Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, Service Center

Apply for public appointment and swearing-in as an expert

Here you can find out where and how you can be publicly appointed and sworn in as an expert or consultant.

Detailed description

You can be publicly appointed and sworn in as an expert or consultant in one or more fields of economics.



Public appointment serves to recognize you as a particularly knowledgeable and personally suitable person as an expert or consultant, so that courts, authorities and the public can trust your statements.



As a publicly appointed expert, you prepare expert reports and take on other tasks, for example:

  • Consultations,
  • Inspections and monitoring,
  • Issuance of certificates,
  • Activities as an expert witness or arbitrator.

Further information can be found in the "Links" section.

 

Information

Prerequisites

Detailed information about the requirements can be found in the "Links" section.

Documents required

Detailed information about the required documents can be found in the "Links" section.

Please note

Detailed information can be found in the "Links" section.

Deadlines

Detailed information about the deadlines can be found in the "Links" section.

Procedure

Detailed information about the procedure can be found in the "Links" section.

Processing time

Detailed information can be found in the "Links" section.

Fees

Detailed information about the costs can be found in the "Links" section.

Legal remedies

Contradiction


Lawsuit before the Administrative Court

Legal basis

Section 36 of the Trade Regulation Act (GewO)


https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__36.html


Section 36a of the Trade Regulation Act (GewO)


https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__36a.html

Address and contact information

Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, Service Center

Mon-Thu 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Fri 10 a.m.-3 p.m. (by phone: Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-2 p.m.).

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Last updated: 07.08.2026