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Sales stands for daily newspapers

Anyone wishing to set up a sales stand for daily newspapers or other press products requires a special use permit.

Competent authority

Description

Anyone wishing to set up a display stand for daily newspapers or other press publications requires a special use permit. This is only granted if the press publications on offer consist predominantly of editorial content.

You also need a special use permit for the personal distribution of newspapers. This is only granted for:

  • regularly published daily or Sunday newspapers
  • newspapers published by a non-profit organisation. These must be published in Munich and serve social purposes from production right through to distribution. Sales must take place ‘out of pocket’, without a fixed sales facility.

Sales pitches: You cannot obtain a permit to set up a sales stand in the Old Town pedestrian zones.

Decisions on all other stall locations within the city limits are initially made by the district committee responsible for the relevant city district. Only after the district committee has made its decision will you receive written approval or rejection from the Department for District Standards of the District Administration Department.

Required documents

  • Fully completed application form
  • scaled plan with the exact installation location

Duration and costs

Processing time

Usually six weeks (depending on the duration of the decision by the district committee)

Fees

Newspaper dispenser (sales stand): 90 euros per unit per year; for selling or distributing in person whilst walking around: 10 euros per person per day; for selling or distributing from a stall: 10 euros per day for each square metre or part thereof

Legal basis

Bavarian Road and Paths Act
Special use guidelines
Special utilisation fee statutes

Links and downloads

Find the relevant authority

Please indicate the installation location with street and house number

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