Restaurant business, requesting permission for a special occasion
Service description
If you wish to operate a catering business with alcoholic beverages for a limited period of time (e.g. funfair, city festival, shooting festival) or for another temporary reason (e.g. canteen on the occasion of a large construction site), you can apply for a temporary permit under simplified conditions. The permit is revocable.
A permit is also required if you have a travel trade permit. On the other hand, you do not need a travel trade permit for a specific event if you already have a permit for it (Section 55a (1) No. 7 GewO).
If you intend to regularly participate in a certain recurring event with your catering business (e.g. an annual folk festival), there is basically an alternative to repeatedly applying for a permit. Provided that neither the spatial conditions nor the type of operation of your business change, a permanent permit can be considered. However, the granting of such a permit does not mean anything about the allocation of a stand space at the respective event.
Since a permit is only issued for the duration of a specific event, i.e. for a limited period of time, it is subject to less stringent requirements than the issuance of a permanent restaurant permit.
What documents are needed?
- Identity card or passport with certificate of registration
- Residence permit if the applicant is a foreigner and not a national of an EU or EEA country.
- Current extract from the commercial register
Registered companies please submit a current excerpt from the commercial register at the time of application. Legal entities in the process of formation (GmbH, AG) submit the articles of incorporation or bylaws.
- Restaurant instruction according to § 4 GastG
In case of repeated application, the submission of a certificate from a Chamber of Industry and Commerce on the participation in the restaurant training or a comparable qualification (confirmation by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce) is required.
- Certificate of good conduct only required if the reliability of the licensing authority is not known. Information from the Federal Central Register (certificate of good conduct for presentation to an authority; document type 0). The information must be applied for at the municipality of residence for submission to an authority, it will be sent directly to the authority responsible for the venue.
The information must not be older than 3 months. It can also be requested online at the Federal Office of Justice.
- Extract from the central business register of a natural person. Only required if the reliability of the licensing authority is not known. Information from the central commercial register for natural persons for submission to an authority (document type 9).
The information must be applied for at the municipality of residence for submission to an authority, it will be sent directly to the authority responsible for the venue. The information must not be older than 3 months. It can also be applied for online at the Federal Office of Justice.
- extract from the central business register of a legal entity
Only required if the reliability of the permitting authority is not known.
Information from the Central Business Register for legal entities for submission to an authority (document type 9)
The information must be applied for at the authority responsible for the venue. It can also be applied for online at the Federal Office of Justice.
- Designation of the temporary event/temporary occasion with details of the area used (site plan, floor plan of the bar area).
What are the fees?
The fees depend on the administrative effort and the respective administrative fee schedule of the country.
Legal basis