Travelling trade: Display for activities not requiring a travel trade card

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Only a few activities that do not require a travel trade licence must be reported. Please check whether you need to notify the competent authority before taking up an activity that does not require a travel trade licence.

Special information for - City of Rodgau

How do I do this with the city of Rodgau?

When?

  • At any time online, in writing or on site by appointment during opening hours

How?

What do I need for this? (documents)

  • In writing or on site
    • Completed PDF form
    • Identity card or passport with registration certificate
    • Residence permit if foreigner and no EU/EEA nationality
    • For proof of the legal form of the company:
      • If your company is based in Germany, you need:
        • for registered companies: Extract from the commercial register and, if applicable, a copy of the articles of association
      • If your company is based abroad, you will need documents from the country in which you are based that prove your legal form.

Costs?

  • 36 €

General, more detailed information on this service can be found below.


  • Service description

    The following activities that do not require a travel trade licence must be reported to the competent authority:

    • Anyone who offers goods for sale or orders (sells) or purchases goods, offers services or orders services in the municipality of their place of residence or commercial establishment, provided the municipality has no more than 10,000 inhabitants;
    • Anyone who sells food or other everyday goods from a non-fixed sales outlet or another establishment at regular, shorter intervals at the same location;
    • Anyone who offers printed works for sale on public roads, streets, squares or in other public places.

    If you carry out one of the above-mentioned activities that do not require a travel trade licence, you must notify the competent authority of the start of your trade, unless you have already registered it in accordance with other provisions of the Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act.

    You must also make a notification if

    • you change the object of the trade or expand it to include goods or services that are not customary in your trade, or
    • you give up your travelling trade activity.

  • Procedure

    • You can register a travelling trade or an "activity not requiring a travel trade card" in person, in writing or electronically.
    • Once you have submitted the application and all the documents are complete, the competent authority will check whether all the requirements for notification have been met.
    • If all documents are complete, you have fulfilled your duty of disclosure.
    • You may only commence your activity once you have fulfilled the notification obligation.

  • Prerequisites

    Start of a notifiable travelling trade for which notification is not already required under the Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act.

    To ensure that you fulfil your obligation to notify in good time, you must

    • complete the relevant application form and send it to the competent authority before starting your activity

    • attach the required documents to the application form

  • Which documents are required?

    • Completed application form
    • Copy of identity card or comparable identification document / If applicable, residence permit with the note "Gainful employment permitted" if the applicant does not come from a country of the European Union, the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland
    • For proof of the legal form of the company:
      • If you have your registered office in Germany, you will need: an extract from the register (e.g. commercial register, register of co-operatives) for registered companies, a copy of the articles of association for unregistered companies
      • If your company is based abroad, you will need documents from the country in which you are based that prove your legal form.

  • What fees are incurred?

    Is based on the respective administrative fee schedule of the federal state or on the fee statutes of the authorities responsible under federal state law.

  • What deadlines do I have to observe?

    You must report your business activity immediately upon commencement. If you do not make the notification or do not do so correctly, completely or on time, you will be fined.

  • Processing time

    If you submit your notification in writing or electronically, you will receive an acknowledgement of receipt of your notification promptly, provided that the notification form has been filled out completely and correctly and the required documents have been submitted.

  • Legal basis

    • § Section 14 (1) sentences 2 and 3, (4) to (12) GewO
    • § Section 15 (1) GewO
    • Trade Notification Ordinance (GewAnzV)
    • § Section 55c of the Trade Regulation Act (GewO)

  • Legal remedy

    • Objection (depending on national law, the objection may be excluded)
    • Administrative action

  • Applications / Forms

    • Written form required: no
    • Online procedure possible: yes
    • Personal appearance required: no

  • Short text

    • A travelling trade must be reported
    • The prerequisite for the obligation to notify is the exercise of an activity exempt from the travel trade licence in accordance with the Trade Regulation Act, if the trade does not already have to be registered in accordance with other provisions of the Trade Regulation Act.
    • Responsible: Responsibility depends on the respective state law

  • Further information

    Information on the start-up portal of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy on the subject of

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