A change of registration of a trade or business may become necessary if you

• relocate the registered place of business of your trade or business within the community;
• if you change the object of your trade or business; or
• if you extend the object of your trade or business to goods or services which are not in line with the normal business practices of the trade or business enterprise types registered.

Although certain trades or businesses do not require an official authorization, they are subject to supervision of their activities by the public authorities (the so-called trade or businesses requiring official authorization acc. to. § 38 of the German Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act - GewO). This applies notably to the following branches of trade or industry:

1. Purchase and sale by trades or businesses specialized in the second-hand goods trade;
2. Provision and reporting of information on financial circumstances or personal matters (credit agencies, detective or investigative agencies;
3. Brokering of marriages, partnerships, and acquaintanceships;
4. Operation of travel agencies and brokering of accommodations;
5. Sale and installation of building security installations including lock-and-key services; and
6. Manufacture and selling of special theft-related opening tools.

Each change of registration of a trade or business must be made in writing, using the standard form provided. Receipt of the registration of a trade or business will be acknowledged by the competent public authority.

Every change of registration of a trade or business will also be notified to other authorities (e.g. the Internal Revenue Service, Chamber of Crafts and Skilled Trades, or Chamber of Industry and Commerce).

Legal age or permit by the guardianship court

Notification is mandatory in case of a relocation of the trade or business, or in case of a change of the object of the trade or business.

In case of change of registration of a trade or business requiring special supervision, the respective tradesperson's or businessperson's reliability will be investigated immediately. For this reason the applicant is under obligation to produce a written certificate of reliability.

Regional supplement (Responsible for editing: Gemeinde Bessenbach)

• Online transactions, locally limited: Gewerbeummeldung Online

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• Form, Bavaria-wide: Change of registration of a trade or business [File format: pdf]

  This form requires no signature. You can sent it electronically (e.g. by secure email or De-Mail) or as hardcopy to the responsible authority.

  Pursuant to Article 14 or Article 55c of the German Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act - GewO

EUR 25.00 to EUR 100.00, according the Schedule of Costs (5.III.5/2.) to the Cost Allocation Law

• Legal bases, Bavaria-wide: § 14 Gewerbeordnung (GewO)

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• Legal bases, Bavaria-wide: § 15 Abs. 1 Gewerbeordnung (GewO)

  Empfangsbescheinigung, Betrieb ohne Zulassung

• Legal bases, Bavaria-wide: § 38 Gewerbeordnung (GewO)

  Überwachungsbedürftige Gewerbe

• Legal bases, Bavaria-wide: § 55c Gewerbeordnung (GewO)

  Anzeigepflicht

• Legal bases, Bavaria-wide: Anlage zur Verordnung über den Erlass des Kostenverzeichnisses zum Kostengesetz (Kostenverzeichnis - KVz)

Administrative court proceedings

• Gaststättenerlaubnis; Beantragung
• Gaststättenerlaubnis; Beantragung durch EU-Bürger
• Gaststättenerlaubnis; Beantragung durch Nicht-EU-Bürger
• Official notification of a trade or business; Registration of a trade or business
• Immobilienmakler; Beantragung einer Erlaubnis durch EU-Bürger
• Immobilienmakler, Darlehensvermittler, Bauträger, Baubetreuer und Wohnimmobilienverwalter; Beantragung einer Erlaubnis
• Immobilienmakler, Darlehensvermittler, Bauträger, Baubetreuer und Wohnimmobilienverwalter; Beantragung einer Erlaubnis durch Nicht-EU-Bürger
• Reisegewerbe; Beantragung einer Erlaubnis
• Reisegewerbe; Beantragung einer Erlaubnis durch EU-Bürger
• Reisegewerbe; Beantragung einer Erlaubnis durch Nicht-EU-Bürger
• Versteigerung; Beantragung einer Erlaubnis
• Versteigerung; Beantragung einer Erlaubnis durch EU-Bürger
• Versteigerung; Beantragung einer Erlaubnis durch Nicht-EU-Bürger