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.

Founding a Business and Obtaining a Business Licence

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Would you like to take the plunge and become professionally independent? Do you know yet how and where you will do so? A number of advisory services are available to you. Am I entitled to funding for my business? What conditions do I need to meet? What licences and authorisations are required?

There are 5 living situations for Founding a Business and Obtaining a Business Licence

There are 215 services for Founding a Business and Obtaining a Business Licence

Activities with pathogen permission
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In Germany, there is a general permit requirement for activities involving pathogens. Anyone who wants to bring pathogens into Germany as a responsible person, export them, store...
Activities with pathogens
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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 i...
Activities with pathogens Advertisement
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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 ar...
Advertisement Change of person in the case of legal entities
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Are you a legal entity running a catering business and have appointed another person to represent you? This must be reported to the competent catering authority immediately.
Advertisement of a restaurant
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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.
Animal Testing Permit
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If you want to carry out animal experiments, you generally need a permit from the State Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (LAVES) before the start of the experiment...
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 authorisation to use plant protection products outside agricultural, forestry or horticultural land
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Plant protection products may only be used on agricultural, horticultural or forestry land. In order to use them on other areas (non-cultivated land), you need a special permit.
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 entry in the list of architects (fields of interior design, landscape architecture, urban planning)
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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)
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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, the...
Application for entry in the list of companies of the Chamber of Architects of Lower Saxony (partnership company)
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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)
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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
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The job titles "architect", "interior designer", "landscape architect" and "urban planner" and similar designations are protected in Lower Saxony. Companies domiciled abroad tha...
Application for exemption from proof of professional liability insurance for architects
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Freelance members of the Chamber may, upon request, be exempted from the obligation to maintain professional indemnity insurance for personal reasons.
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.
Application for registration in the list of companies of the Lower Saxony Chamber of Architects (corporation)
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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 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 a driving school permit
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Open a driving school / run a driving school
Apply for a licence to operate casinos in Lower Saxony
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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 license as a fee-based financial investment advisor
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If you wish to work commercially as a self-employed fee-based financial investment advisor, you need a license to do so.
Apply for a license as a real estate agent, loan broker, property developer, building supervisor or residential property manager
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Anyone who commercially arrange the conclusion of contracts for land, land rights, commercial premises or residential premises or provide evidence of the opportunity to...
Apply for a security permit
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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 travel trade license
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If you do not have a commercial establishment or wish to offer goods for sale, services or entertaining activities as a showman or showwoman or as a showman or showwoman, you must apply for a permit (traveling trade license).
Apply for admission to the law society
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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 company requires admission.
Apply for arms trade permit
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If you want to buy and sell firearms or ammunition on a commercial basis, you need a firearms dealer's license.
Apply for permission for an embryo collection team or semen collection station
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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 permission to work as an insurance adviser
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If you would like to work full-time as a self-employed insurance consultant, you need a permit from the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK).
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...
Apply for registration in the register of crafts without a licence or in the register of crafts-like trades
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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.
Apply for weapon manufacturing license
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If you want to manufacture, process or repair firearms or ammunition on a commercial basis, you need a firearms manufacturing license.
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.
Applying for an operating license for a hospital pharmacy
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You need a license to operate a hospital pharmacy. You can apply for this from the local competent authority.
Applying for approval of an organic production control body
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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 cancellation of membership at the Chamber of Crafts
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If the operation of a craft or craft-like trade is no longer to be continued, you must apply to your Chamber of Crafts for deletion.
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.
Approval of packing centres for eggs
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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
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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
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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 out more here.
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...
Authorisation for insurance intermediaries
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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
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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
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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 must apply for this permit.
Authorisation to represent commercial arms manufacture and/or trafficking: issue
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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 can...
Authorisation to use the suffix "Agricultural Accounting Office" to the professional title Grant
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Tax advisors and attorneys at law who have special expertise in the field of assistance in tax matters for agricultural and forestry businesses may apply for the addition of "Agricultural Accountant" to their professional title.
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.
Brokerage and advice on financial investments Authorisation
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If youwant to workas a financial investment broker or financial investment advisor, you needa licence Authorisation may be granted to a natural or legal person Responsible:...
Building template authorization
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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 Legitimacy Card Issuance
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For persons residing in Germany or abroad who wish to do business abroad for a company with its registered office in the area of application of the Trade and Industry Code, a...
Business re-registration
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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 no...
Business registration
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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...
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.
Commercial Animal Husbandry Permit
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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 the permit are you allowed to start your activity.
Commercial keeping, breeding, display, use or trade of animals: Authorisation
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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...
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...
Craftsman's Roll Change
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Changes to company data must be reported immediately to the competent authority. Often, these changes can also be made online.
Design approval for playground equipment
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Gaming devices with the possibility of winning may only be set up if their design has been approved by the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt. The manufacturer of the gaming...
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.
Display of the commercial keeping of game enclosures
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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 making a profit? Then you must report this animal husbandry to the competent veterinary authority.
Distance learning courses Notification of significant changes
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Significant changes in the factual circumstances that are decisive for the admission of distance learning courses must be communicated by the organiser to the competent authority...
Entry in the list of consulting engineers
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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 o...
Entry in the list of drafters
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According to the Lower Saxony Building Code (NBauO), the draftsman is responsible for ensuring that the design for the construction project complies with public building law....
Entry in the list of structural engineers
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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 directory in another federal state has already been made.
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.
Exemption from proof of professional liability insurance for consulting engineers
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As a consulting engineer, you can be exempted from proof of professional liability insurance if you do not yet carry out an independent activity or do not exercise the profession for personal reasons, in particular due to illness or parental leave.
Exemption from the requirement of capital commitment for "existing companies" pursuant to § 154 Abs. 2 StBerG
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For the recognition of tax consulting firms, the capital commitment regulation according to § 50a Steuerberatungsgesetz (StBerG) is of central importance. In principle, only...
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 for cross-checks Authorisation of tobacco products
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If you want to examine cross-checks and/or duplicate samples on behalf of a company, you need approval. You can apply for this at the Lower Saxony State Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety.
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...
Forest seed or forest plant holding: display
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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 ar...
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...
Gaming arcade license
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Anyone wishing to set up and operate a gaming arcade requires a permit from the competent authority in accordance with Section 2 (1) sentence 1 of the Lower Saxony Gaming Arcades...
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.
Granting of a licence for commercial activity as a real estate loan intermediary
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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
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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...
Income Tax Assistance Association Recognition
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You would like to apply for recognition of an income tax assistance association.
Information from the Central Trade Register Application
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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 th...
Insolvency administrator inclusion in the shortlist
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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...
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...
Itinerant trade Granting of exemptions to prohibitions
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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.
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...
Licence for the commercial handling and movement of explosive substances Issue
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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...
Licence to operate a shooting range: Licence to operate a shooting range
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If you want to operate a stationary facility that is used for shooting sports or other shooting exercises with firearms, the testing of firearms or shooting with firearms for...
List of external consulting engineers Registration
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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 i...
List of external engineers Registration
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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
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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
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If you would like to work as a sworn interpreter and/or authorised translator for courts, authorities or notaries' offices, you can apply to be included in a nationwide directory if the requirements are met.
List of sworn interpreters and appointed translators Registration of interpreters and translators from other EU/EEA countries
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If you would like to work as a sworn interpreter and/or authorised translator from an EU or EEA member state for courts, authorities or notaries' offices in Lower Saxony, you can be included in a nationwide directory.
List of voluntary members Registration
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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 Saxony...
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...
Notification of the use of plant protection products for others
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Any person who uses plant protection products for others – except occasional neighbourly assistance – must notify the competent authority of this for the place of business and the place of activity before commencing the activity.
Operation of a certification service provider Display
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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
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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 range...
Operation Prostitution Business Permit
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A prostitution business is carried on by any person who offers services in connection with the provision of sexual services by at least one other person on a professional basis o...
Organization of a weekly market
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If a weekly market is organized, the so-called determination of the competent authority is necessary, provided that the so-called market privileges (e.g. exemption from...
Organization of a yearly or special market: fixed
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If an annual or special market is organized, the so-called determination of the competent authority is necessary, provided that the so-called market privileges are sought for thi...
Organization or execution of prostitution events Permit
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Prostitution events are events organised for an open group of participants at which sexual services are offered by at least one of the persons directly present. Anyone wishing t...
Other games with the possibility of winning Permission in the traveling trade
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If you want to commercially organize a so-called other game with the possibility of winning (in money or in goods) in the travel trade, you need a corresponding permit.
Other games with the possibility of winning: Permission
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If you want to organize a so-called other game with the possibility of winning (in money or goods) on a commercial basis, you need a corresponding permit.
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...
Patentanwaltsgesellschaft Admission
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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 may...
Pawnbroking - Apply for a permit
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If you want to operate commercially as a pawnbroker or pawnbroker, you need a permit.
Permission for the commercial display of persons
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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 theatrica...
Permission to breed, keep and trade animals Issue for dogs
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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 owner? Then you need permission to do so before starting your activity.
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...
Permission to operate a prostitution establishment
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The operation of a prostitution business is subject to a permit.
Permit for the transfer of firearms and ammunition
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Permission for the cross-border transfer of firearms or ammunition to the area of application of the Weapons Act, to other Member States of the European Union or to Switzerland i...
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...
Playground equipment with the possibility of winning Confirmation of the installation site
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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 good...
Playground equipment with the possibility of winning permission
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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
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If you want to operate a private hospital (private clinic), you need a commercial license, a so-called licence. In the sense of trade law, a hospital is a facility that serves th...
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.
Professional register for tax advisors Registration of persons established abroad and authorised to assist in tax matters
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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...
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).
Providing a prostitution vehicle permit
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Prostitution vehicles are motor vehicles, vehicle trailers and other mobile installations provided for the provision of sexual services. Anyone who wants to set up or operate a...
Provision of services by foreign companies that use the professional title "Consulting Engineer" in their name Advertisement
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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 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.
Recognition of a forestry association
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Do you want to set up a forestry association and make use of subsidies? Then you must submit an application for recognition as a forestry association to the competent authority.
Recognition of a forestry association and granting of legal capacity as a commercial association
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Anyone wishing to set up a forestry association and receive funding for this must have it recognized and meet the necessary requirements.
Recognition of inspection bodies for pipeline installations Application
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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,...
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.
Register food establishments
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If you are a food establishment/business carrying out activities related to the production, processing or distribution of food (including internet commerce), you must register with your local food control authority.
Register of craftsmen Registration by granting a right to exercise according to § 7b HwO
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Without a master craftsman's examination, the applicant or the farm manager may receive a right to exercise the exercise in accordance with §7b Handwerksordnung (HwO) from the...
Register of craftsmen Registration by granting an exemption according to § 8 HwO
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If the applicant or the plant manager has not passed a master craftsman's examination, but has the knowledge and skills of a master craftsman, then under certain circumstances an...
Register of craftsmen Registration of non-essential activities
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For certain activities considered as non-essential activities, no entry is provided for in the Register of Craftsmen or in the registers kept by the competent authority. ...
Registering a company or self-employed activity for tax
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If you start a business, participate in a business or become self-employed, you must notify the tax office.
Registration of hatcheries and establishments for the production of hatching eggs
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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 for registration.
Registration with the Chamber of Veterinary Surgeons
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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,...
Report new management to the Chamber of Crafts
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You must report a new management of your craft business that requires approval to the responsible Chamber of Crafts.
Representation permit for a prostitution business Permit
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Anyone who wants to operate a prostitution business by a person appointed as a representative requires a representation permit.The representative permit is granted to the operato...
Show foreign financial investment brokers and financial investment advisors
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As a financial investment broker and advisor, you require a license in Germany. If you only wish to work as a self-employed financial investment broker on a temporary basis, prio...
Show traveling trade or activity exempt from travel trade card
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Only a few activities not requiring a travel trade license must be reported. Please check whether you need to notify the competent authority before taking up an activity that does not require a travel trade license.
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.
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 brokers
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In order to obtain a license as a fee-based financial investment advisor, you must provide proof 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...
Testing and certification bodies in accordance with the Chemicals Climate Protection Ordinance Recognition
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You can take part in a training course with the competent authority or have yourself recognised as an examination and certification body.
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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...
Test engineers for structural analysis: Recognition
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A test engineer for stability is a person who is recognized as such by the competent authority. Other persons may not use this designation. In order to be recognized as a test...
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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...
Activity as a market trader or showman Admission
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The commencement of activity as a market trader or showman requires the consent of the competent authority and is subject to the municipal market statutes.
Activity exempt from a travel trade card Admission of exemptions for the implementation of certain sales events
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The travel trade card requirement does not apply if an exception within the meaning of Section 55a (2) of the Trade Regulation Act (GewO) has been granted for the sale of goods o...
Activity in a municipal cemetery Admission across borders as a gardener
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The cross-border commencement of activity as a gardener in a municipal cemetery requires the consent of the competent authority and is subject to the municipal cemetery statutes.
Activity in municipal cemetery Admission across borders as a stonemason or sculptor
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The permanent commencement of activity as a stonemason or sculptor in a municipal cemetery requires the consent of the competent authority and is subject to the municipal cemeter...
Activity in municipal cemetery Permanent admission as a stonemason or sculptor
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The permanent commencement of activity as a stonemason or sculptor in a municipal cemetery requires the consent of the competent authority and is subject to the municipal cemeter...
Activity in municipal cemetery Permanent gardener
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The permanent commencement of activity as a gardener in a municipal cemetery requires the consent of the competent authority and is subject to the municipal cemetery statutes.
Activity in the municipal cemetery Temporary admission as gardener
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The temporary commencement of work as a gardener in a municipal cemetery requires the consent of the competent authority and is subject to the municipal cemetery statutes.
Admission of a European Lawyer to the Bar Association Decision as an in-house lawyer
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Anyone who has been admitted as a European lawyer upon application to the bar association responsible for the place of his/her place of establishment is entitled to practise as a...
Admission to the Bar Grant as in-house lawyer
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Anyone wishing to work as an in-house lawyer or in-house lawyer requires licensing. After admission, the activity may be carried out under the professional title of lawyer ...
Application for an exemption from the manager requirement for an additional counselling centre/branch
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Advice centres or branches of tax advisors and professional practice companies must be managed by another local tax advisor or tax representative. The Chamber of Tax Advisors may allow an exception.
Application for state recognition (notification) as an investigation body (testing laboratories, sampling bodies) for monitoring under water and waste law: Application in accordance with the Ordinance on Requirements for the Discharge of Wastewater into Water Bodies (AbwV) and the Landfill Ordinance (DepV)
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If you want to act as an investigative body in water and waste law monitoring, you must be notified (recognized) by the competent authority.
Apply for permission to sell goods at trade fairs, festivals and special events.
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You would like to offer goods for immediate sale occasionally at trade fairs, exhibitions, public festivals or for a special occasion? Then you need a permit for this from the competent body and do not need a travel trade card.
Applying for recognition of a substitute school
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You can apply for state recognition for the substitute school you run in order to achieve equality with an equivalent public school.
Auction: Advertisement
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An auction must be notified no later than 2 weeks before the planned auction date.
Auctioneer's trade permit in the itinerant trade
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For the commercial auction of third-party movable property, third-party property or third-party rights in the travel trade, a permit from the competent authority is required.
Auditing firm Registration of third-country nationals
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The Chamber of Auditors may authorise persons who have worked in a third country as expert examiners are authorised or appointed, in addition to professionals and auditors...
Auditor Appointment of persons from other EU countries
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A person who in a Member State, or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, or of Switzerland outside the scope of the...
Bar Admission Grant as in-house lawyer for shorter periods of activity
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Anyone who can prove that they have at least three years of effective and regular activity as a established European lawyer in Germany, but has only been active in German law for...
Bar Admission to the bar Granting of European lawyers as in-house lawyers
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As a European lawyer, you can be admitted to the bar as an in-house lawyer.
Certificate of good standing for games with the possibility of winning Issue
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The clearance certificate is issued to the manufacturer of a game if it is a gaming device that is mass-produced. He will then receive a copy of the clearance certificate for eac...
Cross-border provision of services Advertisement
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The cross-border provision of services must be reported.
Cross-border provision of services Notification in the security industry
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All activities in the security industry (e.g. property or personal protection) require a special permit for thesecurity industry. If the requirements are met, only a prior,...
Deadline for delivery of surpluses from pawnbrokerage in the pawnbroking industry: extension
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In the pawnbroking business, pawnbrokers may only accept a pawnbroker if, among other things, they have agreed with the pawnbroker that they are entitled to receive the part of...
Drinking water testing laboratories Approval
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The drinking water tests prescribed by the Drinking Water Ordinance (TrinkwV 2001), including sampling, may only be carried out by laboratories that have been approved as drinkin...
Duty of law firm according to the Federal Lawyers' Act Exemption
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In the interest of the administration of justice or to avoid hardship, the competent authority may exempt a lawyer from the law firm obligation according to § 29...
European Lawyer Admission for shorter periods of activity
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Anyone who can prove that they have worked effectively and regularly as a European lawyer in private practice in Germany for at least three years, but has only been active in...
European Patent Attorney Admission to the Chamber of Patent Attorneys as a patent attorney or in-house patent attorney
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A European patent attorney who is established in another Member State in which the profession of patent attorney is regulated and who is admitted to the Chamber of Patent...
European Patent Attorney Determination of an equivalent professional qualification for admission to the patent attorney profession
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A person who is in possession of evidence of education or competence within the meaning of § 1 EuPAG paragraphs 2 and 3 may, for the purpose of admission to the patent attorney's...
European Patent Attorney Grant Partial access to the profession of patent attorney
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European patent attorneys whose entitlement to practise as patent attorneys in their home country is limited to some of the areas of law in which patent attorneys may practise in...
Exceptions for the auction of perishable goods Admission to special markets and fairs
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The competent authority may allow exceptions for the auction of perishable goods at special markets and annual markets within the meaning of Section 71b (2) sentence 2 of the...
Exceptions for the auction of perishable goods Admission to trade fairs, exhibitions and wholesale markets
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For the auction of perishable goods at trade fairs, exhibitions and wholesale markets within the meaning of § 64 to 66 of the Industrial Code (GewO), the competent authority may...
Exceptions to the prescribed minimum viewing period of the auctioned goods in the auctioneering business Admission
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The auctioneer must give the auctioneer the opportunity to inspect the auctioned item for a period of at least 2 hours. The competent authority may allow exceptions if the bidder...
Exemption from the obligation to carry out quality control of auditors and auditing firms
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According to §§ 57a paragraph 1 sentence 1 and 130 paragraph 3 of the Wirtschaftsprüferordnung (WPO), auditors and sworn accountants in their own practice or auditing firms are...
Exemptions for the auctioning of perishable goods Admission to weekly markets
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The competent authority may allow exceptions for the auction of perishable goods at weekly markets within the meaning of § 67 of the Industrial Code (GewO), in particular from th...
Granting of a repair authority
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Companies wishing to repair calibrated measuring instruments can apply for the granting of the repair authorisation in accordance with the Measurement and Verification Ordinance ...
Information from the Central Trade Register Application in the online procedure
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Since 1 September 2014, it has been possible to apply for and pay for information from the Central Trade Register online on the Internet.
Law firm obligation according to Patent Attorney Act Exemption
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In the interest of the administration of justice or to avoid hardship, the competent authority may release a patent attorney from the law firm obligation pursuant to § 26...
Notes to the supervisory authority on the casinos
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If you have any information of any kind about the Lower Saxony casinos that you would like to send to the supervisory authority, you can submit them here.
Notification of the provision of temporary services from other EU/EEA countries for inclusion in the register of general sworn interpreters Registration of interpreters and translators
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As an interpreter and/or translator in an EU or EEA member state, you can temporarily and occasionally carry out this activity on the territory of the state of Lower Saxony and have it included in a nationwide directory in Germany for this purpose.
Patent Attorney Admission as In-House Patent Attorney
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An in-house patent attorney exercises his/her profession if he/she is entrusted with the performance of tasks pursuant to § 3 paragraphs 2 and 3 of the German Patent Attorney Act...
Pawnbroking: Extension of the pledge recovery period
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In the pawnbroking business, pawnbrokers must realise the pledge no later than 6 months after the entry into force of the exploitation entitlement. At the request of the...
Permission to use a title of specialist lawyer Grant
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In accordance with § 43c paragraph 1 sentence 2 of the Federal Lawyers' Act (BRAO) in conjunction with the Specialist Lawyers' Act, lawyers may obtain permission to use the title...
Possession of poliovirus display
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Natural or legal persons who have effective physical control over poliovirus or material that may contain poliovirus (owners) must notify the competent authority immediately. The...
Projects of the casino operator subject to approval
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If you have a Lower Saxony casino license, various projects require prior approval or approval by the competent authority on the basis of the Lower Saxony Casino Act (NSpielbG),...
Quality auditors 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 auditing firms, so-called auditors for quality control.
Register of craftsmen Registration by granting an exemption according to § 9 Abs. 1 HwO
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Anyone who, as a citizen of the EU, the EEA or Switzerland, wishes to operate a craft subject to licensing in Germany as a standing trade (i.e. with a branch in Germany) without...
Register of craftsmen Registration of a craft ancillary business
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A craft ancillary business exists if, in conjunction with another business superordinate as the main enterprise, craft services are provided to third parties to a not...
Register of craftsmen Registration of equivalent examinations
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For the independent operation of a craft subject to approval of Annex A to § 1 paragraph 2 of the Crafts Code (HwO) as a standing trade, an entry in the register of craftsmen is...
Representation for a lawyer Appointment
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A representative may only be appointed if it is provided by a lawyer belonging to the same competent authority. The order can also be made from the outset for all hindrance cases...
Representation for a Patent Attorney Appointment
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A representative can only be appointed if it is taken over by a patent attorney. The order can also be made from the outset for all hindrance cases that may occur during a...
Show installation of a prostitution vehicle
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The operation of a prostitution vehicle requires a permit.
Supplementary school, apply for state recognition
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You can apply for recognition of a notified supplementary school in Lower Saxony at the responsible Regional State Office for School and Education (locations: Braunschweig, Hanover, Lüneburg, Osnabrück).
Temporary exercise of the veterinary profession without a licence to practise medicine: notification
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The temporary and occasional exercise of the veterinary profession for veterinarians from EU Member States without a licence to practise medicine must be reported to the competen...
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...
Trade and brokerage of selected dual-use goods in other EU countries Authorisation
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Anyone wishing to carry out a trade and brokerage transaction involving dual-use goods which are are located in a third country, or are located in the economic territory and...
Travel trade card-exempt activity Re-registration
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Only a few activities that do not require a travel trade license must be reported. Please check whether you need to notify the competent authority before taking up an activity that does not require a travel trade license.
Using the EU-DLR Point of Single Contact network to support the simple handling of administrative procedures
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If you want to work in Germany as an entrepreneur or professional, the Point of Single Contact will inform you about legal requirements and help you to handle administrative procedures quickly and easily online.

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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.