Authority for the Environment, Climate, Energy and Agriculture

Indicate in advance the construction of an operating area relevant to an incident

Do you want to set up and operate an operating area in accordance with the Major Accident Ordinance? Then you must notify the responsible authority.

Detailed description

If you wish to set up and operate an operating area in accordance with the Major Accident Ordinance, you must notify the responsible authority.


Your ad must contain certain information.


If you have already submitted this information to the competent authority as part of an authorisation or notification procedure, you do not have to separately notify the construction of the operating area relevant to the incident.

 

Information

Prerequisites

You would like to set up and operate an operating area in accordance with the Major Accident Ordinance.

Documents required

  • Complete notification with the required information
    • Name or company of the operator and full address of the relevant operating area
    • Registered office and full address of the operator
    • Name and function of the person responsible for the operating area, if this person is not the operator
    • sufficient information to identify the dangerous substances and the hazard category of substances
    • Quantity and physical form of dangerous substances
    • Activity or intended activity in the facilities of the operating area
      • Conditions in the immediate vicinity of the operating area that may cause an incident or aggravate its consequences. If available, information on
      • neighbouring operating areas
      • other establishments not covered by this Regulation
      • Areas and developments:
        • from which an incident could occur
        • where the probability of an incident occurring may increase
        • where the impact of an incident and domino effects can worsen

Please note

You are committing an administrative offence if you do not report the start of the construction of an operating area in accordance with the Major Accident Ordinance, or if you do not report it correctly, completely, in the prescribed manner or on time.

Deadlines

You must submit the notification to the competent authority at least one month before the start of construction of the operating area.

Procedure

  • You submit the complete notification in writing to the authority responsible for you.
  • The responsible authority will examine your report.
  • If necessary, the responsible authority will request further documents or information from you.
  • If an administrative offence has been committed, the competent authority decides whether to initiate administrative offence proceedings.

Processing time

There is no statutory processing time.

Fees

no

Legal remedies

This is a complaint filed by you. No legal remedy is provided.

Legal basis

§ 7 12. Federal Immission Control Ordinance (12. BImSchV)


https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bimschv_12_2000/__7.html

Address and contact information

Authority for the Environment, Climate, Energy and Agriculture

Corporate Environmental Protection

We have a limited number of customer parking spaces. To reserve a parking space, please contact our receptionist by e-mail at zugang@bsw.hamburg.de or by telephone on +49 40 428 40 - 50 50. Our working hours are: Monday to Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:15 p.m , Friday from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

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Keywords: 12. Federal Immission Control Ordinance Accident Ordinance Domino effect

Last updated: 08.02.2026