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Would you like to offer legal services on a temporary and occasional basis and are you already active as a legal service provider with a branch in another European country? Then you must notify the competent authority of this under certain conditions.

		    


                					    

						    

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In principle, anyone wishing to provide temporary extrajudicial legal services in the following areas must register with the competent authority:   


  • Debt collection services,
  • Pension advice in the area of statutory pension and accident insurance,
  • social compensation law,
  • other social insurance and disability law relating to statutory pensions and occupational and occupational pension schemes,
  • Legal services in a foreign law,
  • if the foreign law is the law of a member state of the European Union or another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, advice may also be provided in the area of European Union law and the law of the European Economic Area.

Anyone who is legally established in the territory of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland to exercise a profession that is comparable to one of the legal services requiring registration may also provide this service in Germany on an occasional and temporary basis in accordance with Section 15 of the Legal Services Act (RDG). Whether legal services are provided on a temporary and occasional basis is to be assessed in particular on the basis of their duration, frequency, regular recurrence and continuity.

								    

									    Requirements
  • Legal establishment for practicing the profession in the territory of the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland, as well as
  • in principle an existing professional liability insurance
								    
What documents do I need?
    
    
  • The completed notification for temporary registration according to § 15 RDG.        
    The form can be found on the federal and state justice portal (rechtsdienstleistungsregister.de). 
    

    • Certificate of legal establishment and that the exercise of the profession is not prohibited.
    • Proof that the person or company has lawfully practiced the profession for at least one year during the previous 10 years if the profession is not regulated there.
    • If the profession is practiced on the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany: 
      
 
      • Proof of the existence of professional liability insurance, or an indication of why it is not possible or unreasonable to take out such insurance
      • otherwise a declaration that the profession is practiced exclusively from the country of establishment
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