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Industrial patents

For mobile traders, pop-up stores or food trucks

On the go in Nüenalp in Glarus Nord (Photo: gl.ch/wirtschaft)

According to the Federal Act on Commercial Travellers of 4 October 1930, commercial travellers who are employed or self-employed, who sell products or take orders for goods, need a green card (for resellers and traders) or a red card (for small commercial travellers who only sell to end consumers).

  • Hawkers
  • Travelling craftsmen
  • People selling items from vehicles
  • People selling at camps (time limit on sales)
  • Performers (e.g. at circuses or street musicians)
  • Vending machines and newspaper dispensers outside business premises
  • Tropical fruit patents

Permits and further information can be obtained from the administrative police.