Details

Central Authority:

Ministry of Justice

Contact details:
Address:	1, Slavyanska str. 1040 SOFIA Bulgaria
Telephone:	+359 92 37 576
Fax:	+359 82 37 546
E-mail:	[email protected]
General website:	http://www.justice.government.bg/
Contact person:	Rositsa Nikolova
Languages spoken by staff:	French, English, German

 

Practical Information:
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)
Useful links:
Competent authorities (Arts 6, 9)	Art 6: see here. Art 9: see here.
Other authorities (Art. 18)

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