Gewerbetreibende Zuverlässigkeit bei überwachungsbedürftigem Gewerbe überprüfen

Would you like to register or re-register a business requiring supervision? In this context, the trade authority will check your reliability on the basis of a certificate of good conduct for submission to an authority and information from the central trade register for submission to an authority.

For the following trades, the trade authority must check the reliability of the trader immediately after the business registration or re-registration has been submitted:

• Purchase and sale (used goods trade) of
  • high-quality consumer goods, in particular consumer electronics, computers, cameras, video cameras, carpets, fur and leather clothing
  • motor vehicles and bicycles
  • Precious metals and alloys containing precious metals or similar goods
  • Precious stones, pearls and jewelry
  • scrap metals
• Providing information on financial circumstances and personal matters (credit agencies, detective agencies)
• by companies specializing in the trade in second-hand goods
• Arranging marriages, partnerships and acquaintances
• Operation of travel agencies and accommodation brokerage
• Locksmith services, sale and installation of building security systems
• Manufacture and sale of special theft-related opening tools

If you do not comply with this obligation, the authorities must obtain this information ex officio. In any case, the documents will not be sent to you, but directly to the competent authority.

• Certificate of good conduct (document type 0) for submission to authorities:
• If the trader is a natural person, a certificate of good conduct must be requested for submission to an authority.
• In the case of partnerships, a certificate of good conduct for submission to an authority must be applied for for each managing partner.
• In the case of legal entities, each legal representative must apply for a certificate of good conduct for submission to an authority.
• Central trade register extract (document type 0) for submission to an authority :
• If the trader is a natural person, an extract from the central trade register must be applied for for submission to an authority.
• In the case of partnerships, an extract from the Central Trade Register must be requested for each managing partner for submission to an authority.
• In the case of legal entities, each legal representative must apply for a certificate of good conduct for submission to an authority.

The requested documents are sent directly to the competent authority.

The completed business registration or re-registration for the above mentioned trades.

After you have registered or re-registered a trade requiring supervision, the trade authority checks your reliability. For this purpose, you must apply for a certificate of good conduct to be submitted to an authority and an extract from the commercial register to be submitted to an authority immediately after registering the trade.

The certificate of good conduct and the extract from the commercial central register must be applied for immediately after the registration or re-registration of a trade requiring supervision.

• Trade requiring supervision - Verification of reliability
• After registering or re-registering a trade requiring supervision, the competent trade authority must immediately check the reliability.
• Traders must apply for information from the central trade register for submission to an authority and a certificate of good conduct for submission to an authority.
• Responsible: Trade authority or single point of contact

Contact the trade authority responsible for your place of residence.

You can also handle the procedure via the Single Point of Contact.

• Forms: none
• Written form required: no
• Personal appearance on site for application: no
• Online procedure possible: There is no separate online procedure for the background check of tradespeople, unless it is handled via the Single Point of Contact. However, the certificate of good conduct for submission to an authority and the extract from the central trade register for submission to an authority can be applied for online.