Registration of a business with monitoring obligation at the location Single Point of Contact

Registration of a business with monitoring obligation

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

Online processing

Service provided online

Prerequisites

• No prerequisites

Documents required

• Form for business registration
  (GewA 1 - in duplicate)
• Statement of approval by the partners
• Supplementary sheet representatives
  Supplementary sheet according to § 14 of the Trade Regulations
• ID-Card of the German national
  Identity card or other official identification including a photograph
• Excerpt from the Commercial Central Register
  Excerpt from the Commercial Central Register

Fees

Legal basis

• Trade Regulations

More information

• Information about privacy