Festsetzung von Messen, Ausstellungen oder Märkten beantragen

If you wish to have an event scheduled, you must apply for this. There is no obligation to schedule an event. Scheduled events are exempt from certain requirements.

As an organizer, you can

• trade fairs,
• exhibitions and
• markets

have them set up.

This means that you are exempt from the provisions of the law on store opening hours, the law on Sundays and public holidays, the Working Hours Act and the Industrial Code. You can submit the application as a trader.

The determination includes the subject, period, opening hours and location of the event. Provided there are no public interest issues to the contrary, markets can be set for a longer period or permanently. For trade fairs and exhibitions, however, this is only possible for events scheduled to take place within 2 years.

It is up to you to decide whether to apply for an event to be designated. However, non-scheduled events are subject to the general regulations, for example

• the travel trade license requirement,
• the store opening law,
• the Working Hours Act and
• the law protecting Sundays and public holidays.

Without a permit, you may have to apply for exemptions from these regulations from the relevant authorities.

A determination replaces these individual exceptions. You receive the so-called market privileges from a single source.

However, you also have special obligations to observe if you have an establishment.

• Information from the Federal Central Criminal Register for submission to authorities
• Information from the central trade register for submission to authorities
• Certificate of business registration
• for legal entities: Extract from the commercial register
• for associations: extract from the register of associations
• Site plan of the event
• Overview of the goods to be sold
• Conditions of participation for the event
• Provisional list of exhibitors

The documents to be submitted may depend, among other things, on whether it is a first-time event or a follow-up event.

You must hold one of the following events:

• Trade fair
• Exhibition
• wholesale market
• weekly market
• Specialty market
• Fair

Contradiction

• Trade fairs, exhibitions and markets Determination
• Determination includes:
  • Subject
  • Period
  • Opening hours and
  • Location of the event
• An event will be approved by the competent authority if all requirements and documents are met
• Responsible: local competent authority depending on the type and location of the event

The local trade office of the municipal or city administration is responsible.

Alternatively, you can contact the Single Point of Contact in Rhineland-Palatinate. The Single Point of Contact is a public body through which you can handle all administrative procedures and formalities required for the commencement and exercise of your service activity and for the recognition of a foreign professional qualification. Further information can be found on the website of the Point of Single Contact.