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If you wish to provide debt collection services on a commercial basis, you must register this activity in the Legal Services Register.

You can be registered if you are personally suitable and reliable to carry out the activity and also have special expertise and can prove this accordingly. Important criteria for the required reliability are

• previous experience (in particular any criminal offenses) and
• the financial circumstances.

Registration can be made subject to conditions or linked to requirements. Conditions can be imposed or changed at any time.

Legal services that are ancillary services in connection with another activity (e.g. collection of customer claims assigned to a workshop on account of performance) are exempt from licensing. Registration in the legal services register is not required for these services.

I. Requirements for registration (Section 12 (1) RDG):

1. personal suitability and reliability; reliability is generally lacking

a) if the person has been convicted of a crime or an offense relating to the exercise of the profession in the three years preceding the application,

b) if the person's financial circumstances are disorderly,

c) if, in the three years prior to the application, a registration pursuant to Section 14 RDG or an admission to the bar pursuant to Section 14 (2) Nos. 1 to 3 and 7 to 9 of the Federal Lawyers' Act has been revoked, the admission to the bar pursuant to Section 14 (1) of the Federal Lawyers' Act has been withdrawn or denied pursuant to Section 7 of the Federal Lawyers' Act or an exclusion from the bar has occurred,

2. theoretical and practical expertise in the area or sub-areas of Section 10 (1) RDG in which the legal services are to be provided (further details regarding proof of expertise can be found in the Ordinance to the Legal Services Act - RDV),

3. professional liability insurance with a minimum sum insured of € 250,000.00 for each insured event. The financial loss liability insurance must meet the conditions of § 5 of the Ordinance to the Legal Services Act of June 19, 2008 (BGBl. I p. 1069). Accordingly, the insurer must, among other things, be contractually obliged to inform the registration authority of any impairment of the insurance cover (Section 5 (6) RDV). Furthermore, the insurer's benefits for all damage caused within one year must be limited to four times the statutory minimum insurance sum of € 250,000.00 (Section 5 (4) RDV).

II Requirements for the registration of licensees under the Legal Advice Act (Section 1 (1) RDGEG):

1. license certificate in accordance with the Legal Advice Act

2. professional liability insurance with a minimum sum insured of € 250,000.00 for each insured event. The financial loss liability insurance must meet the conditions of § 5 of the Ordinance to the Legal Services Act of June 19, 2008 (BGBl. I p. 1069). Accordingly, the insurer must, among other things, be contractually obliged to inform the registration authority of any impairment of the insurance cover (Section 5 (6) RDV). Furthermore, the insurer's benefits for all damage caused within one year may be limited to four times the statutory minimum sum insured of € 250,000.00 (Section 5 (4) RDV).

Applicants are requested to use the forms available at www.rechtsdienstleistungsregister.de . The application should be sent to the President of the Brandenburg Higher Regional Court, Gertrud-Piter-Platz 11, 14770 Brandenburg.

The following documents must be submitted (Section 13 (1), (2) RDG):

a) Application including supplementary declarations,

b) a summary of the professional training and professional practice to date,

c) a certificate of good conduct pursuant to Section 30 (5) of the Federal Central Register Act,

d) documents as proof of theoretical and practical expertise,

e) proof of existing professional liability insurance.

In addition to the application, licensees under the Legal Advice Act only have to submit the license certificate and proof of existing professional liability insurance (Section 1 RDGEG).

The application must be submitted in writing in accordance with Section 6 (1) RDV. The documents to be submitted must be originals.

The fee is € 150.00 (§ 1 Para. 1 JKGBbg in conjunction with § 2 Para. § Section 2 (1) JVKostO and No. 300/301 JVKostO fee schedule).

After application and submission of all required documents, the application is checked and registered in the legal services register; or, if the admission requirements are not met, the application is rejected.

The exercise of an activity under the RDG may only take place after registration. There are no application deadlines for registration.

Brandenburg Higher Regional Court

• § Section 10 (2) of the Legal Services Act (RDG)
• § Section 13 (1) of the Legal Services Act (RDG)

The granting of a license in the area of pension advice specified in Section 10 (1) No. 2 RDG does not fall within the jurisdiction of the Brandenburg Higher Regional Court. In this respect, the competent authority is the President of the Berlin-Brandenburg Regional Social Court.

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