GEZ: Application for exemption

What you need:

• Internet

You can get exempt from the fee at the GEZ

• Since 01. January 2013 there are some changes to the license fee. The GEZ, the fee collection center, based in Cologne, collects the license fee from you as a citizen. Here you can also apply for an exemption from the fee.
• In contrast to before, the contribution is now collected per household. It doesn't matter how many televisions or radios there are in your household. For you as a private consumer, this can mean savings.
• According to the new regulation of the broadcasting fee, people with disabilities now also have to pay a small fee. However, do you receive a social benefit such as unemployment benefit II, basic security, Social assistance or BAföG as a person with disabilities, you can continue to receive an exemption apply for.
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• As a disabled person, you will not receive any social benefitsbecause your income is too high up to a maximum of 17.98 euros, you can apply for an exemption in the sense of a hardship provision.
• You can also apply for an exemption as a deaf-blind person. To do this, you need a medical certificate, a severely disabled person's ID with the notes Bl and Gl and a certificate from your responsible pension office stating your degree of vision and Hearing impairment.


GEZ exemption for students - this is how it works

Schoolchildren also have to register their radios with the GEZ and pay fees. …

• As a resident of a senior citizen facility - such as a nursing home - you do not pay any fees either.

You will receive the form for the application for exemption from the GEZ

• The forms to be exempted from the fee at the GEZ can be obtained, for example, from the citizen's office in your city or from the municipal office. They will also be happy to help you fill out the forms.
• If you have internet access, you can also fill out the forms online. All documents and a lot of useful information can be found at the Internet address broadcasting fee.
• When completing the applications, you should have the relevant evidence ready. If you are submitting originals, you should mark them as originals. You will automatically receive your handicapped ID card.
• If you have filled out your application forms online, you have to print them out after completing them and send them to the GEZ by post. The address is: ARD ZDF Deutschlandradio, Contribution Service, 50656 Cologne. (As of 03/2013)