The paperwork of building permit recent developments

In
the course of the business activity deregulation at compliance with the
requirements of the Law of Ukraine No. 222-VIII «On Licensing of Types of
Economic Activity» dated 2, March 2015 changes have been made to the List of
the types of work of economic activity with the construction by the Regulation
of Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 256 «Matters of Licensing for
Construction of Objects of IV and V Categories of the Complexity» dated 30,
March 2016.

Since
the economic activity of construction of objects of IV and V categories of the
complexity is subject to licensing by the List of the types of work of economic
activity with the construction of objects of IV and V categories of the
complexity (further – List of the types of work/Codifier), which is the subject
of the licensing, List of the types of work is the central in case of
submitting application for license.

 Economic activity as the subject to licensing

According
to the Law of Ukraine «On Licensing of Types of Economic Activity» dated 2,
July 2015 (article 7, paragraph 9) licenses are required for construction of
objects of IV and V categories of the complexity resulting in three times
reducing the number of activities in the construction sector may be licensed
(formulation of the Law of Ukraine «On Licensing of Certain Types of Economic
Activity» that repealed, determined «construction activities» as the object of
licensing. From the list are excluded:

·        
works
on the design, because nowadays performers of this work must be certified;

·        
works
on construction of objects of IV and V categories of the complexity;

·        
work
on engineering activities, number of whom receive the certificate.

 Advantages of amendment to the license conditions

In
the new list of the types of work duplication eliminated and its content
optimized, as noted by experts of the State Architectural and Construction
Inspectorate of Ukraine.

New
license terms and list of the types of work simplify economic activities for
design engineers, developers who build simple objects and to persons providing
engineering services.

The
performers with certification can execute certain types of work (provide
services) associated with infrastructure creation without an appropriate
license, performers responsible for inadequate performance of works (service
provision), an ability to execute building codes, standards and regulations.

 New
conditions for acquisition of construction license

Under
the new license terms, the license applicant must prove previous experience on
construction sites of lower complexity for the construction of such sites:

·        
IV
category of the complexity – preliminary performance of works on the
construction at least three objects of the third (III) category of complexity;

·        
V
category of the complexity – preliminary performance of works on the
construction at least three objects of the fourth (IV) category of complexity
or at least five objects of the third (III) category of complexity.

At 
the same time subjects of economic activity which have the intention to
undertake economic activity with the construction of objects of IV and V
categories of the complexity and for the first time take the license, the right
to execute works without prior experience at such sites is granted subject to
the following requirements: compliance with the organizational, personnel,
technical requirements conditions established by the Licensing Agreements and
confirmation of the experience of experts of economic activity subjects for the
previous place of work.

During
the term of the license to the list of works changes can be entered behind the
decision of authority for the licensing adopted on the basis of the applicant’s
requests by means of telecommunications connection in a written or electronic
format.

It
should be noted that the overall changes that made to the List of the types of
work and other recent innovations (new form of licenses, the possibility of
filing visually and in electronic form), performed in order to simplify
introduction of «the construction activity» by subjects of economic activity.