Chương I Thông tư 31/2016/TT-BXD: Quy định chung

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope

This Circular deals with classification, criteria for classification, applications for recognition, power and procedures for recognition of apartment building classes (including those for residential and mixed purposes).

This Circular shall not apply to apartment buildings built before 1994.

Article 2. Regulated entities

1. Investors of apartment building projects; management boards of apartment buildings; owner-occupiers and occupiers in apartments.

2. Regulatory agencies relating to the classifying apartment buildings and recognizing classes thereof (hereinafter referred to as classification and recognition).

3. Other relevant organizations and individuals.

Article 3. Purposes and requirements for classification and recognition

1. Apartment buildings shall be put into multiple classes so as to be valued for the purpose of management or dealing on the market.

2. Each apartment building shall be classified and recognized individually in accordance with the following requirements:

a) An application shall be submitted by an organization or individual prescribed in Article 4 hereof;

b) The apartment building is built in accordance with the detailed planning approved by competent authorities; in accordance with construction permit that has been issued (if required by law on construction);

c) The apartment building is built in accordance with national technical regulation on apartment buildings and other relevant national technical regulations;

d) The construction of apartment building has been completed in accordance with law on housing, construction and relevant law provisions, has been put into operation and absent from any violation against regulations of law until the date on which the application for recognition is submitted;

dd) The apartment building is neither supposed to be demolished nor located in an area that is required to be expropriated under a competent authority’s decision.