Notify extraction levy for mining activities

If you have a permit for the commercial extraction of mineral resources or own a mine, you must pay an annual extraction tax. You must submit a mining levy declaration so that the amount of the levy can be determined.

Does your mining company have a mining license to extract certain mineral resources in a defined area in Germany? Or are you the owner of mining property? Then you must pay an annual extraction tax. To do this, you apply to the mining authority responsible for you for the levy to be assessed by submitting a mining tax declaration.

The mining permit or mine ownership - and therefore also the extraction tax - relates to so-called non-mining mineral resources.

The mining department of the Darmstadt Regional Council is responsible.

• You have a permit for the commercial extraction of mineral resources.
• You extract non-mining mineral resources in the area covered by the permit.
• The following conditions for exemption from the extraction tax are not met:
  • You are extracting the mineral resources exclusively for technical extraction reasons and
  • you do not exploit the mineral resources commercially.

Complaint to the administrative court

You can submit the declaration of subsidy tax online via the "BergPass" platform or directly to your competent mountain authority.

Submit the declaration of support tax online:

• Call up the "BergPass" online platform (if available in the relevant federal state) and log in.
• To register, you will need a BundID and an identity card or residence permit with an active online ID function.
• Call up the form and fill it out completely and truthfully.
• Upload the required documents as a file and submit the form.

Submit the subsidy tax declaration directly to the competent authority:

• Submit the funding levy declaration and the funding levy pre-registration by post to the competent authority.
• Alternatively, you can complete the form in the "BergPass" online portal, print it out and submit it by post.

Further procedural steps:

• The competent mining authority will check your mining tax declaration and the documents submitted. If any documents are missing, the authority will contact you.

The authority will determine the mining tax. You will receive a notice by post informing you of the amount of the extraction levy and the payments still to be made. In addition, the notification will be sent electronically to the relevant mailbox (BundID or ELSTER company account) in advance and information will be displayed in BergPass.