Formalities - Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction - Requirements [with branch office in Bavaria - EU foreigner] - Dienstleistungsportal Bayern

• Road use; application for special use permit for county, municipal or local thoroughfares.

  If you want to use county, municipal or local thoroughfares of county, state or federal roads ("Ortsdurchfahrtsstraßen") not only for traffic purposes, but also for your own interests or commercial activities, you need a special use permit for this.

• Immission control; application for a permit for the construction and operation of a plant

  The construction and operation as well as the substantial modification of certain industrial plants, which may cause harmful effects on the environment, require a permit under immission control law. The types of facilities concerned are listed exhaustively in the Ordinance on Facilities Requiring a Permit (4. BImSchV).

• Water law; application for a permit

  An official permit is required for any impact on a water body that is not only of completely minor importance.

• Waste disposal; consulting

  In Bavaria, the counties and independent cities are generally responsible for waste disposal. They offer information on waste disposal for citizens and businesses.

• Protection of historical monuments; application for permission to carry out measures on historical monuments and archaeological sites

  If you want to carry out measures on architectural or ground monuments or in the vicinity of such monuments, you will in many cases require permits in accordance with the Monument Protection Act (DSchG).

• Water supply; securing

  The public supply of drinking water to households is provided by the municipalities or special-purpose associations (water supply companies).

• Sewage disposal; implementation

  Wastewater disposal is the responsibility of the municipalities and cities or municipal wastewater associations.

The following authorisations and notifications may be required:

• Mining; application for approval of the operating plan

  For the exploration, extraction and processing of mineral resources subject to the Federal Mining Act, the mining contractor requires an operating plan approved by the competent mining authority.

• Company number; application

  As an employer, you must register your employees for social insurance. To do this, you need a company number.

• Statutory accident insurance; registration of a company, self-employed or freelance activity

  If you start a business, become self-employed or freelance, you usually have to register it with the accident insurance company.

• Social security; registration of employees

  Employees who are compulsorily insured under the statutory social insurance scheme must be reported to the competent health insurance fund as the collecting agency.

• Wage tax; registration by the employer

  The employer must withhold and pay the wage tax.

• Posting of workers to Germany; registration and other obligations

  When posting employees to Germany, the Employee Posting Act must be observed. This law obliges both employers based in Germany and employers based abroad who employ workers in Germany to comply with statutory and, in certain sectors, collectively agreed working conditions. In addition, employers are subject to further obligations.

• Compensatory levy; payment

  Employers are obliged to fill a certain number of jobs with severely disabled persons or persons of equal status. A compensatory levy must be paid for each unfilled mandatory position.

• Freelance activity; notification of the opening of a business

  The commencement of a freelance activity must be reported directly to the competent tax office without any formalities. The responsible tax office is informed by the respective municipality about the registration of a business. In addition, you must provide the competent tax office with further information on the legal and factual circumstances relevant for taxation.

• Residence; Registration

  If you move into an apartment, you must register with the responsible registration office (municipality, city or administrative community) within two weeks.

• Residence cards and certificate of permanent residence; application

  A residence card or permanent residence card shall be issued to family members of Union citizens who are entitled to free movement and to permanent residents but who are not Union citizens themselves. Union citizens may apply for a certificate.