Information from the Central Trade Register - Legal entities, associations of persons

Description

The central trade register is kept at the Federal Office of Justice. It contains data on legal persons and associations of persons who have been found guilty of legal offences. These include

• Administrative decisions (trade bans, withdrawal of licences)
• Decisions on fines for administrative offences in connection with the exercise of a trade
• criminal convictions

You must submit the application personally in your capacity as a legal representative and cannot be represented by an authorised representative, such as a lawyer or spouse. This ensures that no other person can apply for information from the Central Trade Register without your knowledge and without authorisation.

We will forward your application to the Federal Office of Justice in Bonn. The information will be issued here and sent either to you or to the named authority.

If you are not resident in Germany, you must submit the application directly to the Federal Office of Justice in Bonn.

Recipient of the information:

• In principle, the information can only be sent to the legal entity or association of persons (not to an authorised person).
• The information can only be sent directly to an authority in the following three cases:
  • for the preparation of a decision on an application for authorisation for a trade or other economic enterprise
  • for the preparation of a decision on the issue of a certificate of competence in accordance with Section 20 of the Explosives Act and
  • for the preparation of the decision on the verification of reliability according to §38 GewO.

Prerequisites

You are registered with your main or secondary residence in Munich.

You can submit an application in person at any citizens' office. You will need an appointment for this.

You can also apply for information from the central trade register in writing at any Citizens Office. Alternatively, the application can be made directly online at the Federal Office of Justice.

Required documents

• Identity card or passport
• Extract from the Commercial Register, Register of Associations or Register of Co-operatives of the relevant local court when submitting the application.
• Free-form application on business stationery with the company letterhead
• Identity card or passport (copy) of the person or persons authorised to represent the company (according to the extract from the register). At least one person must be registered in Munich and sign the application. The company does not have to be based in Munich.
• Proof of transfer together with the application to us. Applications received without proof of payment cannot be processed.
• If you apply for the central trade register information in writing, please transfer the fee to the district administration department in advance:
  
  Stadtsparkasse München
  IBAN: DE86 7015 0000 0000 2030 00
  BIC: SSKMDEMM
  Verwendungszweck: 92004301010063
  
  A carbon copy or copy of the remittance slip is not valid as proof of payment.