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Game for sale: Show commercial keeping
Service Description
Anyone wishing to keep game in a commercial manner must notify the competent authority four weeks before commencing the activity.
Process flow
After you have notified the competent authority of the intended commercial keeping of wild game, providing all the necessary information, the authority will check compliance with the requirements of animal protection law. If necessary, an on-site appointment will be arranged with you.
Who should I contact?
Contact the veterinary and food control office of the county or incorporated city in whose area the poultry is to be kept.
Requirements
Value wants to keep commercial poultry, must ensure compliance with the animal welfare requirements, in particular § 2 Animal Welfare Act.
Which documents are required?
The notification shall state:
- The type, number and sex of the animals to be kept,
- the person responsible for the activity,
- information on the size and design of the enclosure to be built,
- information on the expertise of the person responsible.
After the issuance of a legal ordinance pursuant to Section 11 (6) sentence 2 of the Animal Welfare Act, the provisions specified therein shall apply to the form and content of the notification and the procedure in the event of subsequent changes to the notified facts.
What are the fees?
A fee of between EUR 35 and 200 is charged for checking the notification, depending on the administrative effort involved.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
The competent authority must be notified of the commercial keeping of wild game four weeks prior to the commencement of the activity.
Processing duration
The processing time depends on the quality and completeness of the submitted documents as well as on the expertise of the person responsible for the operation of the enclosure game keeping.
Legal basis
Appeal
The veterinary and food control office of the county or city in whose area the poultry is to be kept may be able to provide you with suitable forms.
What else should I know?
Enclosures require an unrestricted usable floor space of at least 1 ha.
If the required notification is not made, not made correctly, not made in full or not made in time, this constitutes an administrative offense (Section 18 (1) No. 20b TierSchG).
Supporting institutions
Thuringian State Institute for Agriculture
Tel.: 03641/683-0
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Technically approved by
Thuringian Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Health, Women and Family (TMASGFF)
Professionally released on
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)
