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Bulgaria - Country Profiles

Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria
Date of original text: 13 July 1991 (18 December 2015)

Policies

Long-term climate change mitigation strategy until 2050 of the Republic of Bulgaria.
Date of text: 21 October 2022
National program for the prevention, supervision, control and eradication of animal diseases, including zoonoses, in the Republic of Bulgaria for the period 2022-2024.
Date of text: 18 March 2022
Strategic plan for the development of agriculture and rural areas for the program period 2023-2027.
Date of text: 24 February 2022
National Program for the Prevention and Reduction of Food Losses 2021-2026.
Date of text: 07 October 2021
Marine Spatial Plan of the Republic of Bulgaria 2021-2035.
Date of text: 01 September 2021

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Law on the census of agricultural holdings in the Republic of Bulgaria in 2020.
Date of text: 28 February 2019
Regulation on the application of the Law on ownership and use of agricultural land.
Date of original text: 25 April 1991 (24 August 2018)
Law on the management of the agro-food chain.
Date of text: 2020
Law on the implementation of the common organization of agricultural markets of the European Union.
Date of text: 28 November 2006
Law on irrigation associations.
Date of original text: 06 April 2001 (18 July 2017)

Climate change

Climate Change Mitigation Act.
Date of original text: 11 March 2014 (24 October 2017)
Regulation No. 1 of 4.03.2015 determining the order and manner of spending the revenues from the sale of emission allowances from aviation activities.
Date of original text: 31 March 2015 (18 August 2015)
Decision on election of the Energy and Climate Committee.
Date of text: 18 August 2021
Decree No. 7 of 14 January 2019 on the adoption of Regulations for the structure and activities of the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology.
Date of text: 14 January 2019
Decree No. 150 of 5 July 2022 amending and supplementing the Regulations for the structure and activities of the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, adopted by Decree No. 7 of the Council of Ministers of 2019.
Date of text: 05 July 2022

Cultivated plants

Law on plant protection.
Date of text: 25 July 2014
Law on seeds and propagating material.
Date of original text: 04 March 2003 (23 February 2018)
Law on the protection of new plant varieties and animal breeds.
Date of original text: 19 September 1996 (27 October 2020)
Law amending and supplementing the Law on plant protection.
Date of text: 14 July 2020
Law on oil-bearing roses.
Date of text: 16 January 2020

Disaster risk management

Disaster Protection Act, 2006.
Date of original text: 19 December 2006 (14 October 2011)
Law on measures and actions during the state of emergency, announced by a decision of the National Assembly of 13 March 2020, and to overcome the consequences.
Date of original text: 24 March 2020 (01 July 2022)
Ordinance No. 2 of February 28, 2023 on the implementation of sub-measure 22.2 "Extraordinary temporary support for small and medium-sized enterprises affected by the consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine" of the Rural Development Program for the period 2014-2020.
Date of text: 28 February 2023
Ordinance № 2 of 5 August 2020 on the implementation of measure 21 "Extraordinary temporary support for farmers and small and medium-sized enterprises that are particularly affected by crisis caused by COVID-19" of the Rural Development Programme for the period 2014-2020.
Date of original text: 05 August 2020 (01 September 2020)
Decree No. 48 of 1 March 2012, on the adoption of the Regulation on the conditions and procedures for the functioning of the National System for Early Warning and Notification of the bodies of the executive power and the population in the event of disasters and for the disclosure of air hazards.
Date of text: 01 March 2012

Environment

Environmental Protection Act.
Date of original text: 25 September 2002 (03 February 2017)
Law on waste management.
Date of text: 13 July 2012
Law on the protection against the harmful impact of chemical substances and preparations.
Date of original text: 04 February 2000 (29 December 2015)
Clean Ambient Air Act.
Date of original text: 28 May 1996 (03 June 2011)
Law on clean air.
Date of original text: 28 May 1996 (21 December 2012)

Fisheries

Law on Fisheries and Aquaculture
Date of original text: 24 April 2001 (19 January 2018)
Order RD-7/4.01.2017 of the Executive Director of EAFA on setting the maximum number of individual quotas for fishing vessels.
Date of text: 04 January 2017
Ordinance № 13 of 30 November 2021 on the terms and conditions for the first sale of fishery products.
Date of text: 30 November 2021
Regulation № 1 of 13 January 2021 on veterinary requirements and biosecurity measures for livestock farms for fish and other aquatic organisms.
Date of text: 13 January 2021
Regulation No. 7 of 21 November 2019 on keeping registers under article 16 of the Law on fisheries and aquaculture.
Date of text: 21 November 2019

Food and nutrition

Law on food.
Date of text: 03 June 2020
Law on the Bulgarian Food safety agency.
Date of original text: 29 January 1999 (28 April 2015)
Law on the Center for food chain risk assessment.
Date of original text: 10 June 2016 (05 June 2020)
Law on marks and geographical indications.
Date of text: 08 July 2014
Law on excess stocks of agricultural and sugar products.
Date of text: 28 November 2006

Forestry

Law on forests.
Date of original text: 08 March 2011 (26 February 2019)
Regulations for implementation of the Law for the forests.
Date of original text: 06 April 1998 (21 January 2011)
Law on the registration and control of agricultural and forestry equipment.
Date of original text: 10 July 1998 (17 July 2018)
Law on the restoration of ownership of forests and forest fund.
Date of original text: 25 November 1997 (09 October 2009)
Structural Regulations of the forest protection stations.
Date of text: 01 October 2021

Gender

Law on equality of women and men.
Date of text: 15 April 2016

Land and soil

Soils Act.
Date of original text: 06 November 2007 (26 July 2013)
Law on the spatial planning of the Black Sea coast.
Date of original text: 2007 (20 November 2009)
Spatial Planning Law.
Date of original text: 01 January 2001 (28 December 2017)
Law for Preservation of the Agricultural Lands.
Date of original text: 24 April 1996 (23 December 2003)
Loi relative au développement des régions de montagne en république de Bulgarie.
Date of text: 1993

Livestock

Animal Protection Act.
Date of original text: 08 February 2008 (22 November 2011)
Law on feed.
Date of original text: 07 July 2006 (25 January 2013)
Veterinary Law.
Date of text: 01 November 2005
Law on livestock.
Date of original text: 08 August 2000 (05 June 2020)
Law on the protection of new plant varieties and animal breeds.
Date of original text: 19 September 1996 (27 October 2020)

Sea

Law on the spatial planning of the Black Sea coast.
Date of original text: 2007 (20 November 2009)
Law amending the Law on maritime spaces, inland waterways and ports of the Republic of Bulgaria.
Date of text: 29 March 2016
Law on maritime spaces, inland waterways and ports of the Republic of Bulgaria.
Date of text: 11 February 2000
Maritime Space, Inland Waterways and Ports Act of the Republic of Bulgaria.
Date of text: 08 December 2000
Sea Spaces Act 1987.
Date of text: 08 July 1987

Social protection

Ordinance № RD-07-7 of 28 June 2019 for inclusion in the mechanism of personal assistance.
Date of text: 28 June 2019
Law on social services.
Date of text: 07 March 2019
Personal Assistance Act.
Date of original text: 18 December 2018 (01 January 2021)
Law on social protection.
Date of original text: 19 May 1998 (01 January 2019)
Decree N. 135 of 22 June 2022 on the adoption of an Ordinance on the quality of social services.
Date of text: 22 June 2022

Water

Water Act.
Date of original text: 13 July 1999 (08 December 2023)
Decree № 100 of March 23, 2021 on the adoption of an Ordinance on the use of surface waters.
Date of text: 23 March 2021
Law on liability for preventing and remedying of environmental damage.
Date of original text: 29 April 2008 (22 December 2015)
Regulation of water supply and sewerage services act.
Date of original text: 25 February 2005 (31 July 2015)
Law on irrigation associations.
Date of original text: 06 April 2001 (18 July 2017)

Wild species and ecosystems

Biological diversity Act.
Date of text: 09 August 2002
Law on biodiversity.
Date of original text: 09 August 2002 (19 September 2017)
Protected Areas Act.
Date of original text: 11 November 1998 (26 July 2013)
Animal Protection Act.
Date of original text: 08 February 2008 (22 November 2011)
Regulation No. 3 of 31.10.2008 on the marking and labelling of specimens of species according to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of 9 December 1996 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein.
Date of text: 11 November 2008

Miscellaneous

Law on renewable energy.
Date of original text: 03 May 2011 (02 November 2018)
Law on Energy.
Date of original text: 09 December 2003 (12 March 2021)
Subsurface resources Act.
Date of original text: 1999 (24 July 2015)
Cooperatives Act 1991 (No. 236 of 1991).
Date of original text: 29 July 1991 (1996)
Law on counteraction to corruption and confiscation of illegally acquired property.
Date of original text: 19 January 2018 (26 February 2019)

International Agreements

Agreement between the Government of Romania and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria regarding cooperation in the field of emergency situations.
Date of text: 29 March 2020
Agreement on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in a transboundary context between the Ministry of Environment and Water of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia.
Date of text: 24 March 2020
AGREEMENT between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria on cooperation in the field of labour migration.
Date of text: 12 February 2018

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