- The Central Emission Register for Buildings has been operational since July 2021.
- To date, there are more than 4.7 million declarations in the system. This means that the Poles have stormed the entries in recent weeks
- The deadline for “confessing” to the municipality with what we heat the house ends at the end of June, so there are only a few days left
- Forgetful people can be fined 5,000. PLN, but this is not the only fine
- The fact that it will not be possible to buy cheap coal without registration in the register is perhaps much more acute
- It is important that the obligation does not only apply to owners of single-family homes and other residential buildings. Others must apply as well, including: gardeners
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Monday morning there were 4 million 714 thousand in the Central Emission Registration Buildings. 778 declarations. The construction supervisory authority estimated that there should be about 6 million in total.
Compared to last month, this is a significant increase. Over 1.2 million entries were added to the register over four weeks. Previously, the pace was only 500-600 thousand. documents per month, and in the first six months of the year, Poland submitted only half a million declarations.
According to data from the Central Office for Building Control, solid fuel boilers are still the most popular in Poland. There are about 2.5 million of these in our country. Another 1.6 million are boilers or gas boilers, which the European Union wants to ban in the long term.
Why is it worth reporting the heat source to the municipality? Failure to do so could result in a fine of up to PLN 5,000. PLN, but not this is currently the biggest motivator for real estate owners.
This is especially true for those who heat their homes with coal (more than 2 million homes nationwide). As we have often written in Business Insider Polska, the price of a ton of raw material even reaches 2.5-3 thousand. zloty. That is almost three times more than before.
However, the government has found a solution. According to the design of subsidies for sellers, a ton of coal will again cost about 1000. zloty. The sellers will not lose because they get compensation from the government. And the customers buy the coal at the normal price.
And here we come to the chase. In the bill we find a provision that obliges the buyer to submit certain documents.
One of these is the declaration of entry into the CEEB. Without it, it is impossible to buy cheap coal. So if this obligation is not met by the end of June, then in winter there may be a problem with the heating of the house. Or you just have to pay a lot more for coal.
Fakt wrote about the other conditions that must be met in order to use cheap coal.
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A major inventory of heat sources in Poland began in July 2021. This action is completely different from the National Census. No one knocks on the door or calls here. Nor is the municipality obliged to remind the owner of the building of the registration in the register. You have to remember this and do it yourself, because the consequences can be serious.
The Central Register Emissivity of Buildings, as the name suggests, only applies to some real estate. Therefore, building owners and not, for example, apartment owners need to worry about the new obligation. Although there are exceptions.
In the event of blockages, the notification does not have to be made separately by each apartment owner. They are usually just part of a building managed by a cooperative or community. In the case of council flats – the municipality. It is the responsibility of the manager to report heat sources to the administration.
However, there is an exception. “If there is an individual heat source in the apartment, for example, a fireplace, then such a declaration must be submitted by yourself” – explains the head office of Construction Inspectorate.
Apart from the managers, they should be most interested in the business owners of single-family homes. In total, the registry should contain the aforementioned 6 million properties.
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Importantly, all buildings must be notified, not just residential buildings. The obligation therefore also applies to uninhabited buildings, agricultural buildings, vacant buildings or even heated garden sheds.
The latter are remembered by the Polish Allotment Association. †The declaration obligation also applies to PZD – boards of the Family Allotments in the context of e.g. communal garden areas connected to the municipal or local heating network, with solid fuel boilers, etc. (up to 1 MW), as well as individual allotment owners with allotment pavilions equipped with, among other things, electric heating, in fireplaces, goats, etc.” – we read in the announcement of the PZD branch in Łódź.
It is important that gardeners must report such heat sources themselves, and not, for example, via the ROD board.
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Where and when to report?
The obligation took effect on July 1, 2021. The owners have 12 months to complete itthat’s until the end of June 2022. Only a few more days.
However, we are only talking about those who already live in their homes and who moved in before July 1, 2021. Those under construction have much less time.
“In the case of a new building in which the heat source has been commissioned, the deadline for submitting the declaration is 14 days“- explains the head office of Construction Inspectorate.
From when do the aforementioned 14 days count? Officials explain that the deadline starts when the owner receives a usage permit. From that moment on you have to hurry.
The declaration can be submitted in two ways. First of all – through the Internet. It will be the fastest and easiest way. It is enough to go to the special page, where an active form is waiting for the owner of the property.
After logging in with the Trusted Profile, you only have to fill in a document in which you enter the address of the property, contact details of the owner and select the correct heat source. After the form is approved and sent, it goes directly to the central registry.
However, you should be careful to choose the right document. The form for residential buildings is different than for other real estatethat are not inhabited (for example company buildings or service buildings).
The second way is a paper declaration that can be downloaded from the same page. After filling it must be picked up by post or sent to the town halland there the clerk copies the data from the piece of paper to the electronic system. He has a maximum of 6 months to do this.
What are the risks of not submitting the return?
What if the owner does not fulfill his obligation? The law provides for sanctions, although the government also assured that it had no intention of severely punishing the forgetful.
Nevertheless, the rules assume that such a violation is punishable by a fine, and if the case goes to court – a fine from PLN 20 to PLN 5,000 zloty.
“Failing to file a return will result in a fine, which will be imposed under the general principles of the Minor Crimes Code. However, if we consider that we have not filed the return before the local government is informed, we can avoid punishment by sending the required information to the office as part of active regret“- informs the General Bureau of Construction Supervision.
In short – if we find out after the deadline that we have not filed the return, we can also do so after the deadline. Provided, however, that the head of the municipality, mayor or city president would not notice it sooner. Then it may be too late for “active regret”.
Added to this is the aforementioned inability to take advantage of government subsidies for coal.