Events: Apply for a licence for the commercial exhibition of persons

If you wish to hold a commercial event on your business premises for the exhibition of persons such as striptease or table dance, you require a licence for this.

Even if you wish to make your business premises available for such an event, you will need the appropriate authorisation.

It is generally only valid for the named room and the applicant personally.

Performances of a predominantly artistic, sporting, acrobatic or similar nature are exempt from the authorisation requirement.

It is not based on public events, so that performances in front of only one spectator, which are subject to authorisation, are also covered.

As a rule, a licence to exhibit persons is granted for an unlimited period. However, it can also be issued for a limited period. If you would like to apply for an extension, the same conditions apply as for the initial issue of the licence.

The licence is person- and space-bound. It can be granted for individual events but also for regular events. The permit may be subject to conditions (including retrospective conditions) insofar as this is necessary to protect the general public, guests or residents of the premises or neighbouring properties from danger, significant disadvantages or considerable nuisance.

• § Section 11 of the Trade Regulation Act (GewO) (Data protection notice)
• § Section 33a of the Trade Regulation Act
• Tariff item 207 of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Trade Costs Ordinance (GewKostVO M-V)
• § Section 49 (3) of the Industrial Code

• Copy of identity card or passport with a registration certificate
• Valid residence permit, if applicable (for non-EU nationals)
• Description of operation, in particular designation of the rooms and any fixtures, including description of the intended use.
• Certificate of good conduct for submission to an authority (document type O)
• Central trade register extract for submission to an authority
• Certificate in tax matters from the tax office
• Possibly commercial or other register extract
• Possibly planning permission (for first-time use for the display of persons)
• possibly a floor plan of all rooms intended for operation

Prerequisites for the granting of a licence are

• You must have the reliability required for commercial operations.
• The displays must not be contrary to public decency.
• The commercial operation must not be contrary to the public interest with regard to its local location or the use of the premises, for example if it gives rise to fears of harmful effects on the environment within the meaning of the Federal Immission Control Act or other significant disadvantages, dangers or nuisances for the general public.

• Forms: Available depending on the country
• Online procedure possible: no
• Written form required: no
• Personal appearance required: no

• Exhibition of persons - licence application

The permit is independent of any other required catering licence.

Violation of the permit requirement and violation of an enforceable condition may be punished as an administrative offence with a fine; persistent repetition of the violation of the permit requirement may be punished as a misdemeanour with imprisonment or a fine.

• Objection (depending on national law, the objection may be excluded)
• Action before the locally competent administrative court

• Authorisation for the commercial exhibition of persons Issued in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

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Chambers of industry and commerce, districts, independent cities, the responsible local authority or the administration of an independent municipality provide support with the application.