Trade requiring monitoring

For the following types of businesses, the business licensing authority must verify the business owner’s reliability immediately after the business registration or re-registration has been submitted:

• Purchase and sale (secondhand goods trade) of
  • high-value consumer goods, in particular consumer electronics, computers, cameras, video cameras, carpets, and fur and leather clothing
  • motor vehicles and bicycles
  • precious metals and alloys containing precious metals, or corresponding goods
  • Gemstones, pearls, and jewelry
  • Scrap metal
• Credit reporting agencies, private investigation agencies
• Matchmaking services for marriages, partnerships, and dating
• Operation of travel agencies and accommodation services
• Locksmith services; sale and installation of building security systems
• Manufacture and sale of specialized theft-related lock-picking tools

• Certificate of Good Conduct for submission to a government agency
  • For individuals acting as business owners
  • for partnerships, for each managing partner
  • for legal entities, for each legal representative
• Extract from the Central Trade Register for submission to a government agency
  • for natural persons: for the business owner
  • For partnerships: for each managing partner
  • for legal entities, for each legal representative

State fee, if applicable

Immediately after registering or re-registering a business that requires supervision