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Your selected location: Spelle

Which place to enter?

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.

Labelling of foodstuffs Information provision

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Regulation (EU) No. 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers (Food Information Regulation -LMIV), which has been in force since 13.12.2014, ensures that uniform and clear labelling requirements apply to food businesses throughout the EU and that consumers are comprehensively informed when buying food.

The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) has compiled the most important innovations and basic information on its website.

Who should I contact?

Responsible authorities

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Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (BMELV)
Postal address: Post Office Box 14 02 70, 53107 Bonn, Stadt
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Address: Wilhelmstraße 54, 10117 Berlin, Stadt
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Address: Rochusstraße 1, 53123 Bonn, Stadt
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Postal address: 11055 Berlin, Stadt
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Telephone: +49 30 18529-0
Telephone: +49 228 99529-0
Fax: +49 30 18529-3179
Fax: +49 228 99529-3179
Email: Get in touch
www: http://www.bmelv.de/DE/Startseite/startseite_node.html

What else should I know?

This rule does not apply to activities such as the occasional handling and delivery of food, the serving of meals and the sale of food by private individuals (e.g. in the context of a cake bazaar or a "everyone brings something" buffet), at charity events or at local meetings (street, school and church festivals). In these cases, the individual products do not have to be labelled with allergens. Rather, the prerequisite is a commercial/entrepreneurial activity.

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