Piped fuel gas installations in buildings - Ordinance No. 424/2025/1

Ordinance No. 424/2025/1, of 27 November, approving the technical regulations relating to the design, construction, operation, use and maintenance of piped fuel gas installations in buildings, was published.

The technical regulations approved by this ordinance establishes, among other things, the following:

• The technical conditions applicable to the design, execution and operation of piped fuel gas installations in individual or collective buildings, provided that the installed power, per fire or per place of consumption, does not exceed 500 kW.
   
• The Regulation also applies to extensions, alterations, conversions or reconversions of installations in buildings already existing on the date of entry into force of the Order.
   
• The provisions of this Regulation do not cover sections of piped fuel gas installations upstream of the building's main shut-off device, nor sections to be installed in public areas upstream of the building's main shut-off device, when underground.
   
• The technical regulation also covers the commissioning of gas installations, regulating the inspections to be carried out, namely the initial inspection under the responsibility of a gas inspection entity (EIG).

The Ordinance comes into force 90 days after the date of its publication and can be consulted here.