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.
Description
Catering for profit, where alcoholic beverages are served, is subject to licensing according to Section 2 (1) GastG (the district administrative authority is responsible for issuing a corresponding restaurant license). If only non-alcoholic beverages and/or prepared meals are served, the operation is not subject to a permit.
If you wish to operate a restaurant business subject to a permit only temporarily due to a special occasion (e.g. club, city, music festival, etc.), the operation can be permitted by the responsible municipality according to § 12 GastG under simplified conditions (as a rule, no proof of instruction and no building permit is required).
The prerequisite is that it is only a temporary catering on the occasion of an event. According to case law, a special occasion is deemed to exist if the gastronomic activity in question is linked to a short-term, non-frequent event that is outside the scope of the gastronomic activity (i.e. the occasion must be exclusively non-gastronomic in nature).
A commercial activity is also deemed to exist if the profit is used for charitable purposes.
Just like the license for a restaurant, the license under hospitality law is also space-related and can therefore only be granted for a specific location (i.e. not for a specific beer tent, regardless of the specific location). A permit is also required if the applicant is the holder of a travel trade permit.
Prerequisites
The prerequisite is the reliability of the trader. If the personal circumstances of the applicant are not known to the municipality, the reliability is checked on the basis of a certificate of good conduct and information from the central commercial register. A certificate of good conduct and information from the central business register are generally not required if the applicant is in possession of a travel trade card.
It is also a prerequisite that the premises meet the necessary structural requirements.
A certificate of instruction (on participation in a 6-hour IHK course) is generally not required, unless the trader carries out the gastronomic activity regularly and sustainably on certain occasions (and thus as his main occupation).
Deadlines
The application for a catering permit on the occasion of an event must be submitted to the municipality in writing (at least 4 weeks in advance).
Forms
Please select a location in "Localization" so that the address of the responsible authority can be filled in.
Fees
- Permit: 30 to 2000 EUR
- Certificate of good conduct and extract from the commercial register: 13 EUR each
Status:27.01.2023
Responsible for editing:Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Landesentwicklung und Energie
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