Sale of goods at trade fairs, festivals and on special occasions: Apply for a licence

If you wish to offer goods for immediate sale at a trade fair or exhibition, a public festival (e.g. community festival, marksmen's festival, inauguration celebrations, etc.) or as part of another special event, you require a licence from the competent authority, but not a travelling trade licence.

You must apply for a licence from the competent authority.

If you already have a travelling trade licence that authorises you to offer certain or all goods for sale, this is sufficient. In this case, you no longer require an additional licence to sell at the aforementioned events.

After applying for a licence, the competent authority decides whether to approve your application to sell the goods. The competent authority issues the licence for a specific location and for a specific event, i.e. for a limited period of time.

The permit is not transferable. It does not replace any other permits and authorisations that may have to be obtained from other authorities (e.g. permits under road or traffic law - special use permit).

If the following goods are to be offered for sale at the aforementioned events, no licence is required (as a licence or exemption has already been granted on another basis):

• They sell home-grown products from agriculture and forestry, vegetable growing, fruit growing and horticulture, poultry farming and beekeeping as well as hunting and fishing.
• You sell goods in the municipality in which you are registered with your place of residence or in which you have registered your commercial establishment. However, this exception only applies if the municipality has no more than 10,000 inhabitants.
• You sell milk and, if applicable, additional dairy products (e.g. yoghurt, kefir, butter, cheese, etc.) and still have a licence under the Milk and Margarine Act.
• They sell food or other everyday goods from a sales trolley or stall ("mobile shop") and do this outside fixed markets (e.g. weekly markets) at regular, shorter intervals, always at the same location.
• You sell printed works on public roads, streets, squares or in other public places. According to the Press Act, the term printed works includes writings, recorded sound carriers (e.g. cassettes and other data carriers), pictorial representations with and without writing, image carriers (video cassettes and other data carriers) and music (printed products with sheet music) with text and explanatory notes. However, you require a licence to sell such products at your front door.

The sale of the goods you wish to offer must not be prohibited in the travelling trade.

• Tariff item 207 of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Trade Costs Ordinance (GewKostVO M-V)
• § Section 55a of the Trade Regulation Act (GewO)
• Article 15 in conjunction with Article 36 of the Act on the Functional Reform of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• § Section 56 (2) sentence 3 of the Trade Regulation Act (GewO)

• Copy of identity card or passport with registration certificate, or presentation on site
• Information on the location and type of sales stand and the range of goods

• You wish to offer goods (not services) at a specific event or for a specific occasion. The sale of the goods you wish to offer must not be prohibited in the travelling trade (e.g. precious metals, precious stones, alcohol - with certain exceptions).
• You offer the goods at the event itself, or at least on the fringes of the event in question. There must therefore be a temporal and spatial connection to the event (e.g. on the forecourt or access roads).

• You apply to the competent authority for the licence, enclosing the necessary documents
• You will be notified of the authority's decision in text form or in writing

• Online procedure possible: yes (if offered)
• Written form required: no
• Personal appearance required: no

If you are already in possession of a travelling trade licence that entitles you to offer for sale certain goods or goods of all kinds, you do not also require permission from the competent authority if you wish to offer for sale such goods at trade fairs, exhibitions, public festivals or on special occasions.

The licence under commercial law does not replace any permits or approvals required under other specialist legislation (e.g. road law).

• Objection (depending on national law, the objection may be excluded)
• Administrative court action

• Apply for a licence to sell goods at trade fairs, festivals and on special occasions in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

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Depends on the respective national law

The trade licensing office of the independent city, the large city belonging to a district, the office or the independent municipality in which the activity is to take place is responsible for processing the application in M-V.