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Preamble.
Official
Newspaper
of the EU:
L, 2024/1275,
8.5.2024.
For purposes, among others, partial harmonization with the article 13 of her act
European Union entitled "Directive (EU) 2024/1275 of the European Parliament and
of the Council, of April 24 2024, for the energy efficiency of buildings,
(reformulation)»,
Ch. 96.
14 of 1959
67 of 1963
6 of 1964
65 of 1964
12 of 1969
38 of 1969
13 of 1974
28 of 1974
24 of 1978
25 of 1979
80 of 1982
15 of 1983
9 of 1986
115 of 1986
199 of 1986
53 of 1987
87 of 1987
316 of 1987
108 of 1988
243 of 1988
122 of 1990
97(I) of 1992
45(I) of 1994
14(I) of 1996
52(I) of 1996
37(I) of 1997
72(I) of 1997
71(I) of 1998
35(I) of 1999
61(I) of 1999
81(I) of 1999
57(I) of 2000
66(I) of 2000
73(I) of 2000
126(I) of 2000
157(I) of 2000
26(I) of 2002
33(I) of 2002
202(I) of 2002
The Council of Ministers, exercising the powers conferred on him by art 19 of
on Regulation of Roads and Buildings Law, issues the following Regulations:
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101(I) of 2006
21(I) of 2008
32(I) of 2008
47(I) of 2011
77(I) of 2011
131(I) of 2011
152(I) of 2011
34(I) of 2012
149(I) of 2012
66(I) of 2013
40(I) of 2015
19(I) of 2016
111(I) of 2017
143(I) of 2017
143(I) of 2018
17(I) of 2019
53(I) of 2021
132(I) of 2022
60(I) of 2023
89(I) of 2024
113(I) of 2024
145(I) of 2024
3(I) of 2025
180(I) of 2025
181(I) of 2025
227(I) of 2025.
Summary
title.
Official
Newspaper,
Annex
Third (I):
17.3.2006.
1. These Regulations will be referred to as the Roads and Buildings Regulations
(Mechanical and Electrical Installations) (Modifiers) Regulations of 2026
and will be read together with those on Regulation of Roads and Buildings (Mechanical and
Electrical Installations) Regulations of 2006 (hereinafter referred to as
"the basic regulations") and the principal regulations and these Regulations shall
are referred to together as the Roads and Buildings Regulations (Mechanical and
Electrical Installations) Regulations of 2006 and 2026.
Amendment
of the Regulation 2
of the basics
regulations.
2. The paragraph (1) of the Regulation 2 of the basic regulations is amended as
next:
(a) By replacing the definitions of the terms “Electrical Inspector
Studies", "Controller of Engineering Studies", "Electrical engineer"
and "Mechanical Engineer" with the following new definitions, respectively:
""Controller of Electrical Studies" means Electrician;-
reason Engineer who fulfills his provisions
Regulation 4;
“Inspector of Mechanical Studies” means a Mechanical Engineer
An engineer who meets the provisions of Regulation 4;
"Electrical Engineer" means a person who-
(a) is registered in its Register of Members
Scientific and Technical Chamber of Cyprus to
relevant engineering discipline;
(b) holds a license to practice the profession of electrician
engineer;
D.N. Vol. I. 102.
Newspaper
Government,
Annex
(c) satisfies the provisions of the Regulation 53(14) of
on Electricity Regulations; and
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Third:
3.11.1953.
Official
Newspaper,
Annex
Third:
10.4.1964.
Official
Newspaper,
Annex
Third (I):
12.3.1976
20.6.1980
23.11.1990
8.11.1991
18.6.1999
30.4.2004
9.3.2012
31.5.2019.
19(I) of 2016.
(d) for applications submitted to the competent authority thereafter
the lapse of three (3) years from the date
issuance of a relevant notification by the Minister for
the effective date of the provisions
of paragraphs (a) and (b) of the article 2 of about
Regulation of Roads and Buildings (Amendment)
His law 2016, is registered in the Registry
of Surveyors and Supervising Engineers
Scientific and Technical Chamber of Cyprus to
relevant engineering discipline;
"Mechanical Engineer" means a person who-
(a) is registered in its Register of Members
Scientific and Technical Chamber of Cyprus to
relevant engineering discipline;
(b) holds a license to practice the profession of mechanical engineer
engineer; and
(c) for applications submitted to the competent authority thereafter
the lapse of three (3) years from the date
issuance of a relevant notification by the Minister for
the effective date of the provisions
of paragraphs (a) and (b) of the article 2 of about
Regulation of Roads and Buildings (Amendment)
His law 2016, is registered in the Registry
of Surveyors and Supervising Engineers
Scientific and Technical Chamber of Cyprus to
corresponding branch of engineering science;''; and
(b) with the addition, in the appropriate alphabetical order, of the following new terms
and their definitions:
142(I) of 2006
30(I) of 2009
210(I) of 2012
15(I) of 2017
155(I) of 2020.
""building unit" has the meaning ascribed to the term
this the provisions on Energy Regulation
Performance of Buildings Act;
"building" has the meaning assigned to this term by
provisions on Regulation of Energy Performance
of Buildings Law;
"building automation and control system" has the meaning
attributed to this term by the provisions of
Regulation of the Energy Performance of Buildings Law;
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"technical building system" has the meaning assigned to it
in this term the provisions of its Regulation
Energy Performance of Buildings Law.".
Amendment
of the Regulation 3
of the basics
regulations.
3. The Regulation 3 of the basic regulations is amended as follows:
(a) By substituting in para (1) of the text beginning with the words
"for every" (forefront) and ends with the word "includes" (Tuesday
line) with the following text:
«3.-(1) For any electrical or mechanical installation that concerns an application
to the competent authority for the issuance of a building permit for new buildings or an application for
conversion, addition or repair to existing buildings which
covered by a relevant licence, in which a new unit is created, or,
regardless of the above, if this is required at the discretion of the competent authority
principle, a study is submitted to the competent authority, as the case may be,
electrical or mechanical installation, which includes';
(b) by replacing the semicolon at the end of the subparagraph (e)
of the paragraph (1) with the semicolon and addition, right after,
of the following new subparagraph:
«(f) in the case of a technical building system, the total energy
his performance, specifications for proper installation and calculations
for proper sizing.''; and
(c) with the addition, immediately after the paragraph (7), of the following news
paragraphs:
Ch. 170.
2 of 1976
26 of 1979
141 of 1990
42(I) of 2002
85(I) of 2004
169(I) of 2007
138(I) of 2025.
«(8) In compliance with the provisions of Electricity
Law and the Rule issued pursuant thereto-
of you, the electrical installation designer, the
who oversees its implementation, submits to
supervising engineer certificate, to the guy who
determined jointly by the Minister and the
Scientific and Technical Chamber of Cyprus and
posted on the website of the Ministry of the Interior-
com, with which it is confirmed that the electrical
installation has been implemented according to the study and
the conditions of the building permit or, in case
changes or additions were made to the facility in
in relation to the study and the conditions of the permit
construction, that these were done with his own approval and
resubmits corrected plans and/or study.
(9) The mechanical installation designer, the
who oversees its implementation, submits to
supervising engineer certificate, to the guy who
determined jointly by the Minister and the
Scientific and Technical Chamber of Cyprus and
posted on the website of the Ministry of the Interior-
com, by which it is confirmed that the engineering
installation has been implemented according to the study and
the conditions of the building permit or, in case
changes or additions were made to the facility in
in relation to the study and the conditions of the permit
construction, that these were done with his own approval and
resubmits corrected plans and/or study.
D.N. Vol. I. 307.
(10) The certifications provided for in
paragraphs (8) and (9) are submitted to the competent authority
authority along with the Project Completion Certificate,
which is submitted in accordance with its provisions
of territory (3) of the article 10 of the Law and provisions
of Regulation 61Ο on Roads and Buildings
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Newspaper
Government,
Annex
Third:
14.10.1954
20.1.1955
23.6.1955
2.8.1956
7.2.1957.
Official
Newspaper,
Annex
Third:
14.3.1963
23.10.1964
11.2.1965
25.5.1967
11.7.1969
13.10.1970.
Official
Newspaper,
Annex
Third (I):
7.1.1972
13.2.1976
27.10.1978
21.12.1979
25.7.1980
14.11.1980
26.11.1982
22.2.1985
30.1.1987
10.4.1987
20.11.1992
31.12.1992
18.3.1994
8.4.1994
30.4.1999
3.3.2000
9.6.2000
6.6.2003
18.7.2003
25.11.2011
2.5.2013
28.7.2017.
Regulations and, in case of changes or additions
in the facility in connection with the study and them
conditions of the building permit, are submitted together with
certificate and study and/or plans based on which it has
build the facility, while copies of
study and/or plans are also submitted to
owner:
Of course that, the certificate by which it is confirmed
that the electrical or mechanical installation has
completed according to the study and its terms
building permit results after the implementation
site inspections, as deemed necessary,
based on the interpretation of the term "project supervision",
as provided in the Law:
Provided further that, the owner designates him
student of electrical or mechanical engineering
installation to oversee its implementation
of study and, if required
replacing him as supervisor of the implementation-
of the study, the owner must define himself
substitute profession, who submits
the certificate to the supervising engineer.".
Amendment
of the Table
of the basics
regulations.
4. The Table of basic regulations is amended as follows:
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(a) With the deletion in para 22 of the phrase "(except those who work
with gaseous fuels) excluding single dwellings' (first and
second line)·
(b) with the deletion in para 23 of the phrase "excluding
individual houses" (forefront)· and
(c) with the addition, immediately after the paragraph 28, of the following news
paragraphs:
«29. Hot water production systems for domestic use.
30. Automation and control systems for heating systems,
air conditioning systems, combined heating systems and
space ventilation or combined air conditioning systems and
ventilation.
31. Self-regulating devices for autonomous temperature regulation
in each room of the building or in a designated heated or
chilled zone of the building unit and, where applicable, with
hydronic balancing.
32. Measuring and control devices for monitoring and regulation
of indoor air quality in non-residential buildings.
33. Desalination plants for the production of non-potable water.'.