If you wish to operate a restaurant that serves alcohol, you are obliged to submit a business registration 6 weeks before the start of operations, together with certain documents.
Anyone wishing to operate a restaurant that serves alcohol is obliged to submit a business registration 6 weeks before the start of operations, together with certain documents. This is to ensure that the restaurant is operated by a reliable trader.
Anyone wishing to operate a restaurant that does not serve alcohol only has to submit a business registration at the same time as the start of operations.
A restaurant is operated by anyone who serves drinks and/or food for consumption on the premises on a commercial basis if the establishment is open to the public or certain groups of people.
Submit your application to the competent authority.
Attach all required documents to this application.
If the documents are incomplete, the application cannot be processed.
Deadlines
A restaurant serving alcohol must be notified 6 weeks before the start of operations. Otherwise, the catering business without serving alcohol must be registered with the authority responsible for business registrations at the same time as the start of operations.
Documents
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To prove your personal reliability, you must submit the following documents to the competent authority if the restaurant is to serve alcohol:
Proof of identity (e.g. identity card, passport or foreign passport)
for EU nationals who are not resident in Wiesbaden: current registration certificate from the municipality of residence
for non-EU nationals: (electronic) residence permit + supplementary sheet + current registration certificate from the municipality of residence
Business registration or re-registration for existing registration without serving alcohol
Proof of the requested certificate of good conduct for submission to the authorities from the registration office of the main place of residence
Proof of the requested information from the central trade register for submission to the authority of the registration office of the main place of residence
Extract from the debtor register at the enforcement court
Certificate on tax matters from the relevant tax office
The information must be requested from the municipality of residence for submission to an authority; it will be sent directly to the authority. Please provide the following address: Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden, Ordnungsamt - Gewerbewesen, Postfach 3920, 65029 Wiesbaden.
The information must not be older than 3 months.
Fees
28.00 Euro
If a certificate is to be issued, an additional fee of EUR 8.00 must be paid.