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Crafts - Entry in the register of craftsmen
Only natural and legal persons and partnerships entered in the register of craftsmen are permitted to operate a craft requiring a licence as a standing trade. A business enterprise is considered to be a craft that requires a licence if it is operated as a craft and if it fully encompasses a trade listed in Annex A of the Crafts Code (see legal basis) or if it carries out activities that are essential to that trade.
You will be entered in the Register of Craftsmen of the Chamber of Crafts if you or your business manager has successfully passed the master craftsman examination in a craft requiring approval:
which corresponds to the craft to be practised, or
in a trade which is related to this professional and technical trade and which requires approval.
Note: If these requirements are not satisfied, exceptions can be requested in certain cases.
The Handicrafts Code contains provisions according to which the notifying party or the management also:
a. ) as a graduate of universities and technical colleges (z. B. as a graduate engineer) with a German state or state-recognised examination equivalent to the master craftsman's examination (§ 7 Para. 2 HwO) can be entered in the register of craftsmen. The prerequisite is that the study or school focus of your examination corresponds to the craft to be registered.
b. ) with the right to exercise according to § 7a HwO: This is granted to anyone who can prove the knowledge and skills required for another craft subject to licensing in Annex A of the HwO or for essential activities of this craft.
c. ) with the right to exercise according to § 7b HwO: Experienced journeymen and women can become self-employed, provided they can show at least six years of practical work in the trade and at least four years of this in a leading position.
d. ) with exceptional permission §§ 8, 9 para. 1 No. 1 HwO: In exceptional cases, an exceptional permission is to be granted if the knowledge and skills necessary for the independent exercise of the craft requiring permission are proven. An exceptional case exists, for example, if taking a master craftsman's examination at the time of application or afterwards would mean an unreasonable burden.
e. ) for foreign applicants: When you take up a self-employed craft requiring authorisation from a branch in Berlin, you must be entered in the register of craftsmen. The terms and conditions of the Crafts Code shall also apply here. This applies to foreign companies from countries outside the European Economic Area, even in the case of short-term manual work (assembly work, work contract services). If you do not have a master craftsman's title or proof of an equivalent German examination or if you are not already registered in the register of craftsmen with another craft, there is the possibility, under certain conditions, of applying for an exemption permit in accordance with §§ 8 or 9 para. 1 no. 1 HwO.
Activity in craft trades requiring authorisation (Annex A of the Crafts Code)
Application for registration in the craft register
For example: master craftsman's certificate from a German Chamber of Crafts for the craft practised or declared to be related or a final certificate from a technical college or state- or state-recognised technical college for technology and for design (e.g. as Diplom-Ingenieur)
if necessary, current extract from the commercial register
if necessary, exceptional approval according to §§ 7a, 7b, 8, 9 para. 1 no. 1 HwO
Only required if you want to assert your entry in the handicraft role based on one of the exceptions listed there.
If necessary, declaration by company management
if necessary, further evidence for the plant manager
If you have employed a manager with the technical management of the company, please enclose the following documents with the manager's declaration:
Employment contract with the craft manager
Qualification certificate of the manager
Registration of the plant manager with the statutory social insurance
a statement from the craft manager whether he is otherwise employed or self-employed.
if necessary, Declaration of Business Start-ups
Only for sole traders who register a business for the first time and
at no earlier time
neither as a sole trader nor as a partner in a corporation
a trade of any kind
With the declaration, discounts on chamber fees are possible.
if necessary, exemption permits according to §§ 7a, 7b, 8, 9 sect. 1 no. 1 HwO
The following fees are charged for the entry in the Register of Craftsmen:
With master craftsman's examination or other qualification: 80 EUR
With an equivalent examination: 140 EUR
With an exceptional permit: 105 EUR
With a right to exercise: 105 EUR
From legal entities and partnerships with the participation of a legal entity: 180 EUR
From other partnerships: 140 EUR, with more than two partners for each additional partner an additional half
With an employed works manager an additional 60 EUR
Changes in the Register of Craftsmen/issue of a replacement craftsman's card: 15 EUR
Exceptional permits and a right to exercise: (§§ 7a, 7b, 8, 9 HwO) 280 EUR
The current fees can be found in the scale of fees and charges of the Berlin Chamber of Crafts (see legal basis).
§ 6 paragraph 1 of the Crafts Code (HwO)
Crafts requiring a licence in Annex A of the HwO
Fee schedule of the Berlin Chamber of Crafts
Schedule of fees of the Berlin Chamber of Crafts
Information on exercising handicrafts in Berlin
Leaflet on § 7a of the Crafts Code
Leaflet on § 7b of the Crafts Code
Leaflet on operations as manager
Registration in the register of craftsmen or an exception to this rule must be submitted to the Chamber of Crafts responsible for the main commercial establishment. If this is not yet known, the registration can also be applied for at the Chamber of Crafts responsible for the applicant's place of residence.