FM Global Country Building Codes Index
Updated June 2015
Country
Code
Edition
Language
Albania
Technical Conditions Code on Design
1989
English
Algeria
Droit de L’urbanisme et de la Construction (Planning Law and Construction)
French
Argentina
Reglamentos CIRSOC
1982 – 1992
Spanish
Armenia
Republic of Armenia Building Code 2006
2006
Armenian
Australia
National Construction Code
2014
English
Austria
Austrian Standards
English, German
Azerbaijan
Fire Code
English, Russian,
Azerbaijani
Bahrain
GSO Iso 22111:2013 Bases for Design of Structures — General Requirements
2013
English, Arabic
Bangladesh
Bangladesh National Building Code
2006
English
Barbados
Barbados National Building Code
1998
French, Flemish,
English
Belgium
Eurocodes 0-9; NBN EN 1998-1-6
French, Dutch
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)
Brunei Darussalam
Brunei Darussalam International Standard Book 12: 2014
PBD 12: 2014 3Rd Edition
2014
Malay
Bulgaria
Eurocodes National Annexes
2012
Bulgarian, English
Burkina Faso
Code de L’urbanisme et de la Construction: Loi No. 017-2006
2006
French
Cambodia
N/A
Cameroon
N/A
2010
English, French
2012
Spanish
1981
English
Portuguese
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
Colombian Building Code: Título G Estructuras de Madera y Estructuras de Guadua
English, Spanish
Costa Rica
Reglamento de Construcciones (Building Regulations)
1983
Spanish
Croatia
Zakon O Prostornom Uredenju I Gradnji (The Law on Spatial Planning and Construction)
2013
Croatian
Cyprus
Eurocodes 0-9; National Annexes for Eurocodes
Greek, English
Czech Republic
On Town and Country Planning and Building Code (Building Act)
Côte d'Ivoire
N/A
Denmark
Eurocodes 0-9; National Annexes for Building Structures
Dominican Republic
MOPC de la República Dominicana
2011
Spanish
Ecuador
Código Ecuatoriano de la Construcción. Requisitos Generales de Diseño
2001
Spanish
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2001
Czech, English
Danish, English
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Egypt
Code
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
El Salvador
N/A
Estonia
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Edition
1964 –
present
Language
English, Arabic
Building Act
2003
Estonian, English
Ethiopia
Ethiopian Building Code Standard EBCS-1-95 Through EBCS 11-95
1995
English
Finland
National Building Code of Finland
France
Eurocodes 0-9; And Code de la Construction et de L’habitation
2014
French
Georgia
Draft Building Code
2015
Georgian
Germany
Eurocodes 0-9
2012
German
Ghana
National Building Regulation, L.i. 1630
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
2005
English
Indonesia
Law on Buildings
2002
English
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
1993
Arabic
Kazakhstan
On the Architecture, Urban Planning, and Building In the Republic of Kazakhstan
2012
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
Lesotho
Building Control Act, Act No. 8
1995
English
Lithuania
Lithuanian Standards Board - LST
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 Building Standards-Codes
2007
English
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English
English
English
Russian,
Macedonian
English, Lithuanian
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Code
Mali
N/A
Malta
Building Regulation Act of 2011
Mauritania
N/A
Mauritius
Mexico
Mongolia
Mongolian Building Code, Norms and Related Standards (BCNS)
Montenegro
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Language
2011
Maltese, English
Building Control Act 2012
2012
English
Mexico City Building Code
2004
Spanish
Construction Law 2008
2008
English, Bosnian,
Serbian
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
Mongolian
Portuguese
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
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
2000-2005
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
Eurocodes 0-9
2011
English, Romanian
Russian Federation
Urban Planning Code of the Russian Federation
2004
English
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
Eurocodes 0-9
2010
English, Slovak
Slovenia
Eurocodes 0-9
South Africa
SABS 10160 Basis of Structural Design and Actions for Buildings and Industrial Structures.
(Parts 1-8); and Others
Spain
Código Técnico de la Edificación
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Extraordinary No 392/9 Under Section 8 of Urban Development Authority Law No 41
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English
English, Slovenian
2009
English
Spanish
1986
English
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Code
Sweden
Extraordinary No. 392/9 under the Section 8 of Urban Development Authority Law
No 41 Of 1978
Switzerland
Canton Building Codes and Construction Laws
Taiwan
Building Act
2011
English
Tajikistan
Urban 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
Timor-Leste
N/A
Trinidad and Tobago
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
Standardization System and Norms in Construction
1993
Ukrainian
United Arab Emirates
BS 8414; Gso Iso 22111:2013 Bases for Design of Structures — General Requirements;
and IFC
United Kingdom
Eurocodes 0-9; and Building Regulations
2004
English
United States
International Building Code
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
N/A
Zimbabwe
Has some construction standards
N/A = no known national code; codes may be adopted locally in some cases
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