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  "govschemaVersion": "0.3.0",
  "id": "at/gewerbebehoerde/trade-licence-registration",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "title": "Austria Trade Licence Registration (Gewerbeanmeldung) — GewO 1994 §§ 13, 14, 39, 339-348",
  "description": "Austria's trade-licence registration (Gewerbeanmeldung) under the federal Gewerbeordnung 1994 (GewO, Trade Licence Act): the filing by which a natural person or a business entity (company, association, agricultural business, or other legal form) notifies the locally competent trade authority (Gewerbebehörde — the Bezirkshauptmannschaft, or in a statutory city the Magistrat) that it will exercise a given trade at a given premises, and, where required, appoints a trade-law-responsible managing director (gewerberechtliche Geschäftsführung) to carry the trade's professional-qualification requirement. This document is modelled from the current edition of Land Oberösterreich's own fillable PDF implementation of the form (LWLD-Wi/E-8, 'Gewerbeanmeldung', Stand: Juli 2021, current as of this session's retrieval and the sole edition still linked from the Land's own 'Gewerbeausübung' forms index), which routes to one of the 17 district trade authorities within Upper Austria; a filer in a different Bundesland uses that Land's own edition of the same nationally-legislated process, not modelled here. Deliberately excludes: the exhaustive, largely circumstance-specific attachments checklist beyond the core identity/qualification/declaration documents modelled (e.g. EEA/third-country residence titles, insurance-intermediation-specific proofs, foreign-registration particulars); the separate online GISA-Express e-service and ID Austria electronic-authentication channel; and any subsequent trade-law procedure (business-premises licensing/Betriebsanlagengenehmigung, appeal to the Landesverwaltungsgericht). GovSchema is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the Republic of Austria, the Province of Upper Austria, or any Austrian trade authority.",
  "status": "draft",
  "jurisdiction": {
    "country": "AT",
    "level": "national"
  },
  "authority": {
    "name": "Gewerbebehörde (the locally competent Bezirkshauptmannschaft or, in a statutory city, Magistrat), applying the federal Gewerbeordnung 1994 under the Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft, Energie und Tourismus (BMWET); this document's own source PDF is published by Land Oberösterreich (Amt der Oö. Landesregierung) for its 17 district authorities",
    "abbreviation": "Gewerbebehörde",
    "url": "https://www.usp.gv.at/gruendung/EAP/gewerbeanmeldung.html"
  },
  "process": {
    "type": "registration",
    "language": "de-AT"
  },
  "source": {
    "url": "https://www.land-oberoesterreich.gv.at/Mediendateien/Formulare/Formulare%20Wirtschaft%20und%20Tourismus/LWLD_Wi_E8_Gewerbeanmeldung.pdf",
    "retrievedAt": "2026-07-10",
    "documentRef": "LWLD-Wi/E-8 — 'Gewerbeanmeldung' (Stand: Juli 2021), Land Oberösterreich's current fillable-AcroForm edition of the nationally-legislated Gewerbeanmeldung under GewO 1994 §§ 13, 14, 39 Abs. 2, 333a, 339-348, 363; cross-checked against the federal Unternehmensserviceportal's own process explainer at usp.gv.at (last updated 20 March 2026 per that page's own footer)"
  },
  "verification": {
    "method": "manual-source-review-v1",
    "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-10",
    "verifiedBy": "GovSchema Engineering (Standards Engineer)",
    "nextReviewBy": "2027-01-10",
    "notes": "Authored from a fresh curl fetch of the genuine fillable-AcroForm PDF (HTTP 200, 476,128 bytes at initial retrieval), confirmed still the current edition linked from Land Oberösterreich's own 'Gewerbeausübung' forms index (land-oberoesterreich.gv.at/27740.htm, which lists only the LWLD-Wi/E-8 edition, not the older E-7 natural-person-only edition also still reachable by direct URL). All 101 AcroForm widgets were extracted and enumerated with pdfjs-dist's getAnnotations()/getTextContent(); 5 are non-data controls (a help popup, a convenience 'copy address' button and its scratch text field, and two 'reset form'/'print form' buttons) excluded from the field model; the remaining 96 data widgets map onto this document's 86 fields, with 10 radio-button groups (each a set of 2-4 mutually exclusive widgets sharing one field name) merged into a single enum/boolean field per group rather than modelled as independent unconstrained booleans. Cross-checked against usp.gv.at's federal Unternehmensserviceportal explainer page (content-owned by the Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft, Energie und Tourismus, last updated 20 March 2026), which independently confirms the same GewO 1994 statutory basis (§§13, 39, 333a, 339-348), the fee-free filing ('Es sind keine Stempelgebühren und Bundesverwaltungsabgaben zu entrichten'), and the competent-authority routing (Bezirkshauptmannschaft / Magistrat)."
  },
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "fields": [
    {
      "name": "competentAuthority",
      "label": "Competent trade authority (Bezirksverwaltungsbehörde / Magistrat)",
      "type": "enum",
      "required": true,
      "description": "The district administrative authority or Magistrat, within Upper Austria, that is locally competent for the trade's premises location and to which this form's addressee stamp box routes the filing. Austria's Gewerbeordnung assigns first-instance competence to 'die Gewerbebehörde, die für den Gewerbestandort örtlich zuständig ist' (the Bezirkshauptmannschaft, or in statutory cities the Magistrat); this enumerated list reflects the 17 authorities the source PDF's own dropdown offers for Upper Austria specifically. A filer whose trade premises sit in a different Bundesland selects the equivalent authority of that Land instead — not modelled here, since the source PDF is Upper-Austria-specific (see VERIFICATION.md).",
      "sourceRef": "Page 1 dropdown 'Auswahl Bezirksverwaltungsbehörde' (17 options); usp.gv.at 'Zuständige Stelle: Die Gewerbebehörde, die für den Gewerbestandort örtlich zuständig ist: Die Bezirkshauptmannschaft / In Statutarstädten: der Magistrat'",
      "validation": {
        "enum": [
          "magistrat_linz",
          "magistrat_steyr",
          "magistrat_wels",
          "bh_braunau",
          "bh_freistadt",
          "bh_gmunden",
          "bh_grieskirchen_eferding",
          "bh_kirchdorf",
          "bh_linz_land",
          "bh_perg",
          "bh_ried",
          "bh_rohrbach",
          "bh_schaerding",
          "bh_steyr_land",
          "bh_urfahr_umgebung",
          "bh_voecklabruck",
          "bh_wels_land"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "applicantCategory",
      "label": "Who is registering the trade?",
      "type": "enum",
      "required": true,
      "description": "Selects which of the form's two mutually exclusive applicant branches applies: a natural person filing personally (Section 1), or a business entity filing as the trade's holder (Section 2), where the entity's own kind is one of the source's four 'Unternehmensart' options. The form itself instructs a non-natural-person filer to skip Section 1 and proceed to Section 2 instead. This field is a GovSchema-added top-level selector synthesizing that branch choice; it is not itself a single checkbox on the source form (see VERIFICATION.md).",
      "sourceRef": "Page 1 heading '1. Gewerbeanmeldende natürliche Person' + instruction (paraphrased here due to PDF text-extraction spacing artifacts) directing a non-natural-person filer onward to point 2; Page 2 field '2.1 Unternehmensart' (Unternehmen / Verein / Landwirtschaftlicher Betrieb / Sonstiges)",
      "validation": {
        "enum": [
          "natural_person",
          "business_entity",
          "association",
          "agricultural_business",
          "other"
        ]
      },
      "fieldRole": "eligibility"
    },
    {
      "name": "naturalPersonFirstName",
      "label": "Applicant — first name",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "1.1 Vorname",
      "validation": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 200
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "naturalPersonLastName",
      "label": "Applicant — last name / surname",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "1.1 Familienname / Nachname",
      "validation": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 200
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "naturalPersonTitle",
      "label": "Applicant — academic/professional title",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "1.1 Titel",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 100
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "naturalPersonSuffixTitle",
      "label": "Applicant — post-nominal title",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "1.1 Nachgestellte Titel",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 100
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "naturalPersonFormerLastNames",
      "label": "Applicant — former surname(s)",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "1.1 Frühere Familiennamen",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 300
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "naturalPersonGender",
      "label": "Applicant — gender",
      "type": "enum",
      "required": false,
      "description": "The source offers three options, including an explicit opt-out.",
      "sourceRef": "1.1 Geschlecht — 'männlich' / 'weiblich' / 'keine Angabe'",
      "validation": {
        "enum": [
          "male",
          "female",
          "unspecified"
        ]
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "naturalPersonSocialSecurityNumber",
      "label": "Applicant — Austrian social security number",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "description": "Format given by the source as '(Format 1234TTMMJJ)' (a 4-digit sequence number followed by the holder's date of birth as DDMMYY). Left blank by applicants without an Austrian social insurance number.",
      "sourceRef": "1.1 Österreichische Sozialversicherungsnummer (Format 1234TTMMJJ)",
      "validation": {
        "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])(0[1-9]|1[0-2])[0-9]{2}$"
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "naturalPersonCitizenship",
      "label": "Applicant — citizenship",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "1.1 Staatsangehörigkeit",
      "validation": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 100
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "naturalPersonBirthPlace",
      "label": "Applicant — place of birth",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "1.1 Geburtsort",
      "validation": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 200
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "naturalPersonEmail",
      "label": "Applicant — email",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "1.2 E-Mail",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 254
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "naturalPersonPhone",
      "label": "Applicant — telephone",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "1.2 Telefon",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 50
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "naturalPersonMobile",
      "label": "Applicant — mobile phone",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "1.2 Mobil",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 50
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "naturalPersonAddressStreet",
      "label": "Applicant — residence street",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "1.3 Straße",
      "validation": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 200
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "naturalPersonAddressHouseNumber",
      "label": "Applicant — residence house number",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "1.3 Nummer",
      "validation": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 20
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "naturalPersonAddressPostalCode",
      "label": "Applicant — residence postal code",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "1.3 Postleitzahl (PLZ)",
      "validation": {
        "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}$"
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "naturalPersonAddressCity",
      "label": "Applicant — residence city/town",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "1.3 Ort",
      "validation": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 200
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "naturalPersonMainResidenceFiveYears",
      "label": "Applicant — main residence in Austria for at least 5 years?",
      "type": "boolean",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "1.3 'Befindet sich der Hauptwohnsitz seit mind. 5 Jahren in Österreich?' — Ja / Nein",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "naturalPersonCommercialRegisterStatus",
      "label": "Applicant — Commercial Register (Firmenbuch) entry status",
      "type": "enum",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "1.4 Eintragung in das Firmenbuch — 'nicht geplant' / 'in Vorbereitung' / 'bereits erfolgt'",
      "validation": {
        "enum": [
          "not_planned",
          "in_preparation",
          "already_completed"
        ]
      },
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "naturalPersonCommercialRegisterName",
      "label": "Applicant — registered company wording (Firmenwortlaut)",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "1.4 Firmenwortlaut (bei erfolgter Eintragung)",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 300
      },
      "visibleWhen": {
        "all": [
          {
            "field": "applicantCategory",
            "equals": "natural_person"
          },
          {
            "field": "naturalPersonCommercialRegisterStatus",
            "equals": "already_completed"
          }
        ]
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "all": [
          {
            "field": "applicantCategory",
            "equals": "natural_person"
          },
          {
            "field": "naturalPersonCommercialRegisterStatus",
            "equals": "already_completed"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "naturalPersonCommercialRegisterNumber",
      "label": "Applicant — Commercial Register number (Firmenbuch-Nr.)",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "1.4 Firmenbuch-Nr. (bei erfolgter Eintragung)",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 50
      },
      "visibleWhen": {
        "all": [
          {
            "field": "applicantCategory",
            "equals": "natural_person"
          },
          {
            "field": "naturalPersonCommercialRegisterStatus",
            "equals": "already_completed"
          }
        ]
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "all": [
          {
            "field": "applicantCategory",
            "equals": "natural_person"
          },
          {
            "field": "naturalPersonCommercialRegisterStatus",
            "equals": "already_completed"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "entityName",
      "label": "Entity — registered name / designation",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "2.1 Firmenwortlaut / Name / Bezeichnung",
      "validation": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 300
      },
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "entityLegalForm",
      "label": "Entity — legal form",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "2.1 Rechtsform",
      "validation": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 100
      },
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "entityRegisterNumber",
      "label": "Entity — register number",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "description": "Firmenbuchnummer for a company, Vereinsregisternummer for an association, Betriebsnummer for an agricultural business, or Registernummer for another entity kind, per the source's own parenthetical.",
      "sourceRef": "2.1 Nummer (Unternehmen: Firmenbuchnummer, Verein: Vereinsregisternummer, Landwirtschaftlicher Betrieb: Betriebsnummer, Sonstiges: Registernummer)",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 50
      },
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "entityEmail",
      "label": "Entity — email",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "2.2 E-Mail",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 254
      },
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "entityPhone",
      "label": "Entity — telephone",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "2.2 Telefon",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 50
      },
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "entityMobile",
      "label": "Entity — mobile phone",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "2.2 Mobil",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 50
      },
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "entityAddressStreet",
      "label": "Entity — registered address street",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "2.3 Straße",
      "validation": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 200
      },
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "entityAddressHouseNumber",
      "label": "Entity — registered address house number",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "2.3 Nummer",
      "validation": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 20
      },
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "entityAddressPostalCode",
      "label": "Entity — registered address postal code",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "2.3 Postleitzahl (PLZ)",
      "validation": {
        "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}$"
      },
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "entityAddressCity",
      "label": "Entity — registered address city/town",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "2.3 Ort",
      "validation": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 200
      },
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "entityRepresentativeFirstName",
      "label": "Entity — authorized representative first name",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "2.4 Vorname",
      "validation": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 200
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "entityRepresentativeLastName",
      "label": "Entity — authorized representative last name",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "2.4 Familienname / Nachname",
      "validation": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 200
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "entityRepresentativeTitle",
      "label": "Entity — authorized representative title",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "2.4 Titel",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 100
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "entityRepresentativeSuffixTitle",
      "label": "Entity — authorized representative post-nominal title",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "2.4 Nachgestellte Titel",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 100
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "entityRepresentativeSocialSecurityNumber",
      "label": "Entity — authorized representative Austrian social security number",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "2.4 Österreichische Sozialversicherungsnummer",
      "validation": {
        "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])(0[1-9]|1[0-2])[0-9]{2}$"
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "tradeDescription",
      "label": "Trade description (Gewerbewortlaut)",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true,
      "description": "For a catering/hospitality trade (Gastgewerbe), also states the type of establishment (Betriebsart).",
      "sourceRef": "3.1 Gewerbewortlaut (bei Gastgewerbe auch Betriebsart)",
      "validation": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 2000
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "isIndustrialOperation",
      "label": "Is this registration for exercise as an industrial operation?",
      "type": "boolean",
      "required": true,
      "sourceRef": "3.2 'Die Gewerbeanmeldung erfolgt für die Ausübung in Form eines Industriebetriebes' — Ja / Nein"
    },
    {
      "name": "tradeCategory",
      "label": "Trade category",
      "type": "enum",
      "required": true,
      "sourceRef": "3.3 Gewerbeart — 'Reglementiertes Gewerbe oder Teilgewerbe' / 'Freies Gewerbe'",
      "validation": {
        "enum": [
          "regulated_or_partial",
          "unrestricted"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "earliestEffectiveDate",
      "label": "Registration should take effect no earlier than (if desired)",
      "type": "date",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "3.3 'Anmeldung soll frühestens wirksam werden mit (wenn gewünscht)'"
    },
    {
      "name": "premisesAddressStreet",
      "label": "Trade premises — street",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true,
      "sourceRef": "3.4 Straße",
      "validation": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 200
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "premisesAddressHouseNumber",
      "label": "Trade premises — house number",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true,
      "sourceRef": "3.4 Nummer",
      "validation": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 20
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "premisesAddressPostalCode",
      "label": "Trade premises — postal code",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true,
      "sourceRef": "3.4 Postleitzahl (PLZ)",
      "validation": {
        "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}$"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "premisesAddressCity",
      "label": "Trade premises — city/town",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true,
      "sourceRef": "3.4 Ort",
      "validation": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 200
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "premisesLocationDescription",
      "label": "Trade premises — further location description",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "description": "Used when a street name or house number cannot be given for the premises location.",
      "sourceRef": "3.4 'Nähere Bezeichnung des Standortes (wenn die Angabe einer Straße oder Hausnummer nicht möglich ist)'",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 1000
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "managingDirectorBasis",
      "label": "Trade-law-responsible managing director (Geschäftsführung) — basis of appointment",
      "type": "enum",
      "required": false,
      "description": "Left unanswered when no separate trade-law-responsible managing director is appointed (the applicant itself holds the required capability proof and, for a natural person, an Austrian/EEA/Swiss domicile). A legal entity or registered partnership must always appoint one unless an EEA/Swiss-domiciled natural person represents it directly.",
      "sourceRef": "4.1 'Als gewerbeberechtigte Geschäftsführung ist bestellt' — 'Arbeitnehmerin / Arbeitnehmer' / 'vertretungsbefugtes Organ'",
      "validation": {
        "enum": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "managingDirectorFirstName",
      "label": "Managing director — first name",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "4.2 Vorname",
      "validation": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 200
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "managingDirectorLastName",
      "label": "Managing director — last name / surname",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "4.2 Familienname / Nachname",
      "validation": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 200
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "managingDirectorTitle",
      "label": "Managing director — academic/professional title",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "4.2 Titel",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 100
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "managingDirectorSuffixTitle",
      "label": "Managing director — post-nominal title",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "4.2 Nachgestellte Titel",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 100
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "managingDirectorFormerLastNames",
      "label": "Managing director — former surname(s)",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "4.2 Frühere Familiennamen",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 300
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "managingDirectorGender",
      "label": "Managing director — gender",
      "type": "enum",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "4.2 Geschlecht — 'männlich' / 'weiblich' / 'keine Angabe'",
      "validation": {
        "enum": [
          "male",
          "female",
          "unspecified"
        ]
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "managingDirectorSocialSecurityNumber",
      "label": "Managing director — Austrian social security number",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "4.2 Österreichische Sozialversicherungsnummer",
      "validation": {
        "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])(0[1-9]|1[0-2])[0-9]{2}$"
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "managingDirectorCitizenship",
      "label": "Managing director — citizenship",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "4.2 Staatsangehörigkeit",
      "validation": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 100
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "managingDirectorBirthPlace",
      "label": "Managing director — place of birth",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "4.2 Geburtsort",
      "validation": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 200
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "managingDirectorEmployerAccountNumber",
      "label": "Managing director — employer account number (Dienstgebernummer)",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "4.2 Dienstgebernummer",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 50
      },
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "managingDirectorEmail",
      "label": "Managing director — email",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "4.3 E-Mail",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 254
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "managingDirectorPhone",
      "label": "Managing director — telephone",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "4.3 Telefon",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 50
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "managingDirectorMobile",
      "label": "Managing director — mobile phone",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "4.3 Mobil",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 50
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "managingDirectorAddressStreet",
      "label": "Managing director — residence street",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "4.4 Straße",
      "validation": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 200
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "managingDirectorAddressHouseNumber",
      "label": "Managing director — residence house number",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "4.4 Nummer",
      "validation": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 20
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "managingDirectorAddressPostalCode",
      "label": "Managing director — residence postal code",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "4.4 Postleitzahl (PLZ)",
      "validation": {
        "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}$"
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "managingDirectorAddressCity",
      "label": "Managing director — residence city/town",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "4.4 Ort",
      "validation": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 200
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "managingDirectorMainResidenceFiveYears",
      "label": "Managing director — main residence in Austria for at least 5 years?",
      "type": "boolean",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "4.4 'Befindet sich der Hauptwohnsitz seit mind. 5 Jahren in Österreich?' — Ja / Nein",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "remarks",
      "label": "Remarks on this trade registration",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "5. Anmerkungen zur Gewerbeanmeldung",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 3000
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "applicationSignaturePlace",
      "label": "Signature — place",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true,
      "sourceRef": "Page 5 'Ort' (signature block)",
      "validation": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 100
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "applicationSignatureDate",
      "label": "Signature — date",
      "type": "date",
      "required": true,
      "sourceRef": "Page 5 'Datum' (signature block)"
    },
    {
      "name": "managingDirectorWeeklyHours",
      "label": "Managing director — weekly hours committed to the business (companies only)",
      "type": "number",
      "required": false,
      "description": "Only printed for a company/entity applicant appointing a managing director, not for a natural-person applicant's own managing director appointment.",
      "sourceRef": "Anhang 1, declaration bullet 9 — 'Ich werde mich im Betrieb mit _____ Stunden wöchentlich betätigen. (nur Unternehmen)'",
      "validation": {
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 168
      },
      "visibleWhen": {
        "all": [
          {
            "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
            "in": [
              "employee",
              "authorized_representative"
            ]
          },
          {
            "field": "applicantCategory",
            "notEquals": "natural_person"
          }
        ]
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "all": [
          {
            "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
            "in": [
              "employee",
              "authorized_representative"
            ]
          },
          {
            "field": "applicantCategory",
            "notEquals": "natural_person"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "managingDirectorDeclarationPlace",
      "label": "§ 39 Abs. 2 GewO 1994 declaration — place",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "Anhang 1 'Ort, Datum' (signature block)",
      "validation": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 100
      },
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "managingDirectorDeclarationDate",
      "label": "§ 39 Abs. 2 GewO 1994 declaration — date",
      "type": "date",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "Anhang 1 'Ort, Datum' (signature block)",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      },
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "influentialPersonFirstName",
      "label": "Person with material influence — first name",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "description": "The source provides exactly one such row, captioned 'nur auszufüllen für Unternehmen' (only to be completed for businesses); an entity with more than one person of material influence (e.g. multiple controlling shareholders) is not fully representable on this paper form (see VERIFICATION.md). Not required outright because whether a distinct person of material influence exists (beyond the Section 2.4 representative already captured) depends on the entity's ownership structure, which this form does not itself disclose.",
      "sourceRef": "Anhang 2 'Angaben zur Person mit maßgeblichem Einfluss (nur auszufüllen für Unternehmen)' — Vorname",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 200
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "influentialPersonLastName",
      "label": "Person with material influence — last name / surname",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "Anhang 2 — Familienname / Nachname",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 200
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "influentialPersonTitle",
      "label": "Person with material influence — title",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "Anhang 2 — Titel",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 100
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "influentialPersonSuffixTitle",
      "label": "Person with material influence — post-nominal title",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "Anhang 2 — Nachgestellte Titel",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 100
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "influentialPersonFormerLastNames",
      "label": "Person with material influence — former surname(s)",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "Anhang 2 — Frühere Familiennamen",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 300
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "influentialPersonGender",
      "label": "Person with material influence — gender",
      "type": "enum",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "Anhang 2 — Geschlecht — 'männlich' / 'weiblich' / 'keine Angabe'",
      "validation": {
        "enum": [
          "male",
          "female",
          "unspecified"
        ]
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "influentialPersonSocialSecurityNumber",
      "label": "Person with material influence — Austrian social security number",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "Anhang 2 — Österreichische Sozialversicherungsnummer",
      "validation": {
        "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])(0[1-9]|1[0-2])[0-9]{2}$"
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "influentialPersonCitizenship",
      "label": "Person with material influence — citizenship",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "Anhang 2 — Staatsangehörigkeit",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 100
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "influentialPersonBirthPlace",
      "label": "Person with material influence — place of birth",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "Anhang 2 — Geburtsort",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 200
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "influentialPersonAddressStreet",
      "label": "Person with material influence — street",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "Anhang 2 — Straße",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 200
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "influentialPersonAddressHouseNumber",
      "label": "Person with material influence — house number",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "Anhang 2 — Nummer",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 20
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "influentialPersonAddressPostalCode",
      "label": "Person with material influence — postal code",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "Anhang 2 — Postleitzahl (PLZ)",
      "validation": {
        "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}$"
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "influentialPersonAddressCity",
      "label": "Person with material influence — city/town",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "sourceRef": "Anhang 2 — Ort",
      "validation": {
        "maxLength": 200
      },
      "classification": "pii",
      "visibleWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "notEquals": "natural_person"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "materialInfluenceDeclarationPlace",
      "label": "§ 13 GewO 1994 declaration — place",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true,
      "sourceRef": "Anhang 2 'Ort, Datum' (signature block)",
      "validation": {
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 100
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "materialInfluenceDeclarationDate",
      "label": "§ 13 GewO 1994 declaration — date",
      "type": "date",
      "required": true,
      "sourceRef": "Anhang 2 'Ort, Datum' (signature block)"
    }
  ],
  "documents": [
    {
      "id": "applicantIdentityDocument",
      "label": "Applicant's official photo identification",
      "category": "identity-document",
      "required": false,
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "applicantCategory",
        "equals": "natural_person"
      },
      "belongsTo": "applicant",
      "handling": "Official photo ID (Amtlicher Lichtbildausweis); an applicant without a main residence in Austria (other than recognized refugees) submits a passport (or birth certificate plus citizenship proof) instead. The source instructs that this need not be attached if the applicant is already listed in GISA (Austria's trade information system) and asks that only copies, not originals, be sent, since originals cannot be returned after electronic capture.",
      "sourceRef": "Page 4, Beilagen für natürliche Personen, item 1: 'Amtlicher Lichtbildausweis ... Reisepass (oder Geburtsurkunde + Staatsbürgerschaftsnachweis)'"
    },
    {
      "id": "managingDirectorIdentityDocument",
      "label": "Managing director's official photo identification",
      "category": "identity-document",
      "required": false,
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      },
      "belongsTo": "responsible-party",
      "handling": "Same identity-document requirement as the applicant's, applied to the appointed trade-law-responsible managing director.",
      "sourceRef": "Page 4, Beilagen für natürliche Personen, item 15 (Geschäftsführung): 'Amtlicher Lichtbildausweis ... Reisepass (oder Geburtsurkunde + Staatsbürgerschaftsnachweis)'"
    },
    {
      "id": "capabilityProof",
      "label": "Proof of professional qualification (Befähigungsnachweis)",
      "category": "supporting-evidence",
      "required": false,
      "belongsTo": "applicant",
      "handling": "Required only for a regulated trade or partial trade (tradeCategory: regulated_or_partial) when no separate trade-law-responsible managing director is appointed to carry the qualification instead; not required for an unrestricted trade (freies Gewerbe). This document's exact conditional trigger spans two fields (tradeCategory and managingDirectorBasis) this schema does not encode as a requiredWhen expression, since the source's own 'entfällt bei freien Gewerben bzw. bei Bestellung einer gewerbeberechtigten Geschäftsführung' proviso is a plain-language exemption rather than a strict per-field toggle (see VERIFICATION.md).",
      "sourceRef": "Page 4, Beilagen für natürliche Personen, item 2: 'Befähigungsnachweis (entfällt bei freien Gewerben bzw. bei Bestellung einer gewerbeberechtigte Geschäftsführung)'"
    },
    {
      "id": "declarationOfNoExclusionGrounds",
      "label": "Declaration of absence of exclusion grounds (§ 13 GewO 1994)",
      "category": "attestation",
      "required": true,
      "belongsTo": "applicant",
      "statement": "I declare that: no unspent criminal conviction exists against me for fraudulent withholding of social-security contributions, organized undeclared work, fraudulent insolvency offences, damaging a creditor's interests, favoring one creditor, grossly negligent impairment of creditors' interests, or a narcotics-law offence under GewO §13; no other unspent criminal conviction of more than 3 months' imprisonment or a fine of more than 180 daily rates exists against me; I have not been fined more than EUR 726 in the last five years for smuggling, evasion of import/export duties, receiving smuggled goods, evasion of monopoly revenue, willful infringement of a state monopoly right, or monopoly-goods receiving; within the last three years, no application to open insolvency proceedings over my assets (or those of another legal entity under my controlling influence) was legally denied for insufficient assets, nor was an equivalent circumstance realized abroad; no court judgment has yet declared me to have forfeited a trade; no trade authorization has been withdrawn from me for loss of the reliability required to exercise a trade, or for complicity in unauthorized trade exercise, nor has any managing-director appointment been revoked or removal from a position of material influence occurred for such a reason, nor has any other legal entity under my material influence had a trade authorization withdrawn for such a reason; I acknowledge that untrue statements can lead to the trade authorization being declared void or deleted from the trade register.",
      "handling": "Signed by the natural-person applicant on their own behalf, or by each person with material influence over an entity applicant (per bullet 7 of the source text, these declarations also bind the trade-registering legal entity itself). Anhang 2 of the source form.",
      "sourceRef": "Anhang 2, 'Erklärung über das Fehlen von Ausschlussgründen einer / jeder Person mit maßgebendem Einfluss gem. § 13 GewO 1994', bullets 1-8"
    },
    {
      "id": "managingDirectorDeclarationSection39",
      "label": "Managing director's declaration (§ 39 Abs. 2 GewO 1994)",
      "category": "attestation",
      "required": false,
      "requiredWhen": {
        "field": "managingDirectorBasis",
        "in": [
          "employee",
          "authorized_representative"
        ]
      },
      "belongsTo": "responsible-party",
      "statement": "I declare that: no unspent criminal conviction exists against me for fraudulent withholding of social-security contributions, organized undeclared work, fraudulent insolvency offences, damaging a creditor's interests, favoring one creditor, grossly negligent impairment of creditors' interests, or a narcotics-law offence under GewO §13; no other unspent criminal conviction of more than 3 months' imprisonment or a fine of more than 180 daily rates exists against me; I have not been fined more than EUR 726 in the last five years for smuggling, evasion of import/export duties, receiving smuggled goods, evasion of monopoly revenue, willful infringement of a state monopoly right, or monopoly-goods receiving; no court judgment has yet declared me to have forfeited a trade; no trade authorization has been withdrawn from me for loss of the reliability required to exercise a trade or for complicity in unauthorized trade exercise, nor has any managing-director appointment been revoked or removal from a position of material influence occurred for such a reason, nor has any other legal entity under my material influence had a trade authorization withdrawn for such a reason; I am appointed as the trade-law-responsible managing director for this trade and hold the authority to give the instructions necessary for professionally sound trade exercise and compliance with trade-law requirements; I have not concluded any agreement limiting or excluding the managing director's responsibility for professionally sound trade exercise; I acknowledge that untrue statements can lead to the trade authorization being declared void; I will dedicate the stated number of hours per week to the business (companies only).",
      "handling": "Signed by the appointed trade-law-responsible managing director. Anhang 1 of the source form; bullet 9's weekly-hours commitment is captured separately as the managingDirectorWeeklyHours field.",
      "sourceRef": "Anhang 1, 'Erklärung der gewerberechtigten Geschäftsführung gemäß § 39 Abs. 2 GewO 1994', bullets 1-9"
    }
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    },
    "method": "maturity-self-assessment-v1",
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    "assertedAt": "2026-07-10"
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}