Application for payment of compensation for damage caused to game exposed to radiation

You must submit the application for payment of compensation in writing to your competent Landesstelle.

• Compile the necessary documents.
• Download the application form from the website of the Federal Office of Administration (BVA) or process it online.
• Complete the first page of the application form.
• For each wild animal for which compensation is requested, attach the second page (the so-called annex) of the application form to your application.
• Complete, sign and return the application (main form and annex(es)) together with all the necessary documents to your competent Land office.
• The second page (the so-called annex) will be completed by the regional office responsible for you and forwarded to the BVA for further processing.
• The BVA will check your application.
• If your application is approved, you will receive a notice of approval from the BVA and the compensation will be transferred to the account you specified in your application.
• If your application cannot be accepted, you will receive a rejection notice from the BVA.

You can apply for compensation if:

• the radiation measurement of the wild animal showed a measured value of at least 600 becquerels of caesium per kilogram,
• you have carried out the radiation measurement via a recognised measuring centre,
• the destruction certificate for the wild animal shows that it was destroyed in accordance with category I.

Note
You can find out who the competent measuring body is for you via your competent state authority.

You must submit the following with your application

• In the original:
  • Measurement protocol from a recognised measuring point with date and result of the measurement.
  • Proof of any examination costs incurred
  • official proof of destruction of category I
  • Commercial document with commercial document number and date

• none

• Application deadline: The application must be received by the competent Land authority within 3 years after the damage has been ascertained (date of radiation measurement by recognised measuring body).

• for processing the application: 2 months

• § 38 Absatz 2 Gesetz über die friedliche Verwendung der Kernenergie und den Schutz gegen ihre Gefahren (Atomgesetz)
• Richtlinie zur Abwicklung von Ausgleichsansprüchen nach § 38 Abs. 2 AtG nach dem Reaktorunfall in Tschernobyl vom 21.05.1986 (Ausgleichsrichtlinie)

Forms: yes
Online procedure possible: no
Written form necessary: yes
personal appearance: no

• Antrag auf Schadensausgleich auf der Internetseite des Bundesveraltungsamts
• Online-Service zum Ausfüllen des Antrags auf einer Internetseite des Bundesverwaltungsamts