The approval of a variety marketed by you or other registered breeders expires? Then you can apply to the Bundessortenamt (BSA) for an extension of the approval.

If you want to market eggs from your laying hen farm, you may have to register it.
Upon registration, your farm will be assigned an identification number.

If you want to operate a testing laboratory that carries out quality checks on raw milk, you need a license.

You can only market a new plant variety that you have bred for food or feed for commercial purposes after the Federal Plant Variety Office (BSA) has completed its multi-year growing trial and you have obtained official variety approval.

Health claims on foods usually require approval. You can apply for this approval via the E-Submission Food Chain (ESFC) platform of the European Commission .

Would you like to import foodstuffs that are legally marketed or manufactured in another EU Member State but deviate from German health protection regulations? Then you can apply for a general ruling.

If you want to use a new smoke flavoring in or on food, you must have it approved at the European level . If approved, the smoke flavoring will be placed on the EU Community List of Primary Products.

Novel tobacco products, for example heated tobacco products, may only be placed on the market if they have been approved. You can apply for approval from the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL).

If you want to set up a business in Germany, you must comply with certain rules and requirements. This section provides information on the obligations concerning fairness and transparency.

In case of basic problems with mail or parcel delivery, you can complain to Bundesnetzagentur.

You can find out here which requirements and rules must be considered with regard to contracts with consumers and distance selling under EU law.

If you want to complain about a provider for violating the provisions of the Geoblocking Regulation, you can file a complaint with the Federal Network Agency.

If the final price and price components of a flight booking are not shown or not shown transparently, you can file a complaint. This also applies if optional services are preset or prices are discriminated against on the basis of your nationality or place of residence.

If you as an authority or youth welfare organization consider the content of a medium to be harmful to minors, you can apply to the Federal Agency for the Protection of Children and Young Persons in the Media (BzKJ) for an indexing procedure or initiate one.

If you are having problems with a bank, insurance company or other financial service provider, you can lodge a complaint with the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht).

If you as a company feel that your access to the rail infrastructure is restricted, you can file a discrimination complaint with the Federal Network Agency.

If you suspect radio interference, you can report it to the test and measurement service of the Federal Network Agency.

If you use cosmetics and adverse effects occur, you can report this. As a manufacturing or trading company, you must report effects with serious health consequences to the authorities.

Would you like to launch a food on the German market and are unsure whether it is to be classified as a novel food? Then you can apply to the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) for a consultation procedure.

As a manufacturer or importer of cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco, and hookah tobacco, you must print text image warnings on your cigarette and tobacco packaging. You can obtain the image files from the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety.

Do you know to what extent the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies to your company?

If you were not informed about the operating airline, or were not informed in good time, or if you were not offered alternative transportation or reimbursement of ticket costs in the event of a flight cancellation with a company classified as unsafe, you can file a complaint.

Designations that can be construed as health claims may be used without an approval procedure, provided that an approved health claim is attached. You can apply for an exception to this rule for traditional names.

Does your bank reject your basic account application, does it not provide you with sufficient support when switching accounts or does it charge an unreasonable fee? Then you can complain to the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).

Do you believe that a company has violated the German Investment Code? Then you can lodge a complaint with the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). You can use the general complaints procedure to do so.

As a customer of an Internet, mobile or fixed network provider, you can find out about your rights and submit inquiries and complaints to the Federal Network Agency.