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LAWS AND REGULATIONS

LEGAL AND TECHNICAL REGULATIONS

The assessment of the risks from the influence of the OHL 400 kV Dubrovo - Stip -
Macedonian-Bulgarian border, the interpretation of the results and the proposal of
protective actions is done according to the following laws, rule books, regulations and
recommendations:

List of laws, rule books, regulations, standards and recommendations

applied in the projecting and building of overhead power supply lines

Republic of Macedonia

1. Law on Building Investment Structures Off. G. of RM (15/90-294, 11/91-

294, 18/99, 25/99-1564)

2. Law on Energy, Off. G. of SRM -41.87, 41/88. 42/88, and Off. G. of RM

13/93, and 15/94, 47/97-1719, 40/99-2195

3. Law on Spatial and Urban Planning (Off. G. of SRM-38/85, 18/89, 38/90

and 62/93, 10/79, 21/91 and Off. G. of RM 4/96-69, 8/96-176, 5/97-175,
28/97-1282 and 18/99-1160)

4. Law on Waters (Off. G. of SRM 6/81, 31/87, 51/88, 20/90, 23/90, 24/91,
83/92, Off. G. of SFRY 2/74, 24/76) Law on changes of the Law on Waters
19/2000-1007

5. Law on Mineral Raw Material (at the day of entering into force of this
Law, the following are void: the Law on Geologic Research and Exploitation
of Mineral Raw Material, published in Off. G. of RM No. 18/88, the Law on
the Basis of Geologic Activity published in the Off. G. of SFRY No. 63/90
and the Law for the Unique Way of Establishing, Recording and Collecting
Information for the Reserves of Mineral Raw Material and Underground
Waters and the Balance of Those Reserves, published in the Off. G. of
SFRY No. 53/77)-18/99-1139

6. Law on the changes of the Law on Protection and Advancement of the

Living Environment (Off. G. of RM 51/2000, 45/2002)

7. Law on the changes of the Law on Forests (the Law on Forests is

published in the Off. G. of RM No. 47/97) - 7/2000-257

8. Law on Agricultural Land - Off. G. of RM - 25/98 - 1441, 18/99-1163

9. Law on Air Traffic - Off. G. of RM - 45/86 - 1297, 24/88 - 657, 80/89 -

1988, 29/90 – 1013

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10. Law on Protection of Natural Rarities Off. G. of RM - 41/73 - 1129, 41/76

- 1020, 25/77 - 489, 33/80 - 663, 10/90 - 202, 62/93 – 1464

11. Law on the Macedonian Railways - Off. G. of RM - 9/98 – 465

12. Law on Roads Off. G. of RM - 18/80 - 289, 26/80 -539, 18/82 - 338,
13/86 - 266, 28/88 - 610, 27/89 - 477, 10/90 - 199, 11/91 - 132, 62/93 –
1466

13. Rule book for Yugoslav electric power standards (JUS N) - 5/91 – 71

14. Rule book for technical norms for building overhead transmission lines
Off. G. - 5/73 - 1521, 69/73 - 2029, 11/80 - 335, 36/86 - 1094, 65/88 –
1617

15. Rule book for technical norms for building overhead transmission lines
with named voltage from 1 kV to 400 kV - Off. G. of SRM 65/88 – 1617

16. General conditions for power delivery - 38/84 - 775, 50/88 - 941, 18/98 -
994 (Constitutional Court of RM No. 115/96)

17. Rule book for changing the Rule book for establishing the procedure for
issuing power approval for connection to the power-supply system - 78/99 -
4346

Former Yugoslavia

1. Law on Building Structures ("Off. G. of RS" No. 44/95, 24/86, 16/97)

2. Law on Power Management ("Off. G. of RS" No. 45/95)

3. Law on Planning and Arranging space and inhabited areas ("Off. G. of

RS" No. 44/89, 44/95)

4. Law on Waters ("Off. G. of RS" No. 46/91, 53/93, 54/96)

5. Law on Geologic Research ("Off. G. of RS" No. 37/86)

6. Law on the Protection of the Living Environment ("Off. G. of RS" No.

66.91, 83/92, 53/93, 67/93, 48/94 and 53/95)

7. Law on Forests ("Off. G. of RS" No. 46/91, 54/96)

8. Decisions regarding the type of investment structures significant for the

defense ("Off. G. of SFRY" No. 9/90, 39/95)

9. Law and Agricultural Land ("Off. G. of RS" No. 42/92, 46/96, 54/96)

10. Law on Air Transport ("Off. G. of SFRY" No. 45/86)

11. Law on Cultural Values ("Off. G. of RS" No. 71/94, 53/95)

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12. Law on Railways ("Off. G. of RS" No. 59/89, 38/91)

13. Law on Roads ("Off. G. of RS" No. 45/89, 12/90, 46/91)

14. Law on Protection in the Work Place ("Off. G. of RS" No. 42/91)

15. Rule book for the technical norms for building overhead power-supply
systems with the named voltage of 1 kV to 400 kV ("Off. G. of SFRY" No.
65/88 and Off. G. of SRJ No. 18/92)

16. Rule book for technical norms for building overhead power-supply
systems with the named voltage above 100 V ("Off. G. of SFRY" No. 4/74)

17. Rule book for the technical norms for grounding overhead power-supply
systems with the named voltage above 1000 V ("Off. G. of SRJ" No. 61/95)

18. Rule book for the technical norms for powering and maintaining power-
supply systems and lines ("Off. G. of SFRY" No. 41/93)

19. Rule book for the technical norms for protection of power-supply
systems from over- voltage ("Off. G. of SFRY" No. 7/71 and 44/76)

20. Rule book for the technical norms for building low voltage overhead
lines ("Off. G. of SFRY" No. 41/93)

21. Rule book for analyzing the influence of structures, i.e. work on the living
environment, Rule book for the technical norms for powering and
maintaining power-supply systems and lines ("Off. G. of RS" No. 61/92)

22. Rule book for general measures for protection in the work place for the
hazardous effects of electricity in the facilities provided for work, the working
quarters and construction sites ("Off. G. of SRS" No. 21/89)

23. Rule book for the technical norms for protection of power-supply
systems and equipment from fires ("Off. G. of SFRY" No. 74/90)

24. Rule book for the permitted level of noise in the living environment ("Off.
G. of RS" No. 54/92)

25. Rule book for the technical exploitation conditions for radio diffusion
stations for AM broadcasts ("Off. G. of SFRY" No. 57/75)

26. Rule book for producing projects for geologic research (26/84)

27. Regulations for protection of electric connection lines from the power-
supply lines JUS N. CO. 101 and 102

28. Protection of underground metal pipelines from the influence of power-

supply systems JUS N. CO. 105

29. Technical recommendations "Elektroistok", EPS, ZEP and JUGEL.

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List of laws, regulations and standards that

are applied in the projection of the towers

1. Rule book for the technical norms for building overhead power-supply
lines ("Off. G. of SFRY" No. 65/88, amendment No. 18/92)

2. Rule book for the technical norms for the supporting steel construction
("Off. G. of SFRY" No. 61/86)

3. Technical regulations for the supporting construction ("Off. G. of SFRY"

No. 21/86), standard group of JUS U. E7 - checking the stability of the
supporting steel constructions

4. Rule book for the technical actions and conditions for mounting the steel
construction ("Off. G. of SFRY" No. 29/70)

5. Rule book for the technical actions and conditions for protecting the
steel construction from corrosion ("Off. G. of SFRY" No. 32/70)

6. Rule book for the technical actions and conditions for concrete and
reinforced concrete ("Off. G. of SFRY" No. 11/87)

7. Rule book for the technical norms for planning and executing the work of
founding construction buildings ("Off. G. of SFRY" No. 34/74, 15/90)

8. General technical regulations for devising the subject and construction

for welding, Rule book for technical actions and conditions for mounting the
steel construction ("Off. G. of SFRY" No. 19/59)
- Technical regulations for the quality of welded joints for the
supporting steel construction ("Off. G. of SFRY" No. 41/64)
- Technical regulations for tolerating the actions and forms with
supporting steel constructions ("Off. G. of SFRY" No. 41/64)

9. Law on Construction of Buildings ("Off. G. of RS" No. 44/95)

10. Steel construction JUS C. BO. 500 - for basic material

11. Welded supporting steel constructions JUS U. E7. 150 ("Off. G. of

SFRY" No.17/87)

12. JUS C. t3. 071, 072, 073, 081, 082 for the compatibility of the contractor
for the welding

13. JUS C. T3. 020, 040, 041, 042, 048 for control of welded joints

14. Additional material for the welded construction (electrodes) is

determined according to JUS C. H3. 011
- Supporting steel constructions bound with rivets JUS U. E7.145, ("Off.
G. of SFRY" No. 17/87)
- JUS U. E7. 145/1991

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- Supporting steel constructions bound with rivets and bolts, changes and
amendments
- JUS U. E7. 150/8 - welded supporting constructions

15. Regarding screws, nuts and anchors the material quality provided is
according to JUS M. B1. 023/74 and M. B1. 028/74

16. For untilled screws and nuts steel class with firmness 5.6

17. Form of untilled screws according to JUS M. B1. 068

18. Form of the nut according to JUS M. B1. 601

19. Padding tiles according to JUS M. B2. 015

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