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Bremen Chamber of Crafts Handwerkskammer Bremen

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Änderung der persönlichen Daten der Handwerksregister mitteilen

If you as a member company of a Chamber of Crafts and Trades change address and contact details, you must notify this to
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Änderung persönlicher Daten der Betriebsleitung der Handwerkskammer mitteilen

If the personal data of the management of a craft business registered in the Crafts Register changes, you must notify the relevant Chamber of Crafts.
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Apply for authorization to practice a further craft requiring approval

Are you registered in the register of skilled crafts with a craft that requires authorization and would like to practice another craft? Then you can apply for a license to practice another craft under certain conditions.
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Apply for entry in the register of crafts that are exempt from licensing or in the register of trades similar to crafts

If you wish to exercise an unlicensed trade or a trade similar to a trade on a self-employed basis, you must notify your Chamber of Crafts of the start of the commercial activity.
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Apply for exemption from registration in the register of craftsmen

You would like to be entered in the register of skilled crafts and trades as an owner or proprietor or as a company manager, but the master craftsman's examination is an unreasonable burden? Then you may be able to apply for an exemption.
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Apply for exemption permit for persons from the EU/EEA foreign countries and Switzerland for registration in the register of craftsmen

Are you from a foreign country in the EU/EEA or Switzerland and would like to practice a craft subject to licensing in Germany? Then you can have your professional experience and training certificates recognized in Germany under certain conditions.
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Authorization to practice for journeymen or journeywomen and skilled workers or skilled workers with qualified professional experience

Would you like to become self-employed with a license to practice in a skilled trade or take on a company manager:in function?
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Cancellation of an entry in the register by the chamber of handicrafts

If the requirements for entry in the register of skilled crafts or the register of proprietors of a business, a craft that is exempt from registration or a craft that is similar to a craft do not (or no longer) exist and the Chamber of Skilled Crafts becomes aware of this, the deletion takes place…
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Cancellation of one of several operated crafts or crafts-like trades

If you are registered with the Chamber of Crafts with several trades or trades similar to trades and individual of these commercial activities are not to be continued, you must apply for their deletion.
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Chambers of commerce and professional chambers of the state of Bremen

Find out more about the chambers here.
Die Eintragung in die Handwerksrolle von Personen mit einer Ausübungsberechtigung beantragen

If you are already self-employed in a craft subject to licensing and would like to practice another craft subject to licensing or essential activities of such a craft, then you can apply for an authorization to practice.
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Entry in the register of craftsmen as a displaced person or late repatriate

If, as an immigrant of German descent, you wish to exercise a trade subject to registration on a self-employed basis, then there are special regulations for the registration of your trade in the register of skilled crafts.
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Gesellschafter- oder Gesellschafterinnenwechsel und Änderungen der Vertretungsberechtigung mitteilen

If there are changes in the number of shareholders or in the power of representation of companies entered in the Register of Crafts or in the Register of Owners of a Business, Permit-Exempt Crafts or Crafts Similar to Crafts, you must notify us.
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Notify the Chamber of Crafts of additional business premises

If you are a member of a Chamber of Skilled Crafts and open a new business premises, you must notify the Chamber of Skilled Crafts.
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Notify the Chamber of Crafts of the dismissal of the management of the company

If the current management quits or there is a change, you must report this to the Chamber of Crafts.
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Notify the Chamber of Skilled Crafts of a change of address of an establishment

If you, as a member company of a Chamber of Skilled Crafts, change the address of an establishment, you must notify the Chamber of Skilled Crafts.
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Notify the Chamber of Skilled Crafts of changes in personal and company data

If you are a member of a Chamber of Crafts and personal or company-related data recorded there changes, you must notify the Chamber of Crafts.
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Notify the Chamber of Skilled Crafts of the closure of an establishment

If you, as a member company of a Chamber of Skilled Crafts, close an establishment, you must notify the Chamber of Skilled Crafts.
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Register new management with the Chamber of Crafts

You must notify the responsible Chamber of Crafts of any new management of your craft business that is subject to registration.
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Registration in the register of craftsmen

If you want to practice a craft subject to registration on a self-employed basis, you must register your business in the register of craftsmen.
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Registration in the register of craftsmen with a completed university degree or technician's degree

If you have successfully completed an engineering degree or obtained a technician's degree, you can become self-employed in the trade requiring admission to which the study or school focus of your examination corresponds.
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Registration in the register of craftsmen with master craftsman's certificate

If you have successfully passed the examination for the master craftsman's diploma and wish to practice a craft subject to licensing on a self-employed basis, you must register your business in the register of craftsmen.
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Request cancellation of membership in the Chamber of Crafts and Trades

If the operation of a craft or craft-like trade is no longer to be continued, you must apply to your Chamber of Crafts for deletion.
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Trade register

Find out more about the register in the skilled crafts sector here.

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 The official information in German is complete and correct. 26.02.2026