Restaurant operation Approval early start of operations
- If you want to operate a standing catering business, you must notify the competent authority at least 4 weeks before offering drinks or prepared food for the first time.
- This also applies if the catering industry is only to be operated for a short time.
- The same procedure shall apply to the operation of a branch, a dependent branch, the transfer of the permanent establishment and the extension of the offer to alcoholic beverages or prepared foods.
- Deviating from this, the competent authority may allow an earlier start of the catering business if compliance with the 4-week period is not reasonable for you as the operator.
Who should I contact?
This procedure can also be handled by a "Point of Single Contact". The "Point of Single Contact" is a special service offered by the municipalities and the state for service providers.
Responsible authorities
Emsbüren - Bereich Gewerbeangelegenheiten, Marktwesen
from 08:00 to 12:00
and 14:00 to 16:00
Tuesday:
from 08:00 to 12:00
Wednesday:
from 08:00 to 12:00
Thursday:
from 08:00 to 12:00
and 14:00 to 18:00
Friday:
from 08:00 to 12:00
Contact
- Emsbüren:
- Activity as a market trader or showman Admission
- Advertisement of a restaurant
- Apply for permission to sell goods at trade fairs, festivals and special events.
- Business re-registration
- Deregister trade
- Event: Advertisement
- Exemptions for the auctioning of perishable goods Admission to weekly markets
- Exemptions on Sundays and public holidays
- Findings from the background check Certificate
- Gaming arcade license
- Markets and festivals
- Organization of a weekly market
- Other games with the possibility of winning Permission in the traveling trade
- Other games with the possibility of winning: Permission
- Parking permit
- Permission for the commercial display of persons
- Playground equipment with the possibility of winning Confirmation of the installation site
- Playground equipment with the possibility of winning permission
- Restaurant operation Approval early start of operations
- Show traveling trade or activity exempt from travel trade card
- Store opening hours
Competent authority
The municipality in whose local area of responsibility the operation is to be commenced.
Requirements
- You must be able to demonstrate that you cannot reasonably be expected to comply with the statutory period of 4 weeks.
Applications / forms
- The request to allow the earlier start of the catering industry can be applied for informally at the competent authority.
- Online procedure: possible
- Written form: not required
- Personal appearance: not required
Which documents are required?
- Identity card or comparable identity document
- If applicable, power of attorney
What are the fees?
Fees are charged in accordance with tariff number 40.6.2 of the annex to §1 paragraph 1 of the General Fee Schedule of the State of Lower Saxony (AllGO).
Fee: 1,00 - 112,00 EURPayment in advance: nois calculated according to the time spent
Process flow
- Submit an explanation together with the restaurant advertisement why it is not reasonable for you to wait 4 weeks before starting the restaurant business
- After assessing the situation, the competent restaurant authority will inform you whether an earlier start can be permitted.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
There is a considerable interest in adhering to the notification period of 4 weeks before the start of operations. However, if compliance with this deadline is not reasonable for you, you are requested to report the first serving of beverages or the delivery of prepared food for consumption on the spot as early as possible.
Notification Period: 4 Weeksbefore offering beverages or prepared food for the first time
Processing duration
If there is sufficient justification, prompt processing will take place.
What else should I know?
There is a considerable public interest in complying with the 4-week deadline. Early knowledge of an intended restaurant industry is not only important for the restaurant administration but also for other legal concerns such as food hygiene law, building law, etc. is significant. Earlier authorisation can therefore only be considered in particularly justified exceptional cases. This may be, for example, the case that a takeover of a restaurant business becomes unforeseen as a result of serious illness or death of the previous operator.
Appeal
Administrative court proceedings
