Unlike a general business license, a transport service provider authorization is a sector-specific government permit without which freight forwarders, couriers, and road hauliers cannot legally carry goods—domestically or across borders.
Source: https://www.bag.bund.de/DE/Der-BAG/Genehmigungen/Genehmigungen_node.html
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