With the Prostitute Protection Act, an official registration obligation was introduced for prostitutes on The perception of an information and counseling interview and a health consultation is mandatory as part of the registration procedure. The aim of the Prostitution Protection Act is to provide better protection against human trafficking and forced prostitution and to improve the situation of women and men engaged in prostitution - in particular by sustainably strengthening access to support and counseling services.
The practice of prostitution itself will continue to be exempt from licensing. Prostitutes must register their activity, the provision of sexual services for remuneration. Not sexual services are performances of a primarily performing nature in which no other of the persons present is sexually actively involved.
Such persons are not required to register. Anyone wishing to engage in an activity as a prostitute or as a prostitute must register this personally with the authority in whose jurisdiction the activity is to be primarily carried out before commencing the activity.
The obligation to register exists regardless of whether the activity is carried out independently or as part of an employment relationship. Anyone wishing to work as a prostitute or prostitute must attend a health consultation. The prostitutes must prove that they have taken advantage of the health consultation by presenting a certificate when registering. In the municipality of Bremen, the Senator for Economics, Labor and Ports - Department of Trade Affairs - trade authority is responsible for the registration procedure.
In addition to the registration certificate and the health consultation certificate with the name, it is possible to issue a so-called alias registration certificate or alias health consultation certificate. The real name is replaced by an imaginary name. The alias name can be freely chosen and does not have to indicate gender. The alias name of the certificate of registration must be identical to the alias name of the certificate of health consultation.
