Display system requiring approval for the first time due to change in law

If you erect or have erected and operate an installation that now requires a permit and this installation did not previously require a permit, you must notify the competent authority within three months of the change in the law.

An installation that does not require a permit and that has already been erected or whose erection or significant modification has already begun becomes subject to a permit when it is included in the list of installations requiring a permit in the ordinance (4th BImSchV).

In this case, the installation is subject to the approval requirements under immission control law and must be notified to the competent authority within three months of the respective 4th Federal Immission Control Ordinance coming into force.

The environmental department of the regional council responsible for the plant location is responsible.

• Application documents analogous to BISchG
• Forms and instructions can be found at

• This is a notification obligation. As the operator of the installation, you comply with this obligation if you submit the notification to the competent authority by the deadline.
• If the required documents are not already submitted with the notification, you can submit them to the competent authority within a further two months.

Action before the administrative court or administrative court of justice

• You notify the installation to the competent authority within three months of the entry into force of the respective ordinance in which your installation was included in the list of installations requiring approval.
• You enclose the required documents. Alternatively, you can also submit the documents to the competent authority within a further two months of the notification.
• The competent authority will confirm receipt in writing or electronically. If necessary, the authority will request further documents.
• The competent authority may also impose additional orders on you to ensure that your installation fulfills the obligations of an installation requiring a permit under the Federal Immission Control Act or that other public law regulations and concerns do not conflict with the construction and operation of the installation.