Apply for a taxi licence

Proceed as follows to obtain a licence for the commercial transport of passengers by taxi:

• Submit a corresponding application to the transport authority responsible for you in the respective independent city or district and enclose all the necessary documents with the application.
• The authority will process your application and carry out the necessary hearing procedures.
• You will receive notification of the issue or re-issue of a taxi licence, including the handover of the licence certificates.

• The safety and efficiency of the company is guaranteed.
• There are no facts indicating the unreliability of the applicant as an entrepreneur or of the person appointed to manage the business.
• The applicant as entrepreneur or the person appointed to manage the business is professionally qualified.
• The applicant and the contractors commissioned by the applicant to provide transport services must have their registered office or place of business within the meaning of commercial law in Germany.

New applicants and existing entrepreneurs must be given appropriate consideration. Within both groups, consideration is given according to the chronological order in which applications are submitted.
Irrespective of the date of application, subordinate treatment is given,

• who does not intend to pursue the taxi trade as their main occupation,
• has not operated his or her taxi business as his or her main occupation or has sold or leased it in whole or in part within the last 8 years,
• has not properly fulfilled his or her operating obligations

An applicant may only be granted one authorisation at a time, provided that no more authorisations can be granted than there are applicants.
New applicants receive their authorisation for 2 years. During this period, the rights and obligations arising from the authorisation may not be transferred.
Legal entities under public law are deemed to fulfil the requirements.
 

• Formal application (surname, first name of the applicant; place of residence and business; in the case of natural persons: Date of birth, place of birth; number of vehicles, vehicle type, capacity of the vehicles to be used
• Certificates of employment or examination certificates (for professional suitability) of the applicant or the person appointed to manage the business
• Equity certificate / additional certificate (form in accordance with § 2 Para. 2 No. 2/ § 2 Para. 3 of the Professional Access Ordinance for Road Passenger Transport PBZugV), not older than 12 months
• Clearance certificate from the tax office, the municipality, the social insurance institution and the employers' liability insurance association, not older than 3 months (from the company, the legal representative and the person appointed to manage the business / transport management)
• Certificate of good conduct for submission to the authorities according to § 30 paragraph 5 BZRG
• Extract from the central trade register in accordance with Section 150 (5) GewO (for companies)
• Extract from the driving aptitude register (FAER)

General documents

• Vehicle list, if applicable rental vehicles with rental contract or leasing list
• Proof of liability insurance for taxis including risk index (WKZ)
• Business registration
• in the case of partnerships, the list of partners, the partnership agreement or other proof of contractual authorisation
• Notarised extract from the commercial register

The licensing authority may request further information and documents, in particular the submission of a certificate of good conduct.

• Certificate of good conduct

Personenbeförderungsgesetz (PBefG) § 2; Verordnung über den Betrieb von Kraftfahrunternehmen (BoKraft); Verordnung über den Zugang zum Beruf des Straßenpersonenverkehrsunternehmers (PBZugV); Fahrzeugzulassungsverordnung

• § Section 1 No. 4 of the (Hessian) Ordinance on Responsibilities under the Passenger Transport Act
• § Section 47 of the Passenger Transport Act (PbefG)

• Lfd. No. II.5 of the Schedule of Fees of the Ordinance on Costs for Official Acts in Paid or Commercial Passenger Transport by Motor Vehicle (PBefGKostV)
• § Section 1 Ordinance on Responsibilities under the Passenger Transport Act (PBefGZustV)
• § Section 2(1)(4) of the Passenger Transport Act (PbefG)

• Ordinance on the operation of road haulage companies (BOKraft)
• Vehicle Registration Ordinance (FZV)

• Appeal: You will find further information on how to lodge an appeal in the notification of your application.
• Action before the administrative court after an unsuccessful appeal

Forms available: Yes
Written form required: Yes
Informal application possible: No
Personal appearance required: No
 

Authorisation is granted to new applicants for a period of 2 years.

• Taxi licence issue
• A licence must be applied for from the competent transport authority for commercial passenger transport by taxi
• Responsible: Traffic authority of the respective independent city or district

• Taxi licence issue in Hesse

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