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Legal services; registration for temporary provision by EU citizens
Before providing temporary and occasional legal services in Germany for the first time, you must register with the Federal Office of Justice.
Forms
Forms
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Meldung für eine vorübergehende Registrierung nach § 15 RDG
This form can be submitted electronically without signature (e.g. via a secure contact form or by e-mail) or in paper form to the responsible authority.
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Bundesamt für Justiz
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Adenauerallee 99 - 103
53113 Bonn
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Adenauerallee 99 - 103
53113 Bonn
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Procedure details
Description
All service providers (natural and legal persons as well as partnerships with legal capacity) who are legally established in another member state of the European Union, in another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or in Switzerland in order to exercise a profession eligible for registration (debt collection service provider, pension consultant and legal expert in a foreign law) or a comparable profession may exercise this profession temporarily and occasionally with the same powers as a person registered here in Germany (temporary legal services).
Requirements
Before providing temporary legal services in Germany for the first time, you must register with the Federal Office of Justice. You must repeat the registration every year if you wish to provide temporary legal services in Germany again after one year.
If the profession or training is regulated in your country of origin, you may exercise the activity in Germany as soon as you are legally established in your country of origin.
If neither the profession nor the training for this profession is regulated in your country of origin, you may only exercise the activity in Germany on a temporary basis if you have practiced the profession in your country of origin for at least one year during the previous ten years and the registration has been completed.
Required documents
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Notification of temporary activity
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Proof of lawful pursuit of the profession in the Member State of establishment and, where appropriate, evidence of professional experience.
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Information on insurance cover (professional liability insurance)
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Details of the professional title
Proceedings
As soon as the Federal Office of Justice has received your application, it will register you temporarily and arrange for the public announcement in the Legal Services Register.
Fees
none
Deadlines
none
Processing time
Temporary registration will be carried out as soon as the Federal Office of Justice has received your complete registration documents.
Appeal
The Federal Office of Justice may prohibit a temporarily registered person or company from continuing to provide legal services if there are reasonable grounds to assume that they will continue to provide unqualified legal services to the detriment of those seeking legal advice or the legal profession or if they have seriously breached their professional obligations. An action against the prohibition can be brought before the administrative court.
Related issues
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Training professions in the field of administration of justice; application for determination of the equivalence of a foreign professional qualificationYou can have the equivalence of a foreign, non-academic professional training in the field of administration of justice determined with a German comparable profession (e.g. paralegal or notary's assistant).
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Legal services; registration for permanent provisionThe permanent provision of legal services (debt collection, pension consultant and legal expert in a foreign law) in Germany must be registered.
Status: 05.03.2025
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bayerisches Staatsministerium der Justiz
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