Overview

• Brandenburgischer Landkreistag has warned of a rising influx of rental car companies shifting from Berlin to Brandenburg to bypass stricter city regulations
• Local approval offices report an unsustainable surge in licence applications that they cannot process promptly and thoroughly
• One district received 11 new applications for roughly 300 vehicles while others have logged up to 85 new registrations weekly
• Brandenburg’s transport ministry has pledged support and backed a proposal for a shared Berlin-Brandenburg database to flag companies and individuals stripped of licences
• Berlin’s transport senate and Brandenburg officials will convene on June 25 to formalize a unified strategy for oversight and enforcement