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Apply for a company license to provide rail transport services (§ 6 AEG)
Service Description
No one may provide rail transport services without a company license. The license is issued upon application if the requirements of the General Railway Act (AEG) are met. It must be proven to the competent licensing authority that the requirements of reliability, financial capacity and professional suitability are met. For these purposes, the applicant must provide and substantiate all necessary information.
Process flow
The company submits a written application to the Ministry of Infrastructure for a company license to provide rail transport services and submits the required documents (see below) to prove that it is reliable, financially capable and professionally suitable. The application is examined and a decision is taken on the application within 3 months.
Who should I contact?
Thuringian Ministry of Infrastructure and Agriculture, Department of Local Public Transport and Local Rail Transport
Requirements
The applicant is established in Germany or operates a legally independent branch office there and meets the requirements of §§ 6a - 6e AEG.
Which documents are required?
1. extract from the commercial register
2. extract from the central business register
3. annual financial statement
4. certificate of no objection from tax office
5. certificate of no objection from social security office
6. certificate of no objection from employers' liability insurance association
7. certificate of good conduct for management
8. proof of liability insurance
9a. Proof of safety certificate
or
9b. Appointment of operations manager and deputy, including certificates of good conduct, examination certificates in accordance with the Railway Operations Manager Examination Ordinance, curricula vitae and the business instructions for the operations manager and deputy.
What are the fees?
500 - 5.000 Euro
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
none
Processing duration
maximum 3 months (if all required documents are available)
Legal basis
Applications / forms
Within one month of notification, file a complaint with the Weimar Administrative Court.
Appeal
none
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Technically approved by
Thuringian Ministry for Infrastructure and Agriculture
Professionally released on
01.10.2021
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)
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