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Applying for rights of way for telecommunication lines and telecommunication networks
Service Description
If your company wants to lay telecommunications cables for public telecommunications networks in roads, you need the approval of the person responsible for the road. This is usually the relevant city or municipality.
To do this, you should first have the right of way transferred from the Federal Network Agency, which basically entitles you to use the roads. This is because by transferring the right of way, the city or municipality usually has to grant you permission if your project involves telecommunications lines that serve public purposes. If the Federal Network Agency has transferred the right of way to you, the use of the path is also free of charge for you.
You are under no legal obligation to apply for the transfer.
In your application to the Federal Network Agency, you must specify the area for which you are applying for the right of use.
Among other things, you must prove in your application that your company
- competent
- efficient and
- reliable.
In particular, you must provide evidence of your financial capacity.
The transfer of the right of way applies for the period in which your telecommunications company is also publicly active.
Process flow
You can apply for the right of way online, by e-mail or by post.
Apply for rights of way online:
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Call up the online application on the federal portal verwaltung.bund.de. This will guide you step by step through the necessary information, which you can enter electronically.
- Note: You need an ELSTER business account to submit the online application.
- Upload the required documents as a file and send the application.
- Send files that are too large to upload or are not available in digital form to the Federal Network Agency by post.
- The Federal Network Agency will check your application and, if necessary, contact you with any queries or if any documents are still missing or additional evidence is required.
- Once your application has been successfully reviewed, you will receive the decision on the right of way and the fee notice with information on legal remedies.
Apply for rights of way by e-mail or post:
- Download the application form from the website of the Federal Network Agency.
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You can use the form either
- fill it out on screen
- or download it, print it out and then fill it in.
- Print out the form and sign it.
- Send the form with all the necessary documents to the Federal Network Agency, preferably by e-mail or alternatively by post.
- The Federal Network Agency will check your application and, if necessary, contact you with any queries or if any documents are still missing or additional evidence is required.
- Once your application has been successfully reviewed, you will receive the decision on the right of way and the fee notice with information on legal remedies by post.
Requirements
- Your company owns, operates or plans public telecommunications networks or telecommunications lines serving public purposes.
- Your telecommunications company is demonstrably competent, reliable and capable of setting up telecommunications lines.
Which documents are required?
- For companies subject to registration: current extract from the register, e.g. extract from the commercial register
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if applicable: list of
- ownership structure
- Company connections to road authorities
- Outlined or written description of your planned or existing telecommunications network or telecommunications lines, business model for supplying the user group
- List of the required areas
- Maps with the administrative boundaries of the areas
- Signed self-declarations of expertise and reliability
- If applicable, reference projects and similar evidence of your company's previous civil engineering activities
- Investment and financing plan with all income and expenditure over 5 years
- Credit report from a credit agency about your company
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Evidence depending on the type of financing:
- Binding financing commitments and explanation of the financing model
- Proof of own funds for the period of the first year of the investment plan
- Binding financing commitment from credit institutions or affiliated companies
- Business information on affiliated companies providing funds
- Binding grant or subsidy notices
The Federal Network Agency may request further evidence and documents from you if these are required for its decision.
What are the fees?
Fees for the transfer of the right of use are determined on a time basis. The fees are determined by means of a separate fee notice.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
There is no deadline.
Processing duration
The processing time is up to 6 weeks. This period begins when the application documents are complete, i.e. including the required supporting documents.
Applications / forms
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Contradiction
- Further information on how to lodge an objection can be found in the notification or the fee notice.
Further Information
Author
Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA)
Forwarding service: Deep link to the original portal
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Technically approved by
Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK)
Professionally released on
06.09.2023
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)
Start your request directly online:
Competent Authority
Bundesnetzagentur für Elektrizität, Gas, Telekommunikation, Post und Eisenbahnen (BNetzA), Referat 215
Address
55122 Mainz
Opening times
Service hours
- Monday: 09:00 to 16:00
- Tuesday: 09:00 to 16:00
- Wednesday: 09:00 to 16:00
- Thursday: 09:00 to 16:00
- Friday: 09:00 to 15:00
