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Birth certificateYou want to get married and need a birth certificate. You live in Hanover, but you were born in Celle. You must therefore state your place of birth, i.e. Celle.

Business registrationYou would like to register a business in Braunschweig. Your place of residence is Hanover. You must therefore state the location of your future business, i.e. Braunschweig.

Apply for a building permitYou would like to build a house in Wunstorf and therefore apply for a building permit. Her place of residence is currently Hanover. You must indicate the place where the house is to be built. In this case it is Wunstorf.

Medical and dental treatment for provision covered by statutory accident insurance

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In the event of an insured event, medical and dental treatment is taken over if the treatment is necessary and appropriate and is carried out by qualified personnel. The treatment is always carried out by licensed transit doctors.

Accident insurance institutions are:

  • Industrial employers' liability insurance associations, broken down by sector
  • Public Sector Accident Insurance Institutions
  • Agricultural employers' liability insurance associations

Requirements

The competent accident insurance institution must recognize the damage to health resulting from an accident at work or as an occupational disease.

What are the fees?

Depending on the service, the costs are covered in different amounts. Please contact your local accident insurance institution for further information.

Process flow

An accident at work that leads to an incapacity for work of more than three calendar days must be reported by the company to the competent employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.

Those affected must consult a transit doctor. These are particularly qualified for the treatment of accidental injuries.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

Deadlines may have to be observed. Please contact the competent authority.

What else should I know?

The statutory accident insurance is a branch of the German social insurance. The employer is obliged by law to insure employees against accidents at the workplace or on the way to and from the workplace

Legal basis

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

Further Links

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Single points of contact of the state of Lower Saxony, Single points of contact of the countries of Europe, advice and assistance for EU citizens and their families.
Access information on the single point of contact for the state of Lower Saxonyvisit Website Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEsVisit advice and assistance for EU citizens and their families