Anyone wishing to operate a business with a monitoring obligation must provide proof of their personal reliability, in the form of a certificate of good conduct and an excerpt from the Central Commercial Register, in addition to a business notification. The following activities require monitoring pursuant to § 34 of the Trade Regulations (GewO):
- Purchase and sale (second-hand trading) of
- * valuable consumer goods such as entertainment electronics, cameras, carpets, etc.
- * motor vehicles and bicycles
- * precious metals or alloys containing precious metals and related products
- * precious stones, pearls and jewellery
- * waste metal
- Information agencies, detective agencies
- Arranging marriages, partnerships and acquaintanceships
- Operating travel agencies and accommodation brokerage
- Locksmith services, sale and installation of building security equipment
- Production and sales of specific opening tools with a thievery context
This service is available online.
Documents required
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Form for business registration
(GewA 1 - in duplicate)
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Statement of approval by the partners
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Supplementary sheet representatives
Supplementary sheet according to § 14 of the Trade Regulations
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ID-Card of the German national
Identity card or other official identification including a photograph
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Excerpt from the Commercial Central Register
Excerpt from the Commercial Central Register
Fees
- natural entity (EUR 26.00)
- legal entity with 1 representative (EUR 31.00)
- each additional representative of a legal entity EUR 13.00
- electronic registration: EUR 15.00 each
Responsible authorities
You can register your business activities conveniently online, with the Single Point of Contact Berlin or the competent Public Order Office for the district of your future business premises.
Bezirksamt Charlottenburg - Wilmersdorf
Bezirksamt Friedrichshain - Kreuzberg
Bezirksamt Steglitz-Zehlendorf
Specific information on this location currently available only on the authority's home page: Bezirksamt Steglitz-Zehlendorf
Bezirksamt Tempelhof-Schöneberg
Bezirksamt Treptow-Köpenick