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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.
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: Special permit (urgently required in the public interest)
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.
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.
Special use permit on public streets and squares - apply for underground special use (lines such as plant lines, pipe and cable lines for electricity, gas, district heating, water and wastewater with house connections)
You need a permit to lay lines, e.g. pipe or cable lines, under public roads.
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.