Hobby and Leisure

• Apply for information about yourself from the national infraction database under the Sea Fisheries Act

  If you would like to know whether information regarding violations is stored about you in the National Violations File of the Sea Fisheries Act, you can submit an application for self-disclosure to the BLE. 

• Apply for official information from the National Infringements Database under the Sea Fisheries Act

  If you would like to know whether information regarding serious infringements is stored about you in the National Infringement File of the Sea Fisheries Act and you need this information for submission to an authority, you can submit an application for official information to the BLE.

• Apply for the German Bookstore Award

  As an owner-operated bookstore, you can apply for the German Bookstore Prize under certain conditions.

• Taking animals, plants, alcohol, tobacco and cigarettes when traveling within the EU

  What you are allowed to carry when traveling to another EU country, entering the EU from outside the EU, or leaving the EU.

• Consumer rights and warranties when shopping
• Received an assignment of a frequency for broadcasting transmitters from the Federal Network Agency

  As a broadcast network operator, you apply for the assignment of frequencies to the Federal Network Agency.

• Apply for satellite communications (SNG) frequency allocation

  If you want to transmit video and audio signals for broadcasting at changing locations via satellite communication, you must apply for frequencies for Satellite News Gathering (SNG) with the Federal Network Agency.

• European Consumer Centre Germany

  The European Consumer Centre is your contact point if you have a question about your rights in Europe or a dispute with a company from another EU country, Iceland, or Norway. Our services are free of charge for consumers.

• Complete an EU competence certificate A1/A3 for unmanned aircraft

  For the operation of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in subcategories A1 and A3, you need an EU competence proof A1/A3. This is issued to you by the Federal Aviation Office (LBA) after an online training course and subsequent online examination.

• Apply for registration as an operator of unmanned aircraft

  Do you want to operate a drone or another unmanned aircraft system (UAS) in Germany? Then you must register with the Federal Aviation Office (Luftfahrt-Bundesamt – LBA) beforehand.