Pawnbroking business - apply for a permit

• Personal reliability Reliability is checked on the basis of various forms of evidence. The applicant must provide information from the Federal Central Register (certificate of good conduct) and information from the Central Trade Register. • Orderly financial circumstances It is verified whether the applicant is in debt (of a private or public nature) or if there are any known insolvency proceedings. • Evidence of the means or securities required for business operations You must provide evidence of the necessary funds or security for the first six months. This may take the form of bank balances or a bank guarantee. • To apply online: Register or log in using your BundID account

• Application for a permit (pawnbroker permit) You can either submit your application online or use the form and submit your application in writing by post. • Identity document Identity card or other official identification document with photo (not required for electronic application). Residence permit if the applicant is not a national of an EU country. • Certificate of good conduct for presentation to an authority service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120926/ To verify personal reliability, an extract from the Federal Central Register (certificate of good conduct) is required for submission to an authority (document type O). The information must not be older than three months. • Excerpt from the central business register for presentation to an authority service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327835/ To verify personal reliability, information from the central business register is required for submission to an authority (document type 9). The information must not be older than three months. • Information from the debtors' register (Central Enforcement Portal) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327028/ Information regarding entries must be requested online from the central enforcement centre for the respective federal state (see "more information"). • Information from the insolvency register service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327527/ • Two certificates are required for initiating insolvency proceedings for natural persons who are residents of Berlin. The first certificate for consumer insolvency proceedings must be applied for with the local court responsible for your place of residence, and the second one for regular insolvency proceedings is available from the District Court Charlottenburg Amtsgerichtsplatz 1, 14057 Berlin. • The District Court Charlottenburg, Amtsgerichtsplatz 1, 14057 Berlin is responsible for insolvency proceedings for legal entities and private trade companies based in Berlin. • Applicants residing / operating outside of Berlin please inform themselves about the respective responsibilities of the insolvency courts via the central place and court directory (see "more information"). • Evidence of the means or securities required for the pawnbroking business Evidence of sufficient means or securities for at least the first six months of business operation must be provided. Such evidence can be provided by presenting a corresponding bank guarantee or a financing commitment from a bank. In particular costs for staff, rent, furniture, equipment and insurances must be provided for, under consideration of the expected earnings. • Ground plan Floor plan of the premises intended for the business (ideally on a 1:100 scale). • Up-to-date excerpt from the Trade Register www.handelsregister.de/rp_web/welcome.xhtml Registered companies please submit a current excerpt from the commercial register when applying. Legal entities in the process of formation (GmbH, AG) must submit the articles of association.

• Application for a permit (pawnbroker permit) www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/ordnungsamt/ste

84.00 to 2,075.00 euros per expense

• Gewerbeordnung (GewO) § 34 - Pfandleihgewerbe www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__34.html • Pawnbroker Ordinance (Pfandleiherverordnung (PfandlV)) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pfandlv/ • Schedule of Administrative Fees (Verwaltungsgebührenordnung (VGebO)) <https://gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/?aiz=1&docId=jlr-VwGebOBE2009rahmen&query=JURISLINK%3A%22VwGebO+BE%22>

1 month

• Information on businesses requiring a licence (IHK Berlin) www.ihk.de/berlin/service-und-beratung/recht-und-steuern/gew • Information from the debtor register (enforcement portal of the federal states) www.vollstreckungsportal.de/zponf/allg/willkommen.jsf • Insolvency announcements online (justice portal of the federal states) neu.insolvenzbekanntmachungen.de/ap/ • Search for the competent court (central directory of places and courts) www.justizadressen.nrw.de/de/justiz/suche • Note on data protection (public order offices of the state of Berlin) www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/wirtschaft/gewe

The permit must be applied for at the Ordnungsamt (public order office) responsible for the place of business. If a place of business is not yet known, the permit can also be applied for at the Ordnungsamt responsible for the applicant's place of residence.