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Applying for a commercial permit under explosives law for the mining sector

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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.

  • Basic information

    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.

    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.

    Information is obtained from other authorities, such as the police and public prosecutor's office, as part of the reliability process.

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

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

    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.

    Requirements

    • You must be 21 years of age or older to handle explosive substances.
    • You must have specialist knowledge. Proof of specialist knowledge is provided in the form of 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, for example in your mental or physical health or due to drug or alcohol addiction.

  • Procedure
    • Before you as a company are allowed to handle or deal with explosive substances 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.
      • You can send the application in writing by e-mail or by post to the responsible office.
    • The documents will then be checked by the competent authority. If there are any questions or uncertainties, the authority will contact you and, if necessary, invite you to a personal interview.
    • Once the documents have been checked, you will receive a decision notice and a fee notice with a request for payment.

    More information

    Legal remedy:

    • Appeal (depending on national law, the appeal may be excluded)
    • Administrative court action

  • Necessary Documents
    • valid identity card or passport
    • Certificate of competence or proven competent person (holder of a certificate of competence)
    • Proof of liability insurance
    • Description of the intended storage:
      • for example technical documentation, photo evidence, stock plan
    • Clearance certificate
      • from the tax office, the municipality, the social insurance institution and the employers' liability insurance association
      • not older than 3 months
      • from the company, the legal representative and the person / transport manager appointed to manage the business
    • For checking the reliability of persons from abroad:
      • You need a certificate in the form of a certified translation from the competent judicial or administrative authority in your home country or country of origin concerning certain facts that are relevant for the assessment of your reliability (e.g. extract from the criminal record).

  • Competent Department

  • Fees / Costs

    192,00 EUR bis 1.000,00 EUR
    65,50 EUR bis 350,00 EUR additionally for the reliability check.

  • Deadlines & processing time

    What deadlines must be paid attention to?

    As long as the person holding the permit is reliable. Reliability is checked again after 5 years at the latest.
    The permit expires if the person holding the permit has not started the activity within one year of the permit being issued or has not exercised it for two years

    How long does it take to process

    4 weeks bis 8 weeks
    Reliability must still be checked when the permit is first issued.

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The official information in German is complete and correct. 06.05.2026

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