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Country
Code
Edition
Language
Albania
Technical Conditions Code on Design
1989
English
Algeria
Droit de L’urbanisme et de la Construction (Planning and Construction Law), no. 90-29
1990
French
Argentina
Reglamentos CIRSOC
1982 – 1992
Spanish
Armenia
Republic of Armenia Building Code 2006
2006
Armenian
Australia
National Construction Code
2016
English
Austria
Austrian Building Regulations / OIB-Guidelines
Azerbaijan
Town Planning and Building Code
2012
English, Russian, Azerbaijani
Bahrain
GSO ISO 22111:2013 Bases for Design of Structures — General Requirements
2013
English, Arabic
Bangladesh
Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC)
2012
English
Belgium
Eurocodes 0-9; NBN EN 1998-1-6
Benin
N/A
Bolivia
Reglamento Boliviano de Construcciones
Bosnia and Herzegovina
N/A
Botswana
Building Control Regulations
Brazil
Brazilian Building Code (Código de Obras e Edificações)
Bulgaria
Eurocodes National Annexes
Cambodia
N/A
Cameroon
N/A
English, German
French, Dutch 2012
Spanish
1981
English Portuguese
2012
Bulgarian, English
2010
English, French
Canada
National Building Code of Canada
Chad
N/A
Chile
Ordenanza General de Urbanismo y Construcciones
2014
Spanish
China
Building Code of the People’s Republic of China
2012
Chinese
Colombia
Reglamento Colombiano de Construccion Sismo Resistente NSR-10
2010
Spanish
Costa Rica
Reglamento de Construcciones (Building Regulations)
1983
Spanish
Côte d'Ivoire
N/A
Croatia
Zakon O Prostornom Uredenju I Gradnji (The Law on Spatial Planning and Construction)
2013
Croatian
Cyprus
Eurocodes 0-9; National Annexes for Eurocodes
Czech Republic
On Town and Country Planning and Building Code (Building Act)
2001
Czech, English
Denmark
Eurocodes 0-9; National Annexes for Building Structures
Greek, English Danish, English
Dominican Republic
MOPC de la República Dominicana
2011
Spanish
Ecuador
Código Ecuatoriano de la Construcción. Requisitos Generales de Diseño
2001
Spanish
Egypt
100 - Basic Infrastructure Codes; 200 - Structural Buildings Codes; 300 Building Work Services Codes: 400 - Complementary Work Codes; 500 - Environmental Engineering; 600 Architectural Concepts; 700 - Technical Specification for Building Systems; 800 - Technical Specification of Work Items; 900 - Documents of Contracts
1964 – present
English, Arabic
El Salvador
N/A
Estonia
Building Act
2015
Estonian
Ethiopia
Ethiopian Building Code Standard EBCS-1-95 Through EBCS 11-95
1995
English
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Code
Edition
Language
Finland
National Building Code of Finland
2012
English
France
Eurocodes 0-9; and Code de la Construction et de L’habitation
2015
French
Georgia
Draft Building Code
2015
Georgian
Germany
Eurocodes 0-9
2012
German
Ghana
Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing
1996
English
Greece
New Building Regulations
2012
Greek
Guatemala
Normas de Construcción (Construction Standards)
2010
Spanish
Guyana
National Building Codes
2012
English
Honduras
Código Hondureño de Construcción : Reglamentación de Construcción y Normas Técnicas Complementarias.
2000
Spanish
Hong Kong SAR
The Buildings Ordinance
Hungary
Hungarian Governmental Decree 211/2012 (Vii. 30.) Amending the 253/1997 (Xii. 20.) Governmental Decree about the National Requirements of Building and Town Planning (Building Code)
1997
Hungarian
Iceland
Act on Constructions No. 160/2010
2002
English, Icelandic
India
National Building Code of India (NBC 2005)
2005
English
Indonesia
Law on Buildings
2002
English
Iran
National Building Codes
Ireland
Eurocodes 0-9; and Building Regulations 1997 – 2014
2002 – 2014
English
Israel
Israel Building Code
English, Russian, Hebrew, Arabic
Italy
Ente Nazionale Italiano Di Unificazione - UNI
Italian
Jamaica
Jamacian Building Code
Japan
Building Standard Law of Japan
2013
English
Jordan
Jordanian National Building Code, Law No. (7) of 1993
1993
Arabic
Kazakhstan
On the Architecture, Urban Planning, and Building in the Republic of Kazakhstan
2012
English, Russian
Kenya
Planning and Building Regulations
2009
English
Korea, Rep.
Building Act
2013
Korean, English
Kuwait
GSO ISO 22111:2013 Bases for Design of Structures — General Requirements
2013
English, Arabic
Kyrgyz Republic
Urban Planning Code of the Kyrgyz Republic
Latvia
General Construction Regulations; Latvian Construction Standard Lbn 002-01 Thermotechnics of Building Envelopes; Latvian Construction Standard Lbn 201-10 “Fire Safety of Structures”
1997 – 2011
Latvian
Lebanon
Lebanese Construction Law No. 646
2004
Arabic
Lesotho
Building Control Act, Act No. 8
1995
English
Lithuania
Building Technical Regulations
Luxembourg
Eurocodes 0-9
2011
French
Macedonia, FYR
Rules of Standards and Norms for the Design of Buildings
2001
Macedonian
Madagascar
Urbanisation and Habitation Code, Decree No. 63-192 & Decree 2010-234
2010
Malagasy, French
Malawi
N/A
Malaysia
Malaysian Uniform Building By-Laws (UBBL)
Mali
N/A
Malta
Building Regulation Act of 2011
Mauritania
N/A
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English
English
Russian, Macedonian
English, Lithuanian
English, Malay 2011
Maltese, English
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Code
Edition
Language
Mauritius
Building Control Act 2012
2012
English
Mexico
Reglamento de Construcciones para el Distrito Federal; and Mexico City Building Code
Spanish
Mongolia
Mongolian Building Code, Norms and Related Standards (BCNS)
Montenegro
Construction Law 2008
2008
English, Bosnian, Serbian
Mongolian
Morocco
General Regulations for Construction (Réglement Général de Construction, RGC
2013
French
Mozambique
Diploma 1976 (1960); Decree 2/2004 (Private Construction); Decree 54/2005 (Public Works); and Other Legislation
Portuguese
Myanmar
Myanmar National Building Code
2012
English
Namibia
South Africa National Standard SANS 10400-2011
2011
English
Nepal
Nepal National Building Code
1994
English
Netherlands
Bouwbesluit 2012; and Eurocodes
2012
Dutch
New Zealand
New Zealand Building Code Handbook
2014
English
Nicaragua
Reglamento Nacional de la Construcción
2007
Spanish
Nigeria
National Building Code
2006
English
Norway
Forskrift Om Tekniske Krav Til Byggverk (Byggteknisk Forskrift) (Regulation on Technical Requirements for Construction Works (Building Code)
2010
Norwegian
Oman
GSO ISO 22111:2013 Bases for Design of Structures — General Requirements
2013
English, Arabic
Pakistan
Building Code of Pakistan
2007
English
Panama
Reglamento Para el Diseño Estructural en la República de Panamá 2004
2004
Spanish
Paraguay
N/A
Peru
National Building Regulations; Technical Building Standard, E.030 Earthquake Resistant Standards
2003
Spanish
Philippines
National Structural Code of the Philippines; and Philippines National Building Code
2005 – 2010
English
Poland
Polish Regulation Concerning Building Technical Requirements and Building Localization
2002
English, Polish
Portugal
Eurocodes 0-9
2012
Portuguese
Qatar
GSO ISO 22111:2013 Bases for Design of Structures — General Requirements; Qatar Construction Specifications (Qcs) 2014
2013 – 2014
English, Arabic
Romania
Codul Amenajarii Teritoriului Si Al Urbanismului (Code of Urbanism and Spatial Planning)
2011
Romanian
Russian Federation
Urban Planning Code of the Russian Federation
2004
English, Russian
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Building Code; GSO ISO 22111:2013 Bases for Design of Structures — General Requirements
2007 – 2013
Arabic
Senegal
Decree No. 2009-1450 of 30 December 2009 on the Regulatory Part of the Town Planning Code (Decret N° 2009-1450 du 30 Décembre 2009 Portant Partie Règlementaire du Code de L’urbanisme)
2009
French
Serbia
Law on Planning and Construction (Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 72/2009)
2009
English
Singapore
Building Control Act; Code of Practice on Buildability
1999 – 2014
English
Slovak Republic
On territorial planning and the building code (the building Act)
2010
English, Slovak
Slovenia
Building Regulations
South Africa
SABS 10160 Basis of Structural Design and Actions for Buildings and Industrial Structures. (Parts 1-8); and Others
2009
English
Spain
Código Técnico de la Edificación
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Extraordinary No 392/9 Under Section 8 of Urban Development Authority Law No 41
1986
English
Sweden
Planning and Building Act SFS 2010:900; Planning and Building Ordinance SFS 2011:338
2010 – 2012
Swedish, English
Switzerland
Canton Building Codes and Construction Laws
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Spanish
German
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Code
Edition
Language
Taiwan
Building Act
2011
English
Tajikistan
Town Planning Code of the Republic of Tajikistan
2012
English, German, Russian
Tanzania
N/A
Thailand
Building Control Act B.e. 2522 (1979); Ministry Regulation No.48
1979 – 2008
Thai, English
Trinidad and Tobago
N/A
Tunisia
N/A
Turkey
TS498-1987 (Rev 11/97) Design Loads for Buildings; TS500-Feb 2000 Requirements for Design and Construction of Reinforced Concrete Structures; TS648-Dec 1980 Building Code for Steel Structures
2000
English, Turkish
Uganda
Physical Planning Act
2010
English
Ukraine
State Building Codes of Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Gulf Building Code
2016
English, Arabic
United Kingdom
Eurocodes 0-9; and Building Regulations
2004
English
United States
International Building Code (promulgated at state/local level – edition varies)
2015
English
Uruguay
N/A
Uzbekistan
Urban Planning Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan
1998
English, Kazakh, Russian, Tajik, Uzbek
Venezuela
Especificaciones Generales Para Edificios (General Building Specifications)
1987
Spanish
Vietnam
Vietnam Building Code Parts I – Iii (Ministry of Construction)
1997
Vietnamese
Zambia
Town and Country Planning Act, Cap 283
1997
English
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