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The professional certification of architects and spatial planning managers will henceforth be more transparent and clear. The Chamber of Architects responsible for this must ensure that the decisions of the Architects Professional Certification Commission are objective and impartial and that it assumes responsibility for the validity of its conclusions. The Construction Products Certification Center which participates in the certification of spatial planning managers will have to establish impartiality criteria for the members of the certification commission.These changes are provided for in the descriptions of the procedure for attestation of architects and recognition of rights and the procedure for attestation of spatial planning managers prepared by the Ministry of Environment which were revised during the implementation of the new regulations of 1 November. the provisions of the laws of the Chamber of Architecture and the Chamber of Architects that have entered into force.According to the Deputy Minister of the Environment Darius Kvedaraviius the goal of the changes is strong and transparent self-government of architects. The amendments aim to make the activities of the Chamber more transparent and the regulation clearer. We hope that the successful example of professional self-government of the Chamber of Architects will inspire other construction professionals to join strong associated structures and regulate their professional standards responsibly says D. Kvedaraviius. The description of the procedure for attestation and recognition of the right of architects more clearly defines the functions of the organization attesting architects - the Chamber of Architects - and the Commission for the Professional Attestation of Architects and the duties of the members of the commission. A new opt-out obligation has emerged that will avoid conflicts of interest.In addition taking into account the division of buildings into buildings and civil engineering works the architects qualification certificate and legal recognition document were supplemented and requirements were established to prove the architects professional experience gained in the design and implementation of buildings and civil engineering works.The description of the procedure for attestation and recognition of the right of architects stipulates that the list of attested architects must indicate the dates of commencement termination and renewal of the activities of a certified architect.These data are published on the website of the Chamber of Architects in the Information System of Licenses in the Information System of Building Permits and State Supervision of Construction Infostatyba. This will prevent the architect from providing professional services after deciding not to take up or pursue the activity. It cannot do so and this must be known to both the sponsors and the authorities controlling the activity.After the Law on the Chamber of Architects establishes the statute of limitations for the examination of decisions adopted by the Chamber of Architects it is provided that they do not examine complaints applications and requests of interested persons if the violation was committed earlier than 5 years ago. If the violation is continuous it happens every day for example a person does not perform actions that he is obliged to perform or performs actions that he is not entitled to perform - 5 years after the last day the violation was committed.After revising the description of the procedure for attesting spatial planning managers the functions of the organizations certifying spatial planning managers - the Chamber of Architects and the Construction Products Certification Center - were established.
