Spouses and children included in disclosure |
Yes. Spouses and underage children have to be included
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Real estate |
Yes. Immovable properties must be declared
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Movable assets |
Yes. Motor road, water and air vehicles must be declared
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Cash |
Yes. Any sums of money, including deposits, bank accounts and receivables, of an aggregate value exceeding BGN 10,000, including in a foreign currency; any investments in investment funds and pension funds and equivalent forms of savings and investments, if the aggregate value thereof exceeds BGN 10,000;
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Loans and Debts |
Yes. any obligations and loans exceeding BGN 10,000, including credit cards, if the credit limit absorbed during the previous calendar year in local or in foreign currency exceeds BGN 10,000 in aggregate must be declared
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Income from outside employment/assets |
Yes. Any labour income received during the previous calendar year; any income other than such for the office held, received during the previous calendar year, where exceeding BGN 1,000 must be declared
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Gifts received as a public official |
Yes. Any collaterals furnished and any expenditures incurred thereby or to the benefit thereof, or to the benefit of any persons referred to in Paragraph (4) with the consent thereof, where not paid by own funds, by public funds or by funds of the institution whereat the persons are office holders, for: (a) training; (b) travel; (c) other payments at a unit price exceeding BGN 1,000;
any expenditure on training other than those under Item 10, including to the benefit of any persons referred to in Paragraph (4), of a unit value exceeding BGN 1000; any participation in commercial corporations must be declared
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Private firm ownership and/or stock holdings |
Yes. sany certificated securities, any participating interests in limited liability companies and limited partnerships and any financial instruments under Article 3 of the Markets in Financial Instruments Act must be declared
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Ownership of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) |
Yes. sany certificated securities, any participating interests in limited liability companies and limited partnerships and any financial instruments under Article 3 of the Markets in Financial Instruments Act must be declared
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Holding government contracts |
Yes. There is no general requirement to declare government contracts, but a person holding public office must file a declaration stating contracts with any persons who or which carry out any activity in areas related to the decisions made by the public office holder within the range of the official powers or duties thereof. In the case of high-ranking public officials state-owned enterprises probably fall under this category in most of the cases
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Board member, advisor, or company officer of private firm |
Yes. A person holding public office must file a declaration stating circumstances which would lead to a conflict of interest, such as: participation in companies, in the board of directors or as an officer and in the management or control of legal persons NGOs and corporations, as well as conducting business as a sole trader.
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Post-employment |
No. Absent from legal framework.
|
Simultaneously holding policy-making position and policy-executing position |
No. Absent from legal framework.
|
Participating in official decision-making processes that affect private interests |
Yes. Contracts with any persons who or which carry out any activity in areas related to the decisions made by the senior public office holder within the range of the official powers or duties thereof; particulars of any related parties in whose activity the senior public office holder has a private interest.
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Concurrent employment of family members in public sector |
No. Absent from legal framework.
|
Filing required upon taking office |
Yes. A declaration of assets and interests shall be submitted within one month from the assumption of the senior public office
(Art.38 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Filing required upon leaving office |
Yes. A declaration of assets and interests shall be submitted: 1) within one month from the release from office; 2) within one month from the expiry of one year after the submission of the declaration submitted after the release from office.
(Art.38 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Filing required annually |
Yes. A declaration of assets and interests shall be submitted within one month from the assumption of the senior public officeannually, by the 15th day of May: for the previous calendar year.
(Art.38 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Ad hoc filing required upon change in assets or conflicts of interest |
Yes. The persons, holding high public positions, shallsubmit declarations under art. 35, para. 1, items 3 and 4 within one month from the occurrence of the change.
(t rq) |
Sanctions stipulated for late filing (fines, administrative, and/or criminal) |
Yes. Any public office holder, who fails to submit a declaration under this Act when due, shall be liable to a fine of BGN 1,000 or exceeding this amount but not exceeding BGN 3,001
(Art.173 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Sanctions stipulated for non-filing (fines, administrative, and/or criminal) |
Yes. Any public office holder, who fails to submit a declaration under this Act when due, shall be liable to a fine of BGN 1,000 or exceeding this amount but not exceeding BGN 3,000
(Art.173 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Sanctions stipulated for false disclosure (fines, administrative, and/or criminal) |
Yes. Any senior public office holder, who fails to declare or who misdeclares any circumstance which the not exceeding BGN 3,000, unless a severer punishment is provided for.
(Art. 174 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Depository body explicitly identified |
Yes. The declarations of incompatibility, property, interests and for changes to the declared circumstances shall be submitted to the body for election or appointment, respectively to a standing commission of the respective municipal council before the Commission.
(Art. 35 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Enforcement body explicitly identified |
Yes. The Commission shall ascertain a conflict of interest of senior public office holders, shall hear or require the submission of information regarding the examinations related to the ascertainment of a conflict of interest; shall verify alerts in connection with the declarations of incompatibility of senior public office holders and shall refer any such alerts to the electing or appointing authority for an appropriate response; shall check the assets status, shall adopt a decision on extension of the check in the cases provided for by this Act and decisions on termination of the check; shall institute an unlawfully acquired assets forfeiture proceeding, which shall include submission to the court of a motion for the imposition of precautionary measures and lodgement of an action for forfeiture to the Exchequer of unlawfully acquired assets; shall refuse to institute an unlawfully acquired assets forfeiture proceeding; shall terminate the check referred to in Article 107 (2) herein or shall extend the period of any such check; shall terminate unlawfully acquired assets forfeiture proceedings and shall reach settlements under this Act; shall adopt rules on the conduct of integrity tests of the Commission employees and shall organise the conduct of the said tests; shall endorse the standard forms of the declarations referred to in Items 2 and 4 of Article 35 (1) herein; shall exercise other powers as well, provided for in a law.
(Art. 13.4-13.13 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Some agency assigned responsibility for verifying submission |
Yes. Within six months from the expiry of the time limits referred to in Articles 38 and 39 herein, the inspectors of the Commission shall verify and analyse the information in the declarations of assets and interests of senior public office holders as to the veracity of the facts declared
(Art. 43 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Some agency assigned responsibility for verifying accuracy |
Yes. The Counter-Corruption And Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Commission shall be a counter-corruption authority within the meaning given by this Act for senior office holders.The Commission shall verify and analyse the declarations of assets and interests of senior public office holders;
(Art. 7.1 and 13.1 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Public availability |
Yes. Income and asset declarations are publicly available on the internet web-page of the within two months from the expiration of the terms of submission, the Commission shall publish on its website the declarations of the personsholding senior public positions and a list of the persons who have not submitted declarations in time.
(Art. 40 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Timing of information release specified |
Partially. Within two months from the expiration of the terms of submission
(Art. 40 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Location(s) of access specified |
Yes. Income and asset declarations are publicly available on the internet web-page of the within two months from the expiration of the terms of submission, the Commission shall publish on its website the declarations of the personsholding senior public positions and a list of the persons who have not submitted declarations in time.
(Art. 40 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Cost of access specified |
Yes. The access of free of costs.
(Art. 40 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Spouses and children included in disclosure |
Yes. Spouses and underage children have to be included
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Real estate |
Yes. Immovable properties must be declared
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Movable assets |
Yes. Motor road, water and air vehicles must be declared
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Cash |
Yes. Any sums of money, including deposits, bank accounts and receivables, of an aggregate value exceeding BGN 10,000, including in a foreign currency; any investments in investment funds and pension funds and equivalent forms of savings and investments, if the aggregate value thereof exceeds BGN 10,000;
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Loans and Debts |
Yes. any obligations and loans exceeding BGN 10,000, including credit cards, if the credit limit absorbed during the previous calendar year in local or in foreign currency exceeds BGN 10,000 in aggregate must be declared
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Income from outside employment/assets |
Yes. Any labour income received during the previous calendar year; any income other than such for the office held, received during the previous calendar year, where exceeding BGN 1,000 must be declared
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Gifts received as a public official |
Yes. Any collaterals furnished and any expenditures incurred thereby or to the benefit thereof, or to the benefit of any persons referred to in Paragraph (4) with the consent thereof, where not paid by own funds, by public funds or by funds of the institution whereat the persons are office holders, for: (a) training; (b) travel; (c) other payments at a unit price exceeding BGN 1,000;
any expenditure on training other than those under Item 10, including to the benefit of any persons referred to in Paragraph (4), of a unit value exceeding BGN 1000; any participation in commercial corporations must be declared
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Private firm ownership and/or stock holdings |
Yes. sany certificated securities, any participating interests in limited liability companies and limited partnerships and any financial instruments under Article 3 of the Markets in Financial Instruments Act must be declared
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Ownership of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) |
Yes. sany certificated securities, any participating interests in limited liability companies and limited partnerships and any financial instruments under Article 3 of the Markets in Financial Instruments Act must be declared
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Holding government contracts |
Yes. There is no general requirement to declare government contracts, but a person holding public office must file a declaration stating contracts with any persons who or which carry out any activity in areas related to the decisions made by the public office holder within the range of the official powers or duties thereof. In the case of high-ranking public officials state-owned enterprises probably fall under this category in most of the cases
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Board member, advisor, or company officer of private firm |
Yes. A person holding public office must file a declaration stating circumstances which would lead to a conflict of interest, such as: participation in companies, in the board of directors or as an officer and in the management or control of legal persons NGOs and corporations, as well as conducting business as a sole trader.
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Post-employment |
No. Absent from legal framework.
|
Simultaneously holding policy-making position and policy-executing position |
No. Absent from legal framework.
|
Participating in official decision-making processes that affect private interests |
Yes. Contracts with any persons who or which carry out any activity in areas related to the decisions made by the senior public office holder within the range of the official powers or duties thereof; particulars of any related parties in whose activity the senior public office holder has a private interest.
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Concurrent employment of family members in public sector |
No. Absent from legal framework.
|
Filing required upon taking office |
Yes. A declaration of assets and interests shall be submitted within one month from the assumption of the senior public office
(Art.38 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Filing required upon leaving office |
Yes. A declaration of assets and interests shall be submitted: 1) within one month from the release from office; 2) within one month from the expiry of one year after the submission of the declaration submitted after the release from office.
(Art.38 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Filing required annually |
Yes. A declaration of assets and interests shall be submitted within one month from the assumption of the senior public officeannually, by the 15th day of May: for the previous calendar year.
(Art.38 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Ad hoc filing required upon change in assets or conflicts of interest |
Yes. The persons, holding high public positions, shallsubmit declarations under art. 35, para. 1, items 3 and 4 within one month from the occurrence of the change.
(t rq) |
Sanctions stipulated for late filing (fines, administrative, and/or criminal) |
Yes. Any public office holder, who fails to submit a declaration under this Act when due, shall be liable to a fine of BGN 1,000 or exceeding this amount but not exceeding BGN 3,001
(Art.173 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Sanctions stipulated for non-filing (fines, administrative, and/or criminal) |
Yes. Any public office holder, who fails to submit a declaration under this Act when due, shall be liable to a fine of BGN 1,000 or exceeding this amount but not exceeding BGN 3,000
(Art.173 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Sanctions stipulated for false disclosure (fines, administrative, and/or criminal) |
Yes. Any senior public office holder, who fails to declare or who misdeclares any circumstance which the not exceeding BGN 3,000, unless a severer punishment is provided for.
(Art. 174 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Depository body explicitly identified |
Yes. The declarations of incompatibility, property, interests and for changes to the declared circumstances shall be submitted to the body for election or appointment, respectively to a standing commission of the respective municipal council before the Commission.
(Art. 35 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Enforcement body explicitly identified |
Yes. The Commission shall ascertain a conflict of interest of senior public office holders, shall hear or require the submission of information regarding the examinations related to the ascertainment of a conflict of interest; shall verify alerts in connection with the declarations of incompatibility of senior public office holders and shall refer any such alerts to the electing or appointing authority for an appropriate response; shall check the assets status, shall adopt a decision on extension of the check in the cases provided for by this Act and decisions on termination of the check; shall institute an unlawfully acquired assets forfeiture proceeding, which shall include submission to the court of a motion for the imposition of precautionary measures and lodgement of an action for forfeiture to the Exchequer of unlawfully acquired assets; shall refuse to institute an unlawfully acquired assets forfeiture proceeding; shall terminate the check referred to in Article 107 (2) herein or shall extend the period of any such check; shall terminate unlawfully acquired assets forfeiture proceedings and shall reach settlements under this Act; shall adopt rules on the conduct of integrity tests of the Commission employees and shall organise the conduct of the said tests; shall endorse the standard forms of the declarations referred to in Items 2 and 4 of Article 35 (1) herein; shall exercise other powers as well, provided for in a law.
(Art. 13.4-13.13 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Some agency assigned responsibility for verifying submission |
Yes. Within six months from the expiry of the time limits referred to in Articles 38 and 39 herein, the inspectors of the Commission shall verify and analyse the information in the declarations of assets and interests of senior public office holders as to the veracity of the facts declared
(Art. 43 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Some agency assigned responsibility for verifying accuracy |
Yes. The Counter-Corruption And Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Commission shall be a counter-corruption authority within the meaning given by this Act for senior office holders.The Commission shall verify and analyse the declarations of assets and interests of senior public office holders;
(Art. 7.1 and 13.1 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Public availability |
Yes. Income and asset declarations are publicly available on the internet web-page of the within two months from the expiration of the terms of submission, the Commission shall publish on its website the declarations of the personsholding senior public positions and a list of the persons who have not submitted declarations in time.
(Art. 40 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Timing of information release specified |
Partially. Within two months from the expiration of the terms of submission
(Art. 40 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Location(s) of access specified |
Yes. Income and asset declarations are publicly available on the internet web-page of the within two months from the expiration of the terms of submission, the Commission shall publish on its website the declarations of the personsholding senior public positions and a list of the persons who have not submitted declarations in time.
(Art. 40 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Cost of access specified |
Yes. The access of free of costs.
(Art. 40 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Spouses and children included in disclosure |
Yes. Spouses and underage children have to be included
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Real estate |
Yes. Immovable properties must be declared
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Movable assets |
Yes. Motor road, water and air vehicles must be declared
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Cash |
Yes. Any sums of money, including deposits, bank accounts and receivables, of an aggregate value exceeding BGN 10,000, including in a foreign currency; any investments in investment funds and pension funds and equivalent forms of savings and investments, if the aggregate value thereof exceeds BGN 10,000;
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Loans and Debts |
Yes. any obligations and loans exceeding BGN 10,000, including credit cards, if the credit limit absorbed during the previous calendar year in local or in foreign currency exceeds BGN 10,000 in aggregate must be declared
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Income from outside employment/assets |
Yes. Any labour income received during the previous calendar year; any income other than such for the office held, received during the previous calendar year, where exceeding BGN 1,000 must be declared
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Gifts received as a public official |
Yes. Any collaterals furnished and any expenditures incurred thereby or to the benefit thereof, or to the benefit of any persons referred to in Paragraph (4) with the consent thereof, where not paid by own funds, by public funds or by funds of the institution whereat the persons are office holders, for: (a) training; (b) travel; (c) other payments at a unit price exceeding BGN 1,000;
any expenditure on training other than those under Item 10, including to the benefit of any persons referred to in Paragraph (4), of a unit value exceeding BGN 1000; any participation in commercial corporations must be declared
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Private firm ownership and/or stock holdings |
Yes. sany certificated securities, any participating interests in limited liability companies and limited partnerships and any financial instruments under Article 3 of the Markets in Financial Instruments Act must be declared
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Ownership of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) |
Yes. sany certificated securities, any participating interests in limited liability companies and limited partnerships and any financial instruments under Article 3 of the Markets in Financial Instruments Act must be declared
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Holding government contracts |
Yes. There is no general requirement to declare government contracts, but a person holding public office must file a declaration stating contracts with any persons who or which carry out any activity in areas related to the decisions made by the public office holder within the range of the official powers or duties thereof. In the case of high-ranking public officials state-owned enterprises probably fall under this category in most of the cases
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Board member, advisor, or company officer of private firm |
Yes. A person holding public office must file a declaration stating circumstances which would lead to a conflict of interest, such as: participation in companies, in the board of directors or as an officer and in the management or control of legal persons NGOs and corporations, as well as conducting business as a sole trader.
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Post-employment |
No. Absent from legal framework.
|
Simultaneously holding policy-making position and policy-executing position |
No. Absent from legal framework.
|
Participating in official decision-making processes that affect private interests |
Yes. Contracts with any persons who or which carry out any activity in areas related to the decisions made by the senior public office holder within the range of the official powers or duties thereof; particulars of any related parties in whose activity the senior public office holder has a private interest.
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Concurrent employment of family members in public sector |
No. Absent from legal framework.
|
Filing required upon taking office |
Yes. A declaration of assets and interests shall be submitted within one month from the assumption of the senior public office
(Art.38 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Filing required upon leaving office |
Yes. A declaration of assets and interests shall be submitted: 1) within one month from the release from office; 2) within one month from the expiry of one year after the submission of the declaration submitted after the release from office.
(Art.38 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Filing required annually |
Yes. A declaration of assets and interests shall be submitted within one month from the assumption of the senior public officeannually, by the 15th day of May: for the previous calendar year.
(Art.38 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Ad hoc filing required upon change in assets or conflicts of interest |
Yes. The persons, holding high public positions, shallsubmit declarations under art. 35, para. 1, items 3 and 4 within one month from the occurrence of the change.
(t rq) |
Sanctions stipulated for late filing (fines, administrative, and/or criminal) |
Yes. Any public office holder, who fails to submit a declaration under this Act when due, shall be liable to a fine of BGN 1,000 or exceeding this amount but not exceeding BGN 3,001
(Art.173 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Sanctions stipulated for non-filing (fines, administrative, and/or criminal) |
Yes. Any public office holder, who fails to submit a declaration under this Act when due, shall be liable to a fine of BGN 1,000 or exceeding this amount but not exceeding BGN 3,000
(Art.173 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Sanctions stipulated for false disclosure (fines, administrative, and/or criminal) |
Yes. Any senior public office holder, who fails to declare or who misdeclares any circumstance which the not exceeding BGN 3,000, unless a severer punishment is provided for.
(Art. 174 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Depository body explicitly identified |
Yes. The declarations of incompatibility, property, interests and for changes to the declared circumstances shall be submitted to the body for election or appointment, respectively to a standing commission of the respective municipal council before the Commission.
(Art. 35 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Enforcement body explicitly identified |
Yes. The Commission shall ascertain a conflict of interest of senior public office holders, shall hear or require the submission of information regarding the examinations related to the ascertainment of a conflict of interest; shall verify alerts in connection with the declarations of incompatibility of senior public office holders and shall refer any such alerts to the electing or appointing authority for an appropriate response; shall check the assets status, shall adopt a decision on extension of the check in the cases provided for by this Act and decisions on termination of the check; shall institute an unlawfully acquired assets forfeiture proceeding, which shall include submission to the court of a motion for the imposition of precautionary measures and lodgement of an action for forfeiture to the Exchequer of unlawfully acquired assets; shall refuse to institute an unlawfully acquired assets forfeiture proceeding; shall terminate the check referred to in Article 107 (2) herein or shall extend the period of any such check; shall terminate unlawfully acquired assets forfeiture proceedings and shall reach settlements under this Act; shall adopt rules on the conduct of integrity tests of the Commission employees and shall organise the conduct of the said tests; shall endorse the standard forms of the declarations referred to in Items 2 and 4 of Article 35 (1) herein; shall exercise other powers as well, provided for in a law.
(Art. 13.4-13.13 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Some agency assigned responsibility for verifying submission |
Yes. Within six months from the expiry of the time limits referred to in Articles 38 and 39 herein, the inspectors of the Commission shall verify and analyse the information in the declarations of assets and interests of senior public office holders as to the veracity of the facts declared
(Art. 43 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Some agency assigned responsibility for verifying accuracy |
Yes. The Counter-Corruption And Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Commission shall be a counter-corruption authority within the meaning given by this Act for senior office holders.The Commission shall verify and analyse the declarations of assets and interests of senior public office holders;
(Art. 7.1 and 13.1 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Public availability |
Yes. Income and asset declarations are publicly available on the internet web-page of the within two months from the expiration of the terms of submission, the Commission shall publish on its website the declarations of the personsholding senior public positions and a list of the persons who have not submitted declarations in time.
(Art. 40 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Timing of information release specified |
Partially. Within two months from the expiration of the terms of submission
(Art. 40 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Location(s) of access specified |
Yes. Income and asset declarations are publicly available on the internet web-page of the within two months from the expiration of the terms of submission, the Commission shall publish on its website the declarations of the personsholding senior public positions and a list of the persons who have not submitted declarations in time.
(Art. 40 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Cost of access specified |
Yes. The access of free of costs.
(Art. 40 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Spouses and children included in disclosure |
Yes. Spouses and underage children have to be included
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Real estate |
Yes. Immovable properties must be declared
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Movable assets |
Yes. Motor road, water and air vehicles must be declared
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Cash |
Yes. Any sums of money, including deposits, bank accounts and receivables, of an aggregate value exceeding BGN 10,000, including in a foreign currency; any investments in investment funds and pension funds and equivalent forms of savings and investments, if the aggregate value thereof exceeds BGN 10,000;
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Loans and Debts |
Yes. any obligations and loans exceeding BGN 10,000, including credit cards, if the credit limit absorbed during the previous calendar year in local or in foreign currency exceeds BGN 10,000 in aggregate must be declared
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Income from outside employment/assets |
Yes. Any labour income received during the previous calendar year; any income other than such for the office held, received during the previous calendar year, where exceeding BGN 1,000 must be declared
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Gifts received as a public official |
Yes. Any collaterals furnished and any expenditures incurred thereby or to the benefit thereof, or to the benefit of any persons referred to in Paragraph (4) with the consent thereof, where not paid by own funds, by public funds or by funds of the institution whereat the persons are office holders, for: (a) training; (b) travel; (c) other payments at a unit price exceeding BGN 1,000;
any expenditure on training other than those under Item 10, including to the benefit of any persons referred to in Paragraph (4), of a unit value exceeding BGN 1000; any participation in commercial corporations must be declared
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Private firm ownership and/or stock holdings |
Yes. sany certificated securities, any participating interests in limited liability companies and limited partnerships and any financial instruments under Article 3 of the Markets in Financial Instruments Act must be declared
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Ownership of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) |
Yes. sany certificated securities, any participating interests in limited liability companies and limited partnerships and any financial instruments under Article 3 of the Markets in Financial Instruments Act must be declared
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Holding government contracts |
Yes. There is no general requirement to declare government contracts, but a person holding public office must file a declaration stating contracts with any persons who or which carry out any activity in areas related to the decisions made by the public office holder within the range of the official powers or duties thereof. In the case of high-ranking public officials state-owned enterprises probably fall under this category in most of the cases
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Board member, advisor, or company officer of private firm |
Yes. A person holding public office must file a declaration stating circumstances which would lead to a conflict of interest, such as: participation in companies, in the board of directors or as an officer and in the management or control of legal persons NGOs and corporations, as well as conducting business as a sole trader.
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Post-employment |
No. Absent from legal framework.
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Simultaneously holding policy-making position and policy-executing position |
No. Absent from legal framework.
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Participating in official decision-making processes that affect private interests |
Yes. Contracts with any persons who or which carry out any activity in areas related to the decisions made by the senior public office holder within the range of the official powers or duties thereof; particulars of any related parties in whose activity the senior public office holder has a private interest.
(Art.37 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Concurrent employment of family members in public sector |
No. Absent from legal framework.
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Filing required upon taking office |
Yes. A declaration of assets and interests shall be submitted within one month from the assumption of the senior public office
(Art.38 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Filing required upon leaving office |
Yes. A declaration of assets and interests shall be submitted: 1) within one month from the release from office; 2) within one month from the expiry of one year after the submission of the declaration submitted after the release from office.
(Art.38 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Filing required annually |
Yes. A declaration of assets and interests shall be submitted within one month from the assumption of the senior public officeannually, by the 15th day of May: for the previous calendar year.
(Art.38 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Ad hoc filing required upon change in assets or conflicts of interest |
Yes. The persons, holding high public positions, shallsubmit declarations under art. 35, para. 1, items 3 and 4 within one month from the occurrence of the change.
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Sanctions stipulated for late filing (fines, administrative, and/or criminal) |
Yes. Any public office holder, who fails to submit a declaration under this Act when due, shall be liable to a fine of BGN 1,000 or exceeding this amount but not exceeding BGN 3,001
(Art.173 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Sanctions stipulated for non-filing (fines, administrative, and/or criminal) |
Yes. Any public office holder, who fails to submit a declaration under this Act when due, shall be liable to a fine of BGN 1,000 or exceeding this amount but not exceeding BGN 3,000
(Art.173 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Sanctions stipulated for false disclosure (fines, administrative, and/or criminal) |
Yes. Any senior public office holder, who fails to declare or who misdeclares any circumstance which the not exceeding BGN 3,000, unless a severer punishment is provided for.
(Art. 174 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Depository body explicitly identified |
Yes. The declarations of incompatibility, property, interests and for changes to the declared circumstances shall be submitted to the body for election or appointment, respectively to a standing commission of the respective municipal council before the Commission.
(Art. 35 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Enforcement body explicitly identified |
Yes. The Commission shall ascertain a conflict of interest of senior public office holders, shall hear or require the submission of information regarding the examinations related to the ascertainment of a conflict of interest; shall verify alerts in connection with the declarations of incompatibility of senior public office holders and shall refer any such alerts to the electing or appointing authority for an appropriate response; shall check the assets status, shall adopt a decision on extension of the check in the cases provided for by this Act and decisions on termination of the check; shall institute an unlawfully acquired assets forfeiture proceeding, which shall include submission to the court of a motion for the imposition of precautionary measures and lodgement of an action for forfeiture to the Exchequer of unlawfully acquired assets; shall refuse to institute an unlawfully acquired assets forfeiture proceeding; shall terminate the check referred to in Article 107 (2) herein or shall extend the period of any such check; shall terminate unlawfully acquired assets forfeiture proceedings and shall reach settlements under this Act; shall adopt rules on the conduct of integrity tests of the Commission employees and shall organise the conduct of the said tests; shall endorse the standard forms of the declarations referred to in Items 2 and 4 of Article 35 (1) herein; shall exercise other powers as well, provided for in a law.
(Art. 13.4-13.13 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Some agency assigned responsibility for verifying submission |
Yes. Within six months from the expiry of the time limits referred to in Articles 38 and 39 herein, the inspectors of the Commission shall verify and analyse the information in the declarations of assets and interests of senior public office holders as to the veracity of the facts declared
(Art. 43 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Some agency assigned responsibility for verifying accuracy |
Yes. The Counter-Corruption And Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Commission shall be a counter-corruption authority within the meaning given by this Act for senior office holders.The Commission shall verify and analyse the declarations of assets and interests of senior public office holders;
(Art. 7.1 and 13.1 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Public availability |
Yes. Income and asset declarations are publicly available on the internet web-page of the within two months from the expiration of the terms of submission, the Commission shall publish on its website the declarations of the personsholding senior public positions and a list of the persons who have not submitted declarations in time.
(Art. 40 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Timing of information release specified |
Partially. Within two months from the expiration of the terms of submission
(Art. 40 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Location(s) of access specified |
Yes. Income and asset declarations are publicly available on the internet web-page of the within two months from the expiration of the terms of submission, the Commission shall publish on its website the declarations of the personsholding senior public positions and a list of the persons who have not submitted declarations in time.
(Art. 40 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |
Cost of access specified |
Yes. The access of free of costs.
(Art. 40 Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act 2018 (amended 2020)) |