Erlaubnis zum gewerbsmäßigen Umgang und Verkehr mit explosionsgefährlichen Stoffen Erteilung für den Bereich Bergbau

If you want to handle explosive substances in the commercial sector or traffic in them, you need a permit in accordance with the Explosives Act. You can find out more here.

If you want to handle explosive substances in the commercial sector or trade in them, you need a permit in accordance with the Explosives Act.

Activities in connection with explosive substances have a high risk potential. The aim of the Explosives Act is to protect people and property from these dangers. In order to prevent accidents and misuse, the Explosives Act places high demands on the suitability, reliability and specialist knowledge of persons who wish to handle explosive substances.

In the context of reliability, information is obtained from other authorities, e.g. police, public prosecutor's office.

If you as an entrepreneur wish to handle or deal with the following explosive substances, for example, you already require a permit:

• NC powder (nitrocellulose powder)
• Stage pyrotechnics / technical pyrotechnics
• Category F3 and F4 fireworks,
• Fireworks in accordance with § 20 Para. 4 of the First Ordinance to the Explosives Act of category F2

The official permit ensures that only persons who meet the requirements for safe handling have access to explosive substances.

When applying for a commercial permit, the competent authority may ask you for further information on the existing storage facilities for explosive substances.

• Valid identity card or passport
• Proof of expertise or proven competent person (license holder)
• Proof of liability insurance
• Description of the intended storage (e.g. technical documentation, photo evidence, storage plan)
• Clearance certificate
• To check the reliability of persons from abroad: You require a certificate in the form of a certified translation from the competent judicial or administrative authority in your home country or country of origin regarding certain facts that are relevant to the assessment of your reliability (e.g. extract from the criminal record).

• You must be 21 years of age or older to handle explosive substances.
• You must have specialist knowledge. Proof of specialist knowledge is provided by a certificate attesting to successful participation in a state or state-recognized training course.

• You must be reliable. The required reliability is normally given if you have previously behaved in accordance with the law and have no criminal record.

• You must be personally suitable. You are personally suitable if you have no restrictions, e.g. in your mental or physical health or due to drug or alcohol addiction.

Before you, as an entrepreneur, are allowed to handle explosive substances or deal with them independently, you must have been granted a permit in accordance with Section 7 of the Explosives Act.

You must submit an application and all the necessary documents to obtain the permit.

The documents will then be checked by the competent authority. If there are any questions or uncertainties, the authority will contact you and invite you to a personal interview if necessary.

Once the documents have been checked, you will receive a decision notice and a fee notice with a request for payment.

If you already have a permit, you must submit the application for renewal in good time before the time limit expires. If an application requires a check of personal suitability and reliability for admission to a specialist training course, the competent authority may waive a new check if the certificate for participation in the specialist training course was issued no more than one year ago.

Appeal (appeal may be excluded depending on state law), administrative court action

• Permit for the commercial handling and transportation of explosive substances Issued for the mining sector
• Handling and transportation of explosive substances in the commercial sector
• Handling includes: the manufacture, processing, treatment, recovery, storage, transportation, use and destruction of explosive substances
• Handling also includes the transportation, transfer and receipt of explosive substances within the business premises
• Distribution includes: making available on the market, acquiring, transferring and brokering the acquisition, distribution and transfer of explosive substances
• The permit is issued by the competent authority if the legal requirements are met
• A fee is payable for the issue of the permit; information from the Federal Central Criminal Register, the Central Register of Education, the Central Trade Register, the Public Prosecutor's Register of Proceedings, the police authorities, the constitutional protection authorities and, if applicable, the immigration authorities is requested when checking reliability
• Proof of special expertise must be provided
• Responsibility: Depends on the respective federal state