Licensing - Gewerbeanmeldung falls in Austria under the provision of licensing (die Gewerbeordnung).
Die Gewerbeordnung - position on the licensing distinguishes between two kinds of production:
freie Gewerbe - free production and
reglementierte Gewerbe - regulate the production, which in turn is divided into three types.
Freie Gewerbe - free production.
This production, for classes that do not require special education and examination. Freie Gewerbe now account for more than 50% of Austrian companies. To obtain a license to one of the activities covered by this definition is sufficient to obtain Gewerbeschein - commercial certificate.
Gewerbeschein - commercial certificate is in fact known to us the license for a particular activity.
The firm in Austria had the right to carry out its own activities, it must not only have their own control, but also the so-called control of the license (gewerberechtlicher Geschaeftsfuehrer), whose responsibilities include monitoring and compliance of the activities specified in the license, and who is full responsibility for it before the relevant authorities.
The newly arrived foreigner can not in my company to take this position, but there are exceptions. So, if you have a visa (Niederlassungsbewilligung), obtained by you to your business and the firm has an activity which is referred to a type of "free» (freie Gewerbe), then you have the right to be in his enterprise manager on the license.
Reglementierte Gewerbe - regulated industry.
To obtain a license for an activity which falls within the definition of "regulated production," you will need:
• Pass on the chosen activity
• Have a university degree in the chosen specialty
• Have a professional diploma in school the chosen specialty
• Have experience in this field for over 4 years
If these conditions are not feasible for you, you must obtain a job in your company or citizen of Austria, an EU country, which would meet the necessary requirements. It will be called: Managing licenses - gewerberechtlicher Geschaeftsfuehrer and should be designed to work with the firm for at least 20 hours per week.
Belong to your chosen activity freie Gewerbe - free production or reglementierte Gewerbe-regulated production can be found in the Vienna Economic Chamber - GruenderService Wirtschaftskammer Wien in German.
For each type of activity to be engaged in a firm is required to take a separate license.
A foreigner has the right to found a company in Austria, any type of property (which means that here you can set up a company without any capital).