LAWNr.8405, date 17.9.1998

ONURBAN PLANNING

In accordance with Article 16 01 Law No.7491, dated 29.4.1991 "Оп the mainconstitutionaI provisions", оп the ргороэаl of the Council 01 Ministers,

ТНЕ PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY OF ТНЕ REPUBLIC OF ALBANJA

DECI DED:

CHAPTERI

DEFINITIONS

Article 1

Within the meaning 01 this law:"Reglonal игЬап pJanning study" Js the complex шЬап planning study and includesthe territory 01 опе ог тоге municipalities and districts;"Master plan" is the шЬап planning study with а certain subject and includes all thecountry territory ог separate parts 01 it;"Environmental study" 'э the study conducted to determine the ecologlcal conditionsог state 01 а given environment;"General adjustment plan" is the complex шЬап planning study of а limited territoryand incJudes the territory of а city together with the suburban агеа (outskirts) 01 theperspective extension of а village, ап urban агеа, а recreational агеа, ап Industrialагеа etc;"Partial urban planning study" is the detailed шЬап planning study based оп theтогесаэт 01 the general adjustment рlап and includes агеаэ of рап 01 its territorywhere adjustment interventions аге югесавтео;

"Construction site bIueprint" is the graphicaI material that is extracted form the partialшЬап рlаппiпg study and is attached (о the decision 01 approval 01 the constructionsite and its шЬап conditions;"Construction bordering line" is the geographical border of the territorial extension 01constructions;"The border of the suburban агеа ог the suburban line" is the geographical border 01the territorial ехtепsiоп of the tоwп outskirts 1ог а multi-annual perlod;"Сопstгuсtiоп liпе" is the permitted border юг the construction of volume with thesurround агеа re1errJng to;"Site" is а piece 01 lапd that is located within the bordering Нпе 01 the сопstгuсtiоп

determined through the uгЬап рlаппiпg study approved to buHd оп it;"PubIic property territory" is the piece 01 land iпsidе and outside the bordering line 01the construction and approved for pubIic иэе;

"Private property Jand" is апу piece 01 land inside and outside the bordering

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construction liпе in private property;"Draft project" is the development phase 01 а construction project suf1icient to изе inthe deliberation 01 the approval 01 the construction site;"Technical project" is the development phase 01 construction project sUfficient to изе

in the construction permit issuance;"Implementation project" is the development phase 01 construction project SUffiсiепt

to use in the implementation 01 the object construction; ."Urbanization" is the ргосевв 01 occupation 01 а piece 01 land to construct, 1гот thesimple adjustment elements to the de1inite construction;"Protected агеа" is the агеа 01 special natural values and ecologically sensitive;"The green агеа" is the piece 01 land destined юг greening, погп the grass to the highgreening [trees and bushes];"Urban planning conditions" аге the technical conditions and requirementscompulsory to Ье applied that de1ine the space development 01 а сопstгuсtiоп

(extension in length, width, volume, топп, etc).The Urban planning Regulation determines the content and the ргерагаtiоп

methodoJogy01 the above de1initions.

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GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 2

Urban planning, within the meaning 01 thi$ law expresses and defines the gener~1

rules of construction placement and architecture in the entire territory 01 the RepubIic01 Albania.In determination 01 these rules shall Ье taken into сопеюегапоп the economicandsocial development, present ог Миге 01 the country, at the national and locallevel;the protection of the country, the protection 01 the environment, ргеsегvаtiопапd;

display 01 the шЬап рlаппiпg, architectural and archeological values as well as>theprotection 01 legal interests concerning the private ргорвпу.

Article3

The local government organs shall Ье the management 01 the territory uпdегth~jгjurisdiction, in compliance with the competences provided for Ьу law. Aiming att~~

lile сопошопв improvement, territory is managed оп legal basis, to ensuretQ~

environment protection, to preserve the equilibrium in the development 01 urbana~2

rural агеаз and at the present conditions improvement, the local governmentorgansshall harmonize their decisions mutually, honoring the local autonomy.

Article 4

AII construction in the territory 01 the RepubIic 01 Albania shall Ье done Ьаsеd Э9regional and environmental игЬап planning studies, master plans, general аdjustm~чt;plans, partial шЬап planning studies in the draft project phase and оп tесhпiсаl~~Йimplementation projects. The project 01 all the types 01 superficial and subtеггапеап

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constructions and 01 engineering infrastructure in the entire territory 01 the countryshall Ье based оп norms, technical conditions, laws, and by-Iaws in югсе.

Article 5

The regional игЬап planning and environmental study, master plan, generaladjustment plan, partial шЬап planning study, construction bordering line andБиЬшЬап line aretechnical documents that condition and determine all the technicaland legal relations in the lield 01 шЬап planning. The Council 01 Ministers approvesthe Urban planning Regulation, which determines the content and таппег 01formulation 01 these documents.

Article 6

Outside the urbanized territories shall Ье permitted to construct only in cases whendetermined in the regional studies and master plans approved Ьу the competentorgan. The regional studies and master plans shall Ье formulated excluding fromconstruction agricultural lands 01 the first, second, third and 10urth category,determined Ьу а technical герort 01 the directory 01 agriculture and food in the district,as well as the protected natural areas.

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COMPETENCES OF ТНЕ STATE ORGANS IN ТНЕ FIELD OF URBANPLANNING

Article 7

The highest state organ for approval 01 the игЬап planning studies is the Council о!Territory Adjustment of the RepubIic of Albania (СТARA).

Article 8

СТARA is а decision organ and functions close to the Council of Ministers. TheChairperson 01 the СТААА is the Prime Minister. The Council 01 Ministers shalldetermine the composition, питЬег of members and their compensation amount Ьуdecision.

Article 9

СТARA approves the 101l0wing decisions:. Terms of Ае1егепсе for studies approval of which is under its competence;. Regional игЬап planning studies;- Master plans of агеаз with а surface тоге than 1О hectares;- Regional and partial urban planning studJes of deveJopmentof the tourism агеаз;

- Master plans 01 development of the tourism агеаз;

- General adjustment plans, constructions bordering lines and the зиЬшЬап border

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ot cities that аге аdmiлistгаtivе centers ot а district and of other towns Wllh ....population of over 10000 iлhаЫtапts; а- Urban planning studies of the towns centers with а population of over 5000аinhabitants;- Partial игЬап planning studies within towns with surtace 01 larger than 15 hectares- Studies of city рагкв, national parks and national reserves of preservation 61

biodiversity and of protected natuгal areas;- Regional studies оп роп, airport and strategic агеаз.

- Draft Projects of the general studie.s of road, rail.. e~ergy, water ~upply, sewag!'i,telephone, gas and petroleum supply ипгавпцсшге Inslde town and In areasoutsfd~

those; - Construction sites and the projects of objects within those wlth а surfacexofover 0.5 hectares proposed to Ье construcled outside bordering IiпеБ 01 lоwлs

viНages and residentia! агеаз according to the definition in lhe regional studies andmaster plans.. The relevant District Council asks for the орiпiоп of the Ministry dfAgricultuгe and Food оп sites with surface over 0.5 hectares outside the Ьогdегiпg

lines.- Construction permits for important objects in the centers of the towns, щЬап

planning studies of which аге approved Ьу;1 [the СТААА].

- UгЬап рlаппiпg studies, construction sites and permits in the tourism areaS,Wh!ohаге iп the disposal of the Committee for Tourism Development.

Article 10

СТARA оп its own ог оп request of local councils, prefectures, in cases when поНсез

legal violations in decision-making of districts and municipalities СТАз and when thegovernment programs implementation is impeded, re\Jiews and take decisfonsrepealing decisions tаkеп Ьу the municipalities апd districts СТAs.

Article 11

The technical secretariat of CTARA functions in the relevant ministry andfollows цр

the activity of territory рlаппiпg in {Ье Directory of Territory Planning. ТЬе СDщюiJ аЪМiпistеrs shall determine with separate provisions the duties 01 the techhio.8!secretariat.

Article 12

The геlеvапt ministry that follows up the activity of territory planningthroughII:t($Directory of Territory Рlаппiпg shall co-ordinate the work Ьетееп the CTARAsfaIttorgans and those of local government in the field of territory planning. This direo.t9J;Yhas {Ье r;ght to сопduсt сопtгоls iп the local government organs dealing withtemto~рlаппiпg аз well as to study and ргераге drafts of laws and by-Iaws.

Article13

Iпstitutе of Studies and UгЬап Planning is the state organ at а паtiопаllеlJ'еIФ!~designs studies апd uгЬап cons1ruction plans defined in the. Urban PlanRegulation. This institute is subordinate 01 the Ministry of Public wor«sТгапsрогt.

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Article 14

The specialized organs оп uгЬап planning in the local government аге:• The Council of Territory Adjustment in the District Council, in the Мuпiеipаlitу ofТнапа and in olher municipalities. which аге of the first eategory 10WПS (СТА).

• The uгЬап рlаппiпg section iп the District Соuпсil and in muпiсiраlitiеs that аге

tоwпs of the first category (the uгЬап рlаппiпg directory in the Municipality of Тiгапа)апd the tесhпiсаl secretariat of the СТА;

- The uгЬап рlаппiпg office iп municipality;• The urЬап рlаппiпg office iп the соmmuпе.

ЕstаЫishmепt and 1uпсtiопiпg of the СТА is done respectively оп the proposal of theDistrict Council, of the Municipal Соuпсil of Tirana ог of tоwпs of the first categoгy

and the miпistгу, соvег[пg the activity in the геlеvапt approves it. The members of theСТА shall Ье compensated for their work.

Artic[e 15

Within the mеапiпg of this law, towns of the first category аге Shkodra. Оцггёв],

Elbasani, Fieri, Уюга, КОГ9а, Saranda, Gjirokastra, Berati, Pogradeci. Lezha, Lushnjaand Kavaja.

Article 16

The СТА function as а decision-making organ in the District Соцпсй, Municipality ofTirana and municipalities that аге towns of the first category. The Chairperson of theСТА is respectively the Сhаiгрегsоп of the District Соuпсil and the Мауог. The СТА

is composed of 15 members who аге ехрвпз with experience iп the relevant field.

Article 17

The members of the СТА of mUnicipality of the first eategory towns аге: Мауог; Chief01 uгЬап planning offiee; Chief of uгЬап ргорепу геgistгаtiоп office; Director of theConstruction Poliee ог ап officer proposed Ьу him; Chief of legal office; Chief ofpubIic infrastruetuгe; inspector of the regional environmental аgепсу; gгеепiпg

вхреп, three uгЬап рlаппегs ОГ architects dеsigпаtеd Ьу the Мuпiсiраl Council; юоuгЬап planners ог arehitects and а сопstгuеtiоп engineer and а сопstгuсtiоп ехреп

proposed Ьу the prefectuгe.

Article 18

МетЬег of the districl СТА аге: The Chairperson of the Distriet Council; Chief ofигЬап рlаппiпg office. Chief of agricultuгal рroрепу registration office; Direclor ofagrieulture апd food of the district; Director of the Сопstгuсtiоп Police ог ап officerproposed Ьу him; Chief of legal offiee; Chief of pubIic iпfгаstгuсlШ'е office; Director 01roads seclor ог ап officer proposed Ьу him; iпsресtог of the геgiопаl епviгопmепtаl

аgепеу; inspector of Лге proteetion; two uгЬап рlаппегs ог architects and а

сопstгuсtiоп expert ог сопstгuсtiоп епgiпеег proposed Ьу the District Council; twoигЬап рlаппегs ог architects proposed Ьу the prefecture.

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Article 19

The СТА of Municipality of Tirana is composed of 21 members. МетЬегз of СТА6!1he Municipality 01 Tirana аге: Мауог 01 Municipality of Tirana; Director 01 Urbanplanning Directory 01 municipaHty; Director of legal office in municipality, Directorotthe Directory 01 Territory Planning in municipality; Director 01 the Directory 01 Territoгy

Planning in the Ministry of PubIic Works апd Transport; Director 01 General DirectOry01 Water Supply and Sewer; Director 01 the Regional Directory 01 R{)adsMaintenance 01 Тiгапа; Director 01 the Institute 01 Studies and Urban рlаппiпg

Design; Director 01 the Сопstгuсtiоп РоНсе; Chairperson 01 the RegionalEnvironmental Agency 01 Tirana; Director 01 the Greening Enterprise 01 Тiгапа; lhreeurban planners ог architecls proposed Ьу the municipal Council and опе constructior.expert proposed Ьу the Prelecture of Tirana.

Article 20

The СТА in the district ог mUnicipality shall арргоуэ апd propose changes withregard to the lollowing:- Terms 01 Reference lог the design of апу kind of urban planning s1udy опthе

territory under its jurisdiction;- Platform [the lorта1] for development 01 соmре1itiопs of шЬап planning studies;- Regional plan, master plans and the general adjustment plan 01 town соmргisiпg

the district and partial urban planning studies 01 апу size in conlormity wilh thedevelopment programs;- Bordering liпе 01 construction and the border 01 suburban агеа;

- General and partial шЬап planning s1udies of соттипез;- General adjustment plans 01 communes;- General adjus1men1 plans 01 villages;- Construction sites with their destinations together with игЬап planning conditionsbased оп the approved шЬап planning studies;- Implementation projeet 01 objeets conslrue1ed in а construelion site 01 апу size- Construction sites and permits;- The СТА 01 the district and municipality shall approve the consideration аз illegal ()I

the already approved increased object volume and sanctions оп it.The materials that the СТА 01 the district, Tirana Municipality and munieipalities 01 thBfirst eategory towns reviews, оп the basis 01 studies and the opposition, аге preparedЬу the technical seeretariat 01 the СТА, the lunetion 01 which is executed respectively1he urban planning section in the District Council, Tirana Municipality and 'п thos~

lirst eategory munieipalities. The materials that аге forwarded, due 10 lackof.competenee, to the СТARA must Ье submitted по later 1han 30 days after 1heirapproval bythe dis1rict01 munieipality СТА.

Article 21

The dis1ric1 and mUnieipality СТА convenes опее а month and оп request olit~

Chairperson ог of 1/3 of ils members convenes in ап extraordinary meeting.Th~

. meeting is offieial when 2/3 of its тетЬегз аге present. The Deeision 01 the етAi~.

taken with majority vote and is signed Ьу the СТА Chairperson. АН тетЬегэ bf tMСТА, present in the meeting shall Ье obIiged to sign the minutes of the meeting аНег

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reading it. In the meeting of the СТА participate without the right of voterepresentatives of the interested local government. 'П саэе when the District Couneilог Municipal Council have objections and do по! agree with deeisions taken Ьу theетА, they have the right 01 veto only опее. In еаэеэ when the СТА does по! changethe decision, it remains etfective.

Article 22

Тпе шЬап pJanning seetion in the District Council, in municipalitie$ of the firstcategory towns and tlle Direetory 01 Urban planning in the Municipality of Tirana пав

1пе 10110wing eompetencies:• Ргерагеэ materials 01 studies in the field of territorial planning and deve!opmentunder ils jurisdiction and submits юг review [п the СТА;

• Designs игЬап planning studies or orders them in conformity with the law from stateог private design institutions licensed [п the 1ield of urban planning studies, uроп

орипоп of the СТА, in imprementation and elabora1ion of the regional urban planningstudies, master plans, general adjustment plans and partial approved studies.- Manages the work for formulation of the Тегтэ of Reference of the regional р'ап,genera/ adjustment plan, of territorial development master plans, partial шЬап

pranning studies, etc;- Ргерагеэ the technieal documentation and submits for арргоса' in 1he District ofMunieipal Couneil;- Submits to the СТА applications for eonstruetion sites. In cases when those аге

pubIic property submits to the СТА, ироп the District Council, the Munipipa! Counciland the Communal Council has determined and distributed ownership 01 the sites;- Submits applica1ions for construction permit, applications for objeet dеmоlitiап апс

tree eutting; .• Ргерагеэ 1he deeisions of the СТА and the песеээагу technical daeumentation

together with шЬап рlаппiпg еопditiопs approved Ьу СТА and delivers to theapplieant по later than зо days аивг СТА deeides, uроп the applicant's obIigationsрауоН towards the state aceording to the law.• Designs urban planning studies far communes and adjustment plans far villages;• Controls, in сопfагmitу with approved permits, the use aceording to destination ofгеlеvапt constructions;• Кеерз the property registration and urban statistics, makes periadical update of the

city bIueprint and archives it а! the end of each уеаг;

• Delivers every 6 months to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport statisticalinformation about the territory planning sector;• Determines, upon eonstruetion permit аррroуаl and in campliance with the law,valuation af the site pubIic property оп which сопstгuеtiоп will take place;- Keeps the control acts of the fоllоwiпg phases of works implementation: to picketthe abject, completion of foundations and building framework as well аэ archives theobject teehnical dacumentation and other doeumentation of the object;- Proposes погтэ of special шЬап planning conditions and submits for review toСТА;

- Prepares upon approval of СТА the mateгial оп геlеvапt ehanges, in eases whennew eonditions 10r change occur in the approved studies Ьу otheг higher stateorgans;• Keeps 1requent contacts with the technieal seeretariat of the СТААА and with

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шЬап planning of1ices in municipality and соттипе;

- Gives its opinion in writing about апу material that submits to СТА.

• Get information about licenses in the field of design and implementation and makesproposals to the competent organs to lift licenses in cases when misused. .

Article 23

Designation and dismissal 01 the Chief of urban plann!ng section in the DistrictСоипсil and [п municipalities 01 first category towns shall Ье done respectively оп theргороэаl of the District Council, Municipal Council 01 first category towns and isapproved Ьу the relevant minister. The relevant minister in special and justified casesdecides their dismissal. .The minister shall designate and dismiss the Director о' the Directory о' UrbanPianning in the Municipality 01 Тirana.

Article 24

The шЬап planning section in the District Соипсil, Directory 01 Urban planning<[nTirana Municipality and urban planning отсе in municipa!ities 01 1irstcategory townsmust have the following structure: .• Chie1 01 the section (Director 01 Urban planning in Tirana Municipality);- Technical secretariat 01 the СТА;

• Sector 01 design study urban planning;- Sector of игЬап property registration;• Sector of lega! шЬап planning;- Sector 01 engineering infrastructure and environmentai impact аввеввгпегп. .

The District Соипсil and the Municipal Соипсil, shall determine the пumЬегоf

employees 01 шЬап planning section respective/y but по less than seven шЬапplanners, architects, infrastructure engineers and topographic engineers in distric:tsand first category towns and по less than five urban planners, агсhitесtЩ

environment engineers, in1rastructureengineers and topographic engineers or similarexperts in other districts.The Municipal Council shall determine the пиmЬег of employees 01 the Direct6iyofUrban p!anning in Tirana Municipality, ош по less than 35 игЬап planners, architect,s,environment engineers, construction engineers, infrastructure engineers, topographicengineers, environmentalists ог similar experts.

ArticJe 25

In the Directory of Urban planning in Tirana MUnicipality, urban planning sectibns,il1the District Councils and шЬап planning of1ices in municipalities о' the 1irstcategbrY,towns shal! Ье estabIished the technical coune;l, composition of which is approvedbXthe Тirana MUnicipal Council, District Council or Municipal Council 01 fiгstсаtеgчlJ'

towns. Composition, 1uпсtiопiпg, rights апd duties 01 the technical соипеН shallblidetermined Ьу погmаtivе acts.

ArticJe 26

The игЬап planning office in the municipality has the fol!owing rights:

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- Manages the work for formulation of Terms of Reference of игЬап planningdevelopment design of the town and the necessary technical documentation fordesign of the adjustment plan and submits for арргоуа! to СТА and to the MunicipalCouncil.- After approval from the Municipal Council and fгom the relevant organs of design

Terms of Reference, shall order the design of town adjustment plan to thespecialized organs in reliance with laws in foree.- Designs and orders partial шЬап planning studies from specialized design organs,

private ог state, licensed in the field of urban p/anning, in геliапсе with legalprovisions in force and iп application and elaboration of town general adjustmentplan, upon primarily гесв'рт of СТА орiпiоп.

- Aeviews applications for construction permit of апу object and the encloseddocumentation and only where there is а general adjus1ment plan ог partial шЬапplanning study approved, аНег gives its opinion, submits for review to the СТА. '!delivers the paperwork то the teehnical secretary of СТА. The number of employeesof the urban planning office shall Ье determined Ьу the MUrlicipal Counci1, which shallЬе urban planners, architect5, епviгопmепt engineers, infrastrueture engineer5 andtopographic engineers, but in апу са5е по less than five experts for municipalities'center of the district and по le5s than three ехрепв for other municipalities. Тhe Chiefof игЬап planning office in the municipality must Ье ап uгЬап planner, ап architect огап enviгonmental engineer for municipalities о. first category and тау Ье either а

construction ог ап environmental engineer for municipalities 01 other categories.

Article 27

The urban planning office in the соттипе has the following rights and duties:- Manages the work for application of игЬап planning deveiopment program

approved within the territory of the соттипе;- Aeviews applications for construction sае and permit and the relevantdocumentation only where exists ап approved general adjustment plan and partia/urban planning study together with its opinion [remarks] and submits for арргоуаl tothe Communal Council;- Submits for approval to the district СТА the applications 10Г construction permit,

construction sites, for objects demolition and tree5 cutting.

Article 28

In cases when Chiefs ог отсегз of urban planning sec1ions and offices noticeviolations о. this law, within to two days поШу the relevant construction РоНее

organs. Failure t9 fulfill this obIigation Ьу the re5ponsible persons, when does notconstitute criminal violation, constitute serious breach of the work discipline. TheresponsibIe persons shall Ье obIiged to рау off the occurred damage, because 01committed breaches, when juridical, natural persons, private ог state require thisaction. !п such ca5es, discrepancies shall Ье resolved in the coигt.

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CHAPTERIV

MANAGEMENT OF LAND WIТHOUT CONSTRUCTIONS

Article 29

Management of land for construction shall Ье done through regional plans, masterplans, general adjustment plans, and partial urban planning studies. The Regula.ti6n

of Urban planning determines lheir content.

Article 30

Within the meaning of this Jaw, the land private ргорвпу and lhe land, pubIic propectYhas the same value for urbanization. The таппег of their use for constructioГl

purposes shall Ье defined in the regiona! игЬап planning studies, master plansi,

general adjustment plans and partial игЬап planning studies.

Article 31

In application of all types of игЬап pla'nning studies, according to their implementationрпавев in compliance with this law and other legal acts, shall Ье executed.theexpropriation in full conformity with private immovabIe property valuation andwitf{relevant expropriation procedures.

Article 32

Owners of the lands within the constructions bordering lines in towns, villages a~d

residential areas have the rJght that through licensed organs and persons to performstudies оп their'estate territoгies upon receipt from игЬап planning organs the criteriaand urban planning conditions defined in the studies in force. These studies arenqtcompulsory for use Ьу state organs, but they сап Ье presented as options()ftechnical solutions for discussion in the СТА under the jurisdiction of which istheland, together with the studies that the local government has the right to designonthe same territories.

Article 33

Shall Ье prohibited the extensive urbanization of areas with natural values,qfagriculture lands and private property forestlands. The owners of agriculturelandsoutside the construction bordering lines of towns, villages and residential агеаз hayethe rightto request the urbanization of their estates only based оп deterrninationsjpthe regional studies, master plans and suburban areas studies, approved byth~

competent organ.

Article 34

The landfill of all kinds of waste including those of technological and constructionorigin, dependant of the size of the landfill and of the ргосеssiпg technology shall Ьеapproved Ьу the СТА under the jurisdiction of which is the агеа of landfill lосаtiоп.

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This determination must Ье done in the level of the regional study ог of master plans.!папУ саве, the documentation shall Ье reviewed and approved additiona//y Ьу theregional environmenta/ agency and the state sanitary inspectorate.

Article 35

тье District Council, the Municipa! Council and the Соттипа1 Counci! must updatewith legal documentation territories of pubIic ргорепу under thelr jurisdiction. Onlyaiterthese actions аге completed based оп шЬап planning studies, they have thetightof review and ргорозаl construction permits for these territories in complianceWith the law according то their relevant competencies.

Article 36

Regional plans, master plans, general adjustment plans and partial urban p!anningstudies design Ьу organs designated Ьу this law, sha/l Ье filed within 15 days fromfhe date of their completion in the technica! secretariat of СТА of the district ог firstcategorymunicipalities and for а 30 days time Ilmit shall Ье availabIe to the interestedpersons. The public media release the notice. The interested individuals concerningthis documentation sha/l present their remarks to the urban planning section at the,осаl level. Within the 30 days time /imit, the design organ in со-орвгайоп withre/evant office ог section in the district, 'п the first category municipalities and TiranaMunicipality includes the remarks and the Лпаl documentation is submitted to theclosest meeting of the геlеvапt СТА.

Article 37

Regional plans and master plans shall Ье prepared for periods of over 20 years,whilst general adjustment pfans апd partial игЬап planning studies shall Ье preparedюг certain periods of 10 to 15 years inc/uding priorities of the 5 уеаг first phase. Theyсап Ье modified оп рroроэаl of local government organs justifying the modificationand approving these modifications Ьу organs competent for their approval.During the time, that modification of апу kind of urban planning study is prepared anduntil it's final approvai shall Ье effective the previous study.

Article 38

Submission of applicant "in writing for аррroуа! of the construction site and its игЬапconditions, as well as of апу игЬап р/аппiпg study shall Ье compulsoгy to апу naturalаг juridical регзоп, 'осаl ог foreign, which will construct а superficial ог subterraneanstructuгe. The appl1cation for construction site shall Ье done based оп Form NO.1 that,э attached to this law. The Urban planning Regulation provides the technicaldefinitions of the documentation and its graphicaJ form.

Article 39

Application for construction permit of апу kind shall Ье submitted to the uгЬап

planning section of the District Council, to the urban p!anning оfЛсе of themunicipality ог to the urban planning office of the commune, dependant of the

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focation of site. ИгЬап planning оШсеэ after review of оосшпегпвйоп and when it idfound in conformity with legal requirement forward to the игЬап рlаnпiпg section ofthe District Councif ог urban planning office in municipaJities of the first category andto Тiгапа Municipality, to follow procedures of submission and review of the relevantСТА.

For апу construction site, the application must Ье based оп the approved urbanplanning study of the therein mentioned агеа, in the contrary documentation is turnedback for study completion, if possibIe Ьу the state organ ог the interested individual,which тау design the urban planning study in the licensed organs in conformity Withthe urban p!anning development strategy of the district of агеа. The relevant urbanplanning offices provide clarjfjcation to the interested individuai. The interestedindividual may design studies оп his own expenses honoring the геquiгеmепtэ of thelaw.

Article 40

Destination of the main construction sites and their игЬап рlаппiпg conditions shallЬе determined in the approved general adjustment plans ог partial игЬап planningstudies.Only its proprietor shall do the app!ication юг approval of the functionaf destinationand of the urban planning conditions of the site, private property.For а construction site, риЬПс property several applications тау Ье sUbmitted,. TheDistrict Council, the Municipal Council and 1heCommunal Соипсil review аррйсайопв

in the топп 01 competing tenders choosing the опе that meets best the financial,economica!, social, uгЬап planning, architectural, funct!onal, enviгonmental and olherconditions, which have the same importance in the eva!uation of tenders.

Article 41

Local government organs when inteгested for constructions in а certain агеа that ispubIic pгoperty, оп objects of pubIic and social importance shall announcecompetitions. Review and selection of tenders shall Ье conducted in compliance .withthe Jaw.

Article 42

Distr!ct Councif, municipal or communal Council, in сотрНапсе with requirements о.

this law, shaJl Ье obliged to make availabIe to the National Entity of HouseholdS,theconstruction sites for construction of households for persons that don't have а house[homeless] 'п territories pub!ic property according to its request for а 2 vears 1imeIimit.

Article43

For site pubIic property, the district, municipality ог commune urban planning officespubIish the approved study and appJications for construction sites in pubIic propertyterritories as рег their location. PubIication is made по less than 20 days prioг to th?date scheduled for their review in the District, Municipal ог Communal СоиПСjl,.According to the competence the Districl, Municipal and Communal Council эМII

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review аррliсаtiопs, епсlоsеd dосumепtаtiоп, соmmепts of uгЬап рlаппiпg оfЛсе addecides оп majority vote gгапtiпg the site to the best tепdег [offer]. Decision of theseсоuпсiJs shall Ье аппоuпсеd апd sigпеd Ьу the Chairperson of the District Соипсil

and the Мауог of municipality ог соттипе. The decision of the СТА for gгапtiпg ofthe сопstгuсtiоп site оп public property and шЬап рlаппiпg conditions, based оп

which the project for construction permit will Ье designed, after sеlесtiоп done Ьу 1heDistrict, Municipal and Communal Council, shall Ье conducted according то Form No.2 attached to this law. Reply about the construction site application either for the siteprivate property ог the опе pubIic property shall Ье issued respectively from theuгЬап рlаппiпg sес1iоп of the District CounciJ, from the urЬап рlаппiпg office of themunicipality and соттипе where the application has Ьееп submitted.

Article 44

From the date of application suЬmissiоп for approval of the site with its finaJfunctional destination as well as the игЬап рlаппiпg conditions to the decisionannouncement must not pass тоге than two months. Iп case that the applicationdoes поt agree with the decision of СТА тау file а complaint of аррliсаtiоп re-reviewto the District апd Municlpal Council. The re-review of the аррliсаtiоп and the СТА

decision if final

Article 45

Апу natural and juridicaJ person, local ог foreign that will construct in the territory ofthe Republic of Albania must provide а сопstгuсtiоп permit. This is 1he single legaldocument, based оп which constructlon shall Ье permitted. The сопstгuсtiоп permitshall Ье granted to the licensed constructor juridical person. Either in the case wherethe lапd is private property ог in the case where is pubIic property, the constructorjuridicaf person must submit the contract entered with the land proprietor ог with theрегsоп to whom construction site has Ьееп granted Ьу the СТА. The application forconstruction permit shall Ье done according to Forms 3 and 3/1 of this law. Iп theUrban pfanning Regulation shall Ье dеtегmiпеd the technical requirements ofdocuments and thelr graphicaJ form

Article 46

From the date of аррroуаl of function dеstiпаtiоп and urban рlаппiпg сопditiопs ofthe construction site until the аррliсаtiоп submission for construction permit оп sitespubIic property with surface up to 0.1 hectares must по! pass тоге thап 3 monthsапd оп sites of surface over 0.1 hectares must по! pass тоге than 6 months. Iп case·of violation of these deadlines for pubIic property sites, the игЬап рlаппiпg office ог

section notifies the Council of Munlcipality, Commune ог District according to the sitelocation, which decides for extension of the deadline ог another distribution of thesite. In cases of private property territories the time limit of the СТА dесisiоп forapproval of lunction destination of the construction site and its игЬап planningconditions, regardless of the surface is 6 months. In Gase 01 expiration 01 lhlsdeadline, the application shall Ье submitted again. When deadlines for the decision ofconstruction site аге not met, for either private property territory ог pubIic propertyQпе, the decision of СТА becomes iпvаlid.

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Article 47

Shall Ье prohibited the transferal in апу form of the construction permit.

Article 48

The construction permit is requested for the following works:" New constructions 01 апу kind, оп and underground, additions, various plantsroads, bridges, ports, airports, motor-ways, railways, infrastructure works, wate~supply, sewer, telecommunication, energy, gas, petroleum, steam supply systems,construction materials quarries;- Construction оп existing foundations;- Modifications of objects affecting its fщ:аdе with architectural elements as well as

when executed interventions in construction and durability of the existing object;- New opening and closure of windows [in the existing walls], new entrance in tne

first floors of the existing buildings, modifications [п object voJume [псгеазе in theform of lateral additions ог construction of additional floor;- Elaboration of тасаов decorations, plastering, painting, ею:- Тетрогагу and регтапеп! fences;- Fences and тегпрогагу estabIishments for the period of construction workimplementation;- Construction of kiosks, exhibitions, fairs, tribunes, advertisement boards, etc;- Тгеез cutting;- Building demolitions;

ArticJe 49

The Directory of Urban planning [п Tirana Municipality and urban planning sесtiОПSIП,

first category districts and towns shalJ review applications for construction permitonthe following:- Тетрогагу fence for construction sites approved with а 6 months perioa;- New entrance 'п the encircling wall, temporary and permanent yard encircling;- New doors and entrances that do not infJuence the architeclure and construction;- Permit for change of destination of existing objects;- Permit to pJace advertisement boards;- Permit to demolish buildings. . .

These applications shall Ье reviewed Ьу the relevant technical councils accordingt6the procedure determined in Article 22 and shall Ье approved Ьу the Мауог ortheChairperson of the District Council of first category. The permit of 1гее cuttingiscompetence of the етА. .The technical secretariat informs the СТА regarding the approved permits forthes~

cases. When а тетЬег of the СТА has remarks оп these permits, they shal19~discussed in the СТА meeting and the СТА has the right of annuiment of these.permits.

Article 50

The СТА shall approve and reject lhe issuance of construction permit оп maj6ri~vote. Decision for approval of construction permit is issued with the signatureofth~

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сТА Chairperson. This decision is accompanied wilh the relevant bIueprint signed Ьу

the СТА Chairperson and the Secretary.The СТА has not the right to арргоуе Ihe construction perrnit in сазе when:- The submitted design has changed the construction site destination;• The submitted design has changed the measurements of construction site.From the date of appJication submission until the approval ог rejection date of it, потоге than 45 days тиз! Ье passed.ln the technica! secretariat of СТА sha(1 Ье filed а" the submitted tесhпiсаl

documentation that includes dосumепtз according to the law and the completetechnical design аз well аз basic сопstгuсtiоп саlсulаtiопs and the cost езtimаtiоп.

The documentation must Ье the original in the Albanian language

Article 51

Natural and juridical регзоп, prior о! receipt of construction permit тиз! рау 1% ofthe investment value according 10 the object сов! еstimа!iоп sheet. This fund wШ Ье

deposited for financing of шЬап planning studies of the юса] government.Additionally, natural and juridical регзоп prior о! construction permit receipt must рауfor the иэе о! existing water эирр!у, sewage, епегgу, telephony, roads, etc networkав below follows:- 5% of the investment value ассогdiпg to the соз! estimation whеп the object is

constructed inside the towns bordering lines;- 2''/0 of the iпvезtmепt values according to the совг еstimаtiоп when the object is

constructed outside the towns Ьогdегiпg (;пеs.

Control of рауmепtз with the final cost estimation 01 the object to Ье constructed andthe infrastructure project shall Ье dопе Ьу the technlcal secretariat of СТА in со­

орегапоп with the fiпапсе section.Payment shall Ье done immediately iп the finance веспоп of the distrlct ог towncouncil of the first category (ог Tirana Munictpality) withau1horiza1ion of СТА

technical secretariat. This fund will Ье used for reconstruction of the infrastructurenetworks of local government units. The permit document shall Ье isзuеd ироп filingof the рауmепt receipt fп the object file.

Article 52

The validity period of the construc1ion permit shall Ье determined iп the decision ofthe СТА and CTARA. When the object to Ье constructed needs а longer duratioГl

thап the опе approved, ап application is submitted together with the justlfication о!

the extension of permit time limit. In thiз саве, natural and juгidical регвоп does по!

make аdditiопнi payments.

Article 53

The construction permit shall Ье issued {о its applicant according to Form No. 4attached {о this law. Iп cases when the site surface is over 0.5 hectares, the .construction permit shall Ье filled in Ьу the СТА technical secretariat, ироп approvalof the permitby CTARA.For important objects that аге constructed lп the center of the towns, игЬап planningstudies, which have Ьееп approved Ьу CTARA, the construction permit is approved

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Ьу the CTARA: T~e permit Form shall. Ье filled in Ьу the СТА tec.hnical secretariatofthe relevant dlstrlCt ог town. For obJects that аге procured wlth state fUnds; th~

construction permit is issued to the огgап that approves the fuпdiпg, priortocontracting the object construction.

Article 54

Iп the сопstгuсtiоп permit shall Ье determined the obIigation of acceptance oftheсопstгuсtiоп control Ьу the urban рlаппiпg directory in Tirana MunicipaHty, bytH~

шЬап planning section in the district and in towns of first category, Ьу the urbanplanning office in municipality ог соттипе, which must поШу in writing the СТА

technical secretariat for each control. .The control is conducted for the following:- Picketing of the object;- Completion of foundations;• Completion the framework for the entire object;. Completion о! the construction site adjustment according to the design.Апу control act shall Ье filed in the object file. Shall constilute administrativE!contravenes and punish wilh а penally аН cases when is proved that the surface andvolume of the object is enlarged breaching the conditions of the project approvediГ!the construction permit. The organs of the Conslruction РоНее shall determine.theamount of the penalty of this administrative сопlгаvепе.

In cases when the СТА ог the Construction Police decides the demolition of.. thevolume that is constructed additional to the approved design, the contravener shallcover the demolition expenses.

Artjcle 55

Sale о! the site state ог pubIic property shall Ье done 'п сотрНапсе with the LawNo.7980, dated 27.7.1995 "Оп the sale of sites". In cases of constructions 'п pubIicproperly, at the moment of construction permit receipt, the natural and juridicalрегэоп shall рау 50% of the site value and when the first floor framework completes,the remaining amount shall Ье paid.

ArticJe 56

'П the estabIishment of the construction site, the natural and juridical person thatimplements the works shall Ье obIiged to expose in the visibIe plaee а bill board withdata оп the type of object, пате of the implementing сотрапу, director of works,chief of works implementation, пате of the juridical ог паШгаl регэоп that is designerof the project and the deadline of works completion.

Article 57

In the сопstгuсtiоп permit the border of the temporary fence, height and type ofencircling in order поt to impede the view for the road circulation and aesthetical viewand in по саэе shall Ье permitted that the encircling occupies the sidewalk. Prioгto

constгuction work receipt, the аррliсапt shall declare in writing that will keep гoads,

sidewalk and the environment around the object clean during the construction andоп

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completlon of the works will recover '! to the previous state, iп particular the damagedroads and sidewalks аэ well as the subtеггапеап wiring. When асtiопs executed inсопtгагу to the construction permit conditions, which саиэе damage to епviгопmепt,

the СТА has the right to suspend the works and to require fulfillment of all theobIigations according to the declaration, аэ well аэ раутеп! of ехрепэеэ in ап equalamount of the works to Ье executed unti/ the recovery of the suггоuпdiпg

епviгопmепt in the previous state.'П саэез when the permit роээеээот suspends works, the construction permit timelimit ехрнев апd when due to interruption of works, the phase 01 object constructionсаизез disturbances тог functions and suггоuпdiпg епviгопmепt state, the possessor01 1he permit shall Ье fined. In саэеэ when works do not continue again, the DistrlctCouncil, Municipal ог Соттипаl Council shall recommend to the СТА, beside the liftof construction permit, other solutions to recover the normal functions and state ofthat агеа.

Article 58

Permit тог сопstгuсtiоп of temporary objects shall Ье granted only in cases of паturаl

misfortunes ог 'п similar саэе with those. Тетрогагу constructions shall Ье

constructed with dismountable materials without using concrete structures, concretebIocks, wall, and сопсгеtе panels. Permit for construction of these temporary objectsshall Ье granted тог а period of опе уеаг.

Article 59

Objects that constitute potential risk of bruise to life and health of people ап to thirdрагпев ргорвпу , that аге по! repaired Ьу the owner within the maximallimit of theirphysical durability, determined оп basis of technical гвропэ of ехрепв, shall Ье

demolished Ьу the owner in the time limit determlned Ьу the СТА. After expiration ofthis time /imit, they sha[/ Ье demo/ished Ьу the organs of Construction Раliее basedоп the request of the СТА. The object proprietor shall рау ехрепsеs of demolitions.The order signed Ьу the СТА Chairperson for раутеп! of these ехрепэеэ is ап

exeeutive t;tle.

Article 60

Urban planning Directory of Tirana Municipality, urban planning offices of its units,uгЬап planning offices of other municipa/itjes, игЬап planning seetions af d;strietсоипеilэ and uгЬап рlаппiпg offices of соттипеэ shall control the destination of useof constructions in conformity with the опе approved.Апу modification of the constructions destinations in general, transferal of privatebuildings from ownership of а proprietor to агюthег proprie\or, and when thistransferal is done through destination change, shall Ье done ироп permit гесеф! Ьу

the аЬоvеmепtiопеd offices.

Article 61

In the regional studies, master plans, general adjustmen1 plans and paгtial urbanplanning -studies, in co-operation wilh the National Environmental Agency and the

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General Directory of Forests and Pastures shall Ье made the classificatlon of gгеепterritories to Ье protected, preserved and increased. Thls classification, цроп

approval, shall impede апу type of modification, damage ог reduction of greenspaces through granting of construction sites, modification of their destination, whlchcause damage in the protection and increasing of these areas.

Article 62

CTAs of districts, of first category towns, of Т1гапа Municipality and the СТААА haveпо right to approve апу permanent ог temporary construction, outside the territorydetermined in the approved studies, in pubIic ргорвпу territories such аз:

• Territories о. social and cultural objects;• Green territories;• Sports territories;- Sites and spaces between existing bIocks of buildings;- Roads, pubIic squares, and parking, determined and interpreted in the Urbanplanning Regulation.Constructions that тау Ье done аге only those determined in the шЬап planningstudy [п fullconformity with the approved function.']п cases of properties returned from commission о! return and compensation Of·properties to former proprietors, when these properties аге located in such territories;the СТAs of аН levels do not have the right to modify the determined destinationinthe approved study. In these cases, proprietors of lands have the right .о!compensation according to laws [п power. .

Article 63

Application to cut ог uproot trees shall Ье done according to Form No. 6 attached tothis law. The СТА, under jurisdiction of which is located the агеа where trees willbecut ог uprooted, shall review the application. In case when the СТА decidesJ9approve this application, it issues the construction permit, which is issued onlyaft~E

receipt of payment for апу cutting ог other damage. The payment is done inth~

enterprise subordinate of municipality, соттипе ог district that manages greenterritorles. Juridical and natural регэоп, prior of issuance о! tree cutting permit, shallЬе obIiged to plant trees triple the trees to Ье cut, 'п ап агеа determined Ьу the.greening ог forest enterprise.Permit of tree cutting is valid only for а period of 3 months.

CHAPTERV

CONSTRUCTIONS IN TOURISM AREAS

Article 64

Tourism coas1al, lacustrine and continental areas аге approved Ьу separat~i'provisions. They have the geographical border of their extension approv8,e{RYreJevant organs. Law shall determine criteria о! constructions within those border~

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Article 65

Development of cons1ructions [п tourism areas shall Ье determined in regional andmaster pJans of tourism deveJopment.

Artjcle 66

Development of constructions [п tourism areas shall Ье done preserving maximallythe nature and their functions. These constructions shall develop аэ а rule interritories that damage greenery the least. Shall Ье impeded the development of а

tourism structure without ап approved study of engineering structure.

Article 67

Aiming at protection of tourism агеаэ:

· Shall Ье prohibited extraction of earth materials within the border of the tourismагеа such аэ earth, gravel, sand, stones, wood, etc.• Shall Ье prohibited extraction materials from riverbeds, in coastal and lakeshoreareas;• Shall Ье prohibited works of drying, reclamation, creation of dumps and otherreclamation works, ехсер! of cases approved Ьу the СТААА, the National WaterCouncil and the National Environmental Agency in геНапсе 01 provision ofenvironment impact.These conditions аге valid even (о coastal protection works executed Ьу the Ministry01 Defense.

Article 68

Towns, vil1ages and other residential агеаэ within the border of tourism, coastal,lacustrine and continenta! агеаэ shall Ье developed based оп their adjustment plans.Cohabitation with па1uгаl ecological systems shall Ье resolved based оп regionalstudies and master plans.

Article 69

EstabIishment and enlargement of commercial coastal, tourism and fishing ports аэ

well as industrial, commercial and touгism areas shall Ье done оп basis of masterplans of tourism areas development.

Article 70

Construction sites for tourism coastal, lacustrine, and continental objects shall Ьеapproved [п conformity with approved игЬап planning studies Ьу the CTARA Studiesand construction sites approved for these areas, shall Ье availabIe to the СоттШееfor Tourism Deve[opment to select offers of investment.СТARA shall approve permits for constructions ,п tourism coastal, lacustrine andcontinenta! areas. Proceduгe of comp!etion and submis5ion of the documentat;on ;5done in the section of шЬап planning of the relevant district upon prior receipt ofdecis;on of Committee of Tourism апd the National Environmental Agency.

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CHAPTERVI

MANAGEMENT OF AREAS AND TERRITORIES OF PECULIARCULTURAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, ARCHEOLOGICAL, MUSEUM AND

STRATEGICAL VALUES

Article 71

lп dеsigп of regiona! studies, master plans of territorial dеvеlорmепt, adjustmenfplans and partial studies, territories of peculiar environmental, historical, cultUral,archeological, museum, military and strategic values shall Ье marked, described andprotected in сотрНапсе with separate provisions.

Article 72

In design of regional studies, master plans of territorial development, аdjustmепt

plans and partial studies, shal! Ье determined теггйопвв of environmental valu~s,

ecological systems, national parks, flora and fauna reservations, accordingtoclassification and criteria for their ргеввгмайоп, pгotection and development, providedfor with separate pгovisions.

Article 73

Sites, existing construction objects and complexes of archeological, тизеит andhistorical values must Ье honored in the игЬап planning studies ensuring theirprotection according to requirements of specialized institutions. Shall Ье prohibitedапу type of construction in а distance of 200 meters from the border о! archeo!ogicaJsites under protection. Constructions in museum cities, their protected sites andnea.fseparate monuments as well аз sites around them shall Ье done in accordance with.definitions of this law getting prior opinion 01 the relevant institut;ons.

Article 74

Preservation, pгotection and development of structures, architectuгal andurb~n

planning object of special values аге retrected in the urban planning studies аМapproved Ьу СТААА.

CHAPTERVII

ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTION AND AABIТAAAY OCCUPATION OF ТНЕ

SITE

Article 75

Arbitrary occupation of the site for апу type of construction, besides punishment wit~а fine, shall Ье accompanied Ьу the obIigation 01 immediate demolition of the objectand return of the $;te in the previous state а! the contravener ехрепзеэ.

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lmpose of the penalty, demolition о! the object and return of the site in the previousstate shall Ье applled based оп the order issued Ьу the Chairperson о! ConstructionPolice от the distrrct. The Construction Ройсе shall execute the order with assistanceof specialized organs and subjects.

Article 76

Construction done without construction permit is iIIegal. Shall Ье prohibited theirJdgistration in the registers of immovabIe properties. For the ригроэе ofimplementation of игЬап planning plans, по indemnification ог expropriation of iIIegalconstruction shall Ье made, either Ьу state organs ог Ьу private subjects thatimplement urban planning studies approved Ьу competent organs.

Article77

For iI1egal construction completed unti1 the пгпе of enfry into force of this law, therelevant СТА decides the tollowing:- When completed constructions impede implementation of approved studies of апуlevel that аге effective, the СТА decides their demolition according to implantatianphases of the studies;- When those constitute risk to environment ог оссиру pubIic territories, they shallimmediately demolish.For construction completed without permit Ьу owner in their land, when игЬап

planning conditions аге met, the СТА shaH decide their legalization with the conditionof compulsoгy payment of а fine equal to 10''/0 of the completed investment value,whllst for residential houses 4% of this amount. Evaluation experts of immovabIeproperties shall determine this investment va/ue оп request of егоап planning sectionог office. The urban planning office ог section shall approve compensation of вхрепв'рауаЫе Ьу the contravener.

Article 78

Constructions that аге executed wi1hout construction permit in the approved site areiIIegal construetions. Urban planning seetion о! municipality ог distrlct, цгоап planningdirectory of Тiгапа Municipa/ity, the Municipal Раliее and other interested persons,when notice such construc1ions, shall notify immediately 1he Construction PoliceBranch in the distriet about the 1IIegal construction. The Construction РаНее Braneh,ироп receipt of notice from the above organs ог оп its awn initiative shall deeideimmediately the suspension of the 1IIegal construetion and [троэе the amount of thefine according to Article 81 of this iaw.

Article 79

The СТА of the district ог of Tirana Municipality shall decide оп the illegalconstruction suspended according to Article 78, in its next meeting.The СТА grants the construction permit when construction meets requirements ofthis law, in the contrary shall decide to demolish the IIlegal construction. Thesedecisions аге final and the demolition of the construction shall Ье executed within fivedays from the issuance of the order of Мауог of municipality ог district for demolition

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of the illegal eonstruetion in applieation of СТА deeision.

Article 80

In cases when eontraveners impede the application of proeedures of Artieles 75aГld

79, aetions from whieh have resulted ог тау result consequences for the pubIicorder, the Construetian Poliee organs тау eall the assistance of pubIie order раНее.

In cases when contradietion from the side of eontraveners constitutes criminalviolation, immediately shall Ье denouneed to the proseeutor for crim inal proceeding.

СНАРТЕА VIII

SANCTIONS

Article 81

Besides obIigations contained in these provisions, breach and execution of illegalaetions that constitute administrative contravene in the field of urban planning shallЬе punished with а penalty as follows:

- For [violation of] Articles 34,56, 57, and 58 with 50000 ALL;- For Articles 60, 61, and 63 wilh 200000 ALL;- For Artieles 66, 67, 73, 75, 77, and 78 with 500 000 ALL.

The Chairperson of the Construetion РоНее Braneh shall ппроае the penalties.

Article 82

Against the deeisions of the Chairperson of the Construetion Poliee Braneh, ап

арреаl тау Ье filed within five days from Ihe date of notiee to the Direetor of theConstruelion Police, whieh must reply within ten days. Against the deeision of thelatter, ап арреаl тау Ье fjJed to the district eourt where eontravene has Ьееп

committed, within five days from the date of notiee.

Article 83

Арреаl 10 the eourt of against decisions of the СТAs, organs of Construetion РаНее

and those of penalties impose does not suspend their exeeution. In ease of, basedоп the final deeision of the eourt, acceptanee of aecusation ог appeal, the damagedрегэоп has the right to request from the organ that issued the deeision,eompensation тог the caused damage.

Article 84

The contravener shall рау penalties, eompensations and demolition expenses,determined in this law within 5 days from the day of notiee of the Construction policedeeision ог from the day when the eourt deeision is final. After expiration of thistimelimit, shall Ье paid а penalty fee for lateness for 2% daily for а month. АНег expiration·of this limit (опе month), organs of Construction Poliee shall require its ехееutiопtо

the eourt aecording to laws [п foree. Penalties, eompensations and expenses shall Ье

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рауаЫе to the finance оПiсе of the ioca! governmen1organ.

Article 85

The attached forms по.1, 2, 3, 3/1,4,5,6,7,8 and 9 аге integral part of this law.

Article 86

Law 7693, dated 6.4.1993 "Оп Urban Planning" and апу other provision 1hat iscontrary to the provisions of this law аге repealed.

Article 87

This law is effective 15 days after pubIication in the OfficiaJ Journal.

Promulgated with the Оесгее No. 2222, dated 28.9.1998 ofthe President oftheRepubIic of Albania, Rexhep Meidani

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