Show change in the position of responsible persons in mining

You can report the change in the position of the responsible persons in your company online via the "BergPass" platform or in writing to your competent mountain authority.

Submit notification online:

• Call up the "BergPass" online platform and log in.
  • You will need a BundID and an identity card or residence permit with an active online ID function.
• Upload the required documents as a file.

Submit the notification in writing:

• Contact your responsible mining authority.
• Submit all the required documents there.

Further procedural steps:

• You will receive a confirmation of receipt.
• The competent authority will receive your notification and check the documents submitted. If any documents are missing, they will contact you.

Note: In exceptional cases, the notification of the new position can also be made verbally, but must then be confirmed in writing as soon as possible. This is the case, for example, if there is a risk to the life or health of employees or third parties or if there is a risk to important material assets.

Please contact the Rhineland-Palatinate State Office for Geology and Mining (LGB).

• In their new position, the responsible person must also possess the reliability, expertise and physical aptitude required to fulfill their tasks and powers.
• Even after changing the position of the responsible person in the company, you must appoint as many responsible persons as are required for the planned and safe management of your company.
• You must clearly and completely define and coordinate the tasks and powers of the responsible persons so that orderly cooperation is guaranteed.

• Description of the respective tasks and powers of the responsible persons
• Proof of reliability, expertise and physical aptitude, for example:
  • Certificate of good conduct for submission to authorities
  • Proof of professional qualification
  • Proof of health suitability (if required, for example underground)

There is no deadline. However, you must submit the notification immediately.

• § Section 60 (2) of the Federal Mining Act (BBergG)

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You must also notify us if you appoint a responsible person in the company or if a responsible person leaves the company.

Failure to do so may result in a fine of up to EUR 25,000.

09.12.2024