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Special street use – applying for street trading from a mobile vending tray (Bauchladen)

Straßensondernutzung - Straßenhandel aus Bauchladen beantragen
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.
Sale of goods from portable containers (so-called Bauchladenhandel, tray vending) while standing (or walking around), without a fixed location on public street land, including across several districts (Bezirke). No setting down of items. The individual districts (Bezirke) set their own catalogues of conditions and negative street zones that restrict trading. Not all types of goods are considered suitable for Bauchladenhandel. By law, public street land must be available to everyone for use in connection with traffic. If someone uses this common use (Gemeingebrauch) through a different type of use, this constitutes a special use (Sondernutzung).

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Requirements

• You hold a Reisegewerbekarte (itinerant trade card) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/121916/

Documents you need

• Application for Bauchladenhandel (tray vending) You can submit the application either online, or use the form and submit the application in writing by post. • Period, type, location • Period of use • Type of merchandise • Location (district) • Reisegewerbekarte (itinerant trade license) (copy) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/121916/

Forms

• Application for Bauchladenhandel (tray/walk-around vending) www.berlin.de/ba-friedrichshain-kreuzberg/_assets/pdf-dateie

Fees

Cost of the exemption permit (Ausnahmegenehmigung, administrative fee) valid for up to 7 days • 45,00 Euro: in 1 administrative district (Verwaltungsbezirk) • 55,00 Euro: in up to 6 administrative districts • 70,00 Euro: in all administrative districts valid for up to 1 year • 100,00 Euro: in 1 administrative district • 130,00 Euro: in up to 6 administrative districts • 180,00 Euro: in all administrative districts Cost of the special use permit (Sondernutzungserlaubnis, special-use fee) • 100,00 Euro monthly: tray vending (Bauchladenhandel) of snack food • 50,00 Euro monthly: tray vending of other goods

Legal basis

• Road Traffic Regulations (Straßenverkehrs-Ordnung, StVO) §§ 32 para. 1, 33 para. 1 no. 2, 46 para. 1 nos. 8 and 9 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stvo_2013/__32.html • Berlin Roads Act (Berliner Straßengesetz, BerlStrG) § 11 in conjunction with § 13 <http://gesetze.berlin.de/jportal/?quelle=jlink&query=StrG+BE&psml=bsbeprod.psml&max=true> • Special Use Fees Ordinance (Sondernutzungsgebührenverordnung, SNGebV) <http://gesetze.berlin.de/jportal/?quelle=jlink&query=SoGebV+BE&psml=bsbeprod.psml&max=true> • Fee Schedule for Road Traffic Measures (Gebührenordnung für Maßnahmen im Straßenverkehr, GebOSt) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgebo_2011/BJNR009800011.html

Who is responsible

Die Dienstleistung kann bei einem Bezirksamt in Anspruch genommen werden, das leitend ggf. auch die weiteren beantragten Bezirke beteiligt. Translation: This service can be used at a Bezirksamt (district office), which, acting as lead office, will if necessary also involve the other districts applied for.

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Choose a location; the appointment itself is booked on the original page.

Original

German original

Service number 326870 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326870/