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If you are a veterinarian, you are allowed to carry out your activity in Germany as a service provider for the temporary and occasional practice of the profession even without a license or permit. However, you must report this to the competent authority.

Veterinarians who are

• are nationals of an EU Member State or another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or a state with which an EU association agreement has entered into force, and
• are authorized to practice the veterinary profession outside Germany in one of these states and are legally established there as a veterinarian,

may practice the profession in Germany as a service provider within the meaning of the provisions of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) for the temporary and occasional practice of the profession even without a license or permit.

In this case, you are subject to a prior written notification obligation in accordance with Section 11a (2) of the Federal Veterinary Code. The obligation to register applies when you move from another Member State to Germany for the first time to provide services. The notification must be renewed once a year if you intend to provide services in Germany temporarily and occasionally during the year in question. If prior notification is not possible due to the urgency of the activity, notification must be made immediately after the service has been provided.

When providing services for the first time or if there is a significant change to the situation certified in the documents, you must submit the following documents in accordance with Section 11a (2) sentence 4 of the Federal Veterinary Regulations:

• Proof of nationality,
• a certificate stating that you are legally established as a veterinarian in a member state of the EU or another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or a state party to which Germany and the EU have granted a corresponding legal entitlement by treaty and that you are not prohibited, even temporarily, from practicing the profession at the time the certificate is submitted, and
• your proof of professional qualification.

The certificates must not be older than twelve months at the time of submission. You may also be required to provide information on details of your insurance cover or any other type of individual or collective protection in relation to professional liability.

Translations of documents and certificates written in a foreign language must be submitted in German, unless otherwise permitted by the State Chamber of Veterinary Surgeons. The State Chamber of Veterinary Surgeons may require that the translations have been prepared by a publicly appointed or sworn interpreter or translator.

You must be legally established to practice veterinary medicine in another EU member state or one of the states listed above.

No fees have yet been set for the procedure.

You can make the notification to the competent body in any form, enclosing the required documents (see below). You will receive a confirmation from the competent body that the notification has been properly made.

The processing time depends on the completeness and suitability of the submitted documents (see above).

The notification must be made before starting to practice the profession. If prior notification is not possible due to the urgency of the activity, you must make the notification immediately after providing the service.

As a service provider within the meaning of the TFEU, you have the same rights and obligations with regard to the exercise of your profession as members of the State Veterinary Chamber of Thuringia, in particular the rights and obligations to practice your profession conscientiously, to undergo further training, to participate in emergency services and to provide documentation, as well as the obligation to recognize the professional, statutory or administrative rules of professional conduct in accordance with Article 5 (3) of Directive 2005/36/EC. The professional regulations of the State Veterinary Chamber of Thuringia apply to you accordingly.

The service is provided under the professional title of "veterinary surgeon" or "veterinarian".

You must have the necessary knowledge of the German language to perform the service.

In case of disputes between members of the profession as well as between them and third parties, which have arisen from the practice of the profession, the arbitration committee of the State Veterinary Chamber of Thuringia can be called upon.

• Nationals of an EU member state or EEA state who are legally established as a veterinarian outside Germany in one of these states may practice the profession in Germany as a service provider in the sense of temporarily and occasionally even without a license or permit if they have complied with the prior written notification requirement.
• Certain evidence must be provided.
• Responsible: State Veterinary Chamber of Thuringia

If you wish to provide the services in Thuringia, please contact the Thuringia State Chamber of Veterinarians.