During its upcoming session in September the Chamber of
Deputies is scheduled to further discuss a bill of the
substantially amended Building Code which should come into effect
as of 1 January 2013. The amended law changes basically all of the
concepts of zoning and construction law. Considering the large
extent of the amendment, we will explain its impact within two
separate articles. In this first article, we are going to inform
you on the changes in the procedure of placing and approving
structures.
In January 2012, a governmental bill largely amending the
Building Code was submitted to the Chamber of Deputies (the
"Amendment") by the Ministry for Regional Development
(the "Ministry"). This is the first substantial proposal
for a change of the Building Code since 2007, when the new Building
Code came into force. However, the Ministry attempted to change the
law for the second time as with the first time in 2009, the
proposal ended up in the commenting procedure
