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The location is used to determine the responsible office for the selected administrative service. In most cases you can enter your place of residence to find the competent authority. However, there are also cases in which a different location must be specified. Here are some examples:

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

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

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

Domestic animal husbandry: notification – specially protected species

Anyone who keeps vertebrates of specially protected species as pets must report arrivals and exits from the beginning of the keeping.

The specially protected species include, for example, monkeys, parrots, tortoises and giant snakes, but also various lizard species such as day geckos and chameleons. In addition, all European bird species are included.

Further information on specially protected animal and plant species in accordance with the Ordinance on the Protection of Wild Animal and Plant Species (BArtSchV):

Ordinance on the Protection of Wild Animal and Plant Species (BArtSchV)

Documents may be required. Please contact the competent authority.

Fees may apply. Please contact the relevant authority.

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

Notifications may be made in writing or by fax.

Information on whether certain species have been designated as specially protected can be found on the website of the Scientific Information System for International Species Conservation (WISIA):

Species protection database of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation in Bonn (WISIA)

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

The responsibility lies with the Lower Saxony State Agency for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN).

Website of the Lower Saxony State Agency for Water, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)

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

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