User Portal for Central Approval

Central approval is a voluntary quality scheme that demonstrates that the enterprise meets the requirements for professional qualifications, quality assurance routines, and professionalism in the Building Application Regulations (SAK10).

Apply for Central Approval

At the bottom of this page, you can log in to apply for central approval or submit additional documents related to your application. In the table below, you can read more about what is required for the application.

Changes in Professional Management

You can send us information about changes in professional management that may affect the current approval to [email protected]. If you need to expand your approval, you can read more below about how to apply for changes.

Renewal and Changes to Central Approval

If you wish to renew your central approval, you must apply before the approval period expires and document that the enterprise meets the current requirements in SAK10.

To expand your approval to include additional approval areas or activity classes within the existing approval period, you can apply for a change.

Subunits Can Also Apply for Central Approval

You can apply for central approval for both subunits and main units. If your enterprise is geographically divided into different departments, each department can be registered as a subunit with its own organization number in the Enterprise Register. If you are applying for a subunit, the professional management that meets the requirements for education and practice must be permanently employed in the respective subunit.

You can read more about transferring central approval from the main unit to a subunit below.

Transfer of Central Approval

If your enterprise has central approval and needs to change its organization number or wishes to transfer approval from a main unit to a subunit, you can apply for a transfer under certain conditions. Read more about transferring central approval here.

What You Must Document in the Application

You must document the following:

Education through diplomas, certificates of apprenticeship, master craftsman certificates, or other documentation showing that the enterprise has professional management with relevant education at the appropriate level. Read more about documenting foreign education here.
Reference projects that describe what the enterprise has done or provide an account of the experience that professional management brings into your enterprise. Professional management must have relevant and up-to-date experience within the approval area applied for and the necessary length of practice.
Permanent employment for the professional management in your enterprise, for example, through a written employment contract.
Organization plan showing the distribution of responsibility and authority within your enterprise.
Any documentation of exceptions from registration in the VAT Register.

You must confirm that your enterprise meets the following:

The requirements for health, safety, and environment in the Internal Control Regulations.
The requirements for quality assurance routines for compliance with the Planning and Building Act.

This is optional:

You can submit documentation showing that your enterprise has occupational injury insurance and liability insurance.
Information about whether your enterprise is an approved training company is automatically retrieved from www.finnlaerebedrift.no.

Validity of Approval and Obligation to Notify

The approval is granted for three years at a time. The enterprise is obligated to report any changes that may affect the approval. This includes reorganization, compulsory liquidation or bankruptcy proceedings, or changes in professional management upon which the approval is based. Send information about these changes to [email protected]

Approval Mark and Certificate

If central approval is granted, you can download the approval mark for use in your enterprise's marketing. You can log in below to download this from *Your Enterprise*. You can also download the approval certificate, which is available in the register of centrally approved enterprises.

Appealing a Decision

If you disagree with the decision we have made, you can appeal the decision. The appeal deadline is three weeks. Read more about appeals and the Appeals Board for Central Approval here. You also have the option to reapply to submit additional information about your enterprise instead of appealing a decision.

Supervision

The Norwegian Building Authority supervises centrally approved enterprises. This includes checking that your enterprise's quality assurance routines comply with SAK10 and are actively used as stated in the application.

Altinn Rights

To apply for central approval on behalf of your enterprise, you must have the appropriate rights in Altinn. If you do not already have these, they can be assigned to you.

How to obtain the necessary rights in Altinn

Do You Have Questions?

You can read more about central approval on our website.

Here you will find phone number and information about our Phone line for central approval.