Hunting licence - apply for issue/renewal

• Minimum age: 18 years • Hunter or falconer examination www.berlin.de/sen/uvk/natur-und-gruen/jagd-und-wildtiere/jag or a hunting or falconry examination recognised as equivalent in Berlin if you live outside Germany and are applying for a day hunting licence or falconry day hunting licence • Reliability www.gesetze-im-internet.de/waffg_2002/__5.html • Personal suitability www.gesetze-im-internet.de/waffg_2002/__6.html • Take out adequate hunting liability insurance Sum insured EUR 500.000 for personal injury and EUR 50.000 for property damage • If applicable, residence in Berlin or address for your stay in Berlin for day hunting licence and falconry day hunting licence • Personal pick-up As a rule, the hunting licence must be collected in person.

• Application for a hunting licence Online or you can submit the (paper) application in writing by post or e-mail. • For the online application: Please have all required documents and evidence ready to upload in PDF, JPG, JPEG, PNG or DOCX format. Name the files as follows: First_name_surname_description.pdf • For the written application by post or e-mail: Send the signed application (under "Forms") as well as all supporting documents and personal documents by post or e-mail to the Berlin Police Weapons Department. • You can only apply for the youth hunting licence and the hunting licence for diplomats in writing. • Proof of hunting liability insurance • Certificate of successful completion of the hunter / falconer examination (only for initial application) • Certificate of matriculation (only if you are studying forestry) • Certificate from the employer (only if you are in the forestry service) • Hunting invitation (only if you live outside Germany and are applying for a day hunting licence or falconry day hunting licence) • Hunting licence from the competent authority of your main place of residence abroad (only if you live outside Germany and are applying for a day hunting licence or falconry day hunting licence) • Any previous registered addresses If you lived outside Berlin in the past 10 years, please keep all addresses at hand as you will need to enter these in the application. • Proof of participation in a practice shooting session, if applicable (only required if you are submitting a follow-up application) • 2 passport photos if applicable (with your name and date of birth on the back of the passport photos) (only for initial application or renewal with a new hunting licence booklet) • You must submit the passport photos by post. • Hunting licence if applicable (only for renewal in the existing hunting licence booklet) • You must submit the hunting licence by post. • Identity card or passport As a photocopy or photograph

• Application for a hunting licence (according to § 15 BJagdG) www.berlin.de/polizei/_assets/service/waffenbehoerde_antrag_

The application is subject to a fee. You will be sent a notification of fees. Further processing will only take place after receipt of payment. We would like to point out that when using the electronic payment procedure SEPA direct debit through a later return debit (e.g. not covered account or actively interpreted), further fees can be created by your bank. These fees can be invoiced. If you know the circumstances that could lead to a return debit, we recommend that you use a different payment procedure instead. • EUR 50.00: Issue of an annual hunting licence for one year (the fee is reduced by 50% for forestry students) • EUR 90.00: Issue of an annual hunting licence for two years • EUR 125.00: Issue of an annual hunting licence for three years • EUR 15.00: Issue of a falconry licence for one year • EUR 25.00: Issue of a falconry licence for two years • EUR 35.00: Issue of a falconry licence for three years • EUR 15.00: Issue of a one-day hunting licence/one-day falconry licence • EUR 15.00: for the registration of an area. In the event of a negative decision, up to 50% of the costs will be charged. In addition to the fee, the hunting levy must also be paid. This will be refunded in the event of a negative decision. Amount of the hunting levy: • EUR 25.50: Annual hunting licence for one year • EUR 51.00: Annual hunting licence for two years • EUR 76.50: Annual hunting licence for three years • EUR 17.50: Falconry licence for one year • EUR 35.00: Falconry licence for two years • EUR 52.50: Falconry licence for three years • EUR 5.00 for the day hunting licence/day falconry hunting licence If you apply for a hunting licence and a falconry hunting licence at the same time, you only have to pay the hunting tax once.

• Federal Hunting Act (BJagdG) § 15 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bjagdg/__15.html • Schedule of fees related to environmental protection (UGebO) gesetze.berlin.de/perma?j=UmwGebV_BE • Ordinance on the amount of the hunting levy (JagdAbgV BE) gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-JagdAbgVBErahmen

After the application has been submitted, the firearms authority will contact the applicant without being asked. The application can only be processed with complete information and proof.

• Weapons authority of the Berlin police www.berlin.de/polizei/service/waffenbehoerde/