Setting of trade fairs, exhibitions, markets and public festivals

In the context of the approval procedure, weekly, annual or special markets in particular are considered events.

• A weekly market is a regularly recurring, time-limited event at which a large number of vendors offer, for example, food and raw natural products.
• A specialty market is one at which certain goods are usually offered at regular, longer intervals at a temporary event.
• All kinds of goods are offered at fairs. In general, fairs are events that recur regularly at longer intervals and are limited in time.
• If you as an organizer wish to offer a weekly, annual or special market, you must apply for a permit from the responsible authority. The permit means that you as the organizer are exempt from certain commercial obligations (e.g. travel fabric card, compliance with store closing times).
• Organizers are natural and legal persons. Cities also often act as organizers, mainly for weekly markets. If the market takes place in a public space, a special use permit is required. During the application process, the competent authority checks the applicant's reliability.
  

• Certificate of good conduct
• Extract from the central trade register
• Certificate in tax matters from the tax office in the place where you have lived or operated a business in the past 3 years
• Negative certificate from the insolvency court of the local court in whose district you have had a place of residence or a commercial establishment in the past 3 years

If the event takes place in a public space:

• Special use permit
  

The application and all supporting documents must be received by the competent authority in good time before the start of the event.