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Description of the
A travelling trade operation is defined as a situation where a trader, outside a business premises and outside a trade fair, exhibition or market, temporarily offers goods or services for sale from a fixed point of sale, or solicits orders for goods or services.
Notice of the organisation of a hiking camp must be given to the authority responsible for the venue four weeks before it begins, if
- the event is to be publicised through a public announcement and
- participants’ travel to and from the hiking camp site is to be arranged by the organiser, as part of its business operations, or by persons acting in conjunction with the organiser.
The public announcement must contain the following information:
- the type of goods or services distributed through the travelling warehouse,
- the location of the temporary camp,
- the name of the organiser, the address at which they are established, and details enabling the organiser to be contacted quickly and communicated with directly, including a telephone number and an email address, and
- information, presented in a clearly recognisable and legible form or in any other clearly perceptible manner, setting out the conditions under which the consumer is entitled to a right of withdrawal in respect of contracts concluded within the framework of the travelling warehouse scheme.
Furthermore, the public announcement must not include any free gifts (goods or services), including competitions, prize draws and raffles.
The travelling camp may only be managed on site by the organiser named in the notification or by a representative authorised in writing by that organiser; the name of the representative must be provided to the authorities in the notification.
The requirement to hold a travelling trades licence applies regardless of whether you are registered as a travelling trader.
Prerequisites
The notification must include:
- the location, date and time of the hiking camp,
- the name of the organiser and of the person on whose behalf the goods or services are supplied, including the address at which these persons are established; in the case of legal persons, also their legal form and the persons authorised to represent them,
- Details that enable the organiser to be contacted quickly and to communicate directly with them, including a telephone number and an email address,
- the name of the commercial register, association register or co-operative register in which the organiser is entered, and the relevant registration number,
- the wording and format of the intended public announcement, and
- the name of a representative of the organiser of the hiking camp named in the advertisement, who has been authorised in writing to manage the camp on site on behalf of the organiser.
Non-EU nationals generally require a residence permit that allows them to carry out self-employed work.
Deadlines
The notification must be made no later than four weeks before the start of the event.
Required documents
A valid identity card or passport
for non-EU citizens: a residence permit authorising
self-employment for registered companies: an extract from the commercial register or equivalent registration documents from abroad (with a German translation)
for civil-law partnerships: Articles of association
In the case of authorisation: a written power of attorney and proof of identity for both the principal and the authorised representativeCosts
noneLegal basis
Procedure
You must submit the notification to the authority responsible for the venue where the event is to take place.