Economic Affairs / Trade Law

The Department of Economy is the central contact point for business people in the Principality of Liechtenstein. There are three specialist areas in the Economy Department: Location Promotion and Tourism, Trade, and Working Conditions and Labor Inspectorate.

Location Promotion and Tourism

The area of location promotion and tourism is the contact and first contact for business start-ups and, as central business service, looks after companies in official matters when starting up, developing a business, as well as when closing down. In addition, the division is also responsible for tourism, in particular for registration and the processing of visitor's taxes. The country of Liechtenstein offers a variety of subsidies within the framework of location promotion, in particular also export promotion or innovation promotion. Atwww.innovation-standort.li/ you can find more information on this.

Working conditions and labor inspection

The responsibility of the Department of Economics also includes the Division Working Conditions and Labor Inspection, which is responsible for managing employee protection issues from a technical and use perspective.

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The Trade Department is responsible for trade licenses, permits and approvals for various professions such as the construction professions, recruiters, interpreters or transport-operator-permits as well as other permits such as the Sunday and holiday rest. In addition, the department is also home to the innkeepers exam.