Urban certificate and authorization of new buildings

PART V - Regime for Authorization of Construction and Demolition of Buildings

Title I - General Provisions Applicable to Authorization (art. 245-258)

What it regulates. Who has the right to build, what a construction and demolition authorization is, the three levels of formality (authorization, notification, no formality), the stages of the process, who issues authorizations, works that do not require new urban documentation, and in Chapter I, the building permit in its five forms, with deadlines and validity periods. This is the part of the law most frequently used by any owner or investor.

The right to build (art. 245). Works are executed in accordance with the construction/demolition authorization, issued in compliance with urban documentation, within its validity period (art. 245 para. 1). By exception, works may be executed under the simplified notification procedure or without any formality (art. 245 para. 2). Execution is permitted to holders of property rights and holders of other real rights, in compliance with the deed of constitution or with the owner's consent (art. 245 para. 3). On the basis of a debt right, the following may be executed: temporary constructions, repairs to permanent constructions and non-structural demountable interior partitions, with the owner's consent (art. 245 para. 4 lit. a); oil works based on a lease contract with explicit consent of owners and water and wastewater works with the consent of the rights holder (lit. b); other cases expressly provided by law (lit. c).

Construction and Demolition Authorization (art. 246). Construction authorization is an individual administrative act for new constructions, landscaping, and interventions on existing constructions (art. 246 para. 1). Demolition authorization permits demolition, decommissioning, or disassembly, partial or total, based on an execution technical project (art. 246 para. 2). Execution is done only on the basis of the execution technical project (art. 246 para. 3). Modification authorizations may be issued (art. 293) and, for certain works, regularization authorizations (art. 301) (art. 246 para. 4-5). Provisional authorizations are not issued (art. 246 para. 6). The procedure is differentiated into three types of constructions: buildings, engineering works, landscaping (art. 247 para. 1). For objectives combining new constructions, landscaping, interventions, and demolitions, a single authorization is requested, which presents the categories of works separately (art. 248 para. 3).

The Authorization Process (art. 249). It begins with a request for a building permit (art. 249 para. 1). If authorization requires modification of urban regulations, the process is suspended after issuance of the permit until approval of the new regulations and continues on the basis of the same permit (art. 249 para. 2), supplemented with the plan approval act and an annex with the modifications (art. 249 para. 3). The integrated single approval obtained at the PUZ phase maintains its validity until issuance of the authorization (art. 249 para. 4). Subsequent stages: specialized studies; the project for construction authorization and the project for organization of execution; notification of the environmental authority and environmental approval; approvals and agreements; PUD, if applicable; submission and issuance of authorization (art. 249 para. 5). The stages are differentiated according to the type of works, the protection regime of the property, urban or rural location, and consequence class (art. 249 para. 6).

General Provisions (art. 250-252). The authorization is issued for one or more properties (art. 250 para. 1). Upon issuance, the authority verifies the building regime, plot ratio, uses, alignments, setbacks, heights, indicators, volumetry, exterior appearance, materials and colours, accesses, fencing, green spaces, utilities, waste areas, parking (art. 250 para. 2). Together with the main works, the applicant requests authorization for execution organization and approvals from utility providers (art. 250 para. 3); execution organization may be requested separately by the contractor (art. 250 para. 4). Authorizations are issued by local authorities, except for special-purpose constructions (SNAOPSN), national transport infrastructure (Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure) and common-interest energy projects (Ministry of Energy) (art. 251).

Works that can be carried out without new urban planning documentation (art. 252): modification, repair, consolidation, restoration or reconstruction of buildings while maintaining the use, built area on the ground and volumetry (lit. a); repairs to roads and networks without route changes (lit. b); repairs to fencing, street furniture, green spaces, playgrounds (lit. c); boreholes and geotechnical surveys (lit. d); tent camps (lit. e); activation of building roofs, even if exceeding the building density coefficient (lit. f); objectives on agricultural land outside the town limits provided in art. 92 para. 2 lit. c, e, j and para. 3 of Law no. 18/1991 (lit. g); works on military objectives (lit. h); capacity for production and storage of electricity and hydrogen from renewable sources outside the town limits, including transformation stations and connections; those inside the town limits not for self-consumption require an urban planning document (lit. i).

Chapter I - Urban Planning Certificate (art. 253-258)

Nature. Mandatory information act through which the local authority communicates the regulations, permissions and restrictions applicable to the property at the date of issuance (art. 253 para. 1). It is issued at the request of any applicant and does not confer the right to build or demolish (art. 253 para. 2). It is an administrative act, except for the information certificate (art. 253 para. 1).

The five types and their deadlines:

Content (art. 253 para. 4). Legal regime (ownership, other real rights, easements, inside/outside town limits, protected areas, prohibitions, historic monument with state pre-emption right, properties subject to expropriation; ownership information is taken from the land register); economic regime (current use, permitted or prohibited uses, tax regulations); technical regime (documentation in force and approval decision number, functional zoning, plot ratio, building density coefficient, minimum and maximum plot dimensions, buildable area, accesses, parking, alignment, heights); known information about utility networks, with GIS extract in annex; location plan. The certificate must include the purpose and may be issued for multiple purposes simultaneously (art. 253 para. 5) and for multiple properties (art. 253 para. 6). Certificates for cadastral operations, building and engineering works issued without the content elements provided by law are void, as determined by administrative litigation (art. 253 para. 9). The fee is charged according to art. 474 para. 1-4 and art. 476 of the Tax Code (art. 253 para. 10).

Information Certificate (art. 254). Contains general information, not particularized by purpose (art. 254 para. 1); for the same property, multiple certificates may be issued with identical content (art. 254 para. 3). The applicant indicates the cadastral number from the e-Terra system (art. 254 para. 10); for unregistered properties, a Stereo 70 location plan issued by ANCPI (art. 254 para. 11). The land register extract cannot be older than 30 days (art. 254 para. 12).

Certificate for Cadastral Operations (art. 256). Individual administrative act that establishes conditions for subdivision, consolidation, registration of easements of passage and entries in the land register (art. 256 para. 1). Operations and legal acts performed without a certificate or in breach of its conditions are absolutely void (art. 256 para. 2). The land register extract, authorization and cadastral documentation based on a consolidation/subdivision plan prepared by an architect or urban planner are attached (art. 256 para. 7). The authority may: approve the request; issue a motivated negative certificate, when the urban planning document is not permitted or the operation contradicts the strategy or urban planning documentation; reject justified incomplete documentation; approve the request only once with the obligation of an urban planning document, for subdivision into more than 3 plots (art. 256 para. 8). Issuance of certificates for consolidations and subdivisions for urban planning operations without the obligation of an urban planning document is prohibited (art. 256 para. 9). Exceptions from the certificate: engineering works for national transport infrastructure (art. 256 para. 10) and areas with special designation (art. 256 para. 11).

Certificate for building/demolition and arrangements (art. 257). It informs the holder of a real right of the conditions for building, demolishing, modifying a building under construction or regularizing (art. 257 para. 1). Approvals are grouped into those required for authorization and those required for PUZ approval (art. 257 para. 3). The list of approvals is approved by ministerial order (art. 257 para. 5). The land register extract and situation plan with ground imprint of the proposed structures are attached (art. 257 para. 8 lit. a) and a brief description of the investment (lit. b); property data are obtained by the authority directly from the ANCPI system (lit. c). Authority response (art. 257 para. 9): approval; approval with PUD obligation; approval with PUZ obligation, only in situations provided by PUG or law; motivated negative certificate. When PUZ or PUD is required, the certificate can be used only after documentation approval and remains valid for another 12 months after its approval (art. 257 para. 10). The certificate additionally contains the documentation update regime, mandatory conditions, list of specialized studies, PUD obligation, complete list of approvals and validity period (art. 257 para. 12); the approvals list distinguishes those obtained through the Single Agreement Commission from those obtained directly; location approvals obtained for PUZ remain valid for authorization (art. 257 para. 13).

Validity of the urban planning certificate for building/demolition:

Certificate for engineering works (art. 258). Issued without the applicant holding a real right, within 15 business days (art. 258 para. 2); for national transport infrastructure, regardless of disputes over administrative boundaries (art. 258 para. 3), within 15 calendar days, with property data, urban planning conditions, studies and approval issuers (art. 258 para. 4). Validity for public investments: maximum 60 months (art. 258 para. 5). The certificate for roads in residential areas specifies the obligation of sidewalks on both sides; for modernizations where not feasible, on one side only (art. 258 para. 6).

Title II - Provisions applicable to buildings (art. 259-310)

Chapter I - Authorization of building construction works (art. 259-301)

Building construction permit (art. 259). Issued for new buildings, interventions on existing buildings and arrangements (art. 259 para. 2). Interventions include consolidation, repair, restoration, modernization, thermal rehabilitation, modification, extension, change of use, partial demolition, reconstruction (art. 259 para. 3). Arrangements include works affecting land use, temporary constructions such as campsites, containers, event tents, green spaces, public spaces, boreholes and execution organization (art. 259 para. 4). The permit is issued only if the works, designed by specialized teams and verified by certified verifiers, comply with urban planning regulations (art. 259 para. 5), mandatory for all works, except those subject to notification or without formality (art. 259 para. 6). It may be issued for multiple properties simultaneously (art. 259 para. 7) or one permit for each objective on the same land, based on the same certificate (art. 259 para. 8).

Section 1 - Authorization of new buildings (art. 260-280)

Works not complying with regulations (art. 260). By certificate, the applicant is informed either of the impossibility of modifying the documentation, or of the need for PUZ (art. 70), or of the need for PUD (art. 82) (art. 260 para. 2). Authorization is conditional on PUZ prepared by the authority or private PUZ, only on the basis of the initiation opinion (art. 260 para. 3).

Neighbours' consent (art. 261). It is mandatory, in authentic form, when the works require measures to secure existing buildings, identified through technical expertise or preliminary expertise report on the impact on neighbouring properties; if the neighbour is a SNAOPSN property, the institution's opinion is also obtained (art. 261 para. 1-2). Neighbours may refuse with justification: when the works are contrary to law or affect the neighbouring property without adequate remedial solutions (art. 261 para. 3). Unjustified refusal is established by the administrative court, whose ruling replaces the consent (art. 261 para. 4). The burden of proof rests with the applicant (art. 261 para. 5). It does not apply to public interest engineering works (art. 261 para. 6). Neighbours have the obligation to allow access to technical experts (art. 261 para. 7).

Documentation for permit (art. 262-265). Includes at least (art. 262 para. 1): standard application form; cadastral plan extract and land register extract no older than 30 days and ownership documents, if the owner in the land register is not the applicant; proof of project registration with the Architects' Order, for buildings; construction authorization project; documentation for single agreement; environmental authority's opinion or act; other permits; technical expertise on impact on neighbouring properties; project for road administrator's consent; general budget; execution duration and value; verification reports; declaration under own responsibility for tacitly granted permits. The application (art. 263) includes applicant's data, claimed right, urban certificate, location, designer and architect with TNA code, indicators, easements, value of works calculated as the total of expenses from the general budget for construction and installation-assembly without VAT (lit. j), duration and verifiers.

The construction authorization project is prepared according to the framework content in annex no. 2, and for single-family households in rural areas according to annex no. 3 (art. 264 para. 3-4); it is detailed later by the technical execution project, without which starting the works is prohibited (art. 264 para. 5-6). The participation of an architect with signing rights is mandatory for authorization projects, those subject to notification and those provided for in art. 299 para. 2 lit. a point 6 (art. 264 para. 8). Complementary documentation (art. 265 para. 2) may include: geotechnical study with Af report; preliminary expertise report on neighbouring properties; expertise reports for interventions on existing buildings; topographic study Stereo 70 received by ANCPI, with position and height of adjacent heels; NZEB compliance report; environmental report; for protected areas, Ministry of Culture's opinion or historical study; for collective housing, verified report for hygiene and health (minimum distances between buildings for sunlight, distances from waste platforms and parking, minimum areas and heights, ventilation and natural lighting, art. 265 para. 3); for buildings with public access, accessibility report; fire safety report; traffic study, only in justified cases; Stereo 1970 coordinates of building corners, for STS opinion.

Permits and Approvals (art. 266-269). The list is established based on location, complexity, risk and typology and is communicated through the urban planning certificate (art. 266 para. 1). Possible permits (art. 266 para. 2): connection agreement to communication routes; approvals from national transport authorities; SNAOPSN permit for proximity to special structures; requirements for restricted areas; location permit for network connection; environmental opinion; environmental agreement or Natura 2000 permit; water management permit; Seveso permit from ISU; fire safety and civil protection permit; public health protection permit; Ministry of Culture permit; neighbour agreement. Transport authority permits are obtained based on the technical execution project: at authorization for consequence classes CC3 and CC4, at work commencement for CC2, at completion for low-impact interventions (art. 266 para. 3). Requesting permits without legal and technical grounds is prohibited (art. 266 para. 4). Damages from deteriorated networks due to operators not indicating exact position are borne entirely by the issuer of incomplete or erroneous permits (art. 266 para. 5). Permits obtained at the PUZ phase that regulates the plot in detail remain valid at authorization, if the issuer has not requested reconsideration (art. 266 para. 6).

Exemptions (art. 267): for network connections, the road administrator's agreement is issued concurrently with the authorization, and the impossibility of one does not block the others (art. 267 para. 1). Public health permit is not required for new single-family dwellings or interventions on them, farm buildings, fencing and advertising means (art. 267 para. 2). Traffic police permit is not required for single-family dwellings or other investments on category III and IV streets, if not at an intersection with roundabout or less than 25 metres from an intersection or pedestrian crossing and generating less than 5 small vehicles per day, without heavy transport (art. 267 para. 3). Environmental authority act is not required for single-family dwellings (if not in protected areas), farm buildings (except those for animals), reinforcements, fencing, subdivisions and consolidations (art. 268 para. 2). Environmental measures cannot be modified by authorization (art. 268 para. 3); phased or multi-UAT investments are evaluated as a whole (art. 268 para. 4).

Permit procedure (art. 269):

Single Agreement Commissions are established mandatorily at least at the county council and the county seat municipality, optionally at other municipalities, cities, metropolitan areas or consortia (art. 269 para. 6); the municipality commission has competence over the entire metropolitan territory (art. 269 para. 7), and the county one over the rest of the county (art. 269 para. 8). Tacit approval: if the approver does not issue the permit, does not request clarifications or does not reject within the deadline, the documentation is considered complete and the permit granted; permits issued after invoking tacit approval do not produce effects (art. 269 para. 14), except for SNAOPSN (art. 269 para. 15). The authority may issue the authorization without those permits, based on proof of submission and a declaration under own responsibility (art. 269 para. 16).

Submission, Clarifications, Issuance (art. 270-273). Documentation is submitted to the authority or, after operationalization, to the National Single Desk (art. 270 para. 1), in written or digital format, with qualified or advanced electronic signature (art. 270 para. 2-4). Deficiencies are notified in writing within maximum 10 working days from registration (art. 271 para. 1), with a completion deadline of at most 3 months (art. 271 para. 2), not applicable for environmental acts (art. 271 para. 3). Consultation with the authority takes place within maximum 10 working days from notification or from the applicant's request (art. 272 para. 3), only for substantive matters (art. 272 para. 5); material errors are corrected directly through the National Single Desk (art. 272 para. 6). The authorization is issued within maximum 30 calendar days from submission of complete documentation (art. 273 para. 1); in urgent regime, upon request, within up to 7 working days, with a special fee according to art. 484 of the Tax Code (art. 273 para. 2); if single agreement was chosen, the 30-day deadline runs from issuance of the single agreement (art. 273 para. 3). If not completed, the applicant is invited to withdraw the documentation, which may be resubmitted during the validity period of the urban planning certificate (art. 273 para. 5). The authorization is signed by the county council president or mayor (or their representatives), the general secretary, the chief architect and the person who prepared it (art. 273 para. 6); permits are annexed and become part of the authorization (art. 273 para. 7).

Monuments and protected areas (art. 274). Authorization of works on historical monuments, in their protection zones, in protected built-up areas or on buildings with exceptional architectural value is granted with the mandatory approval of the Ministry of Culture or its decentralized services (art. 274 para. 1). For new construction in protected areas, approval is issued based on documentation regarding the impact on cultural resources and visual effect on monuments (art. 274 para. 2); the ministry may reject or condition the approval by requiring modification of the solution if dimensions, architecture or location alter the character of the area or legitimate interests of neighbouring properties (art. 274 para. 3). Works without formality are permitted in protected built-up areas only if local regulations provide for this (art. 274 para. 6); non-compliance entails sanctions under art. 367 and demolition of the building (art. 274 para. 7).

Rejection (art. 275). The authority may reject or condition the authorization by requiring redesign of the project if the solution does not comply with urban planning regulations, approvals or the code (art. 275 para. 1), by means of a reasoned decision in fact and in law (art. 275 para. 2). Demolition authorization may be refused if the work compromises natural or cultural heritage (art. 275 para. 3).

Technical project and commencement of works (art. 276-278). The technical execution project develops the authorization documentation (art. 276 para. 1) and is verified according to art. 519 (art. 277 para. 1); verification for hygiene, health and environmental requirements is mandatory when an environmental act exists (art. 277 para. 2), and for thermal rehabilitation, verification for energy efficiency and fire safety (art. 277 para. 4). The obligation to verify rests with the beneficiary or developer (art. 277 para. 5). Commencement of works is permitted only after authorization, based on the verified technical project and execution details (art. 278 para. 1). The holder notifies the issuing authority and I.S.C. regarding the commencement date (art. 278 para. 3) and enters in the National Register of Buildings, through the designer, the technical project with verification reports, authorization and approvals (art. 278 para. 5). At the latest upon commencement of works, the investment identification board is installed (art. 278 para. 6).

Own account and insurance (art. 279). Works are carried out by contractors or on own account; on own account only single-storey dwellings in rural areas, garages, terraces and single-storey farm annexes may be built, regardless of consequence class (art. 279 para. 1). Insurance is mandatory for the beneficiary, developer, designer, technical expert, verifier, technical manager of execution, site manager and contractors (art. 279 para. 2); the beneficiary's insurance is not mandatory when the beneficiary is the end user of an individual dwelling (art. 279 para. 3), only once, for a single dwelling (art. 279 para. 4).

Completion of works (art. 280). Works are considered completed if all elements from the authorization and technical project have been executed and reception upon completion of works has been carried out (art. 280 para. 1); reception is mandatory for all authorized buildings and those carried out by notification, including on own account (art. 280 para. 2), with mandatory participation of the representative of the authorization issuer (art. 280 para. 3). Persons carrying out works must allow access to control bodies (art. 280 para. 4) and present the technical project, the actual executed project and the designer's opinion regarding compliance with the authorization (art. 280 para. 5). Buildings without authorization or with non-compliance cannot be received, and those without reception are not considered completed (art. 280 para. 8). Between completion and reception, the applicant settles the value of works and amounts due for state control (art. 280 para. 9). The holder notifies the issuer about completion (art. 280 para. 10), and the authority transmits to I.S.C. the notification, reception report and final value (art. 280 para. 11).

Section 2 - Interventions on existing buildings (art. 281-284)

Authorization for interventions follows the building authorization process, with particularities (art. 281 para. 2). The project additionally contains detailed survey, technical expertise reports or certified expert's technical note and building diagnostic analysis (art. 282 para. 1). Exclusively interior interior design interventions are designed by architects or interior architects with signature rights, together with structural and installation engineers (art. 282 para. 2); green space arrangements may also be designed by landscape architects (art. 282 para. 3).

Emergency interventions (art. 283). For buildings with public danger established by expertise, justifying technical note or calamity report, authorization is issued immediately (art. 283 para. 1). Works consist of shoring, partial demolitions and mandatory consolidations for damage, accidents or calamities (art. 283 para. 2). Consolidations for buildings in seismic risk class I with public danger are authorized in emergency regime, without fee (art. 283 para. 3). The environmental authority issues the act in emergency regime (art. 283 para. 4). For historical monuments and buildings with architectural value, authorization is issued based on written agreement of the Ministry of Culture (art. 283 para. 5), issued within at most 5 working days from complete documentation; after this deadline, works benefit from tacit agreement (art. 283 para. 6).

Interventions on monuments and in protected built areas (art. 284). Authorization of interventions on monuments, in their protection zones, in protected built areas, archaeological sites and buildings with exceptional architectural value is granted with the approval of the Ministry of Culture or its deconcentrated services (art. 284 para. 1), including for demolitions, according to Law no. 422/2001 (art. 284 para. 2). Works that do not modify the load-bearing structure and architectural appearance may be executed without authorization on buildings in protection zones or protected built areas that are not listed monuments or in the process of listing and do not have architectural value established through documentation (art. 284 para. 3): repairs and maintenance without affecting the volume, shape and decoration of facades (lit. a); interior repairs to plaster, painting, cladding and replacement of interior joinery while preserving openings (lit. b); flooring (lit. c); interior installations (lit. d); stoves and chimneys while preserving shape and materials (lit. e); repairs to fencing, roofs, roof coverings, terraces, pavements, retaining walls and stairs without changing shape and materials (lit. f); non-structural demountable partitions made of lightweight materials (lit. g); fire prevention and extinguishing installations (lit. h). The rest of the list and continuation of the article are covered in the next section.

The list from art. 284 para. 3 concludes with restricted-area radio access points (lit. i). Repair works from lit. a include investigation, conservation and restoration of artistic components, with the approval of the heritage authority, minor repairs to exterior finishes while preserving material, colour and texture, colour uniformization of finishes and repairs or replacement of exterior joinery while preserving material, shape and dimensions of openings (art. 284 para. 4). For historical monuments and buildings with architectural value established through documentation, these works may be executed only with prior notification to the local authority and the deconcentrated heritage service and with its written consent (art. 284 para. 5), issued within a maximum of 60 calendar days from complete documentation; after this period, tacit consent applies (art. 284 para. 6).

Implementation of interventions (art. 285). Interventions are executed by contractors or in-house on the basis of a verified technical project; in-house execution is permitted only for current maintenance and repairs (art. 285 para. 1). They are based on technical expertise from certified experts and, where applicable, on an energy audit; the audit is not necessary for emergency interventions (art. 285 para. 2). Insurance is mandatory for the beneficiary, developer, designer and contractors, except for national transport infrastructure beneficiaries (art. 285 para. 3); the end-user beneficiary of a single-family dwelling is exempt (art. 285 para. 4), for a single intervention (art. 285 para. 5).

Section 3 - Building permit for landscaping works (art. 286-292)

The landscaping permit allows works, installations and landscaping that affect land use, on the basis of an execution technical project (art. 286 para. 1). If the landscaping involves demolitions or adjacent construction, the permit is issued for both categories (art. 286 para. 6-7). For temporary landscaping, no permits for interventions are issued (art. 286 para. 9). Documentation (art. 287) includes the application, the environmental act, cadastral plan and land register extracts no older than 30 days, proof of taxes and architecture stamp, proof of registration with the Architects' Order, the landscaping authorization project and complementary documentation. The application contains a declaration under personal responsibility regarding the accuracy of data, compliance with the authorization and the verified technical project (art. 288 para. 2). Complementary documentation (art. 289 para. 2) includes the geotechnical study; geotechnical expertise, mandatory when excavation exceeds 6 m depth from natural ground level, on sloping terrain with landslide potential or when retaining walls higher than 3 m are built (lit. b); dendrological study; topographic study; approval from the Ministry of Culture in protected areas; adjacent construction or demolition projects. For campsites, camps and event tents, a memorandum on circulation, evacuation, visual impact, landscape integration and seasonal operation period is added (art. 289 para. 5). The landscaping authorization project follows the framework content from annex no. 4 (art. 290 para. 4); landscaping exclusively for green spaces may be designed by landscape architects (art. 290 para. 3).

Organization of execution (art. 291). The landscaping permit for organization of execution is issued for temporary site works, on the property and on spaces temporarily occupied outside it (art. 291 para. 1); for national transport infrastructure it is issued by local authorities (art. 291 para. 2); it may be requested together with the building permit or separately, by the general contractor (art. 291 para. 3). Documentation: technical memorandum (enclosure, materials, temporary connections, accesses, work safety, waste, vegetation protection, clearing and replanting plan), situation plan and approval from the road administrator (art. 291 para. 4-5).

Implementation of landscaping (art. 292). It is executed by contractors or in-house, on the basis of the verified technical project (art. 292 para. 2), with mandatory insurance for the beneficiary, developer, designer and contractors (art. 292 para. 3); the end-user beneficiary of an individual dwelling is exempt for organization of execution (art. 292 para. 4).

Section 4 - Modification permit (art. 293)

For theme modifications that require authorization changes, the holder must request a modification authorization (art. 293 para. 1) before starting the modification works (art. 293 para. 2) and only within the validity period of the initial authorization (art. 293 para. 3). It is issued if the modifications fall within the limits of the environmental act, permits and urban regulations (art. 293 para. 4), based on an updated authorization project (art. 293 para. 5); otherwise, the authorization process is restarted in full (art. 293 para. 6). Its issuance terminates the validity of the initial authorization for the modified elements, with works continuing within the initial authorization period (art. 293 para. 7). Local modifications of technical solutions may be admitted through a site order prepared in advance by the designer, without a modification authorization (art. 293 para. 8). No new fee is charged for the modification authorization; it is regularized before reception (art. 313 para. 2).