You

• are authorised to use the professional title "engineer" in accordance with the Engineering Act,
• have worked as an engineer for at least five years in the specialisation in which you would like to carry out testing activities. Of these, you must have been involved in inspections for at least two years.
• have the expertise required to work as an expert in the respective specialisation and can provide evidence of this in the form of an expert opinion and
• have the personality to fulfil the tasks of an expert or surveyor and fulfil them impartially and conscientiously.

Building experts from other EU/EEA countries who are recognised in thercountry of origin are authorised to carry out this activity if they

• have a comparable authorisation with regard to their field of activity,
• fulfil requirements comparable to those of the above-mentionedofulfil the above requirements and
• have a written and spoken command of the German language.

Note: Building experts from other EU/EEA countries who do not have a comparable authorisation with regard to their activity are also eligible to applysauthorisation with regard to their field of activity can also work as experts as experts. They must be able to speak and write Germanewritten and spoken. They also require a certificate from thesbuilding authority that they fulfil the above-mentioned general requirements.

Please note: If you have already obtained a licence in another federal statespractice as an expert or authorised expert in another federal stateba further notification is required. Certificates that have already been issued remain valid.