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For many activities involving the commercial handling of animals, you require a permit from the competent authority.

To operate a gaming arcade or similar business, you need a permit for the respective location.

If you want to broker real estate or loan agreements commercially, you need a license to do so. You can find out more here.

Have you been banned from exercising your trade due to unreliability? Then, as a rule, you can apply for the re-authorization of your commercial activity under certain conditions after one year.

If you wish to hold an auction, you must notify the relevant authorities.

Would you like to move your business to a new location, has your business name changed or do you want to offer additional goods or services in the future? In these and other cases, you must re-register your business.

You need a restaurant license (concession) if you want to serve alcohol in your establishment. A restaurant license will only be issued if you can present a certificate from the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) regarding the restaurant training.

Would you like to offer catering with alcohol on tap as part of a temporary event (e.g. funfair, town festival, shooting festival) or for another temporary occasion (e.g. canteens)? Then you need a temporary permit (authorization).

If you wish to take over a catering business requiring a permit from another person, you may be permitted to operate the catering business until the permit is revoked.

If your business requiring a permit is no longer to be managed by the deputy, you must notify the competent authority of the termination of the deputy's activity.

Do you want to discontinue your business, move to a location that falls under the jurisdiction of a municipality other than the one that was previously responsible, or do you want to change the legal form of your business? Then you must deregister your business.

You must apply for approval for your business or company if you wish to trade commercially with animals, breeding material and/or animal products within the EU.

If you want to organize commercial shows of people in your business premises or make your business premises available for their event, you need a permit for this.

The temporary permit for a commercial event for the exhibition of persons can be extended upon application. You can find out more here.

If your permit for the commercial exhibition of persons is at risk of expiring, you can apply for an extension to the expiry date of the permit. You can find out more here.

If you want to set up gaming machines with the possibility of winning commercially, you need a permit in accordance with Section 33c of the Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act.

If you have found a new installation site as an operator of gaming machines, you will need a confirmation for the installation site for the installation of gaming machines with winning opportunities

If you wish to have an event scheduled, you must apply for this. There is no obligation to schedule an event. Scheduled events are exempt from certain requirements.

If you want to work commercially as a pawnbroker or pawnbroker, you need a license.

Upon application by the pawnbroker to the competent authority, the time limit may be extended for good cause.

If the prostitution business is no longer being operated by the person named in the prostitution permit, you must report this without delay.

Would you like to operate a prostitution business (prostitution establishment, prostitution agency, prostitution vehicle or prostitution event)? You need a permit for this.

If you want to operate a prostitution business through a proxy, you need a proxy permit as a business.

If you wish to operate a prostitution business through a deputy, you as the operator require a deputy permit.

As the operator of a prostitution business, you must notify the competent authority of certain changes.

If you start a business, you must register it with the competent authority. The registration must be made at the same time as the start of the business.

Do you run a prostitution business and want to deploy security staff? Then you must report this in certain cases.

You would like to take over a restaurant serving alcohol from another person? In order to continue the restaurant operation without a time interruption, you can first apply for a temporary permit, which will later be replaced by the final permit.

If you wish to hold an auction, you must notify the relevant authorities. You can find out more here.

Only a few activities that do not require a travel authorization card must be reported. Before starting an activity that is not subject to a travel authorization card, please check whether you may have to report it to the responsible office.

Persons who regularly stun or kill vertebrates for the purpose of killing on a professional or commercial basis must provide the competent authority with a certificate of competence.

If you want to carry out an activity that is not permitted in the travel trade, you can apply for an exemption permit under certain conditions.

You can change or extend the activities listed on the travel trade license with the competent authority.

You need a traveling trade card for a traveling trade. You can have a temporary traveling trade license extended by the competent authority.

Do you commercially control vertebrates as pests? Then you need a permit from the competent authority under animal protection law.

If you wish to manufacture, process or repair firearms or ammunition on a commercial basis, you require a firearms manufacturing license.

If you want to buy and sell firearms or ammunition commercially, you need a firearms trading license.

The offering of goods (offering for sale) and catering activities in the traveling trade are exempt from the Sunday and public holiday rest period. Further exemptions can be applied for.