Requirements for your company
Your company has one of these German or Dutch legal forms:
AG, BV & Co KG, Einzelunternehmen ohne Handelsregistrierung, e.K., eGbR, GbR, GmbH, GmbH & Co. KG, GmbH & Co. KgaA, GmbH & Co. OHG, KG, KGaA, OHG, SE, SE & Co. KG, UG (haftungsbeschränkt), UG (haftungsbeschränkt) & Co. KG
B.V., N.V., V.O.F.
All other legal forms, including small businesses according § 19 UStG, are excluded from selling on the marketplace
Your registered office is in Germany or the Netherlands
Your company has its own German or Dutch VAT ID
Entities with a shared VAT ID cannot be connected; therefore, the VAT ID of the parent entity cannot be used
For Dutch Companies: You participate in the OSS procedure, using your Dutch VAT ID for this purpose
Mandatory information
For the onboarding process, we require additional information from you and your company:
- Information about the applicant. The applicant must also be an authorized representative for the company
- Information about legally authorized representatives. Persons with procuration or a similar title are not considered legally authorized representatives
- Information on beneficial owners with direct or indirect ownership of more than 25% of the company's shares
- Complete company name including legal form
- Company address
- Additional information about the company depending on the legal form (e.g. details about stock exchange listing)
- Details of the business account from which OTTO Payments may collect future liabilities. The specified bank account must be located within the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA)
- Information on the obligation to take back old electrical and electronic equipment in accordance with §17 1 & 2 of the ElektroG
- Information on the obligation to participate in a packaging scheme according to §7 VerpackG and registration with the ZSVR according to §9 VerpackG
- Information on whether a registered WEEE number is available
- Information on whether an FSC certification number is available
Requirements for your products and production conditions
We are aware of the responsibility for the products on otto.de and place great importance on ensuring that not only legal requirements but also our own human rights and environmental standards are met. These minimum requirements apply to all sellers and include fair production conditions and sustainable resource management.
The minimum requirements are reflected in the so-called „Business Partner Declaration on Sustainability“ which every partner must agree to when entering into a contract with us. In addition to legal requirements and the Otto Group/ amfori BSCI code of conduct, the SD also includes essential requirements which comply with our expectations of ethical conduct.
- Prohibition of sandblasting in all product groups (unless there is no contact with quartz sand)
- Ban on PVC in packaging and textiles
- Ban on real fur
- Ban on angora and mohair wool
- Ban on fluorescent tubes
- Requirements on leather & furs
- Requirements on feathers & down
- Requirements on sheep wool and other animal species
- Requirements on wood