A source-led starting point
This index brings together selected sources used in the Bulgaria guides. Some links lead to an individual law; others lead to an official collection, court or regulator. It is a research starting point, not an exhaustive or certified consolidation of every applicable rule.
Read the operative text with amendments, commencement, territorial application and authoritative language in view. A current website or search result does not itself establish that an older downloaded document remains the correct version.
Legislation, courts & regulators
Administrative Procedure Code — Ministry of Justice
Regulates administrative decision-making, notification and judicial review.
Open the legal source ↗Black Sea Basin Directorate — environmental legislation
Collects water, environmental-protection, biodiversity and coastal or maritime legislation.
Open the legal source ↗Bulgarian National Bank — banking supervision
Provides banking-supervision, credit-institution, financial-institution and credit-intermediary register information.
Open the legal source ↗Civil Procedure Code — Ministry of Justice
Regulates civil claims, judicial procedure and enforcement.
Open the legal source ↗Commerce Act — Ministry of Justice
Regulates merchants, companies, share transfers, transformations and commercial insolvency.
Open the legal source ↗Commission for Personal Data Protection — statute
Publishes the Personal Data Protection Act supplementing GDPR and regulating specified national processing matters.
Open the legal source ↗Commission for Protection of Competition — merger guidelines
Explains the adoption of merger-control guidelines under the Law on Protection of Competition.
Open the legal source ↗Criminal Procedure Code — Ministry of Justice
Regulates criminal investigation, prosecution and procedural rights.
Open the legal source ↗Economy Ministry — construction permits
Explains Spatial Development Act permissions, development plans and construction categories.
Open the legal source ↗Economy Ministry — corporate tax filing
Explains corporate-tax declarations and payment and notes euro-denominated treatment from 2026.
Open the legal source ↗Economy Ministry — procurement appeals
Explains procurement challenges and the distinct question of suspending the purchasing procedure.
Open the legal source ↗Energy and Water Regulatory Commission — licence register
Records licensed entities, activities, territorial scope, conditions and amendment or termination decisions.
Open the legal source ↗European Commission — Bulgaria and the euro
Confirms Bulgaria's euro adoption on 1 January 2026.
Open the legal source ↗European Commission — navigating the AI Act
Explains AI Act roles, scope and phased application, including changes to the implementation timetable.
Open the legal source ↗European Consumer Centre Bulgaria — complaints
Distinguishes cross-border consumer assistance from complaints against Bulgarian traders to the national consumer authority.
Open the legal source ↗Family Code — Ministry of Justice
Regulates marriage, divorce, family relationships and consequences for property and succession.
Open the legal source ↗Financial Supervision Commission — insurance ordinances
Collects insurance governance, capital and professional requirements under the Insurance Code.
Open the legal source ↗Foreign Ministry — sanctions authorities
Identifies Bulgarian responsibilities for implementing restrictive measures, including export-control and financial-sanctions functions.
Open the legal source ↗Health Ministry — patient rights
Provides official access to patient-rights information and healthcare complaint resources.
Open the legal source ↗Inheritance Act — Ministry of Justice
Regulates inheritance, acceptance, renunciation and protected inheritance shares.
Open the legal source ↗InvestBulgaria Agency — FDI screening
Explains investment screening, control-related investment and the Interdepartmental Council's decisions.
Open the legal source ↗Labour Migration and Labour Mobility Act — ministry translation
Explains labour-market access and residence-and-work coordination; verify later amendments and current application requirements.
Open the legal source ↗Labour Ministry — labour-law enforcement
Explains Labour Inspectorate oversight of the Labour Code and health and safety legislation.
Open the legal source ↗Maritime Administration — Varna functions
Identifies ship survey, certification, registration and port-fitness functions.
Open the legal source ↗Mediation Act — Ministry of Justice
Regulates mediation and reflects amendments through the 2025 framework.
Open the legal source ↗Ministry of Justice — Arbitration Register procedure
Explains registration under the Arbitration Act and Ordinance No. N-2 of 18 November 2025.
Open the legal source ↗Patent Office — official registers
Provides national patent, trade mark, design, utility-model and other industrial-property registers.
Open the legal source ↗Registry Agency — legislation collection
Collects company, property, obligations, family, procedural and accounting legislation relevant to Bulgarian registrations.
Open the legal source ↗State Gazette — October 2026 civil-procedure amendment
Records publication of a Civil Procedure Code amending act; commencement and transitional clauses require separate reading.
Open the legal source ↗World Bank — Bulgarian property-transfer institutions
Records the Registry Agency property register, notarial functions and Bulgarian transfer procedures.
Open the legal source ↗Using the sources
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