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Christmas tree sale

Anyone wishing to sell Christmas trees on public streets and squares and in municipal green spaces requires a licence for the sales area.

Competent authority

Description

Sales period: From the Saturday before the first Sunday in Advent until 24 December (Christmas Eve) of the same calendar year

Under the Shop Closing Act, retail outlets may be open at the following times:

  • Monday to Saturday: 6 am to 8 pm
  • 24 December: 6 am to 2 pm
  • On Sundays prior to 24 December, only upon application from 1 pm to 5 pm; permission for this is granted by the relevant Department for District Standards

Important note

You can submit applications for a sales pitch to the Department for District Standards of the borough in which you wish to sell Christmas trees.

Requirements

  • A true-to-scale plan showing the new location; for existing sales pitches, details of the area used in square metres, including length and width measurements, as well as details of any additional days required for setting up and dismantling.
  • The sales pitch must be suitable for the sale of Christmas trees. The relevant Department for District Standards will verify this in collaboration with the relevant authorities.
  • You must not offer any other goods for sale, must keep the sales area tidy and clean, and must avoid causing any nuisance to local residents, traffic, the area in question or its planting.
  • A price tag must be attached to each tree. Provided that the prices for each type and variety of tree, depending on height, are displayed on a clearly visible board, individual price tags are not required; in this case, however, a measuring stick must be provided.

Required documents

  • Identity card or passport
  • Itinerant trade licence, if already held (if not held, an application for an exemption from the requirement to hold an itinerant trade licence may be submitted to the relevant Department for District Standards)
  • Licence certificates from previous years, if available

Duration and costs

Processing time

Up to eight weeks for a new retail outlet if a decision by the district committee is required.

Fees

On public land:

  • Administration fee: from 30 euros
  • Special-use fee for up to 50 square metres for the sales period: 64 euros
  • per additional ten square metres or part thereof for the sales period: 9 euros
  • plus 10 euros per day for the use of the area outside the sales period, for set-up and dismantling

In municipal public green spaces:

  • Administration fee: from 30 euros
  • Usage fee for every 50 square metres or part thereof for the sales period: 47 euros

Other fees:

  • For an exemption from the requirement to hold a travelling trader’s licence: 55 euros
  • for an additional Sunday trading licence for the Sundays prior to 24 December: 50 euros

Available payment methods

Legal basis

Shop Closing Hours Act; Bavarian Roads and Paths Act; Road Traffic Regulations; Guidelines on Special Use of Public Space in the City of Munich; By-laws on Fees for Special Use of Public Space in the City of Munich; By-laws on Green Spaces in the City of Munich; By-laws on Fees for Green Spaces in the City of Munich; Trade Regulations

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