The Technical Department of the General Directorate of Civil Defence reviews building files to check that public safety standards and shelter requirements are met before a Civil Defence approval is issued.

Procedures handled by the Technical Department

• Application for a new building permit
• Application for a permit to add to or modify a building, with or without a shelter
• Application for a permit for a new building or an extension at a private school
• Application for a licence to operate a school in an existing building
• Permit for building or extending a private hospital
• Application for a permit for new construction or an extension on public property (hospital, school, university)
• Application to regularise an upper floor added to a building that includes a shelter
• Application to regularise a shelter or change its use
• Application to lift a notation from a building, with or without a shelter

Application forms are available from the Technical Department at the General Directorate of Civil Defence.

Free of charge

Experts assigned to inspect buildings for Civil Defence licence approval, to check public safety standards in residential, industrial and commercial buildings, or to investigate the causes of fires and accidents, carry out their work without any payment. If anyone asks you for money, please report it to the Complaints Office on 01/287125.