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There are also travel trade license-exempt activities for which you do not require a travel trade license. Further information can be found under Section 55a of the Trade Regulation Act (GewO) and Section 55b of the Trade Regulation Act (GewO).
The following activities that do not require a travel trade license must be reported to the competent authority:
- Anyone who offers for sale (sells immediately) or buys goods, solicits (sells) orders, offers services or solicits (sells) orders for services in the municipality of their place of residence or commercial establishment, provided the municipality has no more than 10,000 inhabitants
- Anyone who sells food or other everyday goods from a non-fixed point of sale or another establishment at regular, shorter intervals at the same location; the prohibition in Section 56 (1) no. 3 letter b of the Trade Regulation Act (GewO) does not apply
- Anyone who offers printed works for sale on public paths, streets, squares or in other public places
If you carry out one of the above-mentioned activities that do not require a travel trade license, you must notify the competent authority of the start of your business, unless you have already registered it in accordance with Section 14 (1) to (3) of the Trade Regulation Act (GewO).
- An activity that does not require a travel trade license must be reported
- The prerequisite for the obligation to notify is the exercise of an activity that does not require a travel trade license in accordance with the Trade Regulation Act, if the trade does not already have to be registered in accordance with other provisions of the Trade Regulation Act.
- Responsible: Trade offices of the municipalities
- § Section 55a Travel trade license-exempt activities - Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act (GewO)
- § Section 55c Obligation to notify - Trade Regulation Act (GewO)
- Copy of identity card or comparable identification document/residence permit with the note "Gainful employment permitted" if the applicant does not come from a country of the European Union, the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland
- For proof of the legal form of the company:
- If you are based in Germany, you will need:
- for registered companies, an extract from the register (e.g. commercial register, register of cooperatives),
- for unregistered companies, a copy of the articles of association
- If your company is based abroad, you will need documents from the country in which your company is based to prove its legal form.
- If you are based in Germany, you will need:
The start of a notifiable itinerant trade for which there is not already an obligation to notify in accordance with Section 14 of the Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act (GewO).
To ensure that you comply with your obligation to notify in good time, you must complete the relevant application form and send it to the competent authority before commencing your activity and enclose the required documents with the application form.
1. you notify the competent authority of your travel trade card-exempt activity.
2. you may receive a confirmation.
You must report your business activity immediately upon commencement. If you do not make the notification or do not do so correctly, completely or on time, you will be fined.
Forms: no
Written form required: no
Online procedure possible: yes
Personal appearance required: no
Responsibility lies with the trade offices of the municipalities.
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
- An activity that does not require a travel trade license must be reported
- The prerequisite for the obligation to notify is the exercise of an activity that does not require a travel trade license in accordance with the Trade Regulation Act, if the trade does not already have to be registered in accordance with other provisions of the Trade Regulation Act.
- Responsible: Trade offices of the municipalities
- § Section 55a Travel trade license-exempt activities - Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act (GewO)
- § Section 55c Obligation to notify - Trade Regulation Act (GewO)
- Copy of identity card or comparable identification document/residence permit with the note "Gainful employment permitted" if the applicant does not come from a country of the European Union, the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland
- For proof of the legal form of the company:
- If you are based in Germany, you will need:
- for registered companies, an extract from the register (e.g. commercial register, register of cooperatives),
- for unregistered companies, a copy of the articles of association
- If your company is based abroad, you will need documents from the country in which your company is based to prove its legal form.
- If you are based in Germany, you will need:
The start of a notifiable itinerant trade for which there is not already an obligation to notify in accordance with Section 14 of the Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act (GewO).
To ensure that you comply with your obligation to notify in good time, you must complete the relevant application form and send it to the competent authority before commencing your activity and enclose the required documents with the application form.
1. you notify the competent authority of your travel trade card-exempt activity.
2. you may receive a confirmation.
You must report your business activity immediately upon commencement. If you do not make the notification or do not do so correctly, completely or on time, you will be fined.
Forms: no
Written form required: no
Online procedure possible: yes
Personal appearance required: no
Responsibility lies with the trade offices of the municipalities.
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.