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Apply for a company card for the first time

You are a company that is active in commercial freight and passenger transport and apply for a company card for the first time.

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  • Forms

    Forms available: Yes

    Written form required: Yes

    Informal application possible: No

    Personal appearance required: No


  • Detailed description

    The company cards are issued or delivered to the entrepreneurs or the persons appointed to represent them by law, articles of association or articles of association.

    The entrepreneurs ensure the proper use of the cards. In addition, you must ensure that at the beginning and at the end of the vehicle deployment for the company, the company card is entered in the tachograph in order to assign the use of the vehicle to the company.

    The operators are responsible for the regular storage of the data read from the tachographs and must hand them over at the request of the authorities or their agents.

    The application must be applied for by the entrepreneurs or an authorised person or an authorised person in person at the competent body or online.

    Company cards are issued impersonally to the company and are generally sent directly to the company. The validity of the company's first card is 5 years.

    Multiple company cards can be issued for one company. The number of corporate cards to be issued in a card number series is limited to a maximum of 62 corporate cards per company.

    If additional corporate cards are required, the allocation of an additional card serial number and thus a new application process is required.

  • Requirements

    Entrepreneur cards are issued to the entrepreneur or the persons and vehicle owners appointed to represent them by law, articles of association or partnership agreement, whose drivers carry out transports that fall within the scope of Regulation (EC) No. 561/2006 or which must comply with driving and rest periods according to § 1 Fahrpersonalverordnung (FPersV) or who have to download data from the mass memory in accordance with § 57a paragraph 3 of the StVZO.

  • Documents

    - If applicable, access to the ELSTER company account

    - Proof of the commercial register or business registration

    - As an authorized representative, a power of attorney or as the owner of the company - an informal letter stating your name, address and date and place.

  • Fees

  • Process

    You can apply for the application for your company card with the required documents and information online or on site at the driving licence authority.

    • In order to identify yourself online and check your documents, you must have the option of online authentication via company account and digital upload of the required documents.
    • You can pay for the application online via a payment service provider.
    • The creation of a company map is subject to a fee.
    • As part of the application, you must provide all required information and submit or upload documents.
    • The competent authority will check your information for completeness and accuracy.
    • After successful verification, the KBA (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt) issues the company card.
    • You can use the issued company card
      • pick up directly from the responsible office in person or
      • can be sent directly (after online authentication and online payment) by the KBA.
  • Duration

    7 - 21 days

  • Deadline

    Application deadline:

    15 business days - 1 month

  • Responsible authority

    Contact your local driving licence authority.

  • Legal basis
  • Approved

    Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Integration and Consumer Protection

  • Approved date
    06.12.2022