Transport Trade Supervision

Apply for a permit for regular motor vehicle traffic

Prerequisites

• You can prove your professional qualifications.
• You can prove the financial viability of your company.
• You can prove your personal reliability.
• Your place of business or branch office in question is located in Germany.
• Your planned route includes only suitable roads.
• Your project meets the requirements of local transport planning.
• The planned route takes into account the exclusive rights of other transport companies.
• Your project is in the public transport interest.

Documents required

• Application for a permit for scheduled transport by motor vehicle (name, first name of the applicant, place of residence and place of business; for natural persons, date of birth, place of birth; number of vehicles, vehicle type, capacity of the vehicles used)
• Overview map showing the proposed route with stops and all existing railway lines, motor vehicle lines and shipping lines in the traffic area, the latter insofar as they serve commuter traffic
• When applying for scheduled transport: Overview map showing the area applied for and all existing railways, trolleybus lines, motor vehicle lines and shipping lines in the transport area, insofar as the latter serve commuter traffic
• If applicable, stop list
• If applicable, timetable
• If applicable, list of shareholders
• If applicable, partnership agreement
• traffic manager contract
• Certificate in tax matters from the responsible tax office (not older than three months)
• Certificate of clearance from all social insurance providers (not older than three months)
• Certificate of clearance from the professional association (not older than three months)
• Audited annual financial statements, if applicable, an equity certificate in the year of registration of the company and, if applicable, an additional certificate (not older than one year)
• If applicable, extract from the commercial register
• Proof of professional suitability for the passenger transport operator from the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK)
• Evidence of personal reliability, in particular a certificate of good conduct to be presented to the authorities
• Where applicable, proof of the public service contract
• If applicable, information on existing permits
• If applicable, information on special conditions of carriage
• If applicable, information on the line-related tariff
• Where applicable, information on the bindingly guaranteed standards
• Measures to achieve the goal of complete accessibility
• Information on compliance with the principles of climate protection and sustainability
• Description of the improvement in transport service provided by the requested transport
• business registration
• vehicle lists
• If applicable, cooperation agreement
• If applicable, information on driving and rest times

Please note

If several companies apply for approval for the same regular service, the approval authority decides in a selection process which application best suits the public transport interest.

Deadlines

Deadlines only begin to run when an application ready for a decision is submitted.


If your application is complete, a decision will be made within 3 months.


The deadline can be extended by 3 months if necessary.


For cross-border scheduled services, the processing period is suspended while contact is being established with the Federal Office for Logistics and Mobility.


The period of validity of the permit shall be a maximum of 10 years.

Procedure

• You fill out the application and submit it together with the required documents.
• The responsible authority will check your application for completeness and will contact you if there are any questions.
• The responsible authority checks whether the legal requirements are met.
• The competent authority conducts a hearing procedure with external parties involved (for example with companies that already offer scheduled services, cities, municipalities or districts, trade supervisory authorities and chambers of industry and commerce).
• If all conditions are met, the competent authority will grant you approval and send you a certificate of approval.

Processing time

The processing time varies and depends on the individual case.

Fees

The amount of the fees varies and depends on:

• the duration of the permit


• the total line length


• the number of daily or weekly trip pairs

Legal remedies

contradiction

Legal basis

§ 42 Passenger Transport Act (PBefG)

www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pbefg/__42.html


§ 43 Passenger Transport Act (PBefG),

www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pbefg/__43.html


§ 44 Passenger Transport Act (PBefG)

www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pbefg/__44.html


§ 52 Passenger Transport Act (PBefG)

www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pbefg/__52.html