Apply for a licence to sell goods at trade fairs, festivals and special events

If you wish to offer goods for immediate sale at a trade fair or exhibition, a public festival (e.g. community festival, marksmen's festival, inauguration celebrations, etc.) or as part of another special event, you require a permit from the competent authority, but not a travelling trade licence.

You must apply for the licence from the competent authority.

If you already have a travelling trade licence that authorises you to offer certain or all goods for sale, this is sufficient. In this case, you no longer require an additional licence to sell at the aforementioned events.

If the following goods are to be offered for sale at the aforementioned events, no licence is required (as you already have a licence or exemption on another basis):

• You sell home-grown products from agriculture and forestry, vegetable growing, fruit growing and horticulture, poultry farming and beekeeping as well as hunting and fishing.
• You sell goods in the municipality in which you are registered with your place of residence or in which you have registered your commercial establishment. However, this exemption only applies if the municipality has no more than 10,000 inhabitants.
• You sell milk and possibly also dairy products (e.g. yoghurt, kefir, butter, cheese, etc.) and still have a licence under the Milk and Margarine Act.
• They sell food or other everyday goods from a sales trolley or stall ("mobile shop") and do so outside of fixed markets (e.g. weekly markets) at regular, shorter intervals and always in the same place.
• They sell printed works on public paths, streets, squares or in other public places. According to the Press Act, the term printed works includes writings, recorded sound carriers (e.g. cassettes and other data carriers), pictorial representations with and without writing, image carriers (video cassettes and other data carriers) and music (printed products with sheet music) with text and explanatory notes. However, you require a licence to sell such products at your front door.

The sale of the goods you wish to offer must not be prohibited in the travelling trade.