Request a clearance certificate for companies covered by statutory accident insurance

You can request the clearance certificate online by post.

Online service:

• Call up the online service.
• You will be guided through the procedure on the accident insurance service portal.
• You can log in.
  • If you would like to receive a reply from your Berufsgenossenschaft or accident insurance fund in the mailbox of your BundID account or My Company Account, you must have an account and authenticate yourself.
  • If you would like to receive the reply by post, you can continue without registering.
• Select your responsible employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund or find them using the industry search.
• Upload the required documents.
• Complete the online form and send it off.
• Your notification will be automatically forwarded to your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.
• You will receive feedback via the desired channel.

Online service of your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund:

• If you have access to the portal of your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund, you can also submit the notification electronically there if necessary.

Message by post:

• Send an informal letter to your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.
• Make sure you provide the required information and enclose the necessary documents.

• Membership of an employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund
• Contributions to statutory accident insurance have been paid.

No documents are required for the clearance certificate for your own company.

For the clearance certificate of a contracted company, you as the main company require its power of attorney.

There are no costs.

There is no deadline.

• § Section 150 (3) of the Seventh Book of the German Social Code (SGB VII)

• Appeal
• Detailed information on how to lodge an appeal can be found in the notification from your employer's liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.

Forms available: No

Written form required: No

Informal application possible: Yes

Personal appearance necessary: No

Online services available: Yes

Please note the following:

If you are in arrears with your contributions, you will only receive the certificate of non-objection after you have settled any outstanding contributions.

22.12.2022