What are the technical passports of the buildings?

• Technical passport of a building is a document that includes the technical characteristics of the elements of the construction, related to the fulfillment of the essential requirements under Art. 169, para 1 - 3 of the Spatial Development Act: inspection of all parts of the building, instructions for operation, servicing, maintenance and repair.

• The technical passport reflects all performed construction and installation works after the commissioning of the construction.

• The technical passport is a file of the building, which contains information about its current condition, its compliance with regulatory requirements for buildings, inventory of all changes and alterations, inventory of all available construction documentation - projects, permits, certificates, prescriptions if necessary. for fortifications, repairs and maintenance.

How are technical passports of buildings drawn up?

• For new buildings, a technical passport is drawn up on the basis of construction documents during construction. All buildings put into operation after January 27, 2007 have technical passports. A copy of the technical passport should be kept by the condominium, but if it is lost, a copy of the technical passport of the building is stored on paper and on electronic media in the district administration, from where it can be copied.

• For existing buildings, a technical passport is drawn up after a mandatory inspection of the building structure, energy efficiency, as well as all installations in the building, including electrical installation, plumbing, plumbing, and others. The technical passport also contains a mandatory inspection in parts Architecture, Energy Efficiency and Fire Emergency Safety.

• The inspection ends with a report, which is submitted to the Assignor together with two copies of the technical passport. Based on the measures for safe operation of the construction specified in the report and the terms entered in the technical passport, the owners of the constructions shall draw up a schedule for their implementation.

• A technical passport may also be drawn up for a part or stage of the construction in the cases when the parts or stages are used or performed under the conditions and by the order of art. 152 of the Spatial Development Act.

• Technical passports must be certified by the Agency for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre.

• The data for changes in the construction, occurred in the process of its operation, shall be supplemented by the persons, who have the right to compile a passport of the construction, and shall be provided by the owner of the bodies under art. 16 of Ordinance № 5.

Why is it good to provide our buildings with technical passports?

• After 2022, it will not be possible to sell or rent housing in buildings without technical passports. This is enshrined in the national energy efficiency strategy.

• Ordinance №5 of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works on technical passports of construction works requires that by the end of 2022 all buildings in the Republic of Bulgaria be provided with technical passports.

• Except for buildings, technical passports will be required for all major repairs, reconstructions, reassignments and other construction activities for which a building permit is required.

• A technical passport will not be required only for temporary constructions, additional construction, or for buildings without permanent development status established by a valid detailed development plan.

• Pursuant to Art. . In case the assignor is a legal entity, the same shall be punished according to art. 237 (1) item 16 with a fine from BGN 1,000 to 10,000.