Notify changes to the operator or responsible persons of an incident-relevant operating area

• You submit the complete notification in writing to the authority responsible for you.
• The authority will check your notification.
• If you have any queries, you may need to provide the authority with further information.
• If an administrative offense has been committed, the competent authority will decide whether to initiate administrative offense proceedings.

Please contact the responsible structural and approval directorate.

You operate an operating area in accordance with the Hazardous Incident Ordinance and would like to change the details of the operator, the operating area or the person responsible for the operating area.

• Complete advertisement

Your notification must contain the following information:

• New name or company name of the operator and full address of the relevant operating area
• New registered office and full address of the operator
• New name and function of the person responsible for the operating area, if this is not the operator

There are no costs.

You must submit the notification to the competent authority at least one month before the change.

There is no statutory processing time.

• § Section 7 (2) of the Major Accidents Ordinance (12th BImSchV)
• Number 3.9.8 Annex to Section 1 State Ordinance on Responsibilities in the Field of Immission Control (ImSchZuVO)
• § Section 7 (2) of the Administrative Organization Reform Act (VwORG)
• § Section 8 (2) sentence 2 of the Administrative Organization Reform Act (VwORG)

None. The administrative service is a real act against which no legal remedy is possible.

You are in breach of regulations if you do not notify the change of operator, operating area or person responsible for the operating area, or do not do so correctly, completely, in the prescribed manner or in good time.

18.08.2023