Central Authority:
Ministry of Justice
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Contact details: |
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| Address: | 1, Slavyanska str. 1040 SOFIA Bulgaria |
| Telephone: | +359 92 37 576 |
| Fax: | +359 82 37 546 |
| E-mail: | rosica.nikolova@justice.government.bg |
| General website: | http://www.justice.government.bg/ |
| Contact person: | Rositsa Nikolova |
| Languages spoken by staff: | French, English, German |
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Practical Information: |
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| Forwarding authorities (Art. 3(1)): |
Forwarding authorities in Bulgaria are the proceeding courts, bailiffs, private bailiffs and notaries. |
| Methods of service (Art. 5(1)(2)): |
The service is formal within the meaning of Article 5 of the Convention. Formal service is effected by the courts. |
| Translation requirements (Art. 5(3)): |
The Republic of Bulgaria requires the document, which is to be served, to be written in or accompanied by a translation into the Bulgarian language. See declarations. |
| Costs relating to execution of the request for service (Art. 12): |
No charges are incurred for service. |
| Time for execution of request: | 2 or 3 months |
| Judicial officers, officials or other competent persons (Art. 10(b)) |
The service of judicial documents is done through the Central Authority. |
| Oppositions and declarations (Art. 21(2)): |
Click here to read all the declarations made by Bulgaria under the Service Convention. |
| Art. 8(2): | Opposition |
| Art. 10(a): | Opposition |
| Art. 10(b): | Opposition |
| Art. 10(c): | Opposition |
| Art. 15(2): | Declaration of applicability |
| Art. 16(3): | Declaration of applicability |
| Derogatory channels (bilateral or multilateral agreements or internal law permitting other transmission channels) (Arts. 11, 19, 24 and 25) Disclaimer: Information may not be complete or fully updated – please contact the relevant authorities to verify this information. |
Bilateral conventions on judicial co-operation: Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, China, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Korea, Kuwait, Libya, Macedonia, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Vietnam, Yemen, etc. Council Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (Strasbourg, 13 November 2007) (European Judicial Atlas - Service of Documents) |
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| Competent authorities (Arts 6, 9) |
Art 6: see here. Art 9: see here. |
| Other authorities (Art. 18) |
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