Dienstleistungsportal Bayern

Description

Prerequisites

You must either have a permit under explosives law according to § 7 or § 27 of the Explosives Act, or as a holder of a certificate of competence according to § 20 of the Explosives Act, you must at least act on behalf of a person who is in possession of a permit under explosives law according to § 7 of the Explosives Act (so-called responsible person for setting off the fireworks).

Procedure

The notification with the required documents must be submitted to the trade supervisory office responsible for the place where the fireworks are to be set off.

The intended burning of fireworks only has to be notified, a permit is not issued by the trade supervisory office.

Special notes

If you do not have a permit under the Explosives Act, you need a permit from the local municipality if you wish to set off fireworks of category F2 in the period from 2 January to 30 December. Further information can be found under "Related topics" - "Fireworks; applying for a permit".

Deadlines

The notification must be received by the trade supervisory office at least 2 weeks before the burning date. If the fireworks are to be burned in the immediate vicinity of railroad facilities or airports, the notification period is 4 weeks.

Exceptions to the notification period are possible under certain circumstances. For this purpose, you have the possibility to apply for an exception from the notification period (shortening of the period) at the trade supervisory office. This application must contain a comprehensible justification and be received by the office as early as possible so that the office has sufficient time to process the application.

Required documents

• Permit according to § 7 or § 27 Explosives Act
• certificate of competence according to § 20 Explosives Act

• current site plan (site plan of the surroundings and marking of the burning place of the fireworks)

  Map of the surrounding area and marking of the fireworks burning site

• If applicable, already existing approvals of involved authorities

Online procedures

• Anzeige für das Abbrennen eines Feuerwerks

  You can report the setting off of fireworks online in accordance with Section 23 (3) of the First Ordinance to the Explosives Act (1. SprengV).

Fees

• The use of the online procedure for the preparation of notifications is free of charge.

  In case of shortening the deadline: in the standard case 150.00 EUR plus expenses (in case of increased effort deviations from this are possible).

Legal bases

• §§ 7, 20 und 27 Gesetz über explosionsgefährliche Stoffe (Sprengstoffgesetz - SprengG)
• § 23 Abs. 3 Erste Verordnung zum Sprengstoffgesetz (1. SprengV)
• Verordnung über gewerbeaufsichtliche Zuständigkeiten (ZustV-GA)

Remedy

An action can only be brought if the deadline is shortened. In this case, an action can be brought against the decision within one month.

Links to more information

• Bayerische Gewerbeaufsicht
• Explosionsgefährliche Stoffe

Related issues

• Explosive substances; application for an explosives permit or certificate of competence
• Small fireworks; application for a permit to set them off