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Which place to enter?

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.

Registration of hatcheries and establishments for the production of hatching eggs

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If you run one of the following establishments, you must submit an application for registration.

  • Incubators with a capacity of 1000 hatcheries or more: Fertilized eggs are hatched in incubators. The hatched young chicks are delivered to fattening poultry farmers and pullet rearers.
  • Breeding farms with 100 or more animals: The hatching eggs produced there are to be used to hatch breeding chicks, reproductive chicks or utility chicks.
  • Propagation farms with 100 or more animals: Utility chicks are to hatch from the hatching eggs produced there.

When you register your company, you will receive an identification number.

In Germany, the identification number begins with DE, the first two digits stand for the respective federal state, followed by a serial number for the establishment (three digits), a digit for the type of farm and a two-digit number for the poultry species(s) to which the activity of the farm extends.

Who should I contact?

In Lower Saxony and Bremen, responsibility lies with the Lower Saxony State Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (LAVES), Department 43 Market Surveillance.

Requirements

None

Applications / forms

Currently, it is only possible to apply for the benefit in paper form. The corresponding application forms can be found on the LAVES website.

You can send the application by post, fax or e-mail.

Which documents are required?

Application form

What are the fees?

Fees apply. The amount will be determined in the course of the procedure.

Process flow

Please apply for registration in writing using the existing LAVES form:

  • Download the form online and print it.
  • Fill out the form.
  • Submit the signed application documents to LAVES. You can send the application by post, fax or e-mail.
  • You will then receive the identification number assigned to you and a fee notice by post.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

Registration with LAVES must take place before you start working.

What else should I know?

Legal basis

Appeal

Legal recourse against the registration notice and the fee notice is open to the competent administrative court. The notices are each accompanied by a corresponding instruction on legal remedies, from which the locally competent administrative court emerges.

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

Further Links

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Single points of contact of the state of Lower Saxony, Single points of contact of the countries of Europe, advice and assistance for EU citizens and their families.
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