Conservation of plants, animals and nature

If there are any changes in your animal husbandry, you must notify the State Office for Consumer Protection immediately.

Anyone keeping certain animals must notify the State Office for Consumer Protection before starting their activities. If you keep special animal species such as game, you must also notify the competent authority.

If you wish to transport live vertebrates in a vehicle, you will need proof of your ability to do so. You can find out more here.

If you trade in breeding cattle and/or livestock or wish to attend an exhibition or similar event with breeding cattle and/or livestock, you will need a health certificate.

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

If you want to build, expand or operate Deutsche Bahn operating facilities and this is associated with impacts on bodies of water, you must apply for a permit under water law from the Federal Railway Authority.

You would like to use a plant protection product on your farm that is not approved for use on this crop. In this case, you will need an individual approval from the company, which must be applied for from the official plant protection service.

You would like to use a plant protection product on your farm that is not approved for use on this crop. In this case, you will need an individual approval from the company, which must be applied for from the official plant protection service.

You would like to know whether there is a suspicion of contaminated sites or harmful soil changes on a property? If so, you can request information from the register of contaminated sites from the relevant authority.

If you want to grow wine on new vineyards, you generally need a permit from the Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food (BLE).

If you are a public corporation involved in the legal sale of agricultural or forestry land, you require the approval of the competent authority under state law.

If you as an entrepreneur wish to export plants and plant products subject to inspection, you must be entered in an official register. You can find out more here.

If you as an entrepreneur wish to import plants and plant products subject to inspection from non-EU countries, you must be entered in an official register. You can find out more about this here.

If you as an entrepreneur wish to export plants and plant products subject to inspection, you must be entered in an official register. You can find out more here.

If you as an entrepreneur wish to export plants and plant products subject to inspection, you must be entered in an official register. You can find out more here.

If you wish to operate an inspection body for phytosanitary import controls, you must apply to the competent authority/plant protection service of the Saarland Chamber of Agriculture for the designation of the inspection body.

If you wish to operate an inspection body for phytosanitary import controls, you must apply to the competent authority/plant protection service of the Saarland Chamber of Agriculture for the designation of the inspection body.

If you as an entrepreneur wish to import plants and plant products subject to inspection from non-EU countries, you must be entered in an official register. You can find out more about this here.

If you as an entrepreneur wish to import plants and plant products subject to inspection from non-EU countries, you must be entered in an official register. You can find out more about this here.

Do you want to import or export live or dead animals and plants, or parts or products with components thereof? If these fall under the Washington Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), you will need a permit.

You would like to use a plant protection product on your farm that is not authorized for use on this crop. In this case, you will need an individual approval from the company, which must be applied for from the official plant protection service.

If you wish to produce or distribute certain feedstuffs, you must apply for approval for the feed company concerned.

If you want to carry out animal experiments, you generally need a permit from the competent authority before starting the experiment.

If you wish to operate an inspection body for phytosanitary import controls, you must apply to the competent authority/plant protection service of the Saarland Chamber of Agriculture for the designation of the inspection body.

Here you will find information on occupational health and safety as well as applicable laws, regulations and employers' obligations.

If you or your company operate a facility in which chemical substances hazardous to water are handled, you must independently classify the substances used into a water hazard class (WGK) and notify the Federal Environment Agency.

If you wish to trade in livestock commercially, transport it or operate an assembly center, you must submit the application to the State Office for Consumer Protection.

As a manufacturer or commercial supplier, you can have the Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) check whether your plant protection equipment complies with the requirements of the Plant Protection Act.

Federal railroad operating facilities may only be built, modified or dismantled with the approval of the Federal Railway Authority. If your rights or interests are affected by the planned project, you can notify us.

Here you will find information on requirements and conditions for handling waste from professional and commercial activities.

You can view information on the soils of Saarland in the specialist application Soil Protection in the Saarland Geoportal.

If you wish to use plant protection products for others or advise others on the use of plant protection products, you must notify the competent authority.

If you want to run a zoo, you need the approval of the nature conservation authority. In addition to the construction and operation of a zoo, extensions and significant changes also require approval.