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Apply for a certificate of competence under the Explosives Act
Service Description
Supervisors, in particular heads of an operating department, persons authorized to carry out blasting operations, plant foremen, technical supervisory personnel in explosive ordnance disposal and warehouse managers, as well as persons appointed to move explosive substances, to transfer them to others or to receive them from others, may only carry out their activities as responsible persons if they hold an official certificate of competence to handle and/or traffic in explosive substances in accordance with the Explosives Act.
Process flow
A certificate of competence is issued upon written or electronic application to the competent authority.
Who should I contact?
Contact the Thuringian State Office for Consumer Protection (TLV), Department of Health and Technical Consumer Protection, Department of Technical Consumer Protection, Market Surveillance at the Erfurt site.
Which documents are required?
- Proof of professional qualification (certificate or training course certificate)
- Certificate of no objection
- Identity card or passport
What are the fees?
The issuance of a certificate of competence is subject to a fee. The issuance of a certificate of competence including the executed document costs 70 euros, a substantial change and the extension of the period of validity of a certificate of competence costs 40 euros. The costs for obtaining inquiries as part of the background check must be paid additionally and range from 30 euros to 250 euros.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
The application must be submitted in good time, at the latest 8-10 weeks before the intended commencement of an activity covered by the Explosives Act.
The clearance certificate must not be older than one year.
Processing duration
A decision on the application must be made within a period of 3 months. The period begins with the receipt of the complete documents. It may be reasonably extended once if this is justified by the difficulty of the matter. Reasons must be given for any extension of the deadline. You will be notified of it in good time before the original deadline expires.
Legal basis
- § 20 Explosives Act (SprengG)
- § Section 6 of the Thuringian Ordinance on the Regulation of Responsibilities in the Field of Occupational Health and Safety and Part III of the Annex thereto
- Thuringian Administrative Cost Regulations for the Business Division of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Family and Health (ThürVwKostOMSFG)
Applications / forms
You can appeal against the decision on your application or against a decision not made in due time in accordance with the Administrative Court Code (objection, if necessary action before the Administrative Court).
Appeal
- Application for issuance or renewal of a certificate of competence according to § 20 Explosives Act
- Supplement A (for handling ammunition and explosive war weapons including found ammunition)
What else should I know?
The minimum age is 21 years.
The Thuringian State Mining Office is the competent authority for companies that are subject to mining supervision.
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content per DeepL.
Technically approved by
Thuringian Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Health, Women and Family Affairs
Professionally released on
21.03.2022
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)
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