Applying for revocation of the mining permit

You can apply for the revocation online via the "BergPass" platform or in writing or for recording at your competent mountain authority.

Apply for revocation of the permit online via the "BergPass" platform:

• Call up the "BergPass" online platform and log in.
  • To register, you will need a bundID and an identity card or residence permit with an active online ID function.
• Call up the application form and fill it out completely and truthfully.
• Upload the required documents as a file and send the application.

Apply for revocation of the permit in writing or for recording at the competent mining authority:

• Contact your competent mining authority and coordinate the required application documents.
• Submit the application and all required documents to your competent mining authority by post or for recording.

Further procedural steps:

• The competent mining authority will check your application and the documents submitted. If any documents are missing, the authority will contact you.
• You will receive a notification by post informing you that your permit has been revoked. In addition, the notification will be sent electronically to the relevant mailbox (bundID or ELSTER company account) in advance and information will be displayed in BergPass.
• The mining authority will announce the revocation in the official publication gazette. Your permit expires to the extent that it is revoked on the date of publication. From this point on, it is no longer possible to withdraw the revocation.

You will also receive a notification of costs. Pay the fees.

Please contact the Rhineland-Palatinate State Office for Geology and Mining (LGB).

Please contact the Rhineland-Palatinate State Office for Geology and Mining (LGB).

• Information on mining permits in the BergPass online portal of the Lower Saxony State Office for Mining, Energy and Geology (LBEG)
• Information on the tasks and responsibilities of the Mining Department at the Rhineland-Palatinate State Office for Geology and Mining

You have a mining license valid at the time of the application to prospect for and extract a specific mineral resource in the licensed area and to acquire ownership of it.

• Application for annulment

• § Section 19 of the Federal Mining Act (BBergG)

• Written form required: Yes
• Online services available: Yes

• Information on mining permits in the BergPass online portal of the Lower Saxony State Office for Mining, Energy and Geology (LBEG)
• Information on the tasks and responsibilities of the Mining Department at the Rhineland-Palatinate State Office for Geology and Mining

09.12.2024