Entrepeneurs assistant

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In order to enable you to put your business concerns into practice, we offer you the entry into our service offerings in the corporate sector. The content is subject to the requirements of the European Services Directive. Please therefore also use the possibility to contact the contact persons of the state of Lower Saxony if necessary.

Certifying your qualifications and specialised skills

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In the interest of protecting the public and ensuring high quality standards, before engaging in certain professional activities you must show evidence that you hold the necessary skills and specialist knowledge. If your profession is one of those subject to such requirements, then you are in the right place.

There are 53 services for Certifying your qualifications and specialised skills

Application for a determination of the equivalence of rescue training completed abroad for EU and third-country nationals
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If you have the job title "emergency paramedic", you need a permit. You can find out more here.
Application for an EU certificate under Directive 2005/36/EC (Professional Qualifications Directive)
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With the EU certificate according to the BARL, the professional qualifications and activities as an architect, interior designer, landscape architect or urban planner can be confirmed. It serves as proof to the competent authorities in other EU member states.
Application for designation as an inspection body for the investigation of biowaste in accordance with the Biowaste Ordinance
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If you want to work as an investigation body for biohistory investigations in waste management, you must be designated by the competent authority.
Application for notification as an inspection body for the investigation of waste wood in accordance with the Waste Wood Ordinance
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If you want to work as an inspection body for waste wood in waste management, you must be appointed by the competent authority.
apply for a certificate of competence in the regular stunning or killing of vertebrates carried out professionally or commercially
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Killing and related activities may only be carried out by persons who have the necessary knowledge and skills (expertise).
Apply for recognition as an expert organisation for installations for the handling of water-polluting substances
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In order to be able to appoint experts to inspect equipment for handling substances hazardous to water on behalf of your expert organisation, to prepare expert opinions within th...
Applying for a certificate of competence in accordance with the Explosives Act
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If you want to handle or trade in explosive substances, you need a certificate of competence. You can find out more here.
Appointment of auditors
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Auditors must be appointed by the competent authority in order to be able to exercise their profession.
Apprentice farrier recognition
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Anyone wishing to work as a farrier's apprentice requires state recognition. Examination certificates in the field of farriery and horseshoeing obtained outside of Germany can b...
Approval of experts for cross-checks
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If you want to test counter samples and/or duplicate samples on behalf of a company, you need an authorization for this activity. This can be applied for at the Lower Saxony State Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety.
Auditing bodies of the savings bank and giro associations according to the Auditors' Regulations Registration
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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...
Auditor Reappointment
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The appointment as an auditor expires due to Death renunciation or legally binding exclusion from the profession. Reappointment shall be refused if the conditions for...
Be exempted from expertise requirement under Chemicals Ozone Layer Ordinance
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In individual cases, you may be exempted from the requirement of a technical or manual training for proof of expertise in accordance with the Chemicals Ozone Layer Ordinance.
Certificate of competence for the security industry: Exhibition
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The certificate of competence for the security industry is a prerequisite for the issuance of a license for the security industry and is issued by the competent authority. The...
Certificate of competence in accordance with the Chemicals Climate Protection Ordinance Exhibition
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Anyone who wants to install systems with fluorinated greenhouse gases, check them for leaks, maintain them, maintain them or recover the gases requires a certificate of competence.
Certification systems Recognition according to Biomass Electricity Sustainability Ordinance
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Distributors of fuels in Germany can only have biofuels or biogas counted towards their quota obligation or receive tax relief if they can prove that the biofuels or biogas meet...
Certification systems: Recognition - according to the Biofuel Sustainability Regulation
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Distributors of fuels in Germany can only count biofuels or biogas towards their quota obligation or receive tax relief if they can prove that the biofuels or biogas resulting...
Checking the reliability of traders in the case of industries requiring monitoring
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Would you like to register or re-register a business in need of monitoring? In this context, the trade authority checks your reliability on the basis of a certificate of good conduct for submission to an authority and a central trade register information for submission to an authority.
Classification companies under the Meat Act Approval
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Classification companies according to the Meat Act (FlG) require approval.
Commencement of work as a test expert for safety-related systems and equipment Show
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Citizens of a member state of the European Union or another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area are generally recognised as experts in Lower Saxony.
Competence test for mediating and advising insurance companies Certificate
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After successfully passing an examination to prove the necessary expertise of insurance intermediaries and insurance advisors before the competent authority, the competent...
Designation of Experts for the Inspection of Long-Term Camps
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If you want to work as an expert in accordance with § 24 DepV for a decommissioned long-term storage facility in accordance with the Landfill Ordinance, you must be appointed (i.e. approved) by the competent authority.
European lawyer Admission as European lawyer
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As a European lawyer, you can be admitted to the bar in accordance with the provisions of Sections 6 to 42 of the Federal Lawyers' Act (BRAO).
Examination of the required legal knowledge as a patent attorney Admission
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Admission to the examination of the required legal knowledge as a patent attorney must be applied for at the competent authority.
Exercise of the profession as a lawyer in the public service Authorisation
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The competent authority may, upon request, appoint a representative to the lawyer in the public service or allow him/her to practise the profession himself/herself, provided that...
Exercise of the profession as a patent attorney in the public service Permission
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The competent authority may, upon request, appoint a representative to the patent attorney or allow him/her to practise the profession himself/herself, provided that the interest...
Expert persons in the field of the High Pressure Gas Pipeline Ordinance Recognition
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Experts in the field of the High Pressure Gas Pipeline Ordinance (GasHDrLtgV) are persons who have been recognised by the competent body for the inspection of the technical safet...
Expertise in accordance with the Chemicals Ozone Layer Ordinance Recognition
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The recognition of expertise in accordance with the Chemicals Ozone Layer Ordinance is carried out by the competent authority.
Experts in the craft sector Public appointment and swearing-in
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Publicly appointed experts in the craft sector are characterised by special expertise, objectivity and trustworthiness. They shall be subject to supervision by the competent...
Experts: Public appointment and swearing-in
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Any person who works or wishes to work as a publicly appointed and sworn expert in the fields of economy, including mining, deep-sea and coastal fishing, agriculture and forestry...
Farrier recognition
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Anyone wishing to work as a farrier requires state recognition. Examination certificates in the field of farriery and horseshoeing obtained outside of Germany can be treated as...
Foundation of an auditing company
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The profession of auditor can also be exercised in a professional company. Such a company requires state recognition as an auditing company by the Chamber of Auditors. All...
Getting a certificate of successful participation in instruction for security personnel
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You must provide documented proof of completed instruction in the security industry if you are employed and perform security tasks in the security industry on your own authority.
Intended for deletion - Certification bodies recognition according to the Biofuel Sustainability Ordinance
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The Biokraft-NachV serves to implement Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009. This defines the crediting of the fulfillment of the...
Legal profession Admission to the bar
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Anyone wishing to work as a lawyer requires a licence. For this purpose, a certificate is issued and handed over by the competent authority. Upon admission, the applicant becomes...
Markscheiderin/Markscheider Recognition
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Anyone wishing to work as a mine surveyor must be recognised by the competent authority.
Markscheiderin/Markscheider recognition as "other" person
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Recognised mine surveyors shall manufacture and reproduce the cracks prescribed for underground exploration or extraction operations. For other companies, other documents require...
Patent Attorney Admission
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Patent attorneys may perform the following tasks: Advice on inventions, trademarks, design, know-how, plant variety protection and the like Registration of all industrial...
Permission to continue the professional title of auditor
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The competent authority may, upon request, authorise professionals who, because of old age or physical suffering, renounce the rights conferred by appointment and no longer pursu...
Persons or bodies for the acceptance of competence tests for dog owners Recognition
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Persons or bodies that carry out the competence tests prescribed by the Lower Saxony Law on the Keeping of Dogs (NHundG) require prior recognition to prove the knowledge and...
Professional Aptitude as an Interpreter and Translator Determination
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If you want to be sworn in and/or authorised as a translator in Lower Saxony as a court interpreter, interpreter for official and notarial purposes or as a sign language interpreter in general, you must have your suitability determined.
Proof of specialist knowledge for the arms trade by examination
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As part of the licensing procedure for the commercial arms trade, you must provide evidence of the relevant specialist knowledge. To do this, you take a specialist knowledge test at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK).
Recognition and announcement as an expert or expert according to the Federal Soil Protection Act
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If you wish to be recognized as an expert on soil protection issues, you must submit a corresponding application.
Register as a debt collection service provider
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Register in the Legal Services Register if you want to provide debt collection services on a professional basis.
Register as a pension consultant
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Register with the Legal Services Register if you would like to work as a pension consultant on a business basis.
State recognition (notification) as an investigation body (testing laboratories, sampling bodies) for sewage sludge and soil analyses in accordance with the Sewage Sludge Ordinance
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If you want to work as an investigation body for sewage sludge and soil investigations in waste management, you must be recognized by the competent authority.
Structural Structural Testing Engineers: Recognition
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A test engineer for stability is a person who is recognised as such by the competent authority. Other persons are not allowed to use this designation. In order to be recognized a...
Sworn Accountants Recognition
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Certified accountants must be recognised by the competent authority in order to be able to practise their profession. Recognition shall at the same time constitute membership of...
Take the examination for financial investment intermediaries
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In order to obtain a licence as a fee-based financial investment adviser, you must provide evidence of the required expertise.
Temporary practice of the veterinary profession without a license to practice medicine: permission
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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...
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If you wish to hold public auctions (forced lien sales or distress sales), you need a public appointment for this. The owner of the auctioned property has no influence on the...
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Certification service providers can be accredited by the competent authority on a voluntary basis upon application if they prove that the regulations according to the Signature...
Testing and Certification Bodies Recognition
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Confirmation, testing and confirmation bodies have the task of checking and confirming security concepts of certification service providers (testing and confirmation body) as wel...

Top 10 Services for Companies

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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.