Decree No. 14293 of 2005 issuing requirements and conditions for buildings, installations, elevators and for the protection against fires and earthquakes in order to guarantee public safety and security.

The aim of this Decree is guarantee the public safety. This Decree is composed of 10 articles and 3 Annexes. Article 1 deals with terms and definitions. Article 2 defines requirements and conditions necessary for public safety in construction areas. Article 3 adopts the technical requirements mentioned in article 1 related to the guarantee of public safety in constructions and installations as well as the Horizontal Acceleration Coefficient against earthquakes. Article 4 deals with the following matters, on which this Decree shall be applied: (a) new constructions and installations; and (b) buildings and installations already constructed or in phase of construction. Article 5 refers to the verification of public safety requirements. Article 6 pertains to liability and insurance. All Annexes are to be considered as an integral part of this Decree (art. 7). Annex I contains 3 Chapters dealing with the mechanisms of technical revision. The technical revision phases are the following: (a) general technical requirements applied to the obligatory technical verification; (b) principal duties for the technical verification; and (c) optional secondary duties for the technical verification such as function for installations, noise isolation, architectural barriers, technical management of buildings and the protection of the environment. Annex 2 contains 3 Chapters dealing with: (a) hiring of technical revisers and definition of their duties; (b) classification categories of technical revisers; and (c) rules and morals of the technical reviser profession. Annex 4 contains 4 Chapters dealing with particular rules related to public safety in all kinds of elevators.