Exhibiting People

Applying to exhibit people

If you would like to exhibit people for commercial reasons on your business premises, or if you would like to provide your business premises for such purposes, you shall require a permit.

Exhibitions should be particularly understood as “gender-related” performances, such as striptease and similar acts. This does not apply to performances of a predominantly artistic, sporting, acrobatic or similar nature.

Permits might only be issued for a certain period of time and may be subject to certain conditions (such stipulations may even be issued afterwards).

 

A permit shall not be issued if:

• there is reason to believe the applicant does not have the reliability required for the business operation;
• the exhibition is likely to violate common decency;
• the business operation is contrary to the public interest in view of its location or the use of the premises, especially if the event is expected to have a harmful effect on the environment within the scope of the Federal Emissions Control Act (BImSchG) or other considerable disadvantages, hazards or damage.

If you want to start an (industrial) business, you must register this with the competent authorities. The same applies if you launch a branch office or dependent subsidiary.

TIP: Get advice from your accountant before registering a business.

A business is any socially valuable activity that aims to make a profit and is established on a long-term basis. The activity must also be exercised under one’s own name and for one’s own account. It does not matter whether profit is actually made.

Some particular enterprises that are not considered a business are socially worthless activities (e.g. clairvoyance), liberal professionals (doctors, lawyers and accountants), and other activities that require a degree from a university or university of applied sciences.

Primary production (e.g. agriculture and forestry), scientific business consultancy and the management of one’s own assets are not considered a business.

The purpose of business registration is to allow the competent authorities to fulfil their regulatory and controlling tasks. Registration is also important for statistical surveys.

 

ATTENTION: Some business activities require a licence; others are subject to monitoring. Special conditions apply to them. Please find out in good time which personal, financial and professional requirements you have to meet to work in these commercial sectors. If you operate a business without the required permit, the competent authorities may prohibit you from continuing your business.

A special condition applies to you, for example, if you run vending machine installation as an independent business – you must only register this particular trade with the authority that is locally responsible for the head office.

 

Timescale / duration

Businesses must be registered immediately once commercial activity begins. Late notification may be prosecuted as an administrative offence.

Who has to report the business?

• Individual businesses: the businessperson himself/herself
• Partnerships (e.g. general partnership, partnership within the meaning of the German Civil Code: the managing partners
• Companies limited by shares (e.g. limited liability company (GmbH), public limited company (AG): the legal representative

You can find this information at amt24.sachsen.de:
Tax Registration [Amt 24]

If the company is on the commercial register: You can find this information at amt24.sachsen.de: Transcript from the commercial register [Amt 24]