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  • Permits and Authorisation Processes

Corporate legal-fiscal processes

  1. Abbreviated form of legal source

    • GewO 1999
    • IHKG 2021
    • MaStRV 2020
  2. Description of the process

    New companies must be registered at the municipal commerce office (GewO 1999) and become members of the trade board (IHKG 2021). Installations smaller than 5kW are exempted from this obligation. The plant must be further registered at the market master data registry (Marktstammdatenregister) (§ 5 MaStRV 2020). Income and Sales taxes are to be paid by the plant operator.

  3. Competent authority

    Federal Ministry of Finances

  4. Technologies

    Wind energy onshore

    Relevant

    Wind energy offshore

    Relevant

    Solar energy

    Relevant

    Solar Thermal
    Geothermal energy
    Geothermal energy
    Aerothermal
    Hydrothermal
    Hydro-power
    Biogas
    Biogas
    Biomass