# Cross-border business activities
Are you working in another EU country? Or would you like to temporarily or occasionally practise your profession in Germany or offer your services here? Here you will find out what you need to bear in mind.
To ServicesIf you as a company want to prove the origin of an export product yourself, you must submit a one-time application. There is also a simplified procedure for storing input materials with or without origin together.
The IT procedures ATLAS and AES are used for electronic customs clearance. In order to be able to electronically declare and process your excisable consignments under duty suspension, you must participate in EMCS.
Travellers from a non-EU member state can make purchases in Germany free of VAT under certain conditions.
If you are not sure how much VAT you have to pay for a supply or an intra-Community acquisition of goods, you can request non-binding information.
Goods carried by the TIR procedure in international road transport can be received as "authorised consignee".
If you want to hire out employees to a third party, you generally need a permit to do so.
If you are importing goods into Germany from outside the EU, you can submit the customs declaration via the Internet.
Assistance
These Assistance Services support you in exercising your rights and fulfilling your duties in the European internal market.