The process of reviewing old building permits and construction permits is published in the Government Gazette.

Published in the Government Gazette B’ 1049/29-03-2019 with the “Amendment of YPEN/YPRG/48123/6983/ 23.7.2018 decision of the Minister of Environment and Energy “Procedures for the electronic submission, control, and issuance of administrative acts under Article 29 of Law 4495/2017 and the definition of electronic services in accordance with the provisions of Article 33 of Law 4495/2017″ (Government Gazette B’ 3136), as applicable.”

Specifically, as presented by B2Green.gr, the following is stated in Government Gazette B’ 1049/29-03-2019:

Article 1

After Article 5, a new Article 5a is added as follows:

Article 5a
“Procedure for reviewing old (paper) building permits and construction permits”

  1. The review of old building permits and construction permits, without changing the urban planning coverage, construction, and volume, as well as the revision of these permits for a change of supervisor or for an extension of their validity period, is issued by the information system using the following procedure:

a) An application is submitted by the administrator, with the following information and supporting documents entered into the system:

  1. request for review
  2. a solemn declaration by the project owner or the person legally entitled to assign the management of the application to the Application Manager
  3. the number of the (printed) building permit or permit for construction of the building, as well as any revisions thereof
  4. the details of the project owner or the person with legal rights
  5. technical report by an engineer and photographs of the structure or building and the surrounding area
  6. the executive summary and approved plans of all permit studies in electronic PDF format
  7. data, plans, and supporting documents that are amended in relation to the original building permit
  8. contributions and deductions in accordance with paragraph 9(b) of Article 42 of Law 4495/2017
  9. supervision fee for the former supervising engineer in the event of a change of engineer
  10. a solemn declaration by the person responsible for the application that he/she assumes responsibility for the completeness of the information and supporting documents accompanying the application
  11. autopsy report, if required in accordance with the provisions in force (e.g. extension of validity period, change of supervisor without his consent).

b) After entering all the necessary information and accepting the right to use, statistically process, and disclose the content of the supporting documents and information submitted—without prejudice to the protection of personal data, intellectual property, and commercially sensitive information—the request for a permit review is submitted electronically to the competent authority, and the building permit review is automatically issued, assigned a number, and posted on DIAVGEIA. It is then transferred to the website specified by the Ministry of Environment and Energy, where citizens have free access to the details of the electronic form of the permit revision, as well as the original permit in electronic form, the topographical diagram, and the coverage diagram that accompany it. If the above plans are not amended, those of the original permit are posted in electronic form.

c) After receiving a revision permit number and posting the act on DIAVGEIA, the head of the service assigns an authorized employee to on the one hand, to check the contributions and deductions for the permit (tax) and any supervision fees in the event of a change of engineers, and, on the other hand, to check the validity of the initial building permit or construction permit, any existing suspension of construction work or revocation of the permit, as well as confirmation of the expiry date of the issued revision permit as determined by the application administrator. The above checks are carried out within three working days of the issuance of the revision permit. If errors or omissions are found, the application administrator and the owner are notified via the information system so that they can make the necessary corrections and additions within one month. If the above deadline passes without action, or if it is determined that it was not possible to issue the revision permit, it shall be revoked.

  1. The revision of old building permits and permits for construction with changes the urban planning dimensions of coverage, construction and volume, as well as the revision of the permits for their change of use, is issued by the information system in accordance with the classification and the procedures of Articles 36 and 38 of Law. 4495/2017. The category is selected in accordance with the provisions of Article 36, taking into account, however, the total urban planning dimensions (initial permit and requested revision) as well as the final use of the property in the event that this changes.

The procedure for issuing these revisions is as follows:

a) An application is submitted by the administrator, with the following information and supporting documents entered into the system:

  1. request for review
  2. a solemn declaration by the project owner or the person legally entitled to assign the management of the application to the Application Manager
  3. the number of the (printed) building permit or permit for construction of the building, as well as any revisions thereof
  4. the details of the project owner or the person with legal rights
  5. technical report by an engineer and photographs of the structure or building and the surrounding area
  6. the executive summary and approved plans of all permit studies in electronic PDF format
  7. topographical diagram in accordance with the provisions of Article 39 of Law 4495/2017
  8. diagram coverage in accordance with the provisions of Article 39 of Law No. 4495/2017
  9. data, plans, and supporting documents that are amended in relation to the original building permit
  10. contributions and deductions in accordance with paragraph 9(b) of Article 42 of Law 4495/2017
  11. supervision fee for the former supervising engineer in the event of a change of engineer
  12. a solemn declaration by the person responsible for the application that he/she assumes responsibility for the completeness of the information and supporting documents accompanying the application
  13. responsible statement of the researchers that they assume the responsibility for drafting the a9> the studies in accordance with the applicable specifications
  14. autopsy report, if required in accordance with the provisions in force (e.g. extension of validity period, change of supervisor without his consent).

b) After entering all the necessary information and accepting the right to use, statistical processing and disclosure of the content of the supporting documents and information submitted – subject to the protection of personal data, intellectual property, and commercially sensitive information, the request for license review is submitted electronically to the competent service and receives a protocol number. Upon receipt of the protocol number, the Application Administrator no longer has the right to process the application data.

b1) For the cases of revision of licenses that fall under the categories 1 and 2 of Article 36 of Law 4495/2017, the Head of the Service shall proceed to charge the stages of control of the application for review to authorized employees. The stages of control are defined accordingly to the information that modified. The stages of control include the control of completeness, the checking topographic diagram, diagram coverage and the check of contributions and retentions of the project. The control of the completeness of the studies by the service, concerns the verification of the submission of those who in accordance with the provisions provided for (e.g. study architectural, structural, electromechanical installations, fire protection etc..) and not in control of their content , the responsibility for the accuracy of which has the researcher who the drafts. Also a check is carried out of the validity of the initial building permit or the permit for construction, any existing suspension of construction works or revocation the permit.
At each stage, if any deficiencies or errors are found, these are recorded in the information system to inform the application manager and the engineering consultants, so that they can submit the necessary additions or corrections within the specified deadlines.
After completion of all control stages by the competent officials, the license revision is issued by the authorized engineer of the competent service, specifying its expiry date, which is numbered and posted on DIAVGEIA. It is then transferred to the website specified by the Ministry of Environment and Energy, where citizens have free access to the details of the electronic form of the permit revision, as well as the original permit in electronic form, the topographical diagram, and the coverage diagram that accompany it. If the above plans are not amended, those of the original permit are posted in electronic form.

b2) In the case of permits falling under category 3, the procedure set out in paragraph 4 of Article 2 of Ministerial Decision YPEN/YPRG/48123/6983/2018 is followed and the system automatically issues the revision permit. During the tax audit stage, an additional check is carried out on the validity of the initial building permit or construction permit, any existing suspension of construction work or revocation of the permit, as well as confirmation of the expiry date of the issued revision permit specified by the application manager.
In the event that errors or omissions are identified, the administrator of the application is notified, and the owner, through the administrator, is notified application and the owner via the information system, in order to proceed within the deadline of one month to make the necessary corrections and additions. Upon expiry of the above deadline, as well as and in cases where it is found that it was not possible to issue the revision license, it is revoked.

 

Article 2

  1. At the end of case e of paragraph 4 of Article 2, the following sentence is added:

“During the stage of checking contributions and deductions from the license, an authorized employee also checks the payment of any contributions arising from the purchase of parking spaces or contributions in land and money.”

  1. Case c of paragraph 3 of Article 5 is amended as follows:

“An inspection is carried out by a building inspector within the deadlines specified in Law 4495/2017.”

  1. Paragraph 9 of Article 5 is amended as follows:

“9. For applications for a revision permit in category 3 cases, the permit is issued automatically. In cases where an inspection is required in accordance with the provisions in force (e.g. extension of validity, change of supervisor without his consent), the findings of the inspection shall be submitted with the supporting documents for the application.

  1. At the end of Article 12, the following paragraph is added:

“Disagreements between the authorized official of the Y.D.O.M. and the consulting engineer during the inspection stage shall be resolved by the Head of the Y.D.O.M. following the submission of a reasoned request by the consulting engineer to the information system.”

Article 3
Entry into force

This decision shall take effect on the date of its publication in the Government Gazette.

This decision shall be published in the Government Gazette.