Special opening times and authorisations

Whether you are seeking special opening hours for a street festival or organising an event for a company anniversary, your top focus is your customer’s experience. But what authorisations do you need for such events, where do you get them, and when do you need to have them? Here you will find services and information concerning special opening times and authorisations.

Services:

Air transport - requesting permission for an air event

You would like to hold an event at your airfield where aircraft are displayed in flight or compete against each other in a competition? Then you need a permit which you must apply for at the responsible office.

Apply for exemption from Sunday and holiday driving ban

Exceptions to the ban on truck driving on Sundays and statutory holidays are possible under certain circumstances. You must apply for these at the responsible office.

Applying for a special use permit for roads

If you want to sell goods or set up an information stand on the street, for example, this is a special use of the street. You must apply for a permit for this.

Applying for an exemption from the ban on working on Sundays and public holidays

If you as an employer wish to have employees work in your company or business on a Sunday or public holiday, you require a permit to do so.

Catering business, amusement arcade curfew - special permit

You must apply to the relevant authority for a reduction in the closure period for your business.

Closing time - arcades

In Thuringia, the following closing times apply to gaming arcades from 1:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and on public holidays in accordance with the Thuringian Public Holiday Act.

Conditions of employment

If you are employed in Germany, you have certain rights and obligations. Here you will find information on the legal conditions, for example on statutory working hours or unemployment benefits.

Employment on Sundays and public holidays: Exemption permit (for chemical, biological, technical or physical reasons)

If you as an employer wish to employ workers on Sundays and public holidays because certain work requires uninterrupted continuation on Sundays and public holidays for chemical,...

Employment on Sundays and public holidays: Exemption permit (holding in-house and order fairs, employment of employees in the commercial sector)

If you, as an employer, wish to employ employees in the commercial sector on Sundays and public holidays to hold an in-house or order fair where special circumstances require...

Employment on Sundays and public holidays: Exemption permit (prevention of disproportionate damage in special circumstances)

If you as an employer wish to employ workers on Sundays and public holidays because special circumstances make this necessary to prevent disproportionate damage, you require an...

Employment on Sundays and public holidays: Exemption permit (unreasonable impairment of competitiveness due to longer operating hours abroad)

If you, as an employer, wish to employ staff on Sundays and public holidays because the competitiveness of your company is unreasonably impaired if the legally permitted weekly...

Employment on Sundays and public holidays: Special permit (urgently required in the public interest)

If you, as an employer, wish to employ workers, but the Working Hours Act does not provide for an exception or derogation in your particular case or the exceptions or derogations...

Founding a company: Fairness and transparency of business practices

If you want to set up a company in Germany, you must comply with certain regulations and requirements. Here you will find information on the obligations of fairness and transparency.

Health and safety in the workplace

Here you will find information on occupational health and safety as well as applicable laws, regulations and employers' obligations.

Obtaining licenses, permits or approvals for the establishment or management of companies

If you are setting up a company, you will find information here on the procedures, formalities and permits you need to observe.

Pyrotechnics: Burning by permit or certificate holders - notification

If you, as the holder of a permit or certificate of competence, wish to burn pyrotechnic articles in accordance with § 23 of the 1st Explosives Ordinance, you must notify the...

Single point of contact network

The Europe-wide Single Point of Contact network provides you with information on legal requirements and helps with the handling of procedures.

Small fireworks exception permit obtained

You must apply for an exemption permit to burn small fireworks outside of the yearly wassail.

Special use of roads - apply for permission to restrict traffic space

For each measure that claims a restriction and special use of the public traffic space, a permit by the local road traffic authority is required.

Special use of roads - apply for permission within the locality

Do you want to use a road or parts of it in a town for something other than normal traffic?

For this you need a special use permit.

Special use of roads - apply for special permission to offer goods or services on the road

If you would like to offer goods or services on the street, you need a special permit from the road traffic authority upon application (StVO § 33 paragraph 1 number 1 and 2).

Special use of roads - applying for permission outside the village

You can also use public federal and state roads outside the built-up area for other purposes than just traffic.

As a rule, you need a special use permit for this.

Special use of roads - inform about traffic space restrictions

Whenever a traffic space restriction of any kind is imminent, road users and the public must be informed in good time.

Special use of roads - permission to put up posters obtained

If you want to put up posters on public roads, you need a permit.

Stand permit

If you want to operate a stand at a market, then you need a permit from the relevant authority.

Store opening hours

In Thuringia, opening regulations apply to sales outlets in accordance with the state's Shop Opening Act.

Sunday employment: Exemption permit (carrying out the legally required inventory)

If you as an employer want to employ staff on one Sunday per calendar year because you want to carry out the statutory stocktaking, you need an exemption permit.

Sundays open for business

Stores in Thuringia are generally closed on Sundays and public holidays. Exceptions apply for sales on up to four Sundays and public holidays per year. The specific dates are not...

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