Applying for exemption from the official monitoring obligation for livestock at fairs and weekly markets

If you are organizing a fair or weekly market where only a small amount of livestock is sold, you can apply for this event not to be monitored. To do so, you must submit an application to the competent authority.

Special regulations for the prevention of animal diseases apply to events at which livestock is offered or exhibited. Livestock includes all farm animals such as cattle, pigs, horses, sheep and goats.

You can apply for an exemption from these rules for fairs and weekly markets if only a few animals are offered there.

• These are animals that are categorized as livestock. These are farm animals such as cattle, pigs, horses, sheep and goats.
• The event is an annual or weekly market.
• Only small-scale trade in livestock takes place.

Contradiction

You can submit the application informally or via the online service:

If you wish to submit the application informally:

• Describe your request, providing all the necessary information.
• Send the application to the responsible office by e-mail or post.
• Your application will be received and processed by the responsible office.
• If necessary, the responsible office will request further documents or information from you.
• You will receive a notification.

If you wish to apply for exemption via the online service:

• You register with the online service and log in with your user data.
• You call up the online service
• Fill in the application form.
• After submitting your application, it is automatically received and processed by the competent authority.
• If necessary, the competent authority will request further documents or information from you.
• You will receive a notification.

Processing usually takes 1 to 3 weeks.

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The text was automatically translated based on the German content.