Trade - organising trade fairs, exhibitions and markets

• Commercial supplier You would like to have the event registered as a commercial vendor. You do not need a licence for private markets (e.g. flea markets). A private market is then subject to the regulations for the standing trade or the travelling trade • Personal reliability They must have the required reliability. Reliability is checked on the basis of various proofs. • Compliance with the criteria of the trade regulations The above-mentioned formal criteria of the trade regulations must be met for the event to be authorised. • Suitability of the event location The venue must be suitable for the event in question, e.g. speciality and funfairs may not be held wholly or partly in shops.

• Application to schedule an event You can do this informally in writing to the responsible public order office. • Identity document Identity card or other official identification document with photo (not required for electronic application). Residence permit if the applicant is not a national of an EU country. • Certificate of good conduct for presentation to an authority service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120926/ To verify personal reliability, information from the Federal Central Register (certificate of good conduct) is required for submission to an authority (document type O). The information must not be older than three months. • Excerpt from the central business register for presentation to an authority service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327835/ To verify personal reliability, information from the central business register is required for submission to an authority (document type 9). The information must not be older than three months. • Purchasing or rental contract To prove that you have the actual power of disposal over the event rooms/areas. • Ground plan Floor plans of the rooms/areas intended for the event (if possible on a scale of 1:100). • Event concept The concept should include measures to ensure the protection of event participants from danger to life or health, as well as measures to prevent other significant disruptions to public safety or order. • Liability insurance Copy of a valid liability insurance of the organiser. • For registered companies and legal entities in the process of being established: Current excerpt from the commercial register or partnership agreement www.handelsregister.de/rp_web/normalesuche/welcome.xhtml Registered companies are required to submit an up to date excerpt from the Trade Register. Legal entities that are in the process of being established (GmbH, AG, UG) are required to submit a notarised copy of their partnership agreement or statutes as well as statements of approval by their associates. • Conditions of participation and market regulations Conditions of participation or market regulations governing the admission and participation of vendors for the respective event.

• Application to schedule an event www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/wirtschaft/gewe

50.00 to 2,000.00 euros (depending on expenditure) 12.50 to 500.00 euros: Amendment or revocation of the determination (depending on the initial fee)

• Gewerbeordnung (GewO) [Trade Regulation Act] § 69 Festsetzung [Determination] www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__69.html • Gewerbeordnung (GewO) § 64 - Messe [Trade fair] www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__64.html • Gewerbeordnung (GewO) § 65 - Ausstellung [Exhibition] www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__65.html • Gewerbeordnung (GewO) § 66 - Großmarkt [Wholesale market] www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__66.html • Gewerbeordnung (GewO) § 67 - Wochenmarkt [Weekly market] www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__67.html • Gewerbeordnung (GewO) § 68 – Spezial- und Jahrmarkt [Special market and annual fair] www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__68.html • Gewerbeordnung (GewO) § 60b – Volksfest [Public festival] www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__60b.html • Verwaltungsgebührenordnung (VGebO) Berlin [Administrative Fees Ordinance] Berlin <https://gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/?aiz=1&docId=jlr-VwGebOBE2009rahmen&query=JURISLINK%3A%22VwGebO+BE%22>

approx. 2-6 weeks

• Itinerant trade - Apply for a Reisegewerbekarte (itinerant trade card) (service) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/121916/ • Special use of public streets - Mobile street trading from sales vehicles (service) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326876/ • Catering trade - Apply for a permit for a special occasion (service) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327491/ • Information on markets and street festivals (IHK Berlin [Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce]) www.ihk.de/berlin/produktmarken/branchen/handel/brancheninfo • Information on event safety (Berliner Feuerwehr [Berlin Fire Department]) www.berliner-feuerwehr.de/ihre-sicherheit/veranstaltungssich • Accessible/barrier-free construction (Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung, Bauen und Wohnen [Senate Department for Urban Development, Building and Housing]) www.berlin.de/sen/bauen/baurecht-und-bauplanung/barrierefrei • Service page: Events, trade fairs, markets, marketing (Service Portal Berlin) service.berlin.de/veranstaltungen-messenmmaerktemarketing/ • Overview of markets in Berlin (Hauptstadtportal [Capital City Portal]) www.berlin.de/special/shopping/maerkte/ • Directory of Berlin weekly markets and flea markets (Senatsverwaltung für Wirtschaft, Energie und Betriebe [Senate Department for Economy, Energy and Public Enterprises]) www.berlin.de/sen/web/service/maerkte-feste/ • Note on data protection (Public order offices of the State of Berlin) www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/wirtschaft/gewe

You can only submit the application for approval of an event to the Ordnungsamt (public order office) responsible for the event location.