Submit measurement report on individual measurements of air pollutants at installations in accordance with the approval notice

• You have received a notice of approval for your system in which individual measurements are specified by the authorities.
• You contact an accredited measuring institute or an expert, provide the necessary information for the measurement and arrange a measurement date.
• The measuring institute or expert then confirms the measurement plan for you and notifies the immission control authority responsible for you of this together with the measurement date.
• On the measurement date, the measuring institute or expert determines the emission values and compares them with the legally prescribed emission values for your system.
• Once the measurement has been completed, you will receive a measurement report from the measuring institute or expert.
• You must check the measurement report and send it together with the measurement planning, the result of each individual measurement, the measurement method used and the operating conditions during the measurement to the immission control authority responsible for you within the deadline specified in the approval notice.
• You will receive confirmation from the authority that your measurement report has been received

Please contact the responsible structural and licensing directorate.

You have received a notice of approval for an industrial or commercial facility that requires approval.

• Approval notice
• Complete measurement report with information on
  • the measurement planning
  • the result of each individual measurement
  • the measurement method used

Measurements and the measurement report must be submitted to the competent authority together with all documents within the period specified in the approval notice.

There is no statutory processing time.

• § Section 26 of the Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG)
• § Section 28 of the Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG)
• § 21 Ordinance on the approval procedure (9th BImSchV)
• Technical Instructions on Air Quality Control (TA Luft)
• Annex Responsibilities in the field of immission control Serial number 1.3.5 State ordinance on responsibilities in the field of immission control (ImSchZuVO)
• § Section 7 of the Administrative Organization Reform Act (VwORG)
• § Section 8 of the Administrative Organization Reform Act (VwORG)

The administrative service is a real act against which no legal remedy is possible.

• The content of the measurement report must comply with Annex A of Guideline VDI 4220 Sheet 2 (2018 edition).
• If you do not have officially ordered measurements carried out, or do not have them carried out correctly, completely or on time, you are committing an administrative offense that can be punished with a fine.

State Office for the Environment (notifying body for experts and measuring points)

18.08.2023