Dienstleistungsportal Bayern

In principle, there is freedom of trade in the Federal Republic of Germany. However, there are certain trades that you may only operate with a permit from the trade authority or that are subject to certain monitoring.

Formalities

Here you will find information about formalities related to this subject:

• Waste producer number; application
  Commercial waste generators that generate more than two tons of hazardous waste per year require a waste generator number.
• Waste management activity; notification

  Anyone wishing to collect, transport, trade or broker waste must notify the competent authority of the activity before commencing it.

• Waste management activity; application for a permit
  If you want to collect or transport hazardous waste or trade in hazardous waste, you must apply for a permit for this activity from the competent authority.
• Permission to operate a severance distillery obtained

  If you want to operate a so-called severance distillery, you need a permit to do so.

• Alcohol tax; application for permit to handle untaxed alcohol products.

  If you handle alcohol products that are not taxed, you will need a permit in many cases. This is the case with the production, handling, processing, storage, receipt and dispatch of alcohol products.

• Alcopops tax; application for permit to handle untaxed alcopops.

  If you are handling alcopops that are not taxed, you will need a permit in many cases. This is the case when producing, handling, processing, storing, receiving or sending the alcopops.

• Alcopops tax; application for a tax-exempt use permit.

  Alcopops can be used tax-free for certain commercial purposes. For this you need a permit.

• Facilities for handling substances hazardous to water; notification of construction and significant changes
  The district administrative authority must be notified of the construction or significant modification, the taking of measures that lead to a change in the hazard level, and the change of operator of facilities for handling substances hazardous to water that are subject to testing.
• Pharmacy; application for operating license.
  If you want to open a new pharmacy or take over one, you must apply for an operating license.
• Pharmacies; drug and pharmacy regulatory supervision.

  The district administrative authorities (district offices, independent cities) are responsible for the supervision of public pharmacies under pharmaceutical and pharmacy law. They use honorary pharmacists for this purpose.

• Pharmacy-required drugs; application for a permit for shipping

  If pharmacies want to ship pharmacy-only drugs, they need a permit to do so.

• Pharmacist; application for a license to practice pharmacy

  You can apply for a license to practice pharmacy if you have completed your pharmaceutical training in Bavaria or in an EU member state, an EEA member state or in Switzerland and wish to practice the profession of pharmacist in Bavaria.

• Pharmacist; application for a license to practice in the case of training in a third country

  Pharmacists can apply for a license to practice pharmacy if they have completed their pharmaceutical training outside of an EU member state, an EEA member state or Switzerland and wish to practice the pharmacy profession in Bavaria.

• Pharmacist; application for a permit to temporarily exercise the profession of pharmacist

  If you want to practice the profession of pharmacist in the Federal Republic of Germany without a license to practice as a pharmacist, you need a permit.

• License to practice medicine or permission to temporarily practice an academic medical profession; application for a duplicate
  If you no longer have your professional license (approbation or professional permit), you can apply for a duplicate of this document.
• Aquaculture operation; application for permit or registration.

  If you breed, keep or keep fish, you have the obligation to register or have your farm approved by your competent veterinary office without being asked to do so.

• Medicinal products; notification of manufacture without a license
  If the manufacture of medicinal products is intended, for which a license according to Section 13 of the German Medicines Act (AMG) is not required, the medicinal products must be notified with their designation and composition.
• Medicinal products; application for a permit to manufacture medicinal products for human use and active substances requiring a permit

  You need a manufacturing authorization if you want to manufacture medicinal products within the meaning of Section 2 (1) or (2) of the German Medicines Act, test sera, test antigens or other specific active substances for the purpose of supplying them to others.

• Pharmaceuticals; application for a customs certificate

  A customs certificate is required if, for example, companies want to import medicinal products from third countries into the scope of the Medicinal Products Act.

• Pharmaceuticals; appointment of private experts
  Private experts who wish to examine and appraise drug counter-samples must be appointed.
• Pharmaceuticals; retail trade monitoring
  The supervision of the retail sale of medicinal products outside pharmacies or in itinerant trade is the task of the district administrative authorities.
• Pharmaceuticals; notice of retail sale outside pharmacies.
  Anyone intending to dispense medicines at retail outside pharmacies or in a traveling trade must notify the municipality before commencing the activity.
• Paramedic training schools; application for state recognition.
  Training centers for paramedics must be state-approved by the government.
• Balloon company; notification of commercial activity

  Providers of commercial balloon flights must notify the competent authority of the commencement of their activities.

• Construction products; application for recognition as a testing, inspection and certification body

  As impartial third-party bodies, testing, inspection and certification bodies help to ensure that construction products comply with the requirements and can be used safely. Recognition is required in order to operate as such.

• Property developers and construction supervisors; application for a permit by EU citizens
  If you want to work commercially as a property developer or construction supervisor, you need a permit.
• Assessment centers for driving suitability; application for official recognition
  The government of the Upper Palatinate grants official recognition to the assessment centers for driving aptitude.
• Non-mineable mineral resources; application for permission to explore

  You can apply for a mining permit for the exploration of non-minable mineral resources.

• Guarding trade; registration for the expert examination

  You must pass the security guarding skills test in order to perform particularly conflict-prone and sensitive guarding activities or to be allowed to operate a security guarding business.

• Security guarding business; application for a permit

  If you want to professionally guard the life or property of strangers, you need a permit. You may only use reliable guards to carry out the guarding activity.

• Assessment Body in the Railway Sector; Application for Recognition as Independent Assessment Body

  If your company is active in the railroad sector and wants to work as a so-called Independent Assessment Body, it needs a corresponding recognition by the Federal Railway Authority (EBA).

• Beer products; application for permission to handle

  Anyone who wants to handle beer products that are still untaxed as a manufacturer or trader must apply for a permit to do so. This includes, among other things, the production, processing, storage, dispatch or receipt.

• Inland waterways; application for authorisation to hire pleasure craft on a commercial basis
  According to the Sportbootvermietungsverordnung-Binnen (SportbootVermV-Bin), recreational craft that are to be hired out commercially on inland waterways require technical approval by the competent authority.
• Biofuel; application for recognition as a certification body.
  Certification bodies check the compliance of operators in the bioenergy sector with the sustainability regulations and issue so-called interface certificates. Certification bodies are recognized for this purpose upon application.
• Biomass; application for recognition of a certification system for production
  Certification systems ensure the organizational fulfillment of sustainability criteria in the bioenergy sector for the production and supply of biomass and contain specifications for the more detailed definition of the sustainability requirements, for the proof of their fulfillment, and for the control of this proof.
• Biomass electricity; application for recognition as certification body
  Certification bodies check the compliance of operators in the bioenergy sector with the sustainability regulations and issue so-called interface certificates. Certification bodies are recognized for this purpose upon application.
• Fire protection; notification of commencement of activity or application for certification for external inspection experts
  The Registration Committee at the Chamber of Architects accepts notifications of the commencement of work as a fire safety testing expert and decides on the application for the issue of the certificate of compliance with the requirements as a testing expert.
• Letter mail; application for a license to carry

  If you want to transport letters commercially, you need a postal licence. You can apply for one from the Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway.

• Imports, transits, exports and intra-Community movements in accordance with animal health and foodstuffs legislation; application for a permit

  If you wish to import or transport through Germany animals, animal products or goods that may be carriers of infectious agents, you must apply for a permit.

• Facilities for performing abortions; application for a permit.

  In Bavaria, abortions may only be performed in licensed facilities. Facilities therefore require a permit or must notify their willingness to perform abortions.

• Electrofishing; application for a permit
  Fishing with the use of electric current (electrofishing) is allowed only with the permission of the district administrative authority.
• Apply for an electronic health professional card (eHBA) as a person in a health profession.

  If you want to access the telematics infrastructure (TI) in healthcare, you need an electronic health professional card (eHBA) as a person in a healthcare profession.

• Elektronische Institutionenkarte; Beantragung als Institution mit Beschäftigten in Gesundheitsfachberufen

  Möchten Sie als Pflege-, Geburtshilfe, oder Physiotherapieeinrichtung Ihren Beschäftigten den Zugang zur Telematikinfrastruktur (TI) ermöglichen? Dann können Sie unter bestimmen Voraussetzungen eine elektronische Institutionenkarte (SMC-B) beantragen.

• Elektronische Institutionenkarte; Beantragung einer Verlängerung als Institution mit Beschäftigten in Gesundheitsfachberufen

  Möchten Sie als Pflege, Geburtshilfe, oder Physiotherapieeinrichtungen Ihren Beschäftigten den Zugang zur Telematikinfrastruktur (TI) verlängern? Dann können Sie für diese unter bestimmen Voraussetzungen die Folgekarte der elektronischen Institutionenkarte (SMC-B) beantragen.

• Energy supply; display of energy supply
  Energy supply companies that supply household customers with electricity or gas must immediately notify the Federal Network Agency of the commencement and termination of their activities and of any changes to their company.
• Energy supply network; application for permission to start operation.

  The commencement of the operation of an energy supply network requires prior approval.

• First afforestation; application for a permit
  The afforestation of land not previously used for forestry purposes with forest trees is an initial afforestation. This requires a permit, as does the planting of ornamental brushwood and Christmas tree cultures as well as short rotation plantations.
• European Grouping for Territorial Cooperation; application for approval of participation.
  The approval of the participation of a Bavarian member in a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) and the agreement must be applied for at the Government of Upper Palatinate.
• Explosive substances; application for an explosives permit or certificate of competence

  When handling explosive substances, the requirements of the Explosives Act (SprengG) must be observed.

• Driving instructor system; application for recognition as a driving instructor training center.
  Official recognition of a driving instructor training center is granted upon application.
• Driving instructor system; application for recognition as a provider of introductory seminars for course leaders of instructional courses (for seminar permit advanced seminar)
  Recognition as a provider of introductory seminars for course leaders of introductory courses for the seminar permit advanced seminar is granted upon application.
• Driving instructors; application for recognition as a provider of introductory seminars for course leaders of instruction courses (for seminar permit traffic pedagogy)
  Recognition as a provider of introductory seminars for course leaders of induction courses for the seminar permit traffic pedagogy as a partial measure of the driving aptitude seminar takes place upon application.
• Driving instructor system; application for recognition as a provider of instruction courses for applicants for the seminar permit postgraduate seminar.
  Recognition as a provider of instructional courses for applicants for the Advanced Seminar Permit is granted upon application.
• Driving instructor system; application for recognition as a provider of continuing education courses under driving instructor law.
  Recognition as a provider of continuing education courses for driving instructors is granted upon application.
• Driving instructor system; application for recognition of a professional association as a sponsor of instruction seminars for training driving instructors.
  Recognition of a professional association of driving instructors as a provider of instruction seminars for training driving instructors is granted upon application.
• Driving instructors; application for recognition of instructors of instructional courses for applicants for the seminar permit in traffic pedagogy
  The recognition as a course leader of instruction courses for applicants for the seminar permit traffic education as a partial measure of the driving suitability seminar takes place upon application.
• Driving instructor system; request for approval of the framework curriculum for the in-service training course of the monitoring staff assigned to assess pedagogical quality.
  The framework curriculum for the in-service training course of the monitoring staff assigned to assess pedagogical quality must be approved.
• Driving instructor system; request for approval of the basic training framework for pedagogically enhanced supervision.
  The framework curriculum for basic training for pedagogically enhanced supervision must be approved.
• Driving instructor system; application for approval of a quality assurance system.
  Approval of a quality assurance system is granted upon application.
• Driving instructors; application for examination of the suitability of the methods and media of a traffic education sub-measure.
  The examination of the suitability of the methods and media of a traffic education sub-measure, insofar as teaching and learning methods or media other than those specified in Annex 16 of the Driving License Ordinance are used, shall be carried out upon application.
• Driving instructors; supervision

  The Reg. der Oberpfalz supervises driving instructors, driving schools and their branches, driving instructor training centers, and the sponsors of driving instructor seminars and courses. It may use suitable persons and bodies (experts) for this purpose.

• Driving school license; application
  Anyone who trains learner drivers as an independent driving instructor or has them trained by driving instructors employed by them requires a driving school license.
• Driving school branch permit; application
  Anyone who operates branches of their driving school as the owner of a driving school requires a branch permit.
• Tachographs or recording equipment; application for recognition of manufacturers and importers.

  Governments are responsible for recognizing tachograph or recording equipment manufacturers and vehicle manufacturers or vehicle importers.

• Stunning of piglets; application for recognition of the course of expertise and the theoretical examination.
  For courses of expertise for the acquisition of the theoretical basis for anesthesia in piglet castration by means of inhalation anesthesia, recognition is required with regard to the course content and the content of the associated theoretical examination.
• Fireworks; application for permission to rise.

  You need a permit to burn fireworks at a distance of less than 1.5 km from an airfield and at a height of more than 300 m.

• Financial investment intermediary; application for a permit

  If you wish to become a self-employed financial investment broker, you must apply for a permit.

• Aerodrome; application for a permit to establish, in case of modification and for operation
  The establishment, modification and operation of airfields must be approved by the authorities.
• Flight school; application for approval of a training organization for aviation personnel.

  To open and operate a flight school for the training of light aircraft, glider, balloon and private pilots (without instrument rating), the training organization must be licensed or registered.

• Flight schools for the training of pilots of air sports equipment; application for approval
  Ultralight aircraft, hang gliders, paragliders, jump parachutes and gliders are combined into the aircraft class of air sports equipment. Flight schools for the training of air sports equipment pilots must be approved.
• Fluorinated greenhouse gases; application for recognition as a testing and certification body
  Anyone wishing to issue certificates of competence to persons pursuant to Section 5 (3) ChemKlimaschutzV requires the permission of the competent authority.
• High pressure gas pipeline; notification of construction

  Anyone intending to construct a high-pressure gas pipeline must notify the competent authority of the project in writing.

• Restaurant license; application
  If you want to operate a restaurant business serving alcoholic beverages, you need a restaurant permit. The restaurant permit is issued both for a specific person and for a specific room.
• Restaurant permit; application by EU citizens
  If you want to operate a restaurant business serving alcoholic beverages, you need a restaurant permit. The restaurant permit is issued both for a specific person and for a specific room.
• Restaurant license; application by non-EU citizens
  If you want to operate a restaurant business serving alcoholic beverages, you need a restaurant permit. The restaurant permit is issued both for a specific person and for a specific room.
• Licensing under catering law; application
  If you want to operate a restaurant business that requires a permit for a special reason, you need a permit under hospitality law.
• Licensing under restaurant law; application by EU citizens
  If you wish to operate a catering business requiring a permit (serving alcohol) for a special reason, you may be permitted to do so temporarily on a revocable basis by the responsible municipality under simplified conditions.
• Permission under restaurant law; application by non-EU citizens
  If you wish to operate a catering business requiring a permit (serving alcohol) for a special reason, you may be permitted to do so temporarily on a revocable basis by the responsible municipality under simplified conditions.
• Hazardous substances; application for a permit or notification for dispensing or making available.

  Depending on the recipient group, a permit or notification is required for the delivery or provision of certain substances or mixtures.

• Occasional services by bus and coach; application for a permit
  Governments are the competent licensing authorities for occasional bus and coach services (vehicles with more than 9 seats).
• Occasional offering for sale of goods; application for a permit

  If you would like to offer goods for immediate sale on a special occasion, such as a public festival, trade fair or market, you will need a permit from the competent authority. A travel trade license is not required.

• Non-profit and commercial collection; advertisement
  Non-profit and commercial collections of recyclable waste from private households shall be notified to the county administrative authority prior to their intended commencement.
• Genetic engineering; approval and monitoring
  Genetic engineering work may only be carried out in genetic engineering facilities. Genetic engineering law provides for notification, notification and approval procedures.
• Speed governors; application for recognition of establishments for installation and testing.
  Speed limiters may only be installed and tested in motor vehicles by vehicle manufacturers officially recognized for this purpose, by manufacturers of speed limiters or by agents of the manufacturers, and by workshops authorized by them.
• Statutory health and long-term care insurance; application for approval for organizational measures and bylaws
  Organizational measures and statutes of statutory health and long-term care insurance funds require the approval of the supervisory authority.
• Statutory health insurance; request for approval of service regulations and staffing plans.
  The service regulations and the staffing plan of a health insurance fund shall be subject to the approval of the competent supervisory authority.
• Health claims on foods; application for authorization.

  Health claims on foods usually require approval. You can apply for this approval via the E-Submission Food Chain (ESFC) platform of the European Commission.

• Healthcare professions; application for permission to use the professional title

  If you wish to carry out an activity in Germany under a protected professional title, you need a license.

• Commercial waste; application for notification as a body for the performance of third-party inspections.
  In principle, the plant operators only meet their obligations if they have the external inspections carried out by bodies that have been notified by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment.
• Commercial road haulage; application for a permit

  Anyone who wants to transport goods commercially in Germany as an entrepreneur with motor vehicles over 3.5 tons needs a permit. For cross-border transport, a so-called community license is required for motor vehicles over 2.5 tons.

• Commercial specialized flight operations; application for a permit to conduct
  The conduct of high-risk commercial specialized flight operations requires prior approval.
• Gambling; implementation of supervision

  The supervisory authorities shall monitor the fulfillment of the public-law obligations associated with the Interstate Treaty on Gaming 2021 and shall work to ensure that the organization or brokering of unauthorized gambling and the advertising thereof cease.

• Gambling; implementation of money laundering supervision
  Certain organizers and brokers of games of chance are required to comply with due diligence obligations and security measures for the purpose of money laundering prevention and are monitored by the supervisory authorities in their implementation.
• Large-volume and heavy transports; application for a permit or an exemption

  A permit is required for the circulation of vehicles whose dimensions, axle loads or total weights exceed the generally permissible limits set by law, or whose design does not provide the drivers with an adequate field of vision.

• Basic materials for medical devices; application for a declaration of safety

  If you need a certificate for presentation to customs or an authority in a third country for the import of basic substances or mixtures containing basic substances or natural products, you can apply for a declaration of no objection.

• Heilpraktiker license; application
  In order to practice medicine without a medical license or license to practice medicine, a license is required in accordance with the Heilpraktikergesetz (Heilpraktiker Act).
• Homes for minors; application for an operating license.

  Sponsors of homes and day care centers for minors require an operating license in accordance with § 45 SGB VIII.

• Fee-based financial investment advisor; application for a permit

  If you wish to set up your own business as a fee-based financial investment advisor, you must apply for a permit.

• 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.
• Real estate loan broker; application for a permit

  If you want to broker or advise on real estate loans on a commercial basis, you need a permit to do so.

• Real estate agents; application for a license by EU citizens
  If you want to broker the conclusion of contracts for land, land rights, commercial premises, residential premises (real estate agents) or prove the opportunity to conclude such contracts, you need a license.
• Real estate broker, loan broker, developer, construction manager, or residential property manager; applying for a permit

  Do you want to broker real estate or loan agreements on a commercial basis? You need an official permit for this. This also applies if you want to manage residential real estate or prepare and carry out construction projects on a commercial basis.

• Real estate agents, loan brokers, property developers, building supervisors and residential property managers; application for a license

  As a real estate agent, loan broker, property developer, construction supervisor and/or residential property manager, you need a business license(s).

• Real estate agents, loan brokers, property developers, building supervisors and residential property managers; application for a permit by non-EU citizens

  Non-EU citizens who wish to act as real estate agents, loan brokers, property developers, building supervisors and/or residential property managers require a business license(s).

• Insolvency counseling; application for recognition as a "suitable body" within the meaning of the Insolvency Code

  You can be recognized as a "suitable body" within the meaning of Section 305 (1) No. 1 of the Insolvency Code (InsO). As a recognized body, you may advise or represent the debtor in applying for and conducting insolvency proceedings.

• International road freight transport; application for transport permits for Southeastern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East
  German forwarders who want to transport goods to Southeastern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East require a permit from the foreign agency (also applies to transit journeys).
• Day care centers for children; application for operating license

  Sponsors of a child day care facility require an operating license.

• Child day care; application for a care permit

  If you want to work as a childminder, you need a care permit before you start working and from the first child.

• Small lotteries, sweepstakes and raffles; application for a permit or notification of generally permitted events.

  A permit under gambling law is required for the organization of so-called small lotteries and draws or tombolas. Generally permitted events are only to be reported.

• Conformity assessment body in the railroad sector; application for recognition as notified body

  If your company is active in the railroad sector and would like to work as a so-called conformity assessment body, it requires the corresponding recognition as a Notified Body by the Federal Railway Authority (EBA).

• Conformity Assessment Body in the Railway Sector; Application for Recognition as a Specified Body

  If your company is active in the railroad sector and would like to work as a so-called Conformity Assessment Body, it requires the corresponding recognition as a Specified Body by the Federal Railway Authority (EBA).

• Bus and coach transport; application for the examination to acquire the professional qualification to run a company

  To open a company that transports people by road, you must prove your professional qualification.

• Hospital pharmacy; application for operating license.
  The sponsor of a hospital may apply for permission to operate a hospital pharmacy.
• Pathogens; application for permission for activities.

  Anyone wishing to bring pathogens into the Federal Republic of Germany, export them, store them, dispense them or work with them requires permission from the competent authority.

• Food establishments; application for EU approval when handling products of animal origin.

  Meat, poultry meat and dairy establishments, as well as other establishments handling products of animal origin, generally require EU approval. With the approval, the establishment is also issued with the required approval number.

• Food businesses; application for EU approval for sprout-producing businesses.
  Sprout producing companies are required to be licensed.
• Aviation license; application for renewal, extension, or expansion of permit or rating.

  Permits for airmen are issued for an unlimited period. However, ratings registered therein are usually limited in time and must be renewed regularly.

• Air operator's certificate; application
  An Air Operator Certificate (AOC) must be applied for in order to conduct commercial flights with aircraft of performance class B and/or non-technically complex helicopters that begin and end at the same aerodrome.
• Market fixing; application
  If you want to hold a market for commercial vendors, you can apply for an official determination. You will then be granted certain market privileges.
• Market fixing; application by EU citizens

  If you want to establish a fair, an exhibition, a wholesale market, a weekly market, a special market or a fair, you can apply to the competent authority. You can also apply for the establishment of a public festival.

• Market fixing; application by non-EU citizens

  If you wish to establish a fair, exhibition, wholesale market, weekly market, special market, annual market or public festival, you can apply to the relevant authorities. The establishment gives you certain market privileges.

• Rental car permit; application
  You need a rental car permit if you want to transport people commercially with rental cars. This does not mean the rental of vehicles to self-drivers.
• Non-federally owned railroads; application for railroad licenses and permits, implementation of planning approval or plan approval procedures

  You can apply for a company license for the operation of a railroad in public transport in accordance with Section 6 of the General Railway Act (AEG) or a planning approval in accordance with Section 18 AEG for the construction or modification of railroad operating facilities.

• Pawnbroking business; application for a permit

  If you wish to operate commercially as a pawnbroker or pawnbroker's agent, you need a permit.

• Plant protection products; application for testing for approval

  The Bavarian State Institute for Agriculture can carry out tests of plant protection products for their efficacy and crop compatibility in accordance with Section 59 of the Plant Protection Act.

• Plant technology; application for examination of suitability as instructor/trainer

  The technical and personal suitability of trainers for plant technologists must be checked by the Government of Lower Bavaria.

• Plant technology; application for state recognition as a training center.

  The suitability of the training centers for plant technologists must be checked and recognized by the government of Lower Bavaria.

• Nursing facilities and nursing services; requesting approval to allocate separately billable capital expenditures.
  Inpatient care facilities and outpatient care services must apply for approval to allocate separately billable capital expenditures required for operations if the facilities have received public funding (e.g., state, municipality).
• Postal universal service provider; application for a certificate

  You can apply for a certificate for postal universal service providers under certain conditions. With this, you can apply for an exemption from VAT for postal universal services at your responsible tax office.

• Private hospitals; application for a concession.
  If you want to operate a private hospital, you need a permit under trade law, a so-called concession.
• Prostitution business; application for permission to operate
  Anyone wishing to operate a prostitution business requires an official permit.
• Test engineer in motor vehicle monitoring organization; application for approval of entrustment.
  The Government of Lower Bavaria is responsible for approving the entrustment of test engineers in motor vehicle inspection organizations.
• Psychotherapist; application for a license to practice

  Psychotherapists can apply for a license to practice if they have completed their psychotherapeutic training in Bavaria or in an EU member state, an EEA member state or in Switzerland and wish to practice their profession in Bavaria.

• Psychotherapist; application for a license to practice if trained in a third country

  Psychotherapists can apply for a license to practice if they have completed their psychotherapeutic training outside of an EU member state, an EEA member state or Switzerland and wish to work as a psychotherapist in Bavaria.

• Rafting tour; application for a permit under navigation law and notification
  Rafting trips with boats longer than 9.20 m always require a permit.
• Traveling trade; notification of an activity not requiring a license
  Certain itinerant business activities that do not require a permit must be reported to the relevant municipality.
• Traveling trade; application for a permit

  If you want to sell or buy goods, offer services or act as a showman commercially outside a commercial establishment without a prior order, you usually need a permit (travel trade card).

• Itinerant trade; application for a permit by EU citizens

  If you want to sell or buy goods, offer services or act as a showman commercially outside a commercial establishment without a prior order, you usually need a permit (travel trade card).

• Travel trade; application for a permit by non-EU citizens

  If you want to sell or buy goods, offer services or act as a showman commercially outside a commercial establishment without a prior order, you usually need a permit (travel trade card).

• X-ray facilities for teleradiology and screening; application for authorization to operate.

  If you wish to operate an X-ray facility for teleradiology or screening, you must apply for a permit from the competent authority.

• Display of persons; application for a permit
  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.
• Display of persons; application for a permit by EU citizens
  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.
• Display of persons; application for a permit by non-EU citizens
  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.
• Pregnancy conflict counseling centers; application for recognition
  Pregnancy conflict counseling centers require state recognition. Pregnancy conflict counseling centers at the district offices/health administrations are recognized by law.
• Gambling devices with the possibility of winning; application for permission to set them up
  If you want to set up gambling devices on a commercial basis, which are equipped with a technical device influencing the outcome of the game and which offer the possibility of winning, you need a permit.
• Gambling hall; application for permission to operate
  If you want to operate an amusement arcade or similar business on a commercial basis, you need a permit.
• Tax representative for air carriers; application for permission to carry out the activity

  If you wish to work as a tax representative for one or more air carriers, you must apply for authorisation from the relevant main customs office.

• Radiation Protection Register; application for the personal identification number

  A personal identification number (SSR number) is required for entries in the Radiation Protection Register (SSR). You must apply for this number at the Federal Office for Radiation Protection.

• Wine tavern; advertisement
  If you want to operate a wine tavern, you must notify the relevant municipality at least two weeks before the start of operations.
• Electricity and gas networks; application for approval of network charges, classification as a closed distribution network, or implementation of an abuse procedure
  The Regulatory Chamber of the Free State of Bavaria, as the state regulatory authority, is responsible for regulating electricity and gas network operators to whose networks fewer than 100,000 customers are connected and whose networks do not extend beyond the territory of Bavaria.
• Addiction therapy facility; application for recognition.

  Under certain conditions, offenders addicted to narcotics can be treated in recognized addiction therapy facilities in lieu of imprisonment ("therapy instead of punishment") with the aim of overcoming the addiction disease.

• Cab permit; application

  You need a cab permit if you want to transport people commercially with cabs.

• Technical assistance in connection with nuclear facilities in certain countries; application for a license

  Technical assistance related to the establishment or operation of nuclear facilities in certain countries may be provided only after prior approval.

• Veterinary home pharmacy; notice of establishment and operation.
  The running of a veterinary home pharmacy is subject to the duty of notification according to § 79 of the Act on the Marketing of Veterinary Medicinal Products and on the Implementation of EU Regulations Concerning Veterinary Medicinal Products (Veterinary Medicinal Products Act - TAMG).
• Animal by-products; application for farm approval
  Establishments for the use, storage, treatment and disposal of animal by-products, may require approval with assignment of an individual approval number, depending on the activity.
• Animal by-products; monitoring of disposal
  The district administrative authorities also participate in the monitoring and disposal of animal by-products by monitoring and advising the relevant businesses.
• Animal show, animal exhibition, animal exchange; notification or application for a permit.
  Animal shows, animal exhibitions, animal fairs and other animal events must be reported to or approved by the locally responsible district administrative authority.
• Animal pathogens; notification of a change in activities.

  Anyone who has permission to work with animal pathogens must notify the competent authority of certain changes.

• Animal pathogens; application for a permit for laboratories
  You need the permit for laboratories if you want to work with animal pathogens.
• Animal testing; application for a permit

  Anyone wishing to carry out experiments on vertebrates or cephalopods requires approval of the experimental project by the competent authority.

• Providers of courses for the restoration of fitness to drive; application for recognition.
  The government of the Upper Palatinate grants official recognition to institutions that conduct courses to restore the fitness to drive of drivers who have been convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
• Installations requiring monitoring; application for a permit

  A permit is required for the construction and operation of certain systems requiring monitoring and for changes to the design or mode of operation that affect the safety of these systems. This is granted on application.

• Installations requiring monitoring; control
  Control of the operation of facilities with special hazard potential, such as storage facilities for flammable liquids, elevator facilities, facilities in potentially explosive atmospheres and pressure facilities (pressure vessels, steam boilers and pipelines).
• Unmanned aircraft; application for a permit to operate in a UAS geographic area.
  For the operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle in a geographical area in accordance with Section 21h (3) and (4) of the Air Ordinance, you may apply for deviations from the specified operating conditions in justified cases.
• Insurance consultant; application for a permit

  If you wish to work as a self-employed insurance consultant, you need a permit from the relevant Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

• Insurance intermediary; application for a permit

  If you want to work as a self-employed insurance intermediary (insurance broker or insurance agent), you need a permit from the relevant Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

• Auctioneer trade; application for a permit
  If you want to auction off movable property, real estate or rights belonging to third parties, you need a permit.
• Auctioneer trade; application for a permit by EU citizens
  If you want to auction off movable property, real estate or rights belonging to third parties, you need a permit.
• Auctioneer trade; application for a permit by non-EU citizens
  If you want to auction off movable property, real estate or rights belonging to third parties, you need a permit.
• Trust services; application for recognition as a private certification body
  In order to be able to offer certification services for qualified signature or seal creation devices, prior authorisation is required.
• Trust services; application for the award of qualification status

  A qualified trust service may only be offered after notification to the supervisory authority and entry in the Trusted List.

• Weighing scale; indication of the operation of a public weighing scale
  Anyone who starts or stops operating a public scale must notify the competent authority immediately.
• Arms trade; application for a permit

  If you want to buy and sell firearms or ammunition, you need a firearms dealer's license.

• Weapons manufacture; application for a permit

  If you want to manufacture, process or repair firearms or ammunition, you need a firearms manufacturing license.

• Hiking camp; display
  If you want to organize a traveling camp for the distribution of goods or services, they must notify the authority responsible for the place of the event two weeks before the start.
• Hiking camps; display by non-EU citizens
  If you want to organize a traveling camp for the distribution of goods or services, they must notify the authority responsible for the place of the event two weeks before the start.
• Wine law; application for a trial permit
  In the manufacture of products and beverages from grapes, unauthorized substances may be added on an experimental basis or new processes may be used if the competent authority has permitted the experiment to be carried out.
• Continuing education in nursing; application for recognition of continuing education institutions.

  In order to carry out the further training regulated in the AVPfleWoqG (facility management, nursing service management, practical guidance and gerontological psychiatric nursing and care), further training facilities require state recognition.

• Betting agency; application for a change in the permit for operation
  If you have a permit to operate a betting agency, you must notify the competent authority immediately of any change in the circumstances relevant to the granting of the permit.
• Betting agency; application for a permit for operation
  If you want to operate a betting agency, you need a permit under gambling law. It must be applied for by the sports betting operator.
• Certification body in the railroad sector; application for recognition as an ECM certification body.

  If your company is active in the railroad sector and would like to work as a so-called ECM certification body (ECMZ), it requires the corresponding recognition by the Federal Railway Authority (EBA).

• Approved training organization for the training of commercial pilots as well as for the training for the acquisition of the instrument rating; application for an approval
  The approved training organization (ATO) for the training of commercial pilots as well as for the training to obtain the instrument rating must be approved by the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt.