Requesting an opinion on a building fire safety plan

Some building fire safety plans require a favourable opinion from the Portuguese Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC).

A building fire safety plan is a document that lays out details such as how the features of a building prevent fires from occurring and allows fires to be fought effectively.

However, in some situations, it is sufficient for a plan to be submitted alongside a declaration of responsibility drawn up by the specialist who prepared it.

Service channels

How much

There is a minimum fee (in 2023 it was EUR 110.03), beyond which the fee is calculated taking into account:

  • the area (in m2) of the site covered by the plan,
  • the intended use of the building.

The table used for calculating the fee is updated annually through an order of the Chair of the Emergency and Civil Protection Authority.

All documents relating to the payment of the fee must specify the NIF [TIN] of the owner of the building or unit.

Legislation, refusals, contests, claims

Legislation

Decree-Law No 220/2008 of 12 November on the legal framework governing building fire safety

Decree-Law No 224/2015 of 9 October – the first act amending Decree-Law No 220/2008 of 12 November

Ministerial Implementing Order No 1532/2008 of 29 December approving the technical regulation on building fire safety

Ministerial Implementing Order No 1054/2009 of 16 September setting the fees for the services provided by the Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC) within the scope of the legal framework governing building fire safety

Ministerial Implementing Order No 165/2021 of 30 July – the first act amending Ministerial Implementing Order No 1054/2009

Law No 40/2015 of 1 June establishing the professional qualification required for specialists creating and signing off on plans

Ministerial Implementing Order No 113/2015 of 22 April establishing the instructions for the procedures provided for in the legal framework governing urbanisation and construction

Law No 123/2019 of 18 October – the third act amending Decree-Law No 220/2008 of 12 November

Despacho n.º 7546/2024, de 11 de julho - Atualização das taxas a cobrar pelos serviços mencionados no artigo 2.º da Portaria n.º 1054/2009, de 16 de setembro

Competent Entity

Autoridade Nacional de Proteção Civil

Operation hours

  • Dias úteis das 09:00h às 12:30h.
  • Dias úteis das 14:00h às 17:00h.