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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.

Authorisation for the commercial control of vertebrate animals as pests

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If you want to kill or stun vertebrates as pests on a commercial basis, you need an animal welfare permit from the competent authority before starting your work. You can apply for permission in writing in paper form, via the Lower Saxony Application System for Administrative Services Online (NAVO) and, from 2023, via the company portal for health-related consumer protection.

In order to obtain a permit, you must attach to the application, among other things, certificates of competence of the people who carry out the work of killing and stunning.

Who should I contact?

In Lower Saxony, responsibility lies with the veterinary offices of the districts, the Hanover region and the independent cities as well as with the Jade-Weser Veterinary Office Association.

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

Requirements

  • Application is completed completely and correctly
  • All required documents are available

Which documents are required?

No documentation is required.

Process flow

You will receive the permit from the competent authority after you have submitted the necessary documents and the application for a permit, the competent authority has examined the documents and the requirements have been checked.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

You will need permission before you start your work.

Processing duration

Processing Time: 4 Months
Section 11 (5) of the Animal Welfare Act (TierSchG)

What else should I know?

Anyone who carries out an activity without the permit required under Section 11 (1) sentence 1 of the Animal Welfare Act (Section 18 (1) No. 20 of the Animal Protection Act is guilty of an administrative offence).

Legal basis

Appeal

Within one month of notification, an action may be filed with the administrative court with territorial jurisdiction.

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

Further Links

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