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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

  You can get the exemption for towing over the highway must be applied for.

• 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 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.
• Driving licence on federal waterways; application for a patent or certificate of competency

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

• 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.
• 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 and heavy transports; application for a permit or an exemption

  A permit is required for traffic with vehicles whose dimensions, axle loads or total weights exceed the limits generally permitted by law or whose design does not allow the driver an adequate field of vision. If the exceeding results only from the load, a special permit is required.

• Craftsmen, sales representatives and social service workers; application for parking facilitation.
  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 under certain conditions.
• 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 total weight of more than 7.5 t and for trucks with trailers (without weight limit) due to heavy tourist traffic. Exceptions to this regulation may be granted in certain cases.
• 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, such as those of perishable fruit and vegetables or fresh milk and fresh milk products, are exempt from the ban by law. In addition, the road traffic authorities may grant exemptions for other, urgent transports on a case-by-case basis.

• Lkw-Maut; Zahlung

  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.
• 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.

• Minimum safety altitude for flights under visual flight rules; application for permission to fly below it
  Permission to fly below the minimum safety altitude may be granted for flights for special purposes (e.g. aerial photography flights, film flights).
• 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 road, you must apply for a permit for the excessive use of the road. This is a supra-regional event if it also extends to the territory of other federal states or to neighboring countries or if more than three Bavarian administrative districts are affected by it.

• Street use; requesting a permit for an 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 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 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.

• Road traffic; request for an order to secure a construction site.
  Construction sites that may affect road traffic must be specially secured and signposted accordingly. The contractors responsible for the construction site must contact the road traffic authority in good time before work begins.
• 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 authorization as a transporter.

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

• Transport of animals; application for approval of road transport vehicles.

  If you want to use road transport vehicles commercially for animal transports that last longer than 8 hours, you need an approval for the transport vehicle from the responsible veterinary office.

• Animal transport abroad; registration
  For a transport of livestock or equidae as well as for traveling with equidae to another Member State or a third country, a notification to the local 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").