Point of Single Contact Berlin

• Services of the Point of Single Contact are available for: • Service providers, • Businesses, • Founders and • Individuals seeking recognition of their professional qualifications from • the Federal Republic of Germany, • a member state of the European Union (EU) or • a member state of the European Economic Area (EEA), currently Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

• Depending on the issue Which documents you need to submit, depends on your specific endeavour. More detailed information is available on the Berlin Service-Portal, on the corresponding websites for the services offered.

• The Single Point of Contact Berlin does not charge any fees. • Our information and advice are free of charge. Note: However, you will still need to pay the statutorily prescribed fees for your administrative procedures with other authorities and relevant bodies. In some cases, these fees may be cheaper if you submit your application online through the Single Point of Contact (for example, when registering your business online). The fee amount varies depending on the administrative procedure. You can find more information in the descriptions of the relevant services.

• Law on the Point of Single Contact for the State of Berlin (EAG Bln) § 2 gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-EAnsprPGBE2009V2P2 • Directive 2006/123/EC regarding services in the internal market Article 6 <https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32006L0123&from=EN> • Law on determination of equivalence of foreign professional qualifications in the State of Berlin (Berufsqualifikationsfeststellungsgesetz Berlin (BQFG Bln)) § 13 section 8 gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-BQFGBEV2P13 • Directive 2005/36/EC regarding the recognition of professional qualifications article 57 and article 57a <https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02005L0036-20160524&qid=1471520594347> • Directive (EU) 2018/1724 regarding the establishment of a single digital gateway Appendix III no. 1 eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32018R1724 • Law on proceedings of the Berlin authorities (VwVfG BE) § 1 section 1 gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-VwVfGBE2016pP1 • Administrative Procedure Act (VwVfG) §§ 71a to e www.gesetze-im-internet.de/vwvfg/BJNR012530976.html#BJNR0125

Provision of information: • On the online portals: immediately • Requests submitted by email: usually up to 3 days Processing of proceedings: The processing time depends on the respective proceedings. It is indicated in the service descriptions of the procedures.

• Overview of the online procedures of the Point of Single Contact Berlin www.berlin.de/ea/en/application/ • Login Area with Federal ID www.berlin.de/ea/en/application/login-service-account-berlin • Point of Single Contact Berlin www.berlin.de/ea/en/ • Points of Single Contact for other federal states www.bmwk.de/Redaktion/DE/Artikel/Mittelstand/einheitlicher-a • Points of Single Contact for other EU countries single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/single-market/services/di • Recognition in Germany www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/en/index.php • User Guide to the Professional Recognition Directive www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/wirtschaft/einh Diese Dienstleistung können Sie auch online über das des Einheitlichen Ansprechpartners erhalten. Einheitlicher Ansprechpartner Berlin service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/141587/

• The Einheitlicher Ansprechpartner Berlin (Single Point of Contact Berlin) is only responsible if you want to become active as an entrepreneur or in a profession in Berlin. • The Einheitlicher Ansprechpartner Berlin also accepts inquiries from third countries, but it is possible that the responsible authorities may refuse electronic application submission via the EA. • You can contact the Einheitlicher Ansprechpartner Berlin in German and English. • The administrative procedures are generally conducted in German; some online procedures are also available in English. Note: If you want to become active as an entrepreneur or in a profession in another federal state of the Federal Republic of Germany or in another country of the European Union (EU), you will find the appropriate Einheitlicher Ansprechpartner under "Further information".