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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.

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Permissions / Certificates

Permits and certificates

There are 274 services for Permissions / Certificates

(Re-) Track export declarations electronically
With the "MRN status information" of the customs you can retrieve information about your (re-)export declarations online.
Acceptance of character tests Admission
Persons who take the character test require prior approval in accordance with § 13 paragraph 1 sentence 3 of the Lower Saxony Act on the Keeping of Dogs (NHundG).
Acceptance of character tests Notification of admission requirements
If the admission requirements for the acceptance of essential tests are no longer met, this must be communicated to the competent authority in accordance with Section 13 (3)...
Activities with pathogens Change indication
Anyone who has already received a permit to work with pathogens and has notified the first commencement of the activity is obliged to notify the competent authority immediately...
Activities with pathogens Display
Anyone who wants to bring pathogens to Germany for the first time, export them, store them, dispense them or work with them must notify the competent authority at least 30 days...
Activity as a market trader/market trader
Activities as a market trader or showman are defined in the market statute.
Activity as a market trader/market trader or showman Recording
The commencement of the activity as a market trader/market trader requires the approval of the competent body and is subject to the municipal market statute.
Activity at the municipal cemetery Admission across borders as a gardener
The cross-border commencement of the activity as a gardener in a municipal cemetery requires the approval of the competent authority and is subject to the municipal cemetery...
Activity at the municipal cemetery admission permanently as a gardener
The permanent commencement of work as a gardener in a community-owned cemetery requires the approval of the competent authority and is subject to the municipal cemetery statutes.
Activity at the municipal cemetery admission temporarily as a gardener
The temporary commencement of work as a gardener in a community cemetery requires the approval of the competent authority and is subject to the municipal cemetery statutes.
Activity in the municipal cemetery
The municipal cemeteries are especially dedicated to the deceased inhabitants as a dignified resting place and to care for their memory. Various commercial activities can be...
Activity in the municipal cemetery Admission across borders as a stonemason or sculptor
The permanent commencement of work as a stonemason or sculptor in a community-owned cemetery requires the approval of the competent authority and is subject to the municipal...
Activity in the municipal cemetery reception
The commencement of an activity in a municipal cemetery is only carried out under the conditions laid down in the cemetery statutes for the respective activity. Various...
Activity in the municipal cemetery recording permanently as a stonemason or sculptor
The permanent commencement of work as a stonemason or sculptor in a community-owned cemetery requires the approval of the competent authority and is subject to the municipal...
Admission to the Bar Granting
If you want to work as a lawyer, you need a license. For this purpose, a certificate is issued and handed over by the competent authority. Upon admission, the applicant becomes...
Animal Vaccines: Export - Certification
The export of animal vaccines (ready-to-use medicinal products) requires WHO certificates of type 1 (product certificate) or/or type 2 (declaration of approval status for a...
Animal by-products - Transfer of the duty to dispose (carcass disposal)
You may carry out the commercial disposal of animal by-products as an approved holding only if the obligation to dispose of them, which is legally borne by the local...
Animal disease pathogens: apply - laboratory permit
Any person wishing to work with animal pathogens, in particular experiments, carrying out studies to detect communicable animal diseases or breeding and/or purchasing or...
Animal pathogens: approved - movement/import
Animal pathogens are propagating pathogens which can cause communicable diseases in animals and propagating strains modified in terms of virulence derived from such...
Application for entry in the list of architects (fields of interior design, landscape architecture, urban planning)
One of the following protected professional titles may only be used by those who are entered under the respective name in the list of architects of the Chamber of Architects of...
Application for exemption from proof of professional indemnity insurance for architects
The professional title "architect" or "architect", "interior designer" or "interior designer", "landscape architect" and "urban planner" may only be used by those who are...
Application for state recognition (notification) as an inspection body (testing laboratories, sampling bodies) of water and waste law monitoring: Application in accordance with the Ordinance on Requirements for the Discharge of Wastewater into Waters (AbwV) and the Landfill Ordinance (DepV)
Anyone who has state recognition may be used as an investigation body within the framework of water and waste law monitoring. You must submit the application to the competent...
Apply for 'authorised consignor' status for the Union transit procedure
If you regularly send goods subject to customs duties within the European Union, you can simplify the customs procedure with the status "Authorised Consignor".
Apply for a permit for the construction and operation of genetic engineering plants
The construction and operation, the substantial modification of genetic engineering plants of safety level 1 to 4 as well as further genetic engineering work of safety levels 2...
Apply for admission to a law firm
You want to run your law firm in the form of a limited liability company (GmbH) or a stock corporation (AG)? In this case, recognition as a law firm requires admission.
Apply for an export refund on agricultural products from the European Union (EU)
If you export goods to third countries, you can apply for an export refund under certain conditions. For many agricultural products, the European Union (EU) has set prices that...
Apply for an immission control permit for the construction and operation of plants
For particularly environmentally relevant plants, an immission control permit is required.
Apply for authorised economic operator status
As an Authorised Economic Operator (AEO), you benefit from simplifications in customs clearance. To obtain this status, you must submit an application to your main customs office.
Apply for certificates of origin and IHK certificates for commercial documents
The Chambers of Commerce and Industry issue certificates of origin and other trade certificates for the exportindustry.
Apply for permission to sell goods at trade fairs, festivals and special occasions
Would you like to offer goods for immediate sale on a special occasion, such as a public festival, a trade fair or a market? If you have permission from the competent authority...
Apply for permission to start waste management activities
If you want to collect or transport hazardous waste or trade in hazardous waste, you must apply for a permit from the competent authority for this activity.
Apply for permission to work as an insurance consultant
If you would like to work full-time as a self-employed insurance consultant, you need a permit from the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK).
Apply for proof of competence in the regular stunning or killing of vertebrate animals carried out professionally or commercially
The killing and related activities may only be carried out by persons who have the necessary knowledge and skills (expertise).
Apply for registration as an expert in the energy efficiency expert list
If you want to register as an expert in the list of energy efficiency experts, you can submit an application under certain conditions.
Applying for a permit for a security trade
Commercial guarding is subject to a permit. Guarding within the meaning of § 34a of the Industrial Code (GewO) is understood to mean the activity aimed at protecting the life or...
Applying for approval from a control body for organic farming
Before a product can be marketed as an organic food, it must be checked whether its production meets the requirements. For this purpose, a system with privately approved...
Approval of experts for cross-checks
If you would like to examine cross-samples and/or secondary samples on behalf of a company, you will need approval for this activity. This can be applied for at the Lower Saxony...
Approval of the start of the operation of an energy supply network in accordance with the Energy Industry Act
The commencement of the operation of an energy supply network requires a permit in accordance with the Energy Industry Act by the competent authority under state law.
Auction: Advertisement
An auction must be notified at least 2 weeks before the planned auction date.
Auctioneer trade - Apply for a permit
If you want to auction off third-party movable property, land or rights on a commercial basis, you need a permit.
Auctioneer trade Permit in the travel industry
For the commercial auction of third-party movable property, third-party real estate or third-party rights in the travel trade, a permit from the competent authority is required.
Audit as a tax consultant Shortening
Anyone who meets the requirements can take the tax consultant examination in a shortened form on request. The request for shortened examination should be submitted together with...
Authorisation for insurance intermediaries Exemption
Product-ancillary insurance intermediaries may be exempted from the authorisation requirement upon application.Natural and legal persons (e.B. GmbHs) can apply for the exemption...
Authorisation for the commercial control of vertebrate animals as pests Granted
If you want to kill or stun vertebrates as pests on a commercial basis, you need an animal welfare permit from the competent authority before starting your work. You must apply...
Authorisation of charges for access to the network: grant
Charges for access to the network must be authorised by the competent authority.
Bar Association Admission Grant as a syndicate lawyer/syndicate lawyer for a short job
Anyone who can prove an effective and regular activity as a resident European lawyer in Germany for at least three years, but has only acted for a shorter period of time under...
Be exempted from the requirement for expertise in accordance with the Chemical Ozone Layer Ordinance
In individual cases, you can be exempted from the requirement of proof of competence according to the Chemicals Ozone Layer Ordinance.
Binding information on the fulfilment of individual requirements for admission to the tax consultant examination or for exemption from the tax consultant examination
Legally binding written information on the fulfilment of individual requirements for admission to the examination or for exemption from the examination as a tax consultant can...
Brokerage and advice of financial investments Permit
If youwish to become a commercial financial investment intermediary or financial investment advisor, you must obtain a licence Permission may be granted to a natural or legal...
Brokerage transactions (trading and brokering) Approval
Anyone who wants to collect, transport, trade and stain waste either needs a permit or, in the case of non-hazardous waste, must report this.
Bundeswehr and THW: Working on the economic field - Safety certificate
In principle, the Bundeswehr and the Technical Relief Agency (THW) are prohibited from working in the economic field, as competition with the commercial economy is undesirable. ...
Business Deregistration
Would you like to discontinue your business, move it to a location that falls within the jurisdiction of a municipality other than the one previously responsible, or would you...
Business Registration
A trade is any non-socially unsocial, independent, permanent and profit-generating activity carried out in its own name and on its own account. The trades do not include: ...
Business re-registration
The relocation of a standing commercial enterprise within the territory of the competent authority as well as a change or expansion of the goods or services offered that are not...
Carriage of letters and parcels: advertisement
Who letters with a single weight of more than 1,000 grams and Packages with a single weight of not more than 20 kg commercially promoted to others, this must be notified...
Certificate for the provision of temporary cross-border services according to § 9 (HwO): Issue
Anyone who, as a citizen of the EU, the EEA or Switzerland, wants to practice a craft subject to licensing in Germany temporarily and occasionally without operating a branch...
Certificate of competence for the security industry: Exhibition
The certificate of competence for the security trade is a prerequisite for the issuance of a permit for the security trade and is issued by the competent authority. The...
Certificate of competency according to the Explosives Act
supervisors, in particular: Head of an operations department, Explosives, Operations masters, technical supervisors in the disposal of weapons and Warehouse managers and...
Certificate of proficiency according to the Explosives Act
The certificate of competence for handling and/or traffic with explosive substances in accordance with § 20 of the Explosives Act (SprengG) is only issued on request. It may be...
Certificates of origin and other certificates of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce serving commercial transactions
Certification Service Provider Accreditation
Certification service providers may voluntarily obtain accreditation from the competent authority upon request if they prove that the provisions of the Signature Act and the...
Certification Service Providers Entrust qualified certificates
Do you operate an accredited certification service? The competent authority will issue you with the certificates required for your work. The qualified certificates may, at your...
Certification bodies Recognition according to the Biofuel Sustainability Ordinance
The Biokraft-NachV implements Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009. This defines the recognition of the fulfillment of the legal...
Certification bodies Recognition according to the Biomass Electricity Sustainability Ordinance
The BioSt NachV implements Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009. This defines the requirements for the remuneration for...
Certification service providers Identification of secure foreign electronic signatures and products
As a certification service provider, you can stand up for foreign electronic signatures and electronic signature products. If the signatures and products are from third...
Certification systems Recognition according to Biomass Electricity Sustainability Ordinance
For consumers of fuels in Germany, biofuels or biogas can only be counted against their quota obligation or receive tax relief if they can prove that biofuels or biogas meet the...
Certification systems: Recognition - according to the Biofuel Sustainability Ordinance
Distributors of fuels in Germany can only have biofuels or biogas credited to their quota obligation or receive tax relief if they can prove that the biofuels or biogas...
Chamber of Crafts - Membership Confirmation
If you are an entrepreneur in the craft sector who wish to receive public contracts, you must present an up-to-date membership confirmation from the Chamber of Crafts. This will...
Chamber of Crafts Directory: Simple Activities - Registration
The Chamber of Crafts keeps a list of persons who independently carry out a simple activity in their district of a trade subject to authorisation in Appendix A, which is not...
Checking the reliability of traders in sectors of industry in need of monitoring
In the case of the following branches of trade, the trade authority must check the reliability of the trader immediately after reimbursement of the business registration or...
Classification companies according to the Meat Act
An undertaking which carries out the weighing and classification by trade class of bovine, pig and sheep carcasses is known as a classification undertaking.
Classification company according to the Meat Act approval
An undertaking which carries out the weighing and classification by trade class of bovine, pig and sheep carcasses is known as a classification undertaking.Classification...
Clearance certificate for games with the possibility of winning
The clearance certificate is issued to the manufacturer of a game if it is a game device that is produced in series. He will then receive an imprint of the clearance certificate...
Commercial Legitimation Card Issuance
The commercial legitimation card is a certificate for commercial activity abroad. For persons domiciled in Germany or abroad who wish to do business abroad for a company...
Commercial keeping, breeding, display, use or trade of animals: permit
A permit is required for the commercial keeping, breeding, display, use of animals and trade in animals. To the extent necessary for the protection of the animals, the permit...
Commercial livestock trade: Advertisement
Who trade in livestock on a commercial basis or transporting livestock on a commercial or commercial basis as part of the labour-sharing livestock production, or wants to...
Commissioning display low frequency system
You want to operate a low-frequency system or a direct current system? Then you have to report them to the responsible immission control authority under certain conditions.
Community licence for international and national passenger transport by bus and coach: Exhibition
The international carriage of buses and coaches requires a Community licence issued by the competent authority of the Member State of establishment. The licence shall be issued...
Competence test for mediating and advising insurance companies Certificate
After successfully passing an examination to prove the required competence of insurance intermediaries and insurance consultants before the competent authority, the latter then...
Confirmation of donation
Expenditure to promote tax-deferred purposes within the meaning of Section 52-54 of the Tax Code (AO) may be deducted from the donor, taking into account certain maximum rates...
Craft Roll Change
Changes to company data must be reported immediately to the competent authority. Often, these changes can also be made online.
Craft Roll Deletion
If you want to have your entry in the craft register or in the trade registers of the competent authority deleted (e.B. due to abandonment of the craft), you must do so at the...
Craft role - registration of its own motion
If you are engaged in a trade subject to authorisation, you are obliged to register in the craft role. If you do not comply with this obligation, the Chamber of Crafts (HWK) is...
Craft role: illicit crafting - prohibition of business
The holder of a craft enterprise or a craft-like enterprise is required to register in the craft roll or the list of non-licensed crafts and craft-like trades with the Chamber...
Craftsman's Card
Information about the company and the holder is entered in the craftsman's card. The card is entered: Name and address of the holder Headquarters the craft to be...
Craftsman's Card Exhibition
The competent authority issues a certificate on the entry into the craft role (craftsman's card).
Craftsmanship role: Continuation of operations /acquisition - registration
If a business of a trade subject to authorisation is taken over after the death of the holder, the successor must also fulfil the conditions for registration in the craft role. ...
Cremation systems Display Commissioning
You want to run a crematorium? Then you must report the system to the responsible immission control authority before commissioning.
Cross-border provision of services
Nationals of an EU Member State or of an EEA Contracting State established in another Member State of the EU or Contracting State of the EEA, where they carry on an activity to...
Cross-border provision of services Display
The cross-border provision of services must be reported.
Cross-border provision of services Notification in the security sector
All activities in the security industry (e.B object or personal protection) require a special permit for the security industry. If the requirements are met, only a prior,...
Delivery period for surpluses from the use of deposits in the pawnbrokers: extension
In the pawnbroker's business, pawnbrokers may only accept a pledge if they have agreed with the pledger that they are entitled to receive the part of the proceeds two years...
Deposit realisation period in the pawnshop industry Extension
Upon application to the competent authority, the period for the realisation of the pledge may be extended if there is good reason. The period shall be extended for as long as...
Deputy licence for commercial arms production and/or arms trade: Granted
Anyone who wants to carry out the commercial production of weapons or the commercial arms trade by a deputy requires a proxy permit.It is granted to the licence holder for a...
Discontinuation of activity as a certification service provider Advertisement
Certification service providers issue qualified certificates or qualified time stamps within the meaning of the Signature Act. Any person who acts as a certification service...
Display Collective Disposal Certificate Privileged Procedure Confirmation
You are subject to the obligation to provide proof of hazardous waste and less than 20 t per year and type of waste are generated at your point of origin? Then the disposal can...
Drinking water testing centres Approval
The drinking water tests prescribed by the Drinking Water Ordinance (TrinkwV 2001), including sampling, may only be carried out by laboratories that have been approved as...
Entitlement to use the addition "Agricultural Accountancy" to the professional title granting
Tax advisors, tax representatives, Lawyers and established European lawyers, permission may be granted to use the title "Agricultural Accountancy" in addition to their...
Establishment of an auditing company
The profession of auditor can also be exercised in a professional society. Such a company requires state recognition as an auditing company by the Chamber of Auditors. All...
European Lawyer/European Lawyer Admission for shorter work
Anyone who has been able to prove that he has worked effectively and regularly in Germany for at least three years as a resident European lawyer,' but has only worked for a...
European Patent Attorney
Patent attorneys who are domiciled in a Member State of the European Union, another contracting state of the Agreement on the European Economic Area or in Switzerland are...
European Patent Attorney Determination of an equivalent professional qualification for admission to the Patent Attorney's Office
A person who is in possession of a certificate of training or qualifications within the meaning of § 1 EuPAG paragraphs 2 and 3 may, for the purpose of admission to the patent...
European Patent Attorney/European Patent Attorney Admission to the Patent Attorney's Association as Patent Attorney or Syndicate Patent Attorney
A European patent attorney established in another Member State where the profession of patent attorney is regulated and who is admitted to the Chamber of Patent Attorneys is...
European Patent Attorney/European Patent Attorney Granting partial access to the profession of patent attorney
European patent attorneys whose right to pursue the profession of patent attorney in their country of origin is limited to a part of the areas of law in which patent attorneys...
Event: Advertisement
Anyone planning a public event must normally report it in writing at least one week before the event.
Examination as tax advisor Admission
Participation in the tax consultant examination requires the approval granted by the competent authority.
Examination as tax advisor exemption
According to § 38 tax consultancy law (StBerG), certain persons can be exempted from the tax consultant examination.
Examination number for German brandy: grant
German brandy may only be placed on the market with an official examination number. In order to issue the test number, the brandy must be examined analytically.
Examination of the necessary legal knowledge as a patent attorney
A person may only act as a patent attorney if he or she has been admitted to the Patent Attorney's Office by the Patent Attorneys' Association. This requires the competence of...
Examination of the required legal knowledge as a patent attorney Admission
Admission to the examination of the required legal knowledge as a patent attorney must be applied for at the competent authority.
Exceptions for the auction of perishable goods Admission to special and fair markets
The competent authority may allow exceptions for the auction of perishable goods at special and annual markets within the meaning of § 71b paragraph 2 sentence 2 of the...
Exceptions for the auction of perishable goods Admission to trade fairs, exhibitions and wholesale markets
The competent authority may allow exceptions to the auction of perishable goods at trade fairs, exhibitions and wholesale markets within the meaning of Paragraphs 64 to 66 of...
Exceptions for the auction of perishable goods Admission to weekly markets
The competent authority may authorise exemptions for the auctioning of perishable goods on weekly markets within the meaning of Paragraph 67 of the Trade Code (GewO), in...
Exceptions to the prescribed minimum period of inspection of the auctioned goods in the auctioneer trade Approval
The auctioneer must give the auctioneer the opportunity to inspect the auctioned goods for a period of at least 2 hours. The competent authority may grant exceptions if the...
Exemption for the use of work equipment between 20:00 and 7:00: grant
Relevant regulations on the operation of motor-driven machinery, tools and garden equipment are contained in the Law on the Protection against Harmful Environmental Effects from...
Exemption from proof of professional indemnity insurance for consulting engineers
For entry in the list of consulting engineers, you are obliged to prove sufficient professional liability insurance. You can be exempted from this obligation to provide proof if...
Exercise of the profession as a lawyer in the public sector
Lawyers, who are used as judges or civil servants without being appointed for life, who are called into the employment of a soldier on a temporary period, or who are...
Exercise of the profession as a patent attorney in the civil service
Patent attorneys, who are used as judges or civil servants without being appointed for life, who are called into the employment of a soldier on a temporary period, or who...
Exercise of the profession as a patent attorney in the public sector
Patent attorneys, who are used as judges or civil servants without being appointed for life, who are called into the employment of a soldier on a temporary period, or who...
Expert examination for communicating and advising insurance companies
A prerequisite for the granting of a permit for insurance intermediaries and insurance consultants is proof of the required expertise by successfully passing an examination.
Experts Persons for cross-checks Authorisation of tobacco products
If you want to examine cross-samples and/or duplicate samples on behalf of a company, you need approval. You can apply for this at the Lower Saxony State Office for Consumer...
Explosives
If you wish to purchase, transport or handle explosive substances for non-commercial purposes, you will need regulatory approval.This may be limited in content and space and may...
Feed Law - Official Certificate
For cross-border trade in animal feed, different certificates may be required depending on the country of export (e.g. free-sale certificate, export certificate, official...
Feed business - Authorisation under Article 10 VO (EC) No 183/2005
Feed establishments in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 require authorisation from the competent body.
Feed companies - Registration under Article 5 VO (EC) No 183/2005
All feed businesses, including farmers, are obliged to register with the competent authority.
Forest seed or forest plant operation: display
Any holding wishing to place forest reproductive material on the market must register with the competent State Office for Forest Reproductive Material. If the requirements are...
Funeral site: Permit - for creation/expanding
The installation and extension of a burial ground as well as the re-occupation of a closed burial place is reserved for the cemetery bearers. By the institutions (private)...
Granting of a licence for the commercial activity as a real estate loan intermediary
You need a permit to work as a real estate loan broker if you are a professional Real estate consumer loans within the meaning of § 491 paragraph 3 of the Civil Code or want...
Granting of a licence for the commercial arms trade
The handling of weapons or ammunition generally requires a permit. Authorisation to acquire, distribute or transfer firearms or ammunition on a commercial or independent basis...
Granting of a permit for the sale of certain hazardous substances, mixtures or articles in the retail trade
If you wish to place substances or mixtures on the market, whether commercially or independently within the framework of an economic enterprise, to private end users who, in...
Handling of explosives Safety certificate Issue
Hiking Camp Display
The organisation of a travelling camp for the distribution of goods or services, which is to be indicated by public announcement, must be notified to the body responsible for...
Hufbeschlaglehrschmiedin/Hufbeschlaglehrschmied Recognition
Anyone who wants to work as a hoof shoesmith needs state recognition. Examination certificates acquired outside Germany in the field of hoof and claw fittings can be treated in...
Hufbeschlagschmidin/Hufbeschlagschmied Recognition
Anyone who wants to work as a hoof shoesmith or hoof shoesmith needs state recognition. Examination certificates acquired outside Germany in the field of hoof and claw fittings...
Imports, transits, exports and intra-Community movements under animal health and food legislation: authorisation
For import, transit and, in some cases, for export and intra-Community movements of animals and animal products in accordance with Paragraph 1 of the Intra-Community Movement...
Increased risk of incidents (domino effect) Review
In the case of neighbouring operating areas, the authority checks whether domino effects exist.
Indicate the start of waste management activities
If you want to collect or transport waste or trade in waste, you must report the activity to the competent authority.
Irradiation plants: Approval
Irradiation facilities within the meaning of the Food Irradiation Regulation must be authorised. Conditions: The irradiation facility shall comply with the requirements of...
Keeping farm animals - display
You must view the keeping of farm animals to the appropriate authority. This concerns the following species: Cattle Pigs Sheep Goats Soliper Chickens Ducks Geese ...
Law firm obligation according to the Federal Lawyers' Code
In principle, lawyers must set up a law firm at the place of their admission, in accordance with Section 27 of the Federal Lawyers' Code (BRAO).
Law firm obligation under the Federal Lawyers' Regulations Exemption
In the interests of the administration of justice or in order to avoid hardship, the competent authority may exempt a lawyer from the obligation to take a chance under Section...
Lawyer Admission Grant as Syndicate Lawyer/Syndicate Lawyer
Anyone wishing to act as a syndicate lawyer or a syndicate lawyer requires a licence. After admission, the activity may be carried out under the professional title of lawyer ...
Lawyer Admission Grant of European lawyer as syndicate lawyer/syndicate lawyer
As a European lawyer, you can be admitted to the bar as a syndicate lawyer.
Lawyer or lawyer; Recognise foreign professional qualifications
If you have completed an apprenticeship abroad that allows you to work as a lawyer or lawyer, you can have this degree recognised. With this recognition, you may work as a...
Legal services based on special expertise: Registration - in the Legal Services Register
Anyone wishing to provide out-of-court legal services in the following areas must register with the competent authority: Debt collection services Pension advice Legal...
Licence for postal services: Advertisement - Change in the corporate relations of a corporation
The acquisition of shares or shares represents a change in the corporate relationships of a corporation. Any person who, by purchasing shares or shares of a corporation...
Licence for postal services: advertisement - in the case of continuation by substitutes after the death of the licensee
In the event of the introduction of a deputy in the event of the death of the licensee, the transfer of a licence for postal services issued in accordance with Section 6 of the...
Licence for postal services: transfer
A transfer of the licence for postal services granted in accordance with Section 6 of the Postal Act (PostG) requires the prior consent of the competent authority. The transfer...
Licence for the (international) carriage of goods by road for hire or reward / Community licence granted
If you intend to transport goods with motor vehicles over 3.5 tonnes on a commercial basis or for a fee, you need the permission of the locally competent approval authority...
Licence granted to insurance intermediaries
The activity as an insurance intermediary requires a licence issued by the competent authority. The obligation to provide information applies to holders of the permit. At the...
Limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds Display when transferring or storing petrol, fuel mixtures or raw petrol installations not subject to authorisation
Do you operate a plant where fuels are stored and transferred? Then you have to report them to the authority.
Limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds Display when using organic solvents in installations not subject to authorisation
Do you handle organic solvents in your company? Then you may have to report the system to the competent authority.
List of Companies of Consulting Engineers Registration Corporation
The use of the professional title "Consulting Engineer" in the name of the company is protected in Niederachsen. If the company has a registered office in Lower Saxony and the...
List of external consultant engineers Registration
List of generally sworn interpreters and appointed translators Entry
If you would like to work as a sworn interpreter and/or authorised translator for courts, authorities or notaries, you can be included in a nationwide directory.
List of non-licensed and craft-like trades: Registration
If you wish to register a craft or a craft-like trade without a licence, the competent authority does not enter you in the register of craftsmen, but in the "List of the owners...
Lohnsteuerhilfeverein Anerkennung
You would like to apply for the recognition of an income tax assistance association.
Manufacture of nitrite cured salt: approval
The production of nitrite cured salt must be approved by the competent authority.
Markscheiderin/Markscheider Recognition
Anyone wishing to work as a mark separator must be recognised by the competent authority.
Markscheiderin/Markscheider Recognition as an "other" person
Recognised mark separators manufacture and re-apply the cracking plant prescribed for underground exploration or extraction operations. For other companies, other documents...
Media supervision
The task of the media regulator is to monitor the offers on the Internet with regard to the correct provider identification (web imprint) and the imprint for printing units. In...
Mediation and advice of financial investments by foreign persons Advertisement
Financial services companies generally require a permit for financial investment intermediaries and financial investment advisors. In the event of prior written notification of...
Mobile shooting range - Apply for permission to operate
To operate a mobile shooting range, you need a permit.
Notification and verification Of combustion plants Registration
If you operate a medium combustion plant, you must notify it to the competent authority.
Notification of non-licensed postal services (inclusion, modification and termination)
If your company provides postal services without requiring a license, you must notify the Federal Network Agency of the start, change and termination of operations.
Notification of non-profit and commercial waste collections
Would you like to collect non-profit or commercially recyclable waste, so-called recyclables, from private households? Then you must notify the competent authority at least...
Notification period for an auction: shortening
In exceptional cases, in particular in the case of auctions of perishable goods,a reduction in the two-week notification obligation of auctions may be requested.
Obligation to practise as a patent attorney exemption
In the interest of the administration of justice or in order to avoid hardship, the competent authority may exempt a patent attorney from the obligation to practise a patent...
Obtain proof of successful participation in the information for the security industry
You must provide proof of information in the security industry if you are employed and take over guarding tasks in the security industry on your own responsibility.
Official recognition of natural mineral water
Natural mineral water may only be placed on the market on a commercial basis if it is officially recognised.
Officially approved measuring points for the determination of emissions and immissions of air pollutants, noise and vibrations in accordance with the Federal Immission Control Act
As an approved measuring point for emissions and immissions in accordance with the Federal Immission Control Act, you can offer your services throughout Germany after...
Operating a Certification Service Provider Display
Certification service providers issue qualified certificates or qualified time stamps within the meaning of the Signature Act (SigG). There is no need to obtain a permit for...
Operation of a public scale: display
If you use a public scale, you have: to mark the public scale with an external lyre with the clearly legible inscription: "Public scale, weighing range of ... kg to ......
Operation of a shooting range in enclosed spaces: Display
There is no obligation to permit the operation of shooting ranges where shots are fired in enclosed spaces exclusively for the testing of weapons or ammunition, but only a...
Operation of a trade after the death of the trader/trader without competent representation Permission
After the death of a trader, the trader may be charged for of the surviving spouse of minor heirs during the age of minority the administrator of the estate, the trustee of...
Operation of closed distribution networks: Approval
Network operators wishing to operate their supply area, or at least part of it, as a closed distribution network in accordance with Section 110 of the Energy Economics Act...
Operation of energy supply companies: Approval
Energy supply companies supplying energy to household customers must immediately notify the competent authority of the start-up and termination of their business and changes to...
Operation of plants requiring monitoring in accordance with the Industrial Safety Ordinance Arrangement Safety Assessment
There was a damage or accident in connection with facilities requiring monitoring? The competent authority may then order an inspection by approved inspection bodies.
Operation of plants requiring monitoring in accordance with the Industrial Safety Ordinance Extraordinary
As an employer, you must immediately arrange for an extraordinary inspection of systems requiring monitoring if, for example, a case of damage has occurred.
Other games with the possibility of winning permission in the travel industry
Anyone who wants to organize other games with the possibility of winning in the travel industry (e.B games of skill) requires permission from the responsible authority....
Other games with the possibility of winning: Permission
Anyone who wants to organize other games with the possibility of winning on a commercial basis (e.B. games of skill) requires permission from the responsible authority....
Outdoor advertising: approval
Outdoor advertising is the form of advertising in which the advertising medium is located in public spaces. The affixing of outdoor advertising is usually subject to authorisation.
Particularly knowledgeable auctioneers Public order and swearing-in
Particularly knowledgeable auctioneers can generally be publicly appointed on request to the competent authority.
Patent Attorney's Association
Limited liability companies whose corporate object is to advise and represent the Advice on inventions, brands, design, know-how, plant variety protection and the like ...
Patent attorney
Anyone wishing to act as a patent attorney may perform the following tasks: Advice on inventions, brands, design, know-how, plant variety protection and the...
Patentanwaltsgesellschaft Admission
Anyone wishing to establish a patent attorney company in the legal form of a GmbH must apply for admission as a patent attorney company. The shareholders of a patent attorney...
Pawnshop business - Apply for a permit
The pawnbroker grants a money loan against deposit of a pledge to secure the loan together with interest and costs of business operations. The pawn broker arranges pawn...
Permission for the commercial display of persons granted
Displays of people are events in which the physical appearance of the people on display is in the foreground. The performances they perform (e.B. vocal performances or...
Permission to hold a specialist law office title
Lawyers need permission to use the term "specialist lawyer" or "specialist lawyer".
Permission to operate a day care centre
A day care centre is a day care facility for the education, education and care of children from the first year of life until the age of 14.
Permission to operate a daycare centre
A day care centre is a day care facility for the education, education and care of children from the first year of life until the age of 14. If you want to run a day care...
Permission to provide advice to emigrants
If you would like to provide business information about the prospects of emigration and about the living conditions in the country of immigration, in particular about the...
Permission to use a specialist lawyer title Granted
In accordance with § 43c paragraph 1 sentence 2 of the Federal Lawyers' Act (BRAO) in conjunction with the .m of the Fachanwaltsordnung, lawyers may grant permission to use the...
Permit for the commercial handling and traffic of explosive substances
If your business activity requires the handling and traffic of explosive substances, you need a permit for this.As a rule, proof of your personal reliability, your professional...
Permit for the commercial production of weapons granted
The permit for the commercial or independent production, processing or repair of firearms or ammunition within the framework of an economic enterprise must be applied for at the...
Permit for the transfer of firearms and ammunition
Permission to transfer firearms or ammunition across borders into the scope of the Weapons Act, into other Member States of the European Union or into Switzerland is granted by...
Permit to operate a shooting range: Granted
If you operate a fixed facility that serves the shooting sport or other shooting exercises with firearms, the testing of firearms or shooting with firearms for amusement...
Permit to use mineral water wells: grant
Natural mineral water may only be extracted from springs for which a permit has been granted for use.
Permits and exemptions for excessive use of road: grant
Events for which public roads are used more than usual require permission. In particular, these are: Motor sports events with motor vehicles, classic cars or motorcycles ...
Persons or bodies for the acceptance of competence tests for dog owners Notification of no recognition requirements
If the recognition requirements for the acceptance of proficiency tests are no longer met, this must be reported to the competent authority in accordance with § 3 paragraph 5...
Persons or bodies for the acceptance of competence tests for dog owners Recognition
Persons or bodies that take the proficiency tests prescribed by the Lower Saxony Act on the Keeping of Dogs (NHundG) require prior recognition to prove the knowledge and skills...
Petrol station - permission
For the construction and operation of a service station, you need a permit from the competent authority (in addition to the building permit if necessary).Permission may be...
Play equipment with the possibility of winning Confirmation of the installation location
Traders may only install play equipment equipped with a technical device influencing the outcome of the game and which offers the possibility of winning (winning goods, winning...
Playground equipment with the possibility of winning permission
For the installation and operation of playground equipment that are equipped with a technical device influencing the outcome of the game and the offer the possibility of a...
Possession of polioviruses
The possession of polioviruses or material that may contain polio viruses must be reported
Possession of polioviruses display
Natural or legal persons who have actual jurisdiction over polioviruses or material that may contain polioviruses (owners) shall notify the competent authority immediately. The...
Private Clinic Permit
Anyone who wants to operate a private hospital (private clinic) needs a trade permit, a so-called concession. A hospital within the meaning of commercial law is an institution...
Private university: recognition
If you want to operate a private (non-governmental) university as a free agency, you need state recognition from the ministry responsible for higher education. Only...
Production of balanced diets: approval
Balanced diets may only be produced with the approval of the competent body.
Production of dietary foods with an addition of iodine compounds: authorisation
Dietary foods with an addition of iodine compounds may only be produced with the authorisation of the competent body.
Production of forest reproductive material directly from the basic material: notification
The harvest in an approved seed harvest stock, a mother quarters or a seed plantation must be notified to the competent authority three working days before the start.
Professional competence to properly run a road haulage company: certificate
Whereas, for the transport of goods in cross-border traffic by motor vehicles by undertakings having their registered office in Germany, the professional competence of the...
Professional drivers - confirm basic qualification
If you are a professional driver, if you are a professional driver, if you are travelling on public roads for commercial purposes in the road, you will need proof of basic...
Professional suitability for cross-border road passenger transport: certificate
For the carriage of persons in cross-border traffic by motor vehicles by operators having their registered office in Germany, the assessment of the trader or a person appointed...
Professional suitability for national road passenger transport: certificate
The carriage of persons in national traffic by motor vehicle requires the examination of the professional competence of the trader or of a person appointed by him for the...
Proof of expertise in the arms trade through examination
As part of the licensing procedure for the commercial arms trade, you must prove the appropriate expertise. To do this, you take a specialist examination at the Chamber of...
Provisional Beer Act - Admission of Exceptions
The preparation of beer ("special beer") which does not comply with the provisions of the provisional Beer Act (VorlBierG) may be authorised on request.
Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft
Limited liability companies whose object is legal advice and representation are referred to as a law firm.
Recognition of test centres for pipeline installations Application
Anyone wishing to operate a test centre for pipeline installations must apply for recognition from the testing centre. The testing centre may be composed of a expert...
Register as a debt collection service provider
Anyone wishing to provide business collection services must register this activity in the Legal Services Register. A collection service is the collection of third-party or for...
Register as a legal service provider in a foreign law
Anyone who wants to provide out-of-court legal services in a foreign law must register with the competent authority. Without registration in the Legal Services Register, legal...
Register as a pension advisor
Anyone wishing to provide pension advice in the following areas must register with the competent authority: statutory pension and accident insurance social compensation law ...
Register electricity and gas units
If you operate an electricity or gas system and it is connected to an electricity or gas network, you must register the unit in the Market Master Data Register (MaStR) of the...
Register market players
If you are a market player in the electricity or gas market, you must register in the Market Master Data Register (MaStR) of the Federal Network Agency.
Register of craftsmen Registration Of the manager of the holding
Anyone who wishes to practise a craft subject to authorisation as a farmer without himself or herself fulfilling the requirements for registering a craft register must appoint a...
Register of craftsmen Registration by granting a right to exercise according to § 7a HwO
Without a master craftsman's examination, the applicant or the farm manager may, if necessary, obtain a right to exercise in accordance with §7a of the Crafts Code (HwO) from...
Register of craftsmen Registration by granting a right to exercise according to § 7b HwO
For the independent operation of a trade subject to authorisation of Appendix A to the Crafts Code (HwO) as a standing trade, a registration in the craft roll is...
Register of craftsmen Registration by granting an exemption permit according to § 8 HwO
For the independent operation of a trade subject to authorisation of Appendix A to the Crafts Code (HwO) as a standing trade, a registration in the craft roll is required.If the...
Register of craftsmen Registration by granting an exemption permit according to § 9 Abs. 1 HwO
Anyone who, as a citizen of the EU, the EEA or Switzerland, wants to operate a craft subject to licensing in Germany as a standing trade (i.e. with a branch in Germany) without...
Register of craftsmen Registration of a craft ancillary business
A craft ancillary business exists if, in conjunction with another company superordinate as the main enterprise, craft services are provided to third parties to a not...
Register of craftsmen Registration of equivalent examinations
For the independent operation of a craft subject to approval of Annex A to § 1 paragraph 2 of the Crafts Code (HwO) as a standing trade, an entry in the register of craftsmen is...
Register of craftsmen Registration of trade subject to authorisation
If you want to independently operate a craft subject to licensing as a so-called standing trade, you need an entry in the register of craftsmen. The standing trade includes any...
Register prostitution activity for the first time
Anyone who pursues prostitution in Germany is obliged to register with the authorities.
Registration with the Chamber of Veterinary Surgeons
All veterinarians practicing the profession in Lower Saxony are required to be admitted to the competent authority.The same applies to non-working veterinarians, provided that...
Repairer's authority to allocate
Companies that have repaired calibrated measuring instruments can apply for the granting of the maintenance authority.
Report recycling or production sites for recycled plastic food contact materials
Objects or materials that come into contact with food are called food contact materials. These are, for example: Food Crockery Machines for food processing The production...
Representation for a lawyer
Lawyers must ensure representation, if they are prevented from practising their profession for more than a week if they wish to move away from their office for more than a...
Representation for a lawyer appointment
Representation can only be appointed if it is taken over by a lawyer who belongs to the same competent authority. The order can also be made from the outset for all cases of...
Representation for a patent attorney
Patent attorneys must ensure representation, if they are prevented from practising their profession for more than a week. if they wish to move away from their office for...
Representation for a patent attorney/a patent attorney Appointment
A representative can only be appointed if it is taken over by a patent attorney or a lawyer. The order can also be placed in advance for all prevention cases that may occur...
Road haulage operation: Approval - Examination of the expert's examination
Do you want to carry out commercial transports with vehicles whose total permissible weight is more than 3.5 tonnes? You need permission to do this. One of the prerequisites...
Shipments of waste in Germany and Europe Approval for waste according to the "green" waste list
As a company, would you like to transport waste across national borders? Then the regulations of the EC Regulation on shipments of waste apply to you.
Shipments of waste in Germany and Europe Approval for waste according to the "yellow" waste list and all other waste intended for disposal
As a company, would you like to transport waste across national borders? Then the regulations of the EC Regulation on shipments of waste apply to you.
Shop opening hours
In Lower Saxony, sales outlets are allowed from Monday 0.00 a.m. to Saturday 24.00. be open.On Sundays and public holidays, there is a general ban on opening and selling. The...
Specialist business property when handling water-hazardous substances
Companies carrying out the activities referred to in Section 45 (1) of the Ordinance on the Handling of Water Hazardous Substances (AwSV) on the plants and plant parts referred...
Specialist business property when handling water-hazardous substances Determination
Companies carrying out the activities referred to in Section 45 (1) of the Ordinance on the Handling of Water Hazardous Substances (AwSV) on the plants and plant parts referred...
Sunday and public holiday exemptions Granting in the travel industry
Anyone who operates a travel business must in principle comply with the provisions of the Act on Closing Hours (LadSchlG) and the Lower Saxony Act on Public Holidays...
Sworn accountants recognition
Sworn accountants must be recognised by the competent authority in order to carry out their profession. Recognition is also used to establish membership of the competent body....
Taking the competence test for financial investment intermediaries
To obtain permission as a fee-based financial investment advisor, you must demonstrate the required expertise.
Tax Advisor Appointment
In order to be able to practise their profession, tax advisors and tax representatives must be appointed by the body responsible for the intended professional establishment....
Tax Advisor Appointment again
Former tax advisors and tax representatives can be reappointed under certain conditions.
Tax advisor
Technical assistance related to nuclear installations in certain non-EU countries: Approval
Technical assistance from EU citizens shall be subject to authorisation if the competent authority has informed the applicantperson that the technical assistance in connection...
Temporary legal services: registration
In principle, it is necessary to register with the competent authority who wants to provide out-of-court legal services in the following areas: Debt collection services, ...
Test Engineers for Structural Analysis: Recognition
Test engineer for stability is anyone who is recognized as such by the responsible body. Other persons may not use this designation. In order to be recognized as a test engineer...
Test centres for systems for the application of non-ionised radiation outside medicine: Announcement
The provisions of the Act on Protection against Non-Ionizing Radiation in Human Use (NiSG) and the Concretizing UV Protection Ordinance (UVSV) serve to reduce health risks from...
Testing and certification bodies Recognition
Confirmation or testing and confirmation bodies have the task of verifying and confirming security concepts of certification service providers (testing and confirmation body)...
Testing and certification bodies according to § 5 paragraph 3 Chemicals Climate Protection Ordinance Recognition
For certain work on e.B refrigeration or air conditioning systems, certificates of competence are required for the implementing personnel. These certificates are issued after...
Testing, certification and monitoring bodies for construction products and designs: recognition
The manufacture or application of construction products and the execution of designs requiring exceptional expertise and experience of the persons entrusted with them must be...
Trade in and brokerage of selected dual-use goods in other EU countries
Certain goods are subject to trade restrictions in the EU. These include, but are not only, "double-use" items listed in Part I, Section C, Identifiers 901 to 999 of the Export...
Trade in semen, ova, embryos and monkeys: EU authorisation
For intra-Community trade in Semen, embryos and ova of bovine animals, pigs, horses, sheep and goats Monkeys and semi-monkeys you need an approval.
Trade of real estate agents, loan brokers, property developers, construction supervisors, residential property managers Permit
Who commercially mediate the conclusion of contracts for land, rights equivalent to real estate, commercial premises or residential premises or prove the opportunity to...
Trade, brokerage of goods abroad in accordance with Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009
Certain goods are subject to trade restrictions in the EU. These include, but are not only on "dual use" items listed in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009. These are...
Travel card-free activity
No travel business card is required for certain activities in the travel industry.
Travel industry Authorisation of exemptions from prohibitions
If you want to carry out an activity that is not permitted in travel advertising, you can apply for an exemption under certain conditions.
Travel trade card-free activity Authorisation of exemptions for the organisation of certain sales events
The travel trade card obligation does not apply if an exception within the meaning of § 55a (2) of the Industrial Code (GewO) has been granted for the offering of goods for sale...
Travel trade card-free activity display
For the following activities without travel trade cards, there is an obligation to notify the competent authority: Any person who sells goods in the municipality of his place...
Type approval for playground equipment
Playground equipment with the possibility of winning may only be set up if the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt has approved its design. The manufacturer of the playground...
Use of clay reinforcement systems: grant - exemption
Devices used for the generation or reproduction of sound (sound equipment), in particular loudspeakers, sound players, musical instruments and similar devices, may only be used...
Use of work equipment Notification of accident
In your company, a person was seriously injured or even died? Then you need to show this.
Used tyre deposits over 100 t storage capacity: Approval
For the storage of used tyres in a company with a storage capacity of more than 100t, an immission protection permit is required.
Used tyre deposits under 100 t storage capacity: Approval
A building permit is required for the storage of used tyres in a plant with a storage capacity of less than 100 t.
Vocational education and training: Master's examination
The master craftsman's examination determines whether the apprentice is capable of practising and conducting a craft independently and properly training apprentices. The...
Workshop for disabled people Recognition
Workshops for disabled people enable people with disabilities to participate in working life and thus fulfil an important social function. You will receive various advantages,...

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