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The location is used to determine the responsible office for the selected administrative service. In most cases you can enter your place of residence to find the competent authority. However, there are also cases in which a different location must be specified. Here are some examples:

Birth certificateYou want to get married and need a birth certificate. You live in Hanover, but you were born in Celle. You must therefore state your place of birth, i.e. Celle.

Business registrationYou would like to register a business in Braunschweig. Your place of residence is Hanover. You must therefore state the location of your future business, i.e. Braunschweig.

Apply for a building permitYou would like to build a house in Wunstorf and therefore apply for a building permit. Her place of residence is currently Hanover. You must indicate the place where the house is to be built. In this case it is Wunstorf.

Auditing bodies of the savings bank and giro associations according to the Auditors' Regulations Registration

Quality control is carried out by auditors registered with the competent body in their own practice or by auditing firms (quality control auditors).

The following paragraphs of the Wirtschaftsprüferordnung (WPO) apply mutatis mutandis to quality control at audit bodies of the savings bank and giro associations, insofar as these are members of the competent authority and state law does not provide otherwise with regard to the obligation to carry out quality control:

§ 57a paragraph 1 sentence 1, paragraphs 3 to 5, paragraph 6 sentences 1 to 9, paragraphs 7 to 8 WPO
§§ 57b to 57d WPO
§ 66a paragraph 1 sentence 1, paragraph 3 sentences 1 to 3, paragraph 5 sentence 1, paragraph 6 sentence 5 WPO
Section 66b WPO
Section 136 WPO

The responsibility lies with the Chamber of Auditors.

This procedure can also be carried out through a "Point of Single Contact". The "Point of Single Contact" is a special service offered by municipalities and the state for service providers.

Find your Point of Single Contact here.

The application for admission to the examination must be submitted in writing to the competent authority.

Chamber of Auditors

Documents may be required. Please contact the competent authority.

Fees are charged in accordance with the scale of fees of the competent authority.

Deadlines may have to be observed. Please contact the competent authority.

Processing Time: 3 Months
§ 4b Wirtschaftsprüferordnung (WPO)

§ 57h paragraph 2 Wirtschaftsprüferordnung (WPO)

Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)

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