• You are a professional auctioneer with a corresponding licence from the competent authority or are employed by such a person. Legal entities cannot be publicly appointed.
• if you are applying for public appointment in general: special expertise. Special expertise means above-average specialist knowledge and experience in the most important specialist areas of the auctioneering trade (carpets, furs, jewellery, furniture, art, household effects)
• if you are applying for public appointment for only certain types of auctions: proof of special knowledge in the areas applied for
• several years of professional experience as an auctioneer. You should have conducted several auctions per year in the areas you have specified
• Knowledge of the provisions relating to the responsibilities, rights and obligations of auctioneers in
  • the Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act
  • the Auctioneers Ordinance,
  • the Commercial Code and
  • the German Civil Code.
• have practised the auctioneering trade for several years without any faults and are particularly trustworthy. You must offer a guarantee of impartiality and independence as well as compliance with the duties of publicly appointed auctioneers.

If you are applying for public appointment for only certain types of auctions, there must be a need to conduct public auctions in the areas you have specified (e.g. works of art or carpets); this must be checked by the competent body.