diff --git a/scm-ui/src/permissions/modules/permissions.js b/scm-ui/src/permissions/modules/permissions.js
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+// @flow
+import { apiClient } from "../../apiclient";
+import * as types from "../../modules/types";
+import type { Action } from "../../types/Action";
+import type { Permission, Permissions } from "../types/Permissions";
+
+export const FETCH_PERMISSIONS = "scm/repos/FETCH_PERMISSIONS";
+export const FETCH_PERMISSIONS_PENDING = `${FETCH_PERMISSIONS}_${types.PENDING_SUFFIX}`;
+export const FETCH_PERMISSIONS_SUCCESS = `${FETCH_PERMISSIONS}_${types.SUCCESS_SUFFIX}`;
+export const FETCH_PERMISSIONS_FAILURE = `${FETCH_PERMISSIONS}_${types.FAILURE_SUFFIX}`;
+
+
+const REPOS_URL = "repositories";
+const PERMISSIONS_URL = "permissions";
+
+// fetch repos
+
+export function fetchPermissions(namespace: string, name: string) {
+  return function(dispatch: any) {
+    dispatch(fetchPermissionsPending(namespace, name));
+    return apiClient
+      .get(`${REPOS_URL}/${namespace}/${name}/${PERMISSIONS_URL}`)
+      .then(response => response.json())
+      .then(permissions => {
+        dispatch(fetchPermissionsSuccess(permissions, namespace, name));
+      })
+      .catch(err => {
+        dispatch(fetchPermissionsFailure(namespace, name, err));
+      });
+  };
+}
+
+export function fetchPermissionsPending(namespace: string, name: string): Action {
+  return {
+    type: FETCH_PERMISSIONS_PENDING,
+    payload: {
+      namespace,
+      name
+    },
+    itemId: namespace + "/" + name
+  };
+}
+
+export function fetchPermissionsSuccess(permissions: Permissions, namespace: string, name: string): Action {
+  return {
+    type: FETCH_PERMISSIONS_SUCCESS,
+    payload: permissions,
+    itemId: namespace + "/" + name
+  };
+}
+
+export function fetchPermissionsFailure(
+  namespace: string,
+  name: string,
+  error: Error
+): Action {
+  return {
+    type: FETCH_PERMISSIONS_FAILURE,
+    payload: {
+      namespace,
+      name,
+      error
+    },
+    itemId: namespace + "/" + name
+  };
+}
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/permissions/modules/permissions.test.js b/scm-ui/src/permissions/modules/permissions.test.js
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+// @flow
+import configureMockStore from "redux-mock-store";
+import thunk from "redux-thunk";
+import fetchMock from "fetch-mock";
+import {
+  fetchPermissions,
+  FETCH_PERMISSIONS_PENDING,
+  FETCH_PERMISSIONS_SUCCESS
+} from "./permissions";
+import type { Permission, Permissions } from "../types/Permissions";
+
+const s_bPermission_user_eins: Permission = {
+  name: "user_eins",
+  type: "READ",
+  groupPermission: true,
+  _links: {
+    self: {
+      href:
+        "http://localhost:8081/scm/api/rest/v2/repositories/s/b/permissions/user_eins"
+    },
+    delete: {
+      href:
+        "http://localhost:8081/scm/api/rest/v2/repositories/s/b/permissions/user_eins"
+    },
+    update: {
+      href:
+        "http://localhost:8081/scm/api/rest/v2/repositories/s/b/permissions/user_eins"
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+const s_bPermissions: Permissions = [s_bPermission_user_eins];
+
+describe("permission fetch", () => {
+  const REPOS_URL = "/scm/api/rest/v2/repositories";
+  const mockStore = configureMockStore([thunk]);
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    fetchMock.reset();
+    fetchMock.restore();
+  });
+
+  it("should successfully fetch permissions to repo s/b", () => {
+    fetchMock.getOnce(REPOS_URL + "/s/b/permissions", s_bPermissions);
+
+    const expectedActions = [
+      {
+        type: FETCH_PERMISSIONS_PENDING,
+        payload: {
+          namespace: "s",
+          name: "b"
+        },
+        itemId: "s/b"
+      },
+      {
+        type: FETCH_PERMISSIONS_SUCCESS,
+        payload: s_bPermissions,
+        itemId: "s/b"
+      }
+    ];
+
+    const store = mockStore({});
+    return store.dispatch(fetchPermissions("s", "b")).then(() => {
+      expect(store.getActions()).toEqual(expectedActions);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/permissions/types/Permissions.js b/scm-ui/src/permissions/types/Permissions.js
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+//@flow
+import type { Links } from "../../types/hal";
+
+export type Permission = {
+  name: string,
+  type: string,
+  groupPermission: boolean,
+  _links: Links
+};
+
+export type Permissions = Permission[];