Restaurant permit; application by non-EU citizens
If you wish to operate a restaurant business serving alcoholic beverages, you require a restaurant license. The restaurant permit is issued for both individuals and premises.
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You operate a catering business if, in a standing business, you
- serve drinks for consumption on the premises (pub business) or
- serve prepared food for consumption on the premises (food service),
if the business is open to the general public or certain groups of people (§ 1 Gaststättengesetz - GastG).
In any case, you must register the business with the responsible municipality in accordance with § 14 GewO.
The catering trade only requires a permit if alcoholic beverages are served. If only non-alcoholic drinks and/or prepared food are served, the catering trade does not require a permit.
The permit is issued for a specific type of business (e.g. pub and restaurant, discotheque, dance café, etc.) and for the rooms used for the business.
Permission is also required for any expansion of the restaurant business and any change to the type of business.
In the case of civil law companies and trading companies, each managing partner requires a permit.
If you wish to operate a restaurant requiring a permit through a deputy, you require a deputy permit (§ 9 GastG).
If you wish to take over a restaurant business requiring a permit from another person, you may be permitted to operate the restaurant business until the permit is issued (usually for a period of up to three months) (provisional permit).
The same applies to the granting of a temporary replacement permit (§ 11 GastG).
After the death of the license holder, the restaurant business may be continued by the spouse, partner or underage heirs on the basis of the previous license during the period of minority. The same applies to executors, administrators or executors of wills for a period of 10 years after the death. If you wish to continue a business on this basis, you must notify the Elraubnis authority immediately.
If the catering activity requiring a permit is only temporary catering on the occasion of an event (special occasion, e.g. club, town, music festival, etc.), the operation of the catering business can be permitted by the municipality under simplified conditions (as a rule, no proof of instruction and no building permit is required) in accordance with § 12 GastG. The municipality is responsible for this.
Permit requirements are reliability of the business operator, proof of training from the Chamber of Industry and Commerce on the basic principles of the food law knowledge required for the prospective business, space and location-related requirements including accessibility.
With regard to reliability, applicants are generally required to submit an official certificate of good conduct or good character or an extract from the criminal record of their home country or an equivalent document and/or a certificate of good conduct for authorities (Section 30 (5) of the Federal Central Criminal Register Act) and information from the Central Trade Register (Section 150 (5) GewO). If, based on the foreigner's previous residence, it can be assumed that the aforementioned certificates and proofs no longer or not yet contain facts of significance under trade law, the foreign or German certificates may be waived.
The Chamber of Industry and Commerce (following a 6-hour course) will certify that you have been instructed in the necessary food law knowledge (if you operate a pub and restaurant) (proof of instruction). In the case of legal entities, these personal licensing requirements must be met by the authorized representatives (managing director, board of directors).
A further prerequisite for the granting of the permit is that the rooms intended for the operation of the business or the stay of employees are suitable, that the rooms intended for guests can be used without barriers and that the business is not contrary to the public interest with regard to its local location or the use of the rooms, in particular that there is no fear of harmful environmental effects or other significant disadvantages, dangers or nuisances for the general public.
In particular, a building permit must be available for the intended type of business.
The restaurant permit must be issued before the start of operations, so a timely application (approx. 4 weeks before the start of operations) is required.
- Non-EU foreigners: residence permit that allows self-employment
- Identity card; passport
- Proof of reliability
Amtliches Führungs- oder Leumundszeugnis oder Auszug aus der Strafliste (Strafregister) des Heimatstaates oder einer gleichwertigen Urkunde und/oder ein Führungszeugnis für Behörden (§ 30 Abs. 5 Bundeszentralregistergesetz) und eine Auskunft aus dem Gewerbezentralregister (§ 150 Abs. 5 GewO). - Proof of instruction
Kopie - Lease/rental agreement or proof of ownership of premises
- Floor plans and site plans, building permit
- Documents for restaurant permit (non-EU citizens)
bei eingetragenen Firmen Handelsregisterauszug oder vergleichbare Eintragungsunterlagen aus dem Ausland (mit deutscher Übersetzung) bei Gesellschaften des bürgerlichen Rechts Gesellschaftsvertrag bei einer GmbH in Gründung eine Abschrift des notariellen Gründungsvertrages und eine Vollmacht der Gründer, wonach der Gewerbebeginn bereits vor der Handelsregistereintragung aufgenommen werden soll - Details and documents relating to the applicant and deputies
bei Anträgen auf Stellvertretererlaubnis - Authorization: Written power of attorney and identification of the principal and the authorized representative
- Restaurant license: 100 to 6,000 EUR
- Deputy permit and provisional permit: 50 to 600 EUR
- Provisional proxy permit: 30 to 300 EUR
- Certificate of good conduct and extract from the central trade register: EUR 13 each
- Instruction with confirmation (proof of instruction) at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce: EUR 80
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