German Amateur Radio Fees Reduce

The Federal Network Agency informs about new fees for official acts according to the Amateur Radio Act (AFuG) and the Amateur Radio Ordinance (AFuV). In order to cover the costs of the administration, fees and expenses are charged in accordance with the Federal Fees Act. These were determined and stipulated within the framework of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy's Special Fee Ordinance for individually attributable public services by the Federal Network Agency.

Section 3 of the aforementioned ordinance contains the amounts that are charged for official acts under the Amateur Radio Act and the associated Amateur Radio Ordinance from 1st October 2021. For radio amateurs, this means that some positions will be cheaper (e.g. the examination fee, admission to participation in the amateur radio service, special callsigns), but other official services will have to be paid in the future (e.g. new issuance of a certificate, duplicates, changes to the approval data).

This is the list of the fee items for the amateur radio service that will apply from October 2021 - https://www.darc.de/fileadmin/filemounts/gs/redaktion/DARC-Portal/2021/2109/2109_BNetzABGebV