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Registration requirements

From fishing to firing ranges to dentistry, certain businesses are required to be registered. This is the right place if you are interested in registering your professional activity or you are looking for information about doing so.

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Activities with pathogens

Anyone who has already received a permit to work with pathogens and has notified the first commencement of the activity is obliged to notify the competent authority immediately...
Activities with pathogens Advertisement

Anyone wishing to bring pathogens into Germany for the first time, to export, store, deliver or work with them must notify the competent authority at least 30 days before they...
Activities with pathogens permit

In Germany, there is a basic permit requirement for activities with pathogens. Anyone who wants to bring pathogens to Germany as a responsible person, export them, store them,...
Activity free of travel trade cards Advertisement

Only a few activities free of travel business cards have to be displayed. Before taking up an activity without a travel business card, please check whether you may have to...
Advertisement of a restaurant

Would you like to offer prepared food or beverages commercially for consumption on the spot? Then you must notify the competent authority 4 weeks in advance.
Application for entry in the list of architects (fields of interior design, landscape architecture, urban planning)

One of the following protected professional titles may only be used by those who are entered under the respective title in the list of architects of the Chamber of Architects of...
Application for entry in the list of architects (specialising in architecture)

The protected professional title "architect" may only be used by those who are entered under the title in the list of architects of the Chamber of Architects of Lower Saxony,...
Application for entry in the list of companies of the Chamber of Architects of Lower Saxony (partnership company)

The Lower Saxony Architects Act (NArchtG) regulates the use of the professional titles "architect", "interior designer", "landscape architect" and "urban planner" on behalf of a...
Application for entry in the list of external service providers at the Chamber of Architects of Lower Saxony (§ 14 NArchtG)

The professional title "architect", "interior designer", "landscape architect" and "urban planner" may only be used by external service providers if they are entered under the...
Application for entry in the list of foreign companies at the Chamber of Architects of Lower Saxony

The job titles "architect", "interior designer", "landscape architect" and "urban planner" and similar designations are protected in Lower Saxony. Companies domiciled abroad...
Application for registration in the list of companies of the Lower Saxony Chamber of Architects (corporation)

The Lower Saxony Architects Act (NArchtG) regulates the use of the professional titles "architect", "interior designer", "landscape architect" and "urban planner" in the company...
Apply for a licence to operate casinos in Lower Saxony

You can only submit an application for a licence to operate a casino in Lower Saxony to the Lower Saxony Ministry of Finance as part of an ongoing tender procedure.
Apply for a security permit

Anyone wishing to guard the life or property of other persons on a commercial basis requires the permission of the competent authority.
Apply for a weapon manufacturing permit

If you want to manufacture, process or repair firearms or ammunition on a commercial basis, you will need a firearms manufacturing permit.
Apply for admission to a law firm

Do 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.
Apply for an operating licence for a hospital pharmacy

An operating licence is required to operate a hospital pharmacy.
Apply for Arms Trade Permit

If you want to buy and sell firearms or ammunition on a commercial basis, you will need a firearms trading permit to do so.
Apply for permission for an embryo collection team or semen collection station

If you want to operate an embryo collection unit or an insemination centre in the field of animal breeding, you need a permit.
Apply for recognition as a forest management association

Anyone who wants to set up a forest management association and receive funding for it must have it recognised and meet the necessary requirements.
Apply for registration in the register of crafts without a licence or in the register of crafts-like trades

If you would like to practise a craft or a craft-like trade independently, you must notify your Chamber of Crafts of the start of commercial activity.
Applying for a licence to become a fee-based financial investment advisor

You need a licence under trade law to work as a fee-based financial investment advisor if you: advise on transactions in certain financial instruments and your recommendation...
Applying for approval of an organic production control body

Before a product may be marketed as organic food, it must be checked whether its production meets the requirements. In Germany, a system of privately approved inspection bodies...
Applying for permission to work as an insurance consultant

If you would like to work full-time as an independent insurance consultant, you need a permit from the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK).
Approval of packing centres for eggs

If you want to sort, pack and label eggs on your farm, you need approval as a packing centre before starting your activity.
Approval of the commencement of operation of an energy supply network in accordance with the Energy Industry Act

The commencement of operation of an energy supply network requires a permit in accordance with the Energy Industry Act by the competent authority under state law.
Auctioneering trade - apply for permission

Would you like to auction off third-party movable property, third-party real estate or third-party rights on a commercial basis? You will need permission for this. You can find...
Authorisation for insurance intermediaries

In order to operate as an insurance intermediary, a licence issued by the competent authority is required. Holders of the permit are subject to the obligation to provide...
Authorisation for insurance intermediaries Exemption

Product-accessory insurance intermediaries may, upon application, be exempted from the authorisation requirement.Natural and legal persons (e.g. GmbHs) can apply for exemption...
Authorisation for the commercial control of vertebrate animals as pests Issue

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 must apply...
Authorisation to represent commercial arms manufacture and/or trafficking: issue

Anyone wishing to carry out the commercial manufacture or trade in weapons by a deputy requires a proxy licence.It is granted to the licence holder for a specific deputy and...
Building template authorization

In the case of a construction project subject to approval, the draftsman (person entitled to submit building documents) bears a great deal of responsibility. Both the building...
Business legitimation card issuance

For persons domiciled in Germany or abroad who wish to do business abroad for a company based in the area of application of the Industrial Code, a business legitimation card can...
Business re-registration

The relocation of a standing commercial enterprise within the territory of the competent authority as well as a change or expansion of the goods or services offered, which are...
Business registration

The commencement of an independent operation of the standing trade or the operation of a branch or a dependent branch must be registered with the competent authority at the same...
Commercial Animal Husbandry Permit

If you want to keep, breed or trade animals on a commercial basis, you must apply for a permit from the competent authority before starting your activity. Only after receiving...
Commercial keeping, breeding, display, use or trade of animals: Authorisation

A permit is required for commercial keeping, breeding, display, use of animals and trade in animals. The permit may be granted, insofar as it is necessary for the protection of...
Declaring a business or self-employed activity for tax purposes

If you start a business, participate in a business or become self-employed, you must notify the tax office.
Display of the commercial keeping of game enclosures

Do you want to keep and breed wild animals in game reserves? Do you carry out the activity independently, according to plan, on a continuous basis and with the intention of...
Driver's School License Issuance

Open a driving school / run a driving school
Entry in the list of consulting engineers

The use of the professional title "consulting engineer" or "consulting engineer" is protected in Lower Saxony. Only those who are registered in the list of consulting engineers...
Entry in the list of structural engineers

As a person established in Germany as a structural engineer, an entry in the list of structural engineers must be made for certain structures, unless an entry in a corresponding...
Foreign Financial Investment Intermediaries and Financial Investment Advisors Advertisement

As a financial investment broker and advisor, you need a licence in Germany. If you only wish to be self-employed as a financial investment broker on a temporary basis, it is...
Forest seed or forest plant holding: display

Any establishment wishing to place forest reproductive material on the market must register with the competent State Office for Forest Reproductive Material. If the conditions...
Gambling halls permit

Anyone who wants to operate an amusement arcade or a company that deals exclusively or predominantly with the installation of gaming equipment or the organization of other games...
Granting of a licence for commercial activity as a real estate loan intermediary

You need a permit to operate as a real estate loan broker if you are working on a commercial basis. real estate consumer loans within the meaning of Section 491 (3) of the...
Hiking Camp Display

The organization of a traveling camp for the distribution of goods or services, which is to be referred to by public announcement, must be reported to the authority responsible...
Information from the Central Trade Register Application

If you need proof of your personal reliability in connection with the operation of a business, you can apply for information from the Central Trade Register. Information from...
Insolvency administrator inclusion in the shortlist

A prerequisite for appointment as insolvency administrator or trustee in insolvency proceedings is usually prior inclusion in a pre-selection list maintained by the insolvency...
Itinerant trade Granting of exemptions to prohibitions

If you want to carry out an activity that is not permitted in travel advertising, you can apply for an exemption permit under certain conditions.
Itinerant trade permit

If you want to sell, buy or offer goods or services outside your shop on a commercial basis without being requested by a customer, or if you want to carry out entertaining...
Licence for the commercial handling and movement of explosive substances Issue

If your business activities require the handling and circulation of explosive substances, you will need a permit to do so.As a rule, proof of your personal reliability, your...
List of external consulting engineers Registration

The professional title "Consulting Engineer" is protected by the Lower Saxony Engineering Act (NIngG). If you have neither a place of residence nor a professional establishment...
List of external engineers Registration

The professional title "Ingenieurin" or "Ingenieur" is protected by the Lower Saxony Engineering Act (NIngG). If you have neither a place of residence nor a professional...
List of foreign companies Registration

The use of the professional title "Consulting Engineer" in the name or in the company name of the company is protected in Niederachsen. A company that is neither entered in the...
List of sworn interpreters and appointed translators Registration

If you would like to work as a sworn interpreter and/or authorized translator for courts, authorities or notaries' offices, you can apply to be included in a nationwide...
List of sworn interpreters and appointed translators Registration of interpreters and translators from other EU/EEA countries

If you would like to work as a sworn interpreter and/or authorised translator in an EU or EEA member state for courts, authorities or notaries' offices in Lower Saxony, you can...
List of voluntary members Registration

If you have a residence or a professional establishment in Lower Saxony or practice your profession wholly or partially, but not only temporarily or occasionally, in Lower...
Mediation and advice of financial investments Licence

If you want to become a professional financial investment broker or financial investment advisor, you need a permit Permission may be granted to a natural or legal person. ...
Operation of a certification service provider Display

Certification service providers issue qualified certificates or qualified time stamps within the meaning of the Signature Act (SigG). No authorisation is required for the...
Operation of a public scale: display

Anyone who uses a public scale has: mark the public weighing instrument with an externally affixed plate with the clearly legible inscription: 'Public scales, weighing...
Other games with the possibility of winning Permission in the travel industry

Anyone wishing to organise other games with the possibility of winning in the travel industry (e.g. games of skill) on a commercial basis requires a permit from the competent...
Other games with the possibility of winning: Permission

Anyone wishing to organise other games with the possibility of winning (e.g. games of skill) on a commercial basis requires a permit from the competent authority. Permission...
Patentanwaltsgesellschaft Admission

Anyone wishing to establish a patent attorney firm in the legal form of a GmbH must apply for admission as a patent attorney firm. The shareholders of a patent attorney firm...
Pawnbroking - Apply for a permit

If you want to work as a pawnbroker or pawnbroker, you need a permit.
Permission for the commercial display of persons

Displays of people are events in which the physical appearance of the persons on display is in the foreground. The performances they perform (e.g. vocal performances or...
Permission to breed, keep and trade animals Issue for dogs

You want to keep dogs to raise offspring with the animals or to trade with the animals? Would you like to train dogs for third parties or guide the training of dogs by the pet...
Permission to operate a prostitution establishment

The operation of a prostitution business is subject to a licence.
Permission to operate a shooting range: issue

If you want to operate a fixed facility that is used for shooting sports or other shooting exercises with firearms, the testing of firearms or shooting with firearms for...
Playground equipment with the possibility of winning Confirmation of the installation site

Traders may only set up playground equipment that is equipped with a technical device influencing the outcome of the game and that offers the possibility of winning (winning...
Playground equipment with the possibility of winning permission

For the installation and operation of playground equipment which: are equipped with a technical device influencing the outcome of the game, and the offer the possibility of...
Private Clinic Permit

If you want to operate a private hospital (private clinic), you need a trade permit, a so-called concession. In this context, a hospital within the meaning of trade law is an...
Professional register for tax advisors Registration of persons established abroad and authorised to assist in tax matters

If temporary and occasional assistance in tax matters is taken up by a foreign service provider, a temporary entry in the professional register takes place. The extent of the...
Provision of services by foreign companies that use the professional title "Consulting Engineer" in their name Advertisement

The use of the professional title "consulting engineer" in the name or in the company name of the company is protected in Niederachsen. A company that is neither entered in the...
Recognition as a forestry association

Do you want to set up a forestry association and take advantage of subsidies? Then you must submit an application to the competent authority for recognition as a forestry...
Recognition of inspection bodies for pipeline installations Application

Anyone wishing to operate a testing centre for pipeline installations must apply for recognition of the inspection centre. The verifier may consist of a expert organisation,...
Registering food establishments

If you are a food establishment/company carrying out activities related to the production, processing or distribution of food (including e-commerce), you must register with your...
Registration of hatcheries and establishments for the production of hatching eggs

If you want to operate in a hatchery with a capacity of 1,000 or more hatching eggs or a breeding and propagation farm with 100 or more animals, you must submit an application...
Registration with the Chamber of Veterinary Surgeons

For all veterinarians practicing the profession in Lower Saxony, there is a compulsory membership of the competent authority.The same applies to non-working veterinarians,...
Restaurant establishment Advertisement Change of person in the case of legal entities

Are you a legal entity running a restaurant business and have appointed another person to represent you? You must inform the competent restaurant authority of this immediately.
Temporary practice of the veterinary profession without a license to practice medicine: permission

Anyone who has completed training as a veterinarian from a non-EU member state, but does not have a license to practice medicine, and only wants to practice the veterinary...
Testing and certification bodies according to § 5 paragraph 3 of the Chemicals Climate Protection Ordinance Recognition

You can attend a training event with the competent authority or have yourself recognised as an examination and certification body.
Trade of real estate agents, loan brokers, property developers, construction supervisors, residential property managers Permit

Who is commercially employed mediate the conclusion of contracts for land, equivalent rights, commercial premises or residential premises or demonstrate the opportunity to...
Travel business card-free activity Re-registration

Only a few activities free of travel business cards have to be displayed. Before taking up an activity without a travel business card, please check whether you may have to...
Type approval for playground equipment

Playground equipment with the possibility of winning may only be set up if the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt has approved its design. The manufacturer of the playground...

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