Apply for an extract from the competition register

Do you want to know if there is an entry against you in the competition register? Then you can apply for information from the Federal Cartel Office.

The Federal Cartel Office maintains a competition register (WebReg) on companies against which certain final criminal convictions or fines have been issued. You can apply for an extract from the WebReg and receive information about entries concerning you as an individual or your company. If there are no entries, you will receive a so-called negative certificate.

With WebReg, public contracting authorities can check whether final judgments or administrative penalty notices have been issued against a company before awarding the contract. The competent public prosecution offices and fine authorities report all relevant criminal and regulatory decisions to WebReg. The Federal Cartel Office checks the notifications for obvious errors and informs the companies about a planned entry.

If you receive such a notice, you can claim against the planned entry that the communicated data is incorrect. Depending on the severity of the offense, notices are deleted from the register after 3 or 5 years respectively. You can achieve early deletion by submitting an application for self-cleaning.

You can apply for the excerpt from the competition register online or by mail from the Federal Cartel Office.

Apply for an extract online:

• Open the online application. This will guide you step by step through the necessary information, which you can enter electronically.
  • Note: As a company, you need a corporate account with MeinUK (Elster) for this, and as an individual, you need a BundID account.
• You will be asked to pay the fee when submitting your application. After successful payment, your application will be transmitted to the Federal Cartel Office.
• The Federal Cartel Office is reviewing your information.
• You will receive the relevant excerpt from the competition register by mail.

Request a copy by mail:

• Download the application form from the Federal Cartel Office website and fill it out.
• Print out the form and add an official or officially certified signature.
• Send the form along with any necessary documents by mail to the competent department at the Federal Cartel Office.
• The Federal Cartel Office is reviewing your information and documents.
• You will receive a request to pay the fee. Pay the fee.
• Upon receipt of payment, you will receive the corresponding excerpt from the competition register by mail.

If you have already requested information, you can only submit a new request after one year has elapsed, unless there is a legitimate interest.

• Appeal against the decision of the registry authority