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Explosives clearance certificate; application

You acquire the specialist knowledge required under explosives legislation for handling explosive substances by successfully completing a recognized course. To participate in this course, you need a clearance certificate from the competent authority.

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Supplement: Landratsamt Amberg-Sulzbach

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One of the prerequisites for the issue of a permit or a certificate of competence in accordance with the Explosives Act is successful participation in a specialist training course. In order to take part in this specialist course, the course provider requires you to provide a clearance certificate as proof of reliability and personal suitability. This will be issued to you by the authority responsible for issuing the permit or certificate of competence.

Competent authorities:

  • The district administrative authorities:
    In the private sector for the purchase and handling of propellant powder for shooting firecrackers, muzzle loading and loading and reloading cartridge cases.
  • The trade supervisory authorities at the governments:
    In the commercial sector, e.g. for carrying out blasting work or setting off fireworks.
  • Mining authorities:
    For companies that carry out activities that are subject to mining supervision.

  • Minimum age: 21 years
  • Reliability and personal suitability

  • medical certificate of personal and physical fitness

Submit the application for the explosives clearance certificate to the competent authority. The competent authority will issue the clearance certificate after checking the legal requirements for explosives.

70 to 290 EUR

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Status: 20.03.2025
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz
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