Less power to public officials

According to the legislator's intentions, the amendment to the Building Law of 2003 should have streamlined and accelerated the investing process. However, these aims were not met, because the statutory provisions are inaccurate, include numerous legislative deficiencies and - by leaving a number of significant issues in the hands of public officials - have a high corruption potential. In particular, the lack of a statutory definition of "significant deviation from an approved building project" is criticized since it allows public officials to give priority to their own opinion when determining whether changes in the draft are significant. Additionally, they impose penalties on the investors and force them to change building permits. Also, the law does not regulate whether acknowledgement of any irregularities by the competent authority hinders the granting of an occupancy permit. In practice this also depends on the decision of a public official. But that's not all. Public