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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.

Advertisement Change of person in the case of legal entities

Anyone who, as a legal entity, operates a catering business and appoints another person to represent them, must immediately notify the competent authority.

This procedure can also be carried out through a "Point of Single Contact". The "Point of Single Contact" is a special service offered by the municipalities and the state for service providers.

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The municipality in whose jurisdiction the catering business is carried out.

- Advertisement of a catering business

- Online procedure possible: yes

- Written form required: yes

- Personal appearance required: if necessary.

Identity card or comparable identity document
Power of attorney, if applicable
Excerpt from the Register of Trades and Associations
when alcohol is served:
- Proof of the application for a certificate of good conduct in accordance with Section 30 (5) of the Federal Central Register Act (BZRG) and
- Information from the Central Trade Register in accordance with Section 150 (1) of the Trade Code (GewO)

Fees are charged in accordance with tariff number 40.6.1 of the Appendix to § 1 paragraph 1 of the General Schedule of Fees of the State of Lower Saxony (AllGO).

Appendix 1 to § 1 paragraph 1 of the General Schedule of Fees (AllGO)

- You must inform the authority to which you have notified your catering business that there has been a change in the authorisation to represent.

- To do this, use the prescribed notification form and attach the required documents.

§ 2 paragraph 2 Lower Saxony Restaurant Act (NGastG)

You must file the complaint without undue delay.

The processing takes place promptly after receipt of the required documents.

§§ 2 paragraph 4 Lower Saxony Restaurant Act (NGastG)

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

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