Dienstleistungsportal Bayern

Do you need special transport permits to carry out your professional activity? We will inform you, for example, about the commercial transport of goods or dangerous goods.

Formalities

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

• Towing over the freeway; application for a special permit

  An exemption is required for towing over the highway.

• Armed transportation of money; application for weapons permits

  If you are a cash-in-transit company and want to carry your weapons on commercial cross-border road transports of euro cash through Germany, you need permits under weapons law.

• Federal waterway; application for the use of land including facilities by third parties
  The Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration tolerates certain uses by third parties on its properties on the basis of statutory obligations, provided that this does not impair the fulfilment of administrative tasks. Beyond the legal obligation to tolerate, use is also possible upon application.
• Federal waterway; application for a driver's license

  If you want to steer a vehicle on a federal waterway as a ship or boat operator, you need a driver's license for the respective class.

• Federal waterway; application for a permit for an event.
  Sporting events, water festivities and other events on federal waterways which may affect the safety and ease of traffic require the permission of the competent waterways and shipping authority.
• Federal waterway; application for a river and navigation police permit
  For the installation and operation of facilities in the area of federal waterways, a river and navigation police permit is required from the competent waterways and navigation authority. This also applies to modifications to existing installations.
• Driver card; application

  Are you a driver of a truck or bus and need a driver card for the first time? Then you must apply for one at the office responsible for you.

• Driver card; application for renewal

  Are you a driver of a truck or bus and your driver card is about to expire? Then you can have it renewed.

• Driver card; applying for a replacement in the event of theft

  You are a driver of a truck or bus and your driver card was stolen? Then you need to apply for a replacement card.

• Driver card; applying for a replacement if lost

  You are a driver of a truck or bus and your driver card has been lost? Then you need to apply for a replacement card.

• Airfield; application for a permit to create, modify and operate an airfield
  The construction, modification and operation of airfields must be approved by the authorities.
• 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).
• 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.

• 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.

• Driving and rest times; monitoring
  Compliance with social regulations in road traffic is monitored by the state within the framework of company inspections and roadside inspections.
• Truck driving ban on Saturdays of vacation travel season; request for exemption.

  Certain highly congested highway and federal highway sections in Germany are closed during the day on all Saturdays in July and August for trucks with a gross vehicle weight of more than 7.5 t and for trucks with trailers (without weight limit) due to heavy tourist traffic.

• Truck driving ban on Sundays and public holidays; application for a special permit

  In Germany, trucks with a total mass of over 7.5 t and trucks with trailers are prohibited from driving on all Sundays and on certain public holidays. Certain transports are exempt from the ban by law.

• Truck toll; payment

  If your truck weighs at least 7.5 tonnes and you want to drive on a federal road or federal motorway in Germany, you must pay a toll beforehand.

• Aviation event; application for a permit
  Public events of competitions or shows involving aircraft must be approved.
• Aviation security program; application for approval for German air carrier

  If you are a German airline wishing to operate flights within the European Union (EU), you must apply for approval of an aviation security program under certain conditions.

• Aviation security program; application for foreign air carrier

  If you want to operate flights to Germany as a foreign airline, you must apply for approval of an aviation security program under certain conditions.

• 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.
• Motorsport event; application for a permit
  Motor sport events - both in the road space and on other surfaces - require permission.
• Regular public transport; application for permits and exceptions

  The carriage of passengers by streetcars and motor vehicles for remuneration or on business is subject to the provisions of the Passenger Transportation Act (PBefG) and thus requires a permit.

• Parking permit for craftsmen, sales representatives or social service; application
  The lower road traffic authorities, i.e. district offices, independent municipalities and large district towns, can grant parking facilitation to craft businesses, commercial agents and social service workers on application under certain conditions.
• Minimum safety altitude for flights under visual flight rules; application for permission to fly below this altitude
  For flights for special purposes (e.g. aerial photography flights, film flights), permission may be granted to fly below the minimum safety altitude.
• Specialized flight operations; submission of the declaration
  The commercial specialized flight operation is subject to the obligation to declare.
• Road and subway railroads; application for the implementation of a planning approval procedure
  Operating facilities for tramways may only be built if the plan has been approved in advance. When the plan is approved, the public and private interests affected by the project, including environmental compatibility, must be taken into account as part of the weighing process.
• Road use; requesting a permit for a national event.

  If you wish to hold an event on a street, you must apply for a permit for excessive street use.

• Road use; application for a permit for an event

  If you wish to hold an event on a road, you must apply for a permit for excessive road use.

• Road use; application for a special use permit for state and federal roads outside a township

  If you want to use federal and state roads outside local thoroughfares not only for traffic purposes, but also for your own interests or commercial activities, you need a special use permit for this.

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

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

• Road traffic; request for an order to secure a construction site.

  Construction sites that may affect road traffic must be specially secured and signposted. To this end, the contractors responsible for the construction site must contact the road traffic authority well in advance of the start of work.

• Road traffic; application for a special permit

  The road traffic authorities may, under certain conditions, exempt road users from the general traffic rules of the Road Traffic Regulations and the special traffic rules of signage and marking by granting an exemption.

• Cab permit; application

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

• Animal transport; application for approval as a transport operator

  If you want to transport animals, you need a license as a transport company before you start your activities. The application must be submitted to your competent veterinary office.

• Animal transport; application for approval of means of road transport

  If you wish to use road transport vehicles commercially to transport animals for longer than 8 hours, you need a license for the means of transport from the competent veterinary office.

• Transportation of animals abroad; registration
  For the transportation of livestock or equidae and for travel with equidae to another Member State or a third country, registration with the locally competent veterinary office is required.
• Environmental badge; acquisition

  Only motor vehicles that meet certain minimum requirements with regard to their pollutant emissions are allowed to drive in the designated environmental zones. To prove this, the vehicle must have a corresponding environmental badge, also known as a particulate matter badge.

• Low emission zone; application for an exemption from the driving ban

  Without a suitable environmental badge, you may only drive in environmental zones if your vehicle has been exempted from the traffic ban or an exemption permit has been issued.

• Unmanned free balloon; application for an ascent permit
  A permit is required to operate unmanned free balloons ("weather balloons").
• Company card; application

  Your company is engaged in the commercial transport of goods or passengers and you need a company card for the first time? Then you must apply for this card at the competent office.

• Company card; application for renewal

  Your company is engaged in the commercial transport of goods or passengers and the validity of your company card is about to expire? Then you can apply for a follow-up card from the relevant office.

• Company card; application for a replacement in the event of theft

  Your company is engaged in the commercial transport of goods or passengers and your company card has been stolen? Then you can apply for a replacement card at the relevant office.

• Company card; application for a replacement in the event of loss

  Your company is engaged in the commercial transportation of goods or passengers and your company card has been lost? Then you can apply for a replacement card at the relevant office.

• Workshop card; application

  Your company installs or calibrates tachographs? Then you need a workshop card, which you can apply for at the responsible office.

• Workshop card; application for renewal

  If your workshop card is about to expire, you can apply for a new card at the relevant office.

• Workshop card; applying for a replacement in the event of theft

  Your workshop card was stolen? Then you can apply for a replacement card at the responsible office.

• Workshop card; applying for a replacement in the event of loss

  If you have lost your workshop card, you can apply for a replacement card at the relevant office.