estate loan broker if you are a professional
Real estate consumer loans within the meaning of § 491 paragraph 3 of the Civil Code or
want...
Would you like to know whether individual questions of your project are permissible and have not yet submitted a building application? Then you can make a preliminary building request.
Have you been prohibited from practising your business because of unreliability? Then you can usually apply for the re-approval of your commercial activity after 1 year under certain conditions.
If you wish to acquire and possess weapons and/or ammunition in order to test, inspect or examine them, you must apply for a permit from the competent weapons authority.
Would you like to offer gastronomy with alcohol as part of a time-limited event (e.g. fair, city festival, shooting festival) or for another temporary occasion (e.g. baukantinen)? Then you need a temporary permit (permit).
Are you registered in the register of skilled crafts with a craft that requires authorization and would like to practice another craft? Then you can apply for a license to practice another craft under certain conditions.
If you want to shoot with a firearm that requires or does not require a permit, you must apply for a permit in advance. In particular, hunters when hunting and sport shooters when shooting at approved shooting ranges are exempt.
If you want to carry license-free firearms, such as alarm guns, irritant weapons and signal weapons with approval marks of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), in public, you need a small firearms license.
You want to run your law firm in the form of a limited liability company (GmbH) or a stock corporation (AG)? In this case, recognition as a law firm requires admission.
If you require further copies or certified copies after the commercial road haulage permit or Community license has been issued, you can apply for these from the competent authority.
If you wish to act as an expert or surveyor for long-term storage facilities in accordance with the Landfill Ordinance, you must be designated as such by the competent authority.
Do you want to inform consumers about current fuel prices at service stations? Then you can use real-time data from the Market Transparency Unit for Fuels under certain conditions.
The independent schools are run as substitute or supplementary schools. They are subject to state school supervision.The independent institutions are responsible for the design o...
If you operate an X-ray system in technical radiography for coarse structure analysis in materials testing or wish to make changes to the operation, you are obliged to notify the competent authority and apply for a permit.
If you wish to operate a teleradiology X-ray facility or make significant changes to it, you must first apply for a permit from the competent authority.
If you submit an application under the simplified procedure for the approval of installations, you can obtain a permit for the construction and/or operation of installations of a certain type or scope from the competent authority without public participation.
Youmayonly operate an egg packing station if it has been approved by thecompetentauthorityunder market law and has been issued a packing station identification number.
In a procedure for granting a permit for facilities requiring a permit, you can submit an application to the competent authority for the early start of construction of a facility.
If you as an entrepreneur wish to affix markings to wooden packaging material in accordance with ISPM No. 15, you must be authorized to do so by the competent authority. You can find out more here.
In some cases, as a capital management company (KVG) for an investment fund that has acquired real estate, you require a certificate of appointment of the depositary for submission to the land registry (Grundbuchamtbescheinigung).
If you want to collect forest products such as mushrooms, berries and herbs commercially, you need a permit from the respective forest owner. If these forest products are...
In the case of a construction project subject to approval, you as the design author entitled to submit a building template bear a high degree of responsibility. Both the building...
If you would like to obtain a European Technical Assessment (ETA) for your construction product, you can apply for one at Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik (DIBt).
If you would like to work as a self-employed ancillary insurance intermediary, you can be exempted from the licensing requirement for insurance intermediaries.
If you operate a family care home, you can apply for a parking permit. With this, you are allowed to park in certain areas for the duration of your work assignment.
If you want to acquire and possess weapons and/or ammunition as a hunting association, you must apply for a permit from the relevant weapons authority.
If you run a craft or care service business, you can apply for a parking permit. With this, you are allowed to park in certain areas for the duration of your work assignment.
If you run a non-profit organization or work for a social service, you can apply for a parking permit. With this you are allowed to park in certain areas for the duration of your work assignment.
If you run a business or work as a freelancer, you can apply for a parking permit. This allows you to park in certain areas for the duration of your work assignment.
If you want to run a daycare center as an independent provider, you need a permit.
Preconditions
The care of the children by suitable staff is ensured.
The welfare of the...
You would like to auction off movable property, real estate or rights belonging to third parties on a commercial basis? You need a permit to do so. You can find out more here.
If you want to operate an arcade or a company that is exclusively or predominantly engaged in the installation of gaming equipment or the organization of other games, you need a...
If you want to care for one or more children outside the household of the parent or guardian regularly and against payment, you usually need permission to do so. You can apply for this at the responsible youth welfare office.
If you would like to organize shows of people on a commercial basis or have them organized on your premises, you need a permit (in addition to the business registration and, if...
If you want to place substances or preparations on the market to private end consumers on a commercial or independent basis within the framework of an economic enterprise, which...
Do you want to permanently export weapons or ammunition from Germany to other countries, permanently import them into Germany or transport them through Germany? Then you need a permit.
You would like to offer goods for immediate sale occasionally at trade fairs, exhibitions, public festivals or for a special occasion? Then you need a permit for this from the competent body and do not need a travel trade card.
If you wish to hold public auctions (forced lien sales or distress sales), you need a public appointment for this purpose. The owner of the auctioned property has no influence on...
Test engineer for stability is anyone who is recognized as such by the supreme building supervisory authorityis recognised. Other persons may not use this designation.In order to...
Audit experts check and certify in their respective specialist area on behalf of the client orof the other person responsible under building code law to comply with building...
Test experts examine and certify in their respective specialist area on behalf of the client orof the other person responsible under building regulations to comply with building...
Inspection experts check and certify compliance with building regulations requirements in their respective specialist area on behalf of the client or the other person responsible...
Building products, their manufacture/application
Types of construction whose execution
require exceptional expertise and experience of the persons entrusted with them, must...
If you wish to work as an expert or surveyor in the field of high-pressure gas pipelines, you must be recognized as an expert by the competent authority.
Insolvency counseling is a supplement to general debt counseling. Both services advise people in and over-indebted who are in need of expert help. The task of the insolvency...
The construction and operation of plants require an immission control permit if they are likely to cause particular damage to the environment or endanger the general public.
Depending on the size and type of system, you may need a system permit in addition to the water discharge permit or indirect discharge permit (into the public sewer system) for...
For the construction and operation as well as the substantial modification of the facilities and the operation of
ports and transshipment points,
landing stages and
ferries
...
If you want to set up gaming machines with the possibility of winning on a commercial basis, you need a permit in accordance with § 33c Gewerbeordnung (Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act).
A coat of arms is a sign created according to certain rules in the form of a shield. Coat of arms represent people, families, certain groups of people or personified objects,...
The coat of arms of the state of Saxony-Anhalt is carried in a semicircular shield.
The shield is divided. The upper part is determined by the old provincial coat of arms of the...
If the permit certificate or the Community license has become unusable, lost or stolen, you must apply to the competent authority for a replacement to be issued.
Would you like to take over a restaurant serving alcohol from another person? In order to continue the restaurant business without interruption, you can first apply for a provisional permit, which will later be replaced by the final permit.
If certain details change after the commercial road haulage permit or Community license has been issued, you must notify the local transport authority and apply for an amendment to the permit certificate or Community license.
Are you from another EU/EEA country or Switzerland and would like to practice a craft requiring a license in Germany? Then you can have your professional experience and training certificates recognized in Germany under certain conditions.
At the request of the pawnbroker to the competent authority, the deadline may be extended if there is good reason.
The deadline shall be extended for as long as the important...
Would you like to erect an aviation obstacle? Then, under certain conditions, you must apply in advance for a permit from the relevant aviation authority.
If you wish to operate technical X-ray equipment or make significant changes to it, you must first apply for a permit from the responsible radiation protection authority.
Manufacturers of in-vitro diagnostics can apply for the issue of a certificate of free sale for export purposes. The certificate of free sale confirms that the manufacturer is established in Germany and that the product can be traded within the EU.
Manufacturers of non-active medical devices can apply for a certificate of free sale. The certificate of free sale confirms that the manufacturer has its registered place of business in Germany and that the product in question can be traded within the Union.
The animal and plant species listed in Annexes A and B to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 shall be subject to a general prohibition on marketing. This EC regulation implements the...
If you want to acquire, transport or handle explosive substances for non-commercial purposes, you need an official permit.
This may be restricted in terms of content and space...
If you are planning or want to perform with pyrotechnic objects such as fireworks in film, musical and television venues as well as in theaters and at concerts, you must apply for a permit.
If you want to change the use of a facility that requires a permit, you need a change of use permit (building permit) beforehand. You must apply for this.
You need planning permission before you can make changes to a building that requires approval. To do this, you submit a building application to the responsible lower building supervisory authority.
A substitute school which guarantees that it permanently meets the requirements placed on corresponding public schools may, upon application, be awarded the status of a recognise...
Do you have a permit for the exploration and extraction of mineral resources and would like to have it revoked in whole or in part? Then you must submit an application to the responsible mining authority.
A permit is required for the establishment of a savings bank. Savings banks may only be set up and operated by local authorities and special-purpose associations.
Savings...
Would you or your company like to extract one or more non-mining mineral resources? Then you must first apply for an extraction permit from the responsible mining authority.
If you hold a license for real estate agents, loan brokers, construction supervisors, property developers or residential property managers, you must notify the competent authority of the person/representative responsible for managing the business.
If you have completed a journeyman's or final examination in a recognised training occupation in the craft sector and have qualified professional experience, you can become self-employed or exercise a managerial function in most crafts subject to licensing.
If you operate a restaurant, the competent authority may issue orders at any time to the extent necessary to protect guests or employees of the establishment or against risks to...
Persons entrusted with the management of a restaurant and employees there must, upon request, provide the competent authority with the oral and written information necessary for...
The closure period is the time in which the establishment must be closed to guests.
Pursuant to Section 18(2) of the Restaurant Act of the Land of Saxony-Anhalt (GastG LSA) of 7...
A use of public road space that goes beyond or restricts common use constitutes a special use. It requires the permission of the road construction load carrier and is subject to ...
The operation of a catering business may be prohibited by the competent authority on a given occasion. Reasons for the prohibitions can be:
that the operator is unreliable, i....
If you wish to operate an inspection body for phytosanitary inspections, you must apply to the competent authority for the designation of the inspection body. You can find out more here.
If you take up targeted activities with biosubstances of risk group 2 for the first time, or activities with biosubstances of risk group 3 that do not require a permit, you must report this. You can find out more here.
As a financial investment broker and advisor, you need a permit in Germany. If you wish to be self-employed as a financial investment broker only temporarily, prior written...
If you operate a mobile X-ray unit in connection with an application on animals in veterinary medicine or if this approved activity changes significantly, you are obliged to notify the competent authority in order to obtain a permit.
If you wish to make a significant change to a direct current system or a low-frequency system with a nominal voltage of 110 kilovolts, you must notify the competent authority.
To modify a wastewater treatment plant, you need a plant permit in addition to the modification of the water discharge permit or indirect discharger permit. Both permits should b...
If you, as the owner of a driving school, operate branches of this driving school, you need a branch permit.
Permission shall be granted if the classroom, teaching materials and...
The regulatory authority shall classify an energy supply network which distributes energy for the purpose of enabling the supply of customers in a geographically limited...
The Environmental Audit Act grants environmental verifiers the right to certify that organizations (industrial and service companies or other institutions) meet the requirements...
If a credit or financial services institution wishes to trade directly on an exchange, the institution requires authorisation as a trading participant.
The profession of a certified public accountant can also be exercised in a professional company. Such a company requires state recognition as an auditing company by the Chamber...
The profession of auditor can also be exercised in a professional company. Such a company requires state recognition as an auditing company by the Chamber of Auditors. All...
The construction and operation, the substantial modification of genetic engineering plants of safety level 1 to 4 as well as further genetic engineering work of safety levels 2 to 4 require the notification/registration confirmation or the approval of the responsible genetic engineering authority.
Would you like to give up your position as an authorized district chimney sweep?ogistered district chimney sweep? To do so, you must contact the competent authority.
If you wish to appoint another person to manage a dependent branch office for the commercial manufacture or trade of firearms, you require a deputy permit.
As a capital management company, you must generally have every choice and every change to a new depositary approved by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).
Anyone who wants to offer low-threshold care services to people in need of care must first have them recognised. The application for the recognition of offers according to § 45a SGB XI takes place individually in the federal state in which the offer is made.
If you, as a capital management company, amend the investment conditions of your investment fund, you must have the amended investment conditions approved by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).
You must report the keeping of farm animals to the competent authority. This applies to the following animal species:
Cattle
pigs
sheep
goats
solipeds
chickens
ducks
...
Relevant regulations on the operation of motorized machines, tools and garden equipment are contained in the Federal Immission Control Act -BImSchG- in conjunction with the...
If you are a capital management company
(KVG)
appoint members to the Supervisory Board or an Advisory Board, you must report this to the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). The same applies if members leave the Supervisory Board or an Advisory Board.
If you would like to obtain accreditation as a De-Mail service provider, you can apply for this from the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI).
If you intend to put an interference emitter into operation or make significant changes to its operation, this must be approved by the responsible authority.
Plant protection products can be applied in public areas, such as parks or cemeteries, by competent persons if they have been approved for this purpose by the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety.
If you form investment assets as a capital management company (KVG), investment stock corporation or open-ended investment limited partnership, you must have the investment conditions approved by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).
You can use unauthorised plant protection products under certain conditions on plants, seeds or other infested objects if they are intended exclusively for export from Germany. You need a permit for this.
You need approval from the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) to transfer the management of an investment fund to another capital management company.
As a manufacturer, you must have new additives in plant protection products tested and approved by the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety.
If you want to offer TV programs nationwide, you need approval from the competent authority of the country in which you have your registered office.
An authorisation for TV...
You need a license to work as a real estate agent.
This applies if you commercially
broker the conclusion of contracts for land, land rights, commercial premises, residential...
With a public appointment as a sampler, you are available to courts, authorities, industry and the general public as a particularly reliable, credible and experienced person.
Are you moving your business to a new location in the relevant municipality? Or do you offer additional other goods or services in the future that are unusual for the currently registered trade? In these and other cases, you must re-register your business.
The business purpose of an investment company is to make capital available to other companies by acquiring and holding shareholdings. In this way, the equity capital of the...
A waste management association is an association of companies active in waste management in which activities are carried out that
defines the requirements for the organization...
If you are planning a public event, you generally have to notify your city or municipality and have it approved under certain conditions. Special regulations apply to events on...
If you want to carry out a home slaughter, you must register it in good time for the ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection with the veterinary and food inspection office of your...
You can independently practice a craft subject to admission with a university degree obtained in the EU, the EEA or Switzerland, if the focus of study corresponds to that of the craft to be practiced.
After the death of the permit holder of a restaurant, this may be continued by the spouse, partner or the minor heirs during the minority without their own permission. The same...
Do you want to submit a prospectus for securities to the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority? Then you need access to the corresponding specialized procedure.
Are you a pension fund and would like to introduce new insurance conditions or change existing insurance conditions? As a regulated pension fund, you generally require approval for this. Approval may be required for other pension funds.
Any person who establishes, operates or otherwise holds a fixed installation for the production or processing or processing of nuclear fuels or for the fission of irradiated...
Anyone wishing to operate a restaurant must notify the competent authority in writing four weeks before the start of operation.In addition, he must make a business advertisement.
If, as a capital management company, you wish to market domestic public AIFs in Germany, you must notify the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht).
If you want to market European alternative investment funds (EU-AIF) or special funds in Germany as a domestic capital management company, you must register this with the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority.
Every waste producer must ensure that their waste is disposed of properly. In order to legally relieve the waste producer in this respect, the legislator has introduced the term ...
Your voting rights based on shares in a listed company and/or your financial instruments relating to such change? You may need to notify the company and the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority of this.
Upon request, specialist companies must prove the status of specialist company to the lower water authority in whose district they are active. It must also be possible to prove...
Certain trades have been classified by the legislator as requiring monitoring.
Trades requiring monitoring are
Purchase and sale of high-quality consumer goods, in particular...
According to § 60 Abs.3 Bauordnung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt (BauO LSA), the removal of
Installations according to § 60 Abs. 1 BauO LSA,
free-standing buildings of building...
If you want to operate a retirement / nursing home, you must report this (in addition to the business registration) to the home supervisory authority.
Preconditions
They must...
Only a few travel trade card-free activities need to be displayed. Before starting a travel trade card-free activity, please check whether you may have to report it to the responsible office.
If you want to temporarily take weapons or ammunition from Germany abroad, temporarily take them to Germany or take them through Germany, you need a permit.