Entry in the Register of Craftsmen as a displaced person or ethnic German resettler

You can submit your application in writing or, in some cases, online to your local Chamber of Skilled Crafts.

Please inform yourself about the procedure at the responsible Chamber of Skilled Crafts. You can also have the required documents sent to you.

• The Chamber of Skilled Crafts uses the certificate to check whether the focus of the degree corresponds to the craft you want to practice.
• In cases of doubt, you can submit evidence of individual achievements (such as seminar papers or diploma theses) during training as well as framework curricula, training regulations for the examination.
• If you meet the requirements for registration, you will receive a written notification of registration.
• Together with the notification of registration, the company will receive the so-called craft card.

The Chamber of Skilled Crafts in Rhineland-Palatinate in whose district the main commercial establishment is located 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.

• List of all responsible chambers of crafts
• Website - Single point of contact Rhineland-Palatinate

The Chamber of Skilled Crafts in Rhineland-Palatinate in whose district the main commercial establishment is located is responsible.

List of all competent chambers of crafts

• You must provide proof of a recognized status as a displaced person or as a late repatriate.
• Their professional qualification acquired abroad must be equivalent to the German master craftsman's examination for the craft requiring admission that they wish to practice or to a craft related to it.

In case of sole proprietorship:

• Identity card or comparable identification document (copy)
• Notification of status as displaced person or ethnic German resettler (copy)
• Proof of an examination passed abroad
• Business registration (copy): Can be submitted after registration in the register of trades.

For civil law partnerships (GbR):

• Identity cards or a comparable identification document of the partners or persons authorized to represent the company (copy)
• Articles of association, if not informally concluded (copy)
• Notification of status as displaced person or late repatriate (copy)
• Proof of an examination passed abroad
• Business registration (copy): Can be submitted after registration in the register of trades.

In the case of legally capable commercial partnerships

• are meant:
  • General partnership (OHG),
  • limited partnership (KG) and
  • corresponding foreign company forms
• Identity card or a comparable identification document of the shareholder or the persons authorized to represent the company
  • for proof of the entrepreneurial legal form in the case of the company's registered office in Germany:
  • Extract from the register of the company entered in the commercial register. In the case of general partnerships, also the articles of association (copy) if no entry has been made in the register.
  • for foreign legal forms:
    • Extract from the register of the competent foreign register in the case of companies entered in registers, otherwise
    • Articles of association (copy)
• Notification of status as displaced person or late repatriate (copy)
• Proof of an examination passed abroad
• Business registration (copy): Can be submitted after registration in the register of trades and crafts

For legal entities

• Meant are:
  • Limited liability company (GmbH), entrepreneurial company (haftungsbeschränkt),
  • stock corporation (AG),
  • registered cooperative (eG)
• identity card or a comparable identification document of the persons authorized to represent the company
  • for proof of entrepreneurial legal form: if the company is domiciled in Germany: register extract from the commercial or cooperative register for foreign legal forms: Register extract of the competent foreign register
• Business registration (copy): Can be submitted after registration in the register of skilled crafts.
  • Information on company management

• If a company manager is employed, the following documents must also be submitted:
  • Company manager declaration
  • Proof of employment as a plant manager: employment contract (copy)
  • Proof of social insurance of the plant manager
  • Notification of status as displaced person or late repatriate (copy)
  • Proof of an examination passed abroad

The amount of the fees can be found in the fee schedule of the responsible Chamber of Crafts.

You must be registered in the register of craftsmen before starting the activity.

• § 6 Absatz 1 Handwerksordnung (HWO)
• § 7 Absatz 9 Handwerksordnung (HWO)
• § 10 des Gesetzes über die Angelegenheiten der Vertriebenen und Flüchtlinge (BVFG)
• § 10 Handwerksordnung (HwO)

• Legal action may be taken against a rejection of the application.
• Depending on the federal state in which the application was filed, a preliminary procedure may have to be carried out first.
• Information on the existing legal remedies can be found in the instructions on legal remedies in the notices.

Legal action may be taken against a rejection of the application. Depending on the federal state in which the application was filed, a preliminary procedure must first be carried out. Information on the existing legal remedies can be found in the information on legal remedies in the notices.

Advice from your Chamber of Skilled Crafts - Contact details of the Chambers of Skilled Crafts
https://www.handwerkskammer.de

List of all crafts subject to registration
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/hwo/anlage_a.html

There are no clues or specifics.

12.09.2023

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.