Craft - Approval for providing temporary cross-border services in the area of crafts requiring approval

• Citizenship in EU or EEA You are a citizen of an EU state or another contracting state of the European Economic Area agreement (EEA) • craft requiring approval, cross-border, temporary www.gesetze-im-internet.de/hwo/anlage_a.html You are legally established in an EU/EEA state where you perform similar professional activities as those of a craft requiring approval pursuant to attachment A of the Crafts Code. You intend to provide temporary and occasional cross-border services in the area of a craft that requires approval in Berlin.

• Notification of temporary provision of services pursuant to § 9 EU/EEA Crafts Regulation www.hwk-berlin.de/downloads/antrag-zur-meldung-einer-dienstl • Required notification evidence and documents must be presented in the original or as certified copies. • After the documents have been reviewed, you will receive confirmation of receipt of notification of activities pursuant to the Crafts Code. The Chamber of Crafts will inform you, whether professional qualifications must be verified or whether you are allowed to take up the services immediately. Service providers wishing to work as chimney sweepers, optometrists, hearing aid specialists, orthopaedic shoemakers, orthopaedic technicians or dental technicians should expect that their qualifications will be reviewed. • The service provider must submit written notification and provide suitable documentation, if there are any significant changes to circumstances that have an impact on the conditions for service provision. In any other case, informal notification must be repeated every twelve months, for as long as the provision of services is intended. • Proof of citizenship valid personal document e.g. identity card or passport and registration certificate or residence permit or other suitable evidence • Proof of legal establishment Proof of legal establishment for performing the services in question in a member state of the EU or EEA that does not prohibit the performance of such activities. • Proof of professional qualification The proof of professional qualification must indicate that: • The acquired professional qualification is a condition for performing the professional activity in the country of origin or • relevant state-regulated training was performed in the country of origin or • the professional activities were performed for at least one year on a self-employed basis or with operational responsibility in the country or origin, within the past 10 years. Proof must be provided in the form of an EU certificate issued by the relevant EU authority in the EU country of origin.

• Notification of temporary provision of services pursuant to § 9 EU/EEA Crafts Regulation www.hwk-berlin.de/downloads/antrag-zur-meldung-einer-dienstl

• EUR 280

• § 9 section 1 number 2 Crafts Code (HwO) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/hwo/__9.html • §§ 7 et seq. EU/EEA Crafts Regulation (EU/EWR HwV) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/eu_ewrhwv_2016/BJNR050900016.html • Fee schedule of the Berlin Chamber of Crafts www.hwk-berlin.de/downloads/gebuehrenordnung-91,150.pdf • Schedule of fees of the Berlin Chamber of Crafts www.hwk-berlin.de/downloads/gebuehrenverzeichnis-91,151.pdf

• Information by Berlin Chamber of Crafts www.hwk-berlin.de/91,0,189.html • Leaflet - Indication of cross-border provision of craft-based services www.hwk-berlin.de/downloads/merkblatt-zur-dienstleistungsanz • Responsible EU bodies for issuing EU certification www.hwk-berlin.de/downloads/zustaendigen-stelle-91,144.pdf

The Gestattung (permit) to provide temporary cross-border services in the field of skilled trades subject to licensing requirements must be reported to the locally responsible Handwerkskammer (chamber of skilled trades). The local Zuständigkeit (responsibility) of the Handwerkskammer is determined by the place where the service is first provided.