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Itinerant trade - Notify activities that do not require an itinerant trade card

A travel business card is not required for certain itinerant activities. These are called activities that do not require a itinerant trade card. These activities are exempt from the obligation to obtain a itinerant trade card.

In the municipality of Berlin, this concerns, for example:

• the distribution of foodstuffs or other goods for daily use, if these are distributed by non-fixed, i.e. mobile, sales outlets at regular shorter intervals at the same place.
• the offering for sale of printed media on public paths, streets, squares or other public places, e.g. newspaper vendors.

For all other activities in the travel business, you must otherwise apply for a permit (an itinerant trade card) (see "More information").

Procedure:

1. You notify the competent public order office that you wish to carry out an activity that is exempt from the requirement for an itinerant trade card. For the notification, use the prescribed official forms in accordance with the Trade Notification Ordinance.
2. The competent public order office will check your notification and confirm receipt.

Important note:
You also have to register if

1. you change the subject matter of the trade or expand it to include goods or services that are not customary in your previously registered trade or if you move your place of sale within Berlin.
2. you completely give up your itinerant trade card-exempt activities or move to a place of sale outside Berlin.

Online processing

Service provided online

Prerequisites

• Exercise of activities that do not require an itinerant trade card
  compare with § 55a section 1 no. 3, 9 or 10 of the trade regulations (Gewerbeordnung).
  Attention: No. 3 does not apply to residence/business in the municipality of Berlin due to the larger number of inhabitants.

Documents required

• Business registration for activities exempt from the itinerant trade card
  Possible online or you can use the form.
• Identity card
  Identity card or other official identification including a photograph

Forms

• Business registration for activities exempt from the itinerant trade card
• Business re-registration for activities exempt from itinerant trade cards
• Business deregistration for activities exempt from the itinerant trade card

Fees

Legal basis

• Trade regulations (Gewerbeordnung (GewO)) § 55a
• Trade regulations (Gewerbeordnung (GewO)) § 55c
• Trade Notification Ordinance (Gewerbeanzeigeverordnung (GewAnzV)) §§ 1-2
• Schedule of Administrative Fees (Verwaltungsgebührenordnung (VGebO))

More information

• Itinerant trade - apply for a permit
• CCI Berlin - fact sheet itinerant trade
• Information about privacy