Trade - Apply for an EU certificate under the Professional Qualifications Directive

• Permanent establishment or temporary cross-border activity in another EU member state • Exercise of the profession in the past two years in Germany Information on the actual activity in Germany as a self-employed person, as the head of a company or a branch office, in a managerial position or as an employee. • If applicable, special requirements www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/wirtschaft/einh Special conditions may have to be observed in order to take up the service in another member state, e.g. recognition of professional qualifications.

• Application You can submit the application informally, but in text form, to the relevant chamber. • Identity document Copy of identity card or other official identification document with photo. • Proof of the specific activity exercised and its duration At least the last 2 years must be proven. • Training certificates Kopien von Zeugnissen, Diplomen, Zertifikaten oder anderen vergleichbaren Berufsqualifikationsnachweisen • If applicable, Confirmation of business registration if you are self-employed or self-employed persons • If applicable, extract from the commercial register if you are the head of a company or a branch office • If applicable, employment contract and reference if you work as a manager or as an employee

• EUR 15.00: Certificate of the IHK-Berlin • EUR 25.00: Certificate of the HWK-Berlin

• Professional Qualifications Directive (Directive 2005/36/EC) - Art. 7 sec. 2 (b) and (d) eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2005:255 • Act Implementing Directives of the European Economic Community on Freedom of Establishment and Freedom to Provide Services (NiederlFrhEWGDG) - Art. IV www.gesetze-im-internet.de/niederlfrhewgdg_1/art_iv.html • First Regulation implementing Directives on freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services in the European Economic Community (1st IR Freedom of Establishment EEC) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/niederlfrhewgdv_1/__5.html • Schedule of fees of the IHK (Section D.4) www.ihk.de/blueprint/servlet/resource/blob/2256952/9289dfb23 • Fee schedule of the Berlin Chamber of Crafts www.hwk-berlin.de/downloads/gebuehrenordnung-91,150.pdf • List of Fees of the Berlin Chamber of Crafts (E. Other Fees - No.4) www.hwk-berlin.de/downloads/gebuehrenverzeichnis-91,151.pdf

Usually 2 - 4 weeks

• User Guide to Directive 2005/36/EC www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/wirtschaft/einh • Information website of the Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce on the EU Single Market www.ihk.de/berlin/service-und-beratung/international/eu-binn • Leaflet IHK Berlin on the EU certificate www.ihk.de/blueprint/servlet/resource/blob/2252728/14f9a5411 • Sample form IHK Berlin www.ihk.de/blueprint/servlet/resource/blob/2252788/895254937 • Information on exercising handicrafts in Berlin www.hwk-berlin.de/91,0,188.html

Companies with their business location in Berlin can apply for the EU certificate at the • Industrie- und Handelskammer Berlin (IHK – Chamber of Industry and Commerce Berlin) • or the Handwerkskammer Berlin (HWK – Chamber of Skilled Crafts Berlin) (if you or your company are a member of the HWK)