CONDOMINIUM OWNERSHIP MANAGEMENT ACT
In force from 01.05.2009
Prom. SG. 6/23 Jan 2009, amend. SG. 15/23 Feb 2010, amend. SG. 8/25 Jan 2011, amend. SG. 57/26 Jul 2011, amend. SG. 82/26 Oct 2012, amend. SG. 66/26 Jul 2013, amend. SG. 98/28 Nov 2014, amend. and suppl. SG. 26/1 Apr 2016, amend. SG. 43/7 Jun 2016, suppl. SG. 88/3 Nov 2017, suppl. SG. 21/9 Mar 2018, amend. SG. 98/27 Nov 2018, amend. SG. 17/26 Feb 2019, amend. SG. 14/17 Feb 2021, amend. and suppl. SG. 11/2 Feb 2023, amend. and suppl. SG. 82/29 Sep 2023
Chapter one.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section I.
Subject-matter of the act
Scope of the act
Art. 1. (Suppl. – SG 57/11) This Act regulates public relationships connected with the management of common areas in condominium ownerships, as well as the rights and obligations of owners, users and occupants of separate units or parts thereof.

Special regime of condominium management
Art. 2. (1) The management of common areas of condominium buildings built in a gated residential complex shall be done by a written agreement with notarized signatures between the investor and the owners of separate units.
(2) (Suppl. – SG 57/11) The agreement under Para. 1 shall be entered by the investor in the Registry Agency into the account of every separate unit and shall appear for any subsequent acquirer.

Exceptions
Art. 3. (Amend. – SG 57/11) For the management of common areas of condominium ownership regime, in which the separate units are no more than three and belong to more than one owner, the provisions of Art. 30, para. 3, Art. 31, para. 1 and Art. 32 of the Ownership Act shall apply.

Definig adjacent area
Art. 4. (1) In case of restructuring of residential areas with estate buildings and in the cases where a condominium building cannot be separated into a separate regulated land property in accordance with the Spatial Development Act, an adjacent area to the building shall be defined.
(2) (Amend. – SG 66/13, in force from 26.07.2013; amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014) In the cases of Para. 1, the adjacent area shall be defined by the Mayor of the Municipality at his initiative or by request of the persons interested under a procedure provided by an order of the Minister of the Regional Development and Public Works.
(3) When defining the adjacent area, the Mayor of the Municipality shall issue an order with an attached scheme defining the borders and purpose of the area.
(4) The defined adjacent area shall be given for maintenance and usage by the respective condominium under the terms and conditions provided by an ordinance of the Municipality Council.

Section II.
Rights and Obligations of Owners, Users and Occupants of Separate Units or Parts Thereof (Title suppl. – SG 57/11)
Rights of the owners, users and occupants (Title suppl. – SG 57/11)
Art. 5. (1) Owners of separate units in a condominium under ownership regime, called hereinafter "owners", shall have the right to:
1. use the common areas of the condominium according to their function;
2. participate in the management of the condominium.
(2) (New – SG 57/11) Users of a building in a regime of condominium shall have their right referred to in Para. 1, item 1 and shall participate in the condominium management, except for taking decisions under Art. 11, para. 1, item 7 and item 10, items "a", "b", "c", "d", "g" and "j", unless otherwise agreed upon between the owner and the user.
(3) (New – SG 57/11) Unless otherwise agreed upon between the owner and the user, and there is disagreement between them, the owner shall participate in the voting.
(4) (Prev. Para. 2 – SG 57/11) Occupants in the condominium shall have the right under Para 1, p. 1, as well as shall participate in the condominium management with an advisory vote.

Obligations of owners, users and occupants (Title suppl. – SG 57/11)
Art. 6. (1) Owners shall:
1. (suppl. – SG57/11) not prevent the other owners, users and occupants from using the common areas of the building;
2. not cause damage to other premises and to the condominium;
3. not occupy common areas of the condominium;
4. (suppl. – SG 57/11) not perform - in their separate unit or in part thereof - activities that would disturb the other owners, users and occupants to a greater extend than the usual one;
5. (suppl. – SG 26/16) not perform repair activities in their separate unit or in part of it, which lead to a deterioration of the design indicators of the characteristics of construction products, changed/replaced and/or originally used, as well as/or activities to change premises, spaces or parts of them, intended for general use, shall not violate the architectural appearance, load-bearing capacity, stability of the building structure, fire safety or safe use of the building;
6. implement the requirements of the corresponding legislative acts while keeping animals in their separate units and not cause disturbance to their close neighbours;
7. not violate good manners;
8. implement the decisions of the management bodies of the condominium;
8a. (new – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) participate personally or by an authorized person in the decision-making of the general meeting;
9. (amend. – SG 57/11; amend. and suppl. – SG 26/16) pay the expenses for repair, reconstruction, modification, major repair and general renovation of common areas in the building, replacement of common systems or equipment and the installments, allocated for "Repair and renovation" fund, pro rata to the possessed shares in them;
10. (amend. – SG 57/11, amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) pay the costs for the management and the costs for the maintenance of the common areas of the building;
11. observe the sanitary hygiene regulations;
12. (amend. – SG 57/11; amend. and suppl. – SG 26/16) provide access in their separate unit or in part of it for the performing of the necessary research, design, measurement, building and construction works related to the maintenance, repair, reconstruction, modification, major repair or general renovation of common areas or of other premises, and for inspection of the condition of systems or structural components of the building;
13. assist the work of the competent bodies while carrying out fire-fighting and rescue operations activities inside and in the surroundings of the building;
14. compensate the damages caused to other units in the building, in cases where they result from removal of damages in their own units or part of them;
15. use the common areas of the condominium, as provided by the Rules of Internal Order;
16. (amend. – SG 57/11, amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2023) submit a declaration according to a model for entry in the condominium book of the members of their households, the residents, as well as the animals they keep in the condominium, which are to be taken out for walks;
17. (new – SG 26/16) maintain the common parts of the building and their own separate unit in a technical condition meeting the general requirements of Art. 169, para. 1 of the Spatial Development Act;
18. (new – SG 26/16) ensure safe exploitation of all facilities and systems in the building;
19. (new – SG 26/16) not carry out activities in the common parts of the building, including on the front walls, impairing their integrity and architectural appearance, load carrying capacity, building structure stability, fire safety or safe use of the building;
20. (prev. item 17 – SG 26/16) perform other duties envisaged in the Rules of Internal Order.
(2) (New – SG 57/11) Users of separate units in a condominium building shall have the obligations referred to in Para. 1, except for those referred to in Para. 1, item 9, unless otherwise agreed upon between the owner and the user.
(3) (Prev. Para. 2, amend. – SG, 57/11, amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2023) Residents of a condominium building shall have the obligations under Para. 1 with the exception of those under Para. 1, items 9 and 16.
(4) (New – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) The owners shall be responsible for the obligations of the condominium according to the owned ideal parts of the common parts of the building.

Condominium book (Title amend. – SG 57/11)
Art. 7. (1) (Amend. – SG 57/11, suppl. – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2023) A condominium book shall be created, stored and maintained in every building or entrance in condominium mode. The condominium book may be in paper or electronic version in the form of an electronic document.
(2) (Amend. – SG 57/11) The following shall be recorded in the book:
1. the separate unit – purpose of use and built-up area;
2. ideal parts of the unit out of the common parts of the building (in percentages);
3. (suppl. – SG 26/16) first name, father’s name and family name of the owner or user – for natural persons, and in cases where the owner or user is a legal entity or a sole trader – the name, BULSTAT code or Unified Identification Code (UIC), where an email address for notification of the owner or occupant shall be provided, if available;
4. first name, father’s name and family name of members of the household living together with the owner and/or the user;
5. period, during which the persons referred to in item 3 and 4 do not use the separate unit;
6. first name, father’s name and family name of occupants temporarily residing in the unit on a separate legal grounds for more than 30 days, the check-in date and the check-out date;
7. the rights and obligations agreed between the owner and the user regarding the management of building's common parts.
(3) (Amend. – SG 57/11, amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2023) Each owner or user shall be obliged within 15 days of acquiring the right of ownership or use, as well as when renting out the independent site or entering into another legal relationship, allowing residence of third parties, to submit a declaration for entry in the condominium book of the data under Para. 2. In the event of a change in the circumstances under Para. 2, items 5 and 6, the owner or the user shall be obliged to submit a declaration to the management board (the manager) within the period according to the first sentence for entering the specified data. The declaration may be submitted to the electronic address of the management board (manager).
(4) (Amend. - SG 8/11, in force from 25.01.2011; suppl. – SG 57/11; amend. – SG 66/13, in force from 26.07.2013; amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014, amend. – SG, 17/19) Access to the information in the book shall have the Managing Board (Manager), the Control Board (Controller), the owner in reference to his/her data, as well as the bodies of the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, the municipal or the regional administration and the Bulgarian Safety of Foods Agency, subject to compliance with the requirements of the personal data protection.
(5) (Revoked – SG 57/11)
(6) (Amend. – SG 57/11, amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2023) In a separate field of the condominium book, the chairman of the management board (the manager) shall enter the data, submitted by each owner or user about the animals, owned or taken for breeding in the specific independent site, which are taken out in public places, and for dogs - also the number of the veterinary medical passport.
(7) (Amend. – SG 57/11; amend. – SG 66/13, in force from 26.07.2013; amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014, amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2023) The model of the declaration for entry in the condominium book and the model of the condominium book with instructions for its creation, storage and maintenance shall be approved by the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works.
(8) (New – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2023) The chairman of the management board (the manager) shall enter the data from the declaration, provided to him under Para. 3 in the condominium book.

Chapter two.
MANAGEMENT OF THE CONDOMINIUM
Section I.
General Rules
Scope of management
Art. 8. (1) (Suppl. – SG 57/11) Management shall encompass the procedure and control over usage and maintenance of the common areas and observance of the internal order in the condominium ownership regime, as well as the control over the fulfillment of the obligations of the owners, users and residents.
(2) (Suppl. - SG 21/18, in force from 09.03.2018) Where the building has more than one entrance, management may be done in each of the entrances. This management shall also cover the common areas of the building which are adjacent to the individual properties in the respective entrance.

Forms of management
Art. 9. (Amend. – SG 57/11) The forms of condominium management shall be a General meeting and/or an owners’ association.

Section II.
General Meeting of the Owners
Management bodies
Art. 10. The management bodies shall be:
1. a General Meeting;
2. a Managing Board (Manager).

Powers of the General Meeting
Art. 11. (1) The General Meeting shall:
1. adopt, amend and supplement the Rules of the internal order;
2. elect and dismiss members of the Managing Board (Manager) , as well as a cashier;
3. elect and dismiss members of the Control Board (controller);
4. (amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2024) adopt the annual budget for revenues and costs and approve the annual reports of the management board (manager) and the control board (controller), as well as of the professional manager-trader, managing condominiums, entered in the register under Art. 47a, Para. 1, item 1, in the cases in which management is assigned pursuant to Art. 19, Para. 8;
5. (amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) determine the amount of money contributions for management costs and costs for maintaining the common parts of the building;
6. (revoked – SG 57/11)
7. determine the money installments in the Repair and Renovation Fund;
8. (amend. – SG 26/16) adopt a plan for implementing repairs, reconstructions, reorganizations and other activities in the common areas of the condominium, including for implementing the prescribed measures in the technical passport or other prescriptions of the competent bodies, as well as approve the annual report of the Managing Board (Manager) for its implementation;
9. adopt amendments of the plan for repairs, where unpredicted costs occur;
10. adopt decisions for:
а) expenses to be made which are needed or urgent for the maintenance or reconstruction of the common areas, for useful expenditures, as well as for determining the amount of the expenses for the implementation of the instructions of the technical passport;
b) letting out or granting free usage of the common areas of the condominium, while in compliance with fire and emergency safety standards;
c) (amend. – SG 57/11; suppl. – SG 26/16) major repair and/or general renovation of the building;
d) undertaking preparatory actions for the establishing of right to usage, building, additional storey, extension, or change of the function of common areas, while observing the requirements of the current special legislation;
e) placing advertisements or technical equipment on the building;
f) (suppl. – SG 57/11) eviction from the building of an owner, user or occupant under the provision of Art, 45 of the Ownership Act for a certain period of time, but not longer than 3 years;
g) (amend. – SG 57/11) the cases, where this is provided in regulating acts, related to water supply, electrical power supply, central heating, gas supply, sanitation standards and provision of other services;
h) creating conditions for access to the condominium of disabled people;
i) using the common areas of the condominium and its area in cases of disputes, as well as observation of the internal order and the sanitary-hygienic rules;
j) (revoked – SG 57/11)
k) (new – SG 57/11) connection of the building to the central heating and gas supply system and for termination of central heating and gas supply in the condominium;
(l) (new – SG 57/11) other issues related to the management of the common parts;
m) (new – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) use of revenues from placing advertisements or technical equipment on the building and/or renting out common parts of the building and/or from other sources for servicing credit obligations for the purpose of major repairs, and/or major renovations, and/or energy efficiency, and/or installations for renewable sources
11. (amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2024) may also adopt decisions on:
a) assigning the management of the common parts of the building to a professional manager-trader, managing condominiums, entered in the register under Art. 47a, Para. 1, item 1, determining the scope of powers of the management board (manager), which may be assigned to these persons for implementation;
b) assigning the maintenance activities of the common parts to legal or natural persons;
12. (amend. – SG 57/11) be able to adopt a decision for management of the common parts so as to obtain:
a) credits for carrying out a required or emergency repair;
b) credits for making useful expenses;
c) grants and subsidies;
13. be able to adopt a decision for waiving financial debts, as well as for postponing or dividing them into installments;
14. may authorize the Managing Board (Manager) to adopt a decision for urgent repairs or costs, which cannot be postponed;
15. (new – 26/16) within the frames of legally set terms for issue of a technical passport, take a decision for assignment of issuing of a technical passport of existing buildings and approve the agreement with the contractor, adopt the surveillance report and technical parameters assessments and the issued technical passport of the building;
16. (new - SG 57/11; prev. item 15 – SG, 26/16, amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) determine the amount of remuneration of the management board (manager), the control board (controller) and the treasurer;
16a. (new – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) the General meeting may decide not to pay expenses for the remuneration of the management board (manager), the control board (controller) and the treasurer, when they are owners, users or residents;
17. (new - SG 88/17, (*) amend. concerning the entry into force - SG 98/18, in force from 01.01.2019, amend. concerning the entry into force - SG 14/21, in force from 17.02.2021) may adopt decision to apply to the municipality for the required number of receptacles for household waste collection related to determining the fee for household waste;
18. (new - SG 88/17, (*) in amend. concerning the entry into force - SG 98/18, in force from 01.01.2019, amend. concerning the entry into force - SG 14/21, in force from 17.02.2021) accept the report under Art. 67, para. 15 of the Local Taxes and Fees Act for the number of property users in the condominium.
(2) The General Meeting shall not refuse to adopt decisions for expenditures to be made which are needed for the maintenance or reconstruction of the common areas of the condominium.
(3) The General Meeting shall adopt Rules of Internal Order of the condominium ownership.
(4) (Suppl. – SG 57/11) The adopted decisions of the General Meeting shall also be binding for new owners, users and occupants of separate units in the condominium ownership.
(5) (Amend. – SG 66/13, in force from 26.07.2013; amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014) The Minister of the Regional Development and Public Works shall issue a sample of the Rules of Procedure.

Initiative for calling the General Meeting
Art. 12. (1) The General Meeting shall be called at least once a year, by:
1. the Managing Board (Manager);
2. the Control Board (Controller).
(2) The General Meeting may be called upon a written request of the Owners, who have at least 20% ideal parts of the condominium's common parts.
(3) The request as per Para. 2 shall be made to the Managing Board (Manager) who shall call the General Meeting within 10 days from receiving it.
(4) (Amend. – SG 557/11) Where the Managing Board (Manager) fails to call the General Meeting within the term from Para. 3, the General Meeting shall be called by the owners under Para. 2 following the procedure provided by this Act.
(5) (New – SG 57/11) A General meeting may be called by every owner or user in emergency situations or where more than one year has gone from the last held General meeting.
(6) (Prev. Para. 5, amend. – SG 57/11) In case of a new condominium ownership established, the first General Meeting shall be called within 6 months after its establishment by owners of separate units who have at least 20% ideal parts of the common parts. Where the General Meeting has not been called within the indicated term, it may be called by any owner or user.

Order for calling the owners’ General Meeting
Art. 13. (1) (Amend. – SG 57/11; suppl. – SG 26/16) General Meeting shall be called by an invitation letter signed by the persons calling the General meeting, which shall be displayed in a visible and accessible place at the entrance of the building, minimum 7 days prior to the scheduled date of the meeting, and in emergency cases – minimum 24 hours in advance. The date and the time of displaying must be indicated obligatorily in the invitation letter by the persons, calling the General meeting, whereas Minutes shall be issued thereof. The General meeting may be scheduled and take place on the eighth day after the date of displaying of the invitation at the earliest, and in emergency cases – not before the expiration of 24 hours after its displaying.
(2) (Amend. – SG 57/11; suppl. – SG 26/16) Owners or users, who are not using their separate unit or will be absent for more than one month, shall notify in writing the manager of the chairman of the Managing board, and shall indicate email address and mailing address in the country, to which the notification letters for calling General meetings shall be sent, and also a telephone number.
(3) (Amend. – SG 57/11; suppl. – SG 26/16) The notification referred to in Para. 2 calling a General meeting may be done by verbal information about the content of the notification letter, which shall be confirmed by the signature of the persons calling the General meeting, or by sending a notification letter to an address in the country, including by email, if such addresses have been provided.
(4) (Suppl. – SG 26/16) In cases, where the person referred to in Para. 2 has failed to provide email address or mailing address in the country, to which notification letters calling a General meeting are to be sent, as well as a telephone number, he/she shall be deemed duly notified of calling a General meeting pursuant to the provision of Para. 1.
(5) (Amend. – SG 57/11) Where the separate unit is municipal or governmental property, the municipality mayor or the respective body authorized to manage the property, shall communicate in writing the information referred to in para. 2 to the manager or to the chairman of the Managing board. In this case the provisions of Para. 3 and 4 shall apply.
(6) (Revoked – SG 57/11)
(7) (Amend. – SG, 82/23 (*)) The invitation shall contain the agenda of the General meeting - the issues proposed for discussion, specific draft decisions in case of absentee voting, the date, time and place of its holding, the deadline for conducting absentee voting and the electronic address of the management board (manager), whose address must be entered in the register under Art. 47a, Para. 1, item 2.
(8) Unless in urgent cases, the General Meeting may be called during:
1. (revoked – SG 57/11)
2. official holidays;
3. days announced by the Council of Ministers as holidays.

Representation in the General Meeting
Art. 14. (1) (Amend. – SG 57/11, suppl. – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2023) An owner or user, who cannot participate in the General Meeting, may authorize an adult member of his/her household, who is registered in the condominium book, or another owner, to represent him/her. Authorization may be done verbally at the same or at a previous session of the General meeting, which must be recorded in the Minutes of the meeting, or be done in writing, including in the form of an electronic document, sent to the electronic address of the management board (manager).
(2) When owners in the condominium are also the municipalities, the state or legal entities, the authorization shall be carried out respectively by the mayor, the regional governor, the relevant minister or the governing bodies of the legal entities.
(3) (Amend. – SG 57/11) An owner or user may also authorize in writing another person who to represent him/her, with certification of the signature by a notary public or by an attorney-at-law by a written power of attorney.
(4) (Suppl. – SG 57/11) One person may represent a maximum of 3 owners and/or users.
(5) Participation of an authorized person shall be written in the protocol of the General Meeting, and a copy of the authorization letter shall be attached to it.

Quorum for holding the General Meeting
Art. 15. (1) (Suppl. – SG 57/11; suppl. – SG 26/16, amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) The General meeting shall be held, if the owners of at least 51 percent of the common parts of the condominium are present in person or through representatives, with the exception of the cases under Art. 17, Para. 2, items 1 - 4 and 7.
(2) (Amend. – SG 57/11, amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2023) If the meeting cannot be held at the time, specified in the invitation, due to lack of the quorum under Para. 1, the meeting shall be postponed for one hour, is to be held according to the previously announced agenda and shall be considered legal, if no less than 26 percent of the common parts of the condominium are represented.
(3) (New – SG 57/11) Where in the cases, referred to in Para. 2 the required quorum is missing, the meeting shall be held on the next day, and if it is a day off or an official holiday, on the next work day, at the time and place, indicated in the notification letter referred to in Art. 13, Para. 1 for calling a General Meeting. If the required quorum referred to in Para. 1 is missing, the meeting shall be held under the preliminary announced agenda and it shall be deemed legal, notwithstanding of the number of shares of the common parts of the condominium, presented thereon.
(4) (New – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2023) When one natural or legal person is the owner of more than 51 percent of the common parts of the condominium, the General meeting shall be held, if the owners of at least 75 percent of the common parts of the condominium are present in person or through authorized representatives.

Holding the General Meeting
Art. 16. (1) (Suppl. – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2023) The General meeting shall be held at a suitable place in the condominium, its adjoining area or at another place, close to it. The General meeting may also be held in a mixed mode of work - in person and online via video conference, guaranteeing the establishment of the identity of the participating persons. The participation and voting of these members shall be noted in the minutes, as well as the ideal parts of the condominium they represent, the number of the individual site, the way in which the persons voted - "for", "against" or "abstained", and the substance of their statements.
(2) The General Meeting shall be represented by the Chairperson or another member of the Managing Board or the Manager.
(3) The General Meeting of owners cannot take decisions on issues outside the previously announced agenda, except in urgent cases.
(4) Minutes shall be kept during the General Meeting. The recorder shall be elected with a general majority upon proposal by the chairing person.
(5) (Amend. and suppl. – SG, 26/16, suppl. – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2023) The minutes shall contain the date and place of the General meeting, the agenda, the persons present and the ideal parts of the condominium they represent, the number of the individual sites, the method, on which the persons voted - "for", "against" or "abstained", their signature, list of declarations in case of absentee voting, the essence of the statements, proposals made and decisions adopted.
(6) (Amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2023) The minutes shall be drawn up within 7 days after the meeting and shall be signed by the chairman and the minute-taker. In case of absentee voting under Art. 17a, the minutes shall be drawn up within 7 days of the end of the voting period. The refusal to sign the minutes shall be noted in it. In the minutes, the method of voting on the decisions taken by those present at the meeting and those, who voted in absentia shall be noted.
(7) (Amend. – SG 57/11; amend. and suppl. – SG 26/16) The Chairperson of the Managing Board (Manager) within the term referred to in Para. 6 shall display in a visible and accessible place at the entrance of the building an announcement for drawing the minutes up. A protocol shall be drawn up for the displaying of the announcement by the Chairperson of the Managing Board (Manager) and one owner, user or occupant, indicating the date, the time and the place of displaying of the announcement. A copy of the protocol of the held General meeting, certified with an inscription “True to the original” and the attachments thereto shall be given to the owners, users or occupants upon request, and in cases under Art. 13, para. 2 shall be sent to the provided email address or mailing address in the country. Where in cases under Art. 13, para. 2, the person has not provided an email address or mailing address in the country to which copies of records should be sent, he shall be deemed notified by displaying of the notice.
(8) (Revoked – SG 57/11)
(9) (Amend. and suppl. – SG 57/11) Every member of the General Meeting may object the contents of the record, including the validity of the written decisions in it. The objection shall be done in writing to the Managing Board (Manager) within 7 days from the announcement under Para. 7, but not later than a month, in cases where the owner, user or occupant has been absent.
(10) (New – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2023) The procedure for holding a mixed mode of work of the General meeting - in person and online via video conference, shall be regulated in the Rules for the internal order of condominiums.

Adopting decisions of the General Meeting
Art. 17. (1) The owners have a voting right, corresponding to the owned by them shares of the condominium common areas.
(2) The General Meeting of the owners shall adopt decisions:
1. (amend. – SG 57/11) for undertaking actions for adding a floor up and extension, for establishing right of use or right of construction and for changing the purpose of the common parts - with 100 percent ideal parts of the common parts;
2. (amend. – SG 57/11) for evicting from the building of an owner or a user under the provisions of Art. 45 of the Ownership Act for a specific term, however not exceeding three years – by a majority of at least 75 percent of the ideal parts of the common parts remaining after deduction of owner’s or user’s ideal parts; the owner or user, who is concerned by the decision, shall not participate in the vote; for evicting from the building of an occupant the decision shall be taken by a majority of minimum 75 percent of the ideal parts of the common parts;
3. (amend. – SG 57/11) for useful expenses and for getting credits - by a majority of minimum 75 percent of ideal parts of the common part;
4. (new – SG 57/11) for releasing from financial liabilities, and also for deferred payment or payment in installments – by a majority of minimum 75 percent of ideal parts of the common parts;
5. (new – SG 57/11; amend. – SG 26/16, amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) for general renovation, for carrying out of a general repair and for use of money from the funds of the European Union and/or from the state or municipal budget, grants and subsidies and/or own funds or other sources of financing – by the majority of minimum 51 percent of the ideal parts of the common parts;
6. (new – SG 57/11; amend. – SG 26/16, suppl. – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) for placing advertising or technical facilities on the building, for connecting the building to the heat transmission, water supply, electricity and gas supply networks and for terminating the heat supply and gas supply in the condominium, as well as for the construction of charging points for electric vehicles - by a majority of more than 50 percent ideal parts of the common parts;
7. (new – SG 26/16, amend. – SG, 82/23 (*)) for the election of the management board (manager) of the condominium, as well as for assigning the powers of the management board (manager) or part of them to a professional manager-trader, entered in the register under Art. 47a, Para. 1, item 1, also for awarding activities for the maintenance of the common parts of the building to legal or natural persons, who are not owners -, with a majority of more than 50 percent of common parts of the common parts of the condominium;
8. (new – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) for distribution of management costs and maintenance costs of the common parts of the condominium, taken by a majority of not less than 51 percent ideal parts of the common parts - for decision under Art. 51, Para. 9.
(3) Apart of the cases under Para 2, the decisions shall be adopted by a majority of at least 50% of the represented ideal parts of the condominium ownership's common areas.
(4) (New – SG 57/11) Where in the documents of ownership of separate facilities in buildings in a regime of condominium no respective shares of the common parts of the building are described, for the purposes of this present Act the ideal parts of each separated unit shall be calculated as a ratio between the sum of the area of the separated unit and the storage premises attached to the unit, divided by the sum of the area of all separated facilities and the attached storage premises, and the number so obtained shall be transformed in percentage.
(5) (New – SG 57/11) Pursuant to the provision of para. 4 the shares of the common parts shall be determined based on the information provided by the owners or the information referred to in Art. 23, para. 1, item 10, in cases where:
1. the sum of percentages of owner’s shares in the common parts of the building is not equal to 100;
2. the management is provided for each individual entrance, and the sum of percentages of owner’s shares in the common parts in the entrance is not equal to 100.
(6) (New – SG 57/11) The determined shares pursuant to the provisions of para. 4 and 5 shall be approved by a resolution of the General meeting by a majority of at least two thirds of the separate units in the building or in the entrance. The General meeting may refuse to approve the determined shares only of there is a mistake in the calculations.
(7) (Amend. – SG 15/10; prev. para. 4, amend. – SG 57/11) The General meeting by a majority of more than 50 percent of the ideal parts of the common parts may decide to adopt the following decision by a majority of more than half of the number of individual units:
1. adoption, amendment and supplementation of the internal rules;
2. election and discharging of members of the Managing board (the Manager) and the fees collector;
3. election and dismissal of members of the Control body (the controller);
4. (suppl. – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) determination of the amount of the cash fees for the costs for management and the costs for maintenance of the common parts of the building;
5. creating conditions for access to the condominium of people with disabilities;
6. use of the common parts of the building and the adjacent areas in case of disputes, and observing the internal rules and sanitation norms.

Absentee voting for decisions
Art. 17a. (New – SG, 82/23 (*)) (1) For the decisions under Art. 17, Para. 2, items 3 - 6 and under Art. 33, Para. 2, item 3, 4, item 5, with the exception of the decision to terminate the association, and item 6, absentee voting may also be held.
(2) Persons, entitled to vote, who will not be able to take part in a meeting of the General meeting in person or online may participate in absentee voting for decision-making.
(3) Absentee voting for decision-making shall take place within 7 days after holding the General meeting, as the persons under Para. 2 shall deposit a handwritten declaration before the management board (manager) on paper or electronically, signed with an electronic signature within the meaning of Art. 13 of the Act on Electronic Document and Electronic Authentication Services. The decision to hold absentee voting shall be made by the General meeting and shall be entered in the minutes of its holding.
(4) The Declaration under Para. 3 shall contain the date of the held General meeting, the full name, the ideal parts they represent, the number of the independent site, the way, in which each of the proposed draft resolutions from the agenda is voted on - "for", "against" or "abstain". The declaration shall be submitted within the period under Para. 3.
(5) The declaration under Para. 3 may be sent to the e-mail address of the chairman of the management board (manager) of the condominium only if the e-mail address is entered in the invitation under Art. 13, Para. 7 and in the register under Art. 47a, Para. 1, item 2, letter "b".
Holding joint General Meeting
Art. 18. (1) In cases, where an issue, related to common areas of 2 or more condominium ownerships has to be solved, a joint General Meeting may be held, for the participation of which the condominium ownerships elect an equal number of representatives.
(2) The joint General Meeting shall be called upon the initiative of the Managing Board (Manager) of one of the condominium ownerships and shall be held under the general rules for holding a General Meeting, as provided by this Act.
(3) The decisions shall be adopted by a two-third majority of those present.

The Managing Board (Manager)
Art. 19. (1) The executive body of the condominium ownership shall be the Managing Board (Manager).
(2) Managing Board shall be elected for the term of up to 2 years.
(3) The Managing Board shall consist of odd number of members, determined by a decision of the General Meeting, and at least of three persons.
(4) The Managing Board members shall elect a chairperson out of their staff.
(5) (Amend. – SG 57/11) The Managing Board members may be owners or users. As a member of the Managing board (a Manager) may be elected also a person, nominated by the owner, living in the building and registered in the condominium book, as well as a person, nominated by the person representing the legal entity or the sole trader, where separate facilities are owned by legal entities or sole traders.
(6) The mandate of the Managing Board member (Manager) may be terminated ahead of the mandate term in cases where there is failure of the obligation fulfillment only by a decision of the General Meeting.
(7) (Suppl. – SG 57/11, amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) The amount of the remuneration of the members of the management board (the manager), the control board (the controller) and the treasurer shall be determined by a decision of the General meeting.
(8) (New – SG 57/11; amend. and suppl. – SG 26/16, amend. – SG, 82/23 (*)) By decision of the General meeting, taken by a majority of more than 50 percent of the common parts of the condominium, the powers or part of them of the management board (manager) may be assigned to a professional manager – trader, entered in the register under Art. 47a, Para. 1, item 1. The assignment contract shall be approved by a decision of the General meeting, taken by a majority of more than 50 percent of the common parts of the condominium, and shall be concluded by a person, authorized by the General meeting for a period of up to two years. A contract, concluded for a longer period shall be considered to be concluded for two years, and a clause, providing for automatic renewal of the contract or its conversion into an indefinite period shall be considered invalid. During the term of the contract, the selected professional manager-trader, entered in the register under Art. 47a, Para. 1, item 1, shall have the rights, duties and responsibilities of the management board (manager) under this Act.
(9) (New – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2023) Within three months before expiration of the contract under Para. 8, the General meeting shall elect a new manager. When the General meeting does not elect a manager within the period under the first sentence, the contract under Para. 8 shall be extended until the election of a new manager, but for no more than three months.

Obligation to participate in management
Art. 20. (Suppl. – SG 57/11) An owner or user may refuse to be a member of the Managing Board (Manager) or a member of the Control Board (Controller) only in the event of long-term factual inability due to illness or long-term absence during the respective year, as well as upon proposal for a second election.

Election of Managing Board (Manager)
Art. 21. (1) Election of a new Managing Board (Manager) shall be held not later than on the date of expiry of the mandate under Art. 19, Para 2.
(2) The Managing Board (Manager) shall continue to perform its duties until a new Managing Board (Manager) has been elected.
(3) (Revoked – SG 57/11)
(4) (New – SG 26/16) In the case of a newly built condominium, the election of a management board (manager) shall take place within 6 months of the building being put into exploitation.

Meeting and quorum of the Managing Board
Art. 22. (1) The Managing Board shall hold meetings at least once every three months and shall adopt decisions with a general majority, if two thirds of its members are present.
(2) Records shall be kept for the Managing Board meeting, which shall be signed by the members present.

Powers of the Managing Board (Manager)
Art. 23. (1) The Managing Board (Manager) shall:
1. organize the implementation of the General Meeting decisions;
2. follow the observance of the internal order of the condominium ownership;
3. (suppl. – SG 57/11, amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) keep all minutes of the held General meetings in original paper form, together with their annexes, building plans and executive drawings, the book for incoming and outgoing correspondence, the technical passport of the building, when there is one, the income and expenditure book, together with the monthly reports and the relevant financial documentation, the audit book of the elevators and others in paper or in the form of an electronic document, etc.;
3a. (new – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2023) provide a monthly report on the income and costs in the condominium in a visible and generally accessible place at the entrance of the building; at the request of the owner, resident or user, the report shall be provided to an electronic address or on paper; the model of the report and instructions for its creation shall be approved by the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works;
4. (amend. - SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2023) prepare the annual budget for the management, maintenance and usage of the common areas of the condominium ownership and the annual plan for repairs, reconstructions, reorganizations and other activities in the building, as well as reports for their implementation and shall organize the implementation of the adopted annual budget of the condominium;
5. represent the condominium ownership in its relations with the local government authorities and other legal persons;
6. (amend. – SG 57/11) produce, keep and maintain the condominium book under Art. 7;
7. (amend. – SG 57/11, amend. - SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2023) notify the municipal administration of the circumstances under Art. 7f, Para. 1 and the amendments thereof;
7a. (new - SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) organize ongoing building maintenance activities, related to security of occupancy;
8. (new – SG 57/11) notify in due time, following the provision of Art. 13, para. 1, the owners, users and occupants upon receipt of written notifications from the operating company, where the thermal load of the building drops under 50 per cent;
9. (new – SG 57/11) provide the information of the registered dogs in the condominium book to the respective regional directorate of food safety and to the municipality within 30 days after the registration in the condominium book;
10. (new – SG 57/11) have the right to obtain information from the Agency of Geodesy, Map making and cadastre or from the respective municipality about the area of the separate unit and of the storage premises, attached thereto;
11. (new – SG 57/11) determine the shares pursuant to the provision of Art. 17, para. 4 and 5 based on the information provided by the owners and/or the information referred to in item 10;
12. (new – SG 26/16, suppl. - SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2023) upon request shall issue to the owners a document under a form of existing or no liabilities to the condominium;
12a. (new – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) no later than 7 days before the date of expiry of the mandate under Art. 19, Para. 2, convene a General Meeting for election of a management board (manager);
13. (prev. item 8 – SG 57/11; prev. item 12 – SG 26/16) perform other powers, assigned by the General Meeting.
(2) (Amend. – SG 57/11; amend. – SG 26/16) The Managing Board (Manager) shall report annually at the end of their mandate with a written report before the General Meeting. The report and the Managing Board meeting records shall be announced pursuant to the provision of Art. 16, para. 7.
(3) (New – SG 57/11) The Chairman of the Managing board (the Manager) shall represent the owners and the users in the implementation of all actions, related to the usual management of the condominium. For actions for the institution of the right for use, construction, building up, attachment or modification of the purpose of use of common parts, he/she shall represent the owners, if authorized by the General meeting.
(4) (New – SG 57/11) The Chairman of the Managing board (the Manager) shall represent before the court the owners in the condominium for the claims, filed against them regarding the common parts and for the claims, filed against an owner, user or occupant, failing to fulfill a decision of the General meeting or his/her obligations under this Act. For claims against third persons regarding the common parts, the Chairman of the Managing board (the Manager) shall represent the owners, if authorized by the General meeting.
(5) (New - SG 11/23, in force from 01.07.2024) In the cases and under the conditions of Para. 4, the chairman of the management board (the Manager) shall also represent the owners in a mediation procedure.
(6) (New - SG 57/11, previous Para. 5 - SG 11/23, in force from 01.07.2024) Every owner may participate in the proceedings, in which the Manager is representing the owners.
(7) (New – SG 57/11, previous Para. 6 - SG 11/23, in force from 01.07.2024, suppl. – SG, 82/23, in force from 01.07.2024) In case of election of a new Managing board (Manager) the kept documents and the available cash funds, information about bank accounts and bank cards shall be delivered within 15 days from the date of entry of the newly elected management board (manager) in the register under Art. 47a, Para. 1, item 2, letter "b", by a protocol, which shall be signed by the members of the previous Managing board (Manager), by the members of the newly elected Managing board (Manager), by the Chairman of the Control body (the Controller) and by the cashier.

The Control Board (Controller)
Art. 24. (1) (Amend. - 57/11) By a decision of the General meeting a Control Board (Controller) may be elected for a period of two years.
(2) The Control Board shall consist of odd number of members, determined by a decision of the General Meeting, and at least of 3 persons.
(3) The Control Board members shall elect a chairperson out of their staff.
(4) (Amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) The control board (controller) shall have the right of access to the documentation of the condominium, control the activity of the managing board (Manager) on the budget implementation and the General Meeting decisions about the fund expenditure of the condominium ownership.
(5) (Suppl. – SG 57/11, amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) The control board (controller) shall inspect the cash register at least once a year and present to the General meeting a report on the results thereof and a finding protocol when a violation is found. The inspection shall be carried out according to the procedure, described in the Rules for internal order in the condominium. When the condominium does not have a control board (controller), the General meeting shall appoint persons among the owners and users to carry out the inspection and report on its results.
(6) The Control Board shall hold meetings at least once every 6 months and shall adopt decisions with a general majority, if two thirds of its members are present. Records shall be kept during the Control Board meetings, which shall be signed by the members present. Upon a decision of the General Meeting, the Control Board members (Controller) may receive remuneration.
(7) (Amend. – SG 57/11) A member of the Control Board, controller or fees collector may be an owner or user, who is not a spouse, a member of a household, is not in actual matrimony, is not in direct or up to second indirect blood line and by law up to first line with the remaining members of the Control board, neither with the members of the Managing board or with the Manager.
(8) The mandate of a Control Board member or the Controller may be interrupted before the expiry term upon failure of performing his/her duties, only by a General Meeting decision.
(9) (Suppl. – SG 57/11, amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) The Control board (controller) shall report to the General meeting with a written report within one month before the expiration of its mandate. The report shall be provided for the information to each owner, user or resident by placing it in a prominent and generally accessible place at the entrance of the building and upon request.
(10) (New – SG 57/11) As members of the Control Board (Controller) or fees collector may be elected and nominated by the owner persons living in the building and who are registered in the condominium book subject to compliance with the provisions of Para. 7.

Section III.
Association of the Owners
Incorporation of Association of the Owners
Art. 25. (Amend. – SG 57/11) (1) (Amend. – SG 26/16, suppl.- SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) To absorb funds from the funds of the European Union and/or from the state or municipal budget, grants and subsidies and/or use of own and/or borrowed funds for the purpose of major repair and/or major renovation of condominium buildings, owners may establish an association. The association shall be a legal entity, established in accordance with this Act.
(2) (Amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) The association shall also carry out other activities, related to the management and maintenance of the common parts of the condominium, including absorbing funds from other sources of financing, other than those under Para. 1.
(3) In order to establish the association, a constitutive meeting of the owners of separate units in the building in a regime of condominium shall be called. The association shall be established by owners representing minimum 67 percent of the ideal parts of the common parts of the condominium.
(4) (Amend. and suppl. – SG 26/16) The association of owners may be established for one or for more than one entrance of the building or for several buildings under condominium regime, executed as a terrace type building. In this case the association shall be established by the owners, representing minimum 67 per cent of the shares of owners’ shares in the common parts in the entrance (entrances or buildings). Where the total sum of the percentages of the owners’ shares of the common parts in the entrance (entrances or buidlings) is not equal to 100, the provisions of Art. 17, para. 5 and 6 shall apply.
(5) (Amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2024) The association shall be created only for the purposes of this Act and shall be entered in the register under Art. 47a, Para. 1, item 2, letter "a" according to the location of the building in condominium mode. The association shall also be entered in the BULSTAT register.
(6) (Suppl. – SG 26/16) Where during the year the association is carrying out activity only under Para. 1 or has not carried out any activity, the Accountancy Act and Statistics Act shall apply.
(7) The amounts under Para. 1 and 2 shall be used upon a decision of the General meeting of the association, and where all owners of separate facilities in the building or in the entrance are members therein, the decision shall be suggested for adoption also by the General meeting of the owners pursuant to the procedure referred to in Art. 33, para. 4.
(8) (New – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) The owners' association shall open a bank account for the collection of management costs and maintenance costs, as well as for the absorption of financing from the sources, specified in Para. 1 and 2.

Terms and conditions for calling a founding meeting
Art. 26. (1) Every owner may request calling of a founding meeting and to propose a draft agreement for founding the association.
(2) (Amend. – SG 57/11) The founding meeting shall be called by an invitation, which shall be displayed in a visible and accessible place at the entrance of the building as provided by Art. 13.
(3) The invitation shall contain the agenda, the place, the date and the time of the meeting. The invitation shall also contain the draft agreement for founding the association.

Holding the founding meeting
Art. 27. (1) (Amend. – SG 57/11) The founding meeting shall be held, if all the owners or their representatives, representing minimum 67 per cent of the shares of the common parts of the condominium, and where the association is established for an individual entrance – the owners, representing minimum 67 per cent of the shares of the common parts of the entrance.
(2) Authorization of a representative shall be done as provided by Art. 14.
(3) (Amend. – SG 57/11) The founding meeting shall be chaired by an owner, elected by a majority of more than half of the represented shares of the common parts referred to in para. 1. A record keeper shall be elected upon a proposal of the chairperson.
(4) The founding meeting shall:
1. adopt a decision for founding the association;
2. (suppl. – SG 57/11) determine the name of the association. The name of the association must obligatorily contain the name of the residential place, full administrative address, and in the cities with regional division the name of the association must contain also the name of the region.
3. adopt an agreement for founding the association;
4. elect the Managing Board (Manager) and Control Board (Controller);
5. be able to define term of existing of the association.
(5) (Suppl. – SG 57/11) The decisions under Para 4, p.1-3 and 5 shall be adopted unanimously by all the owners referred to in para. 1, and the decision under Para 4 shall be adopted by a majority of more than half of the owners referred to in para. 1.
(6) (Amend. – SG 57/11; amend. – SG 26/16) The records of the founding meeting and the adopted agreement on establishing the association shall be drafted in one copy and shall be signed by all members of the association or by their representatives.

Agreement for incorporation of owners association
Art. 28. (1) The agreements for founding the owners association shall define:
1. the name of the legal person and its address;
2. (amend. – SG 57/11) where the association has the scope of business under Art. 25, para. 1, it shall be established for an unspecified period.
3. the terms and conditions for adopting decisions;
4. the staff, mandate and the organizations of the Managing Board operation (Manager) and the Control Board (Controller);
5. other conditions, for which the owners agree.
(2) (Amend. – SG 57/11) When the association has a subject of activity under Art. 25, para. 1, it is established for an indefinite period.
(3) (Amend. – SG 66/13, in force from 26.07.2013; amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014) The Minister of the Regional Development and Public Works shall confirm a sample of the agreement.

Registration of the association
Art. 29. (1) (Amend. – SG 57/11, amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2024) The chairman of the management board (the manager) within 14 days of the founding meeting sshall ubmits to the relevant municipal administration an application for entry of the association in the register under Art. 47a, Para. 1, item 2, letter "a".
(2) The application under Para 1 shall contain:
1. a list of the owners, participating in the association with their 3 names and address of the condominium ownership;
2. (suppl. – SG 26/16) copy of the records of the founding meeting, certified by adding an inscription “True to the original” by the Chairperson of the Managing Board (Manager);
3. (suppl. – SG 26/16) copy of the adopted agreement, certified by adding an inscription “True to the original” by the Chairperson of the Managing Board (Manager);
4. notarized samples of signatures of the persons, representing the association.

Transfer and termination of membership in the association
Art. 30. (1) (Suppl. – SG 26/16) In cases of change of the ownership on separate premises, the association membership shall be transferred to the new owner, where for any liabilities to the association, having become collectable before the change of ownership, the former owner shall be liable, unless otherwise agreed at the time of change of title.
(2) (Amend. – SG 57/11; amend. – SG 26/16) An owner may not terminate his/her association membership in case of an approved project of condominium ownership for absorbing funds from the European Union and/or from the State or the municipal budget, a grant and subsidies or own funds for major repair and/or for general renovation of the building or parts of it.
(3) (Amend. – SG 57/11) The association membership may be terminated after expiry of the guarantee terms for performing construction. The membership shall be terminated upon filing a written declaration with notarized signature to the Managing Board (Manager).

The association bodies
Art. 31. (1) The association bodies shall be the General Meeting, the Managing Board (Manager) and the Control Board (Controller).
(2) The association shall be represented in the relations with the local government bodies and other legal persons by the Managing Board (Manager).

General Meeting of the Association
Art. 32. (1) (Amend. – SG 57/11) The General Meeting of the association shall be composed by all the members of association. The participation in the operation of the General Meeting may be in person or through a representative. The authorization of a representative shall be as provided by Art. 14.
(2) (Amend. – SG 57/11) One person may represent maximum three members of the association.
(3) The General Meeting shall adopt decisions for signing contracts with third persons for amendments in the agreement fro founding the association and for its termination.
(4) For the other powers, initiative, the terms and conditions for the calling, holding and quorum of the General Meeting the provisions of Section II shall apply.
(5) General Meeting shall be held at least once a year.

Adopting General Meeting decisions
Art. 33. (1) The owners shall have the right to a vote in the General Meeting, which corresponds to their owned shares of the common areas of the condominium.
(2) The General Meeting of the association shall adopt decisions:
1. (amend. – SG 57/11) for undertaking actions for building additional storey and extending, for founding right to usage and right to construction and for modification of the purpose of use of common parts – by all members of the association.
2. (amend. – SG 57/11) for evicting from the building of an owner or user, as provided by Art. 45 of the Ownership Act for a specific period of time, not exceeding three years - by a majority of minimum 75% of the represented ideal parts in the association, remaining after the deduction of owner’s or user’s shares; the owner or the users, which is referred by the decision shall not participate in the vote; for evicting from the building of an occupant the decision shall be adopted by a majority of minimum 75 per cent of the represented ideal parts in the association;
3. (amend. – SG 57/11) for making useful expenses and for obtaining of credits – by a majority of minimum 75 per cent of the represented ideal parts in the association;
4. (new – SG 57/11) for releasing of financial liabilities, and for deferring or payment on installments – by a majority of minimum 75% of the represented shares in the association;
5. (new – SG 57/11; amend. – SG 26/16, amend. – SG, 82/23) for major renovation, for general repair and for using money from the European union funds and/or from the state or the municipal budget, grants and subsidies, own funds or other sources of financing – by a majority of not less than 51 percent of the ideal parts of the common parts, and also for termination of the association – by a majority of minimum 67 per cent of the ideal parts of the common parts.
6. (new – SG 57/11; amend. – SG 26/16, suppl. – SG, 82/23) for installation of advertising or technical facilities on the building, for connection of the building to the central heating, water supply, electrical power supply and gas supply systems and for disconnection of central heating and gas supply in the condominium, as well as for the construction of charging points for electric vehicles - by a majority of more than 50 percent of the ideal parts of the common parts;
7. (new – SG 26/16, amend. – SG, 82/23 (*)) for the election of a management board (manager), as well as for assigning the powers of the management board (manager) or part of them to a professional manager-trader, entered in the register under Art. 47a, Para. 1, item 1, with a majority of more than 50 percent of the ideal parts of the common parts;
8. (new – SG, 82/23 (*)) for the distribution of the management costs and maintenance costs of the common parts of the condominium, taken by a majority of not less than 51 percent of the ideal parts of common parts - for a decision under Art. 51, Para. 9.
(3) (Amend. – SG 57/11) Beyond the cases under Para 2, the decisions shall be taken by a majority of at least 50% of the represented shares of the owners in the association.
(4) (Amend. – SG 15/10; amend. – SG 57/11) The decisions of the association shall be submitted to the General meeting of owners for adoption, where they address issues subject to the powers of the General meeting of owners and not all owners of separate facilities in the building or in the entrance are not members of the association. The Managing board (the Manager) of the association shall call a General meeting of owners pursuant to the provisions of Section II of this present Chapter. In this case the members of association shall participate in the General meeting of owners or shall nominate a representative to vote with a share equal to the shares, by which the decision has been taken in the association.
(5) (New – SG 57/11) Where the association has been established by all owners of separate facilities in the building or in the entrance, the General meeting of the association shall also have the powers of the General meeting of owners.

Managing Board (Manager) of the association
Art. 34. (1) The Managing Board (Manager) shall be adopted for the term of up to 2 years.
(2) The Managing Board (Manager) shall:
1. organize the decision implementation of the General Meeting;
2. represent the association in its relation with the local government authorities and with other legal persons;
3. (revoked – SG 57/11)
4. (revoked – SG 57/11)
5. (revoked – SG 57/11)
6. (revoked – SG 57/11)
7. (amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2024) declare for entry the changes in the circumstances, subject to entry in the public register under Art. 47a, Para. 1, item 2, letter "a";
8. (amend. – SG 57/11, amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2024) submit an application for registration in the BULSTAT register within 7 days after receiving a certificate of association registration under Art. 47e, Para. 8;
9. (new – SG 26/16) upon request shall issue to owners a document of existing or no liabilities to the association;
10. (prev. item 9 – SG 26/16) exercise other powers, assigned to him/her by the General Meeting.
(3) The Managing Board shall select out of its body a Chairperson, who shall call and Chair its meetings.
(4) The provisions of Section II shall apply for the number of the Managing Board members, election of new Managing Board (Manager), holding of meetings and the quorum.
(5) (Amend. – SG 57/11) As a Managing Board members (Manager) may only be elected owners or nominated by the owner person, living in the building and being registered in the condominium book. Where separate facilities are a property of legal entities of sole traders, as a member may be elected a person nominated by them.
(6) The mandate of a Managing Board member (the Manager) may be terminated before the expiry term in case of failure of fulfillment of his/her duties only by a decision of the General Meeting.
(7) (Suppl. – SG, 57/11, amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) The General Meeting shall:
1. adopt a decision to determine the costs for the remuneration of the management board (manager) and the treasurer;
2. decide not to pay costs for the remuneration of the board of directors (the manager) and the treasurer, except in the cases of Para. 10.
(8) (Revoked – SG 57/11)
(9) (New – SG 57/11) By a decision of the General meeting of owners and of the association, the powers of the Managing board (the Manager), of the Control body (the controller) and of the bill collector may be assigned to the Managing board (the Manager), the Control body (the controller) and the bills collector may be assigned to the Managing board (the Manager), the control body (the controller) and the bills collector of the association.
(10) (New – SG 57/11; amend. and suppl. – SG, 26/16, amend. – SG, 82/23 (*)) By decision of the General meeting of the association, adopted by a majority of more than 50 percent of the represented ideal parts in the association, the powers of the management board (manager) may be assigned to a professional manager-trader, registered in the register under Art. 47a, Para. 1, item 1. The assignment contract shall be approved by a decision of the General meeting of the association, taken by a majority of more than 50 percent of the presented ideal parts in the association, and shall be concluded by a person, authorized by the General meeting of the association for a period of up to two years. During the term of the contract, the selected professional manager-trader, entered in the register under Art. 47a, Para. 1, item 1, shall have the rights, duties and responsibilities of the management board (manager) under this Act.
(11) (New – SG 57/11) Where the association has been established by all owners of separate facilities in the building or in the entrance, the Managing board (the Manager), the Control body (Controller) and the bills collector of the association shall fulfill the powers of the Managing board (the Manager), the Control body (the Controller) and the bills collector of the condominium.

The Control Board (Controller)
Art. 35. (1) The Control Board (Controller ) shall be elected for the term of 2 years.
(2) The Control Board shall contain an odd number of members, determined by a General Meeting decision, but not less than 3 persons.
(3) The Control Board members shall elect a Chairperson out of their staff.
(4) (Amend. – SG 57/11) The Control Board (Controller) shall control the activity of the Managing Board (Manager) on the budget implementation and the General Meeting decisions about the funds expenditure of the association.
(5) The Control Board (Controller) shall check the cash at least once a year and shall present a report at the General Meeting about its results.
(6) The Control Board shall hold meetings at least once every 6 months and shall adopt decisions with a general majority, if two thirds of its members are present. Records shall be kept during the Control Board meetings, which shall be signed by the members present.
(7) (Amend. – SG 57/11, amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) A member of the Control Board (Controller) and bills collector of the association may be owners, who are not spouses, members of the household, are not in actual matrimony, in a relationship in direct line or up to second indirect blood line and by law in direct line with the remaining members of the Control body, neither with the members of the Managing board. The members of the Control Board (the Controller), remuneration shall be paid.
(8) The mandate of a Control Board member or the Controller may be terminated before expiry term upon failure of performing his/her duties, only by a General Meeting decision.
(9) (Amend. – SG 57/11) The Control board (controller) shall report by a written report before the General Meeting at the end of his/her mandate. The report shall be presented for information to every owner upon request.
(10) (New – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) The General meeting may decide not to pay expenses for remuneration to the Control board (controller).

Termination of the association
Art. 36. (1) The owners association shall be terminated:
1. with a General Meeting decision;
2. upon loss of the building or the separate entrance in a condominium ownership regime;
3. upon expiry of the term for which it was founded;
4. (amend. – SG 57/11, suppl. – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) where the share of the represented shares drops under the required pursuant to Art. 25, Para. 3 or 4, except in cases where credit has been used.
(2) (Amend. – SG 57/11, suppl. – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) Where there is an approved project for absorption of funds under Art. 25, para. 1, the association may be terminated by a decision of the General Meeting after expiration of the project guarantee terms for the completed construction and installation works, but not earlier than 5 years from their completion and repayment of credit, if such is used.
(3) (Amend. – SG 57/11) The Managing Board (Manager) within 14 days after occurrence of the circumstances under Para 1, shall lodge an application in the Municipality administration for deleting the registration. In cases, where the association has been terminated upon a General Meeting decision, the application shall contain a copy of the decision, signed by the Managing Board chairman, (the Manager).
(4) (Amend. – SG 57/11) Where all owners are members of the association, within 2 months after termination of the association, a General Meeting of the owners shall be called. The calling of the General Meeting of the owners shall be done as provided by Art. 12.

Liquidation
Art. 37. (1) With the termination of the association, a liquidation shall be carried out under the Non-profit Legal Entities Act.
(2) The liquidation shall be done by the Control Board chairperson (the Controller).

Section IV.
Implementation and Control of Acts of the General Meeting and the Managing Board (Manager)
Implementation of the General Meeting decisions
Art. 38. (1) (Amend. – SG 57/11) The General Meeting decisions shall be implemented within the determined terms in them. In cases, where the term has not been determined, the decisions shall be implemented within 14 days after their announcement pursuant to the provisions of Art. 16, Para 7.
(2) (Suppl. – SG 57/11) If an owner, a user or an occupant fails to fulfill a decision in the determined term, the Managing Board Chairperson (the Manager) may file an application for issuing an order for execution under the provisions of Art. 410, Para.1, p.1 of the Civil Procedure Code. The application shall contain a copy of the General Meeting decision.
(3) (Suppl. – SG 57/11) A copy of the warning under Art. 45, Para 2 of the Ownership Act shall be attached to the written request for the issuance of a writ of execution for the removal of an owner, user or occupant of an individual unit or a part of it.

Preliminary execution
Art. 39. The General Meeting may request a preliminary execution of a decision related to expenses for a needed repair.

Repeal of a General Meeting's decision
Art. 40. (1) Every owner may request a repeal of an illegal decision of the General Meeting.
(2) (Amend. – SG 57/11; amend. – SG 26/16) The application shall be filed to the Regional court, of the region where the condominium ownership is situated, within 30 days from the receipt of the decision pursuant to the provisions of Art. 16, Para 7.
(3) Filing an application shall not stop the implementation of the decision, unless the Court orders otherwise.

Representation in the Court
Art. 41. (Suppl. – SG 57/11) The owners or the association shall be represented before the court by the chairperson of the Managing Board (the Manager), or by a person authorized by them as per the provisions of Art. 24, para. 3 and 4.

Proceedings and jurisdiction of the court
Art. 42. (1) The application shall be considered under the Code of Civil Procedure.
(2) With its decision, the court shall uphold or repeal the decision of the General Meeting.
(3) The court’s decision shall be subject to appeal pursuant to the Code of Civil Procedure.

Repealing the acts of the Managing Board (the Manager)
Art. 43. (1) Every owner may request a repeal of an illegal act of the Managing Board (the Manager).
(2) (Amend. – SG 57/11; amend. – SG 26/16) The application shall be filed to the Regional court of the region where the condominium ownership is situated, within 14 days from its receipt pursuant to Art. 16, para. 7.
(3) The application shall be considered under the Code of Civil Procedure.
(4) The court shall uphold or repeal the act of the Managing Board (the Manager)
(5) The decision of the court shall be final.

Chapter three.
UNIFORM INFORMATION SYSTEM OF PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS, OWNERS AND CONDOMINIUM OWNERSHIP ASSOCIATIONS (TITLE AMEND. - SG, 57/11, AMEND. - SG, 26/16, AMEND. - SG, 82/23, IN FORCE FROM 31.12.2024)
Register
Art. 44. (Repealed – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2024)

Powers of the Municipal Administration on the register entering (Title amend. – SG 57/11)
Art. 45. (Repeald – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2024)

Contesting a refusal of registration
Art. 46. (Repealed – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2024)

Registration Certificate
Art. 46a. (New – SG 57/11, repealed – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2024)

Notification Obligation
Art. 46b. (New – SG 57/11; amend. and suppl. – SG, 26/16, repealed – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2024)

Obligation to submit summary information (Title amend. – SG 57/11)
Art. 47. (Repealed – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2024)

Unified information system
Art. 47a. (New – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2024) (1) The Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works shall create and maintain a unified information system in accordance with the requirements of the Electronic Government Act and the applicable legislation, which shall unite two public centralized electronic registers:
1. register of professional condominium managers;
2. condominium register containing data on:
a) associations of owners on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria;
b) the management boards (managers) of buildings or individual entrances in condominium mode on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria.
(2) In the condominium register under Para. 1, item 2, every municipal administration shall have authorized access to enter, update and delete data on the circumstances, that are subject to entry.
(3) The collection, processing, storage and maintenance of the registers and the competent administrative authorities, which have the right to enter, update and delete the relevant data in the unified information system under Para. 1, shall be carried out in accordance with the procedure, determined by an Ordinance of the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works.
Register of Professional Condominium Managers – Traders
Art. 47b. (New – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) (1) The Minister of Regional Development and Public Works shall create and maintain a register of professional managers of condominiums. Professional managers-traders shall be entered in the register, with the exception of natural persons - traders within the meaning of the Commercial Act, or the legislation of a European Union Member State, or of another state - party to the on the European Economic Area Agreement, or of the Swiss Confederation, registered in accordance with this Act, who intend to carry out condominium management activities on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria. Entry in the register under this Act shall be a condition for carrying out the activity on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria.
(2) For the entry in the Unified Centralized Public Electronic Register, in the "Register of Professional Condominium Managers" section, as well as for the entry of a change of circumstances, subject to entry, a fee shall be paid in an amount, determined according to a methodology for determining the cost-oriented amount of fees and their expenditure, adopted by the Council of Ministers. The amount of the fee shall be regulated in a tariff, approved by an act of the Council of Ministers.
(3) For an entry into the Unified Centralized Public Electronic Register, in the "Register of Professional Condominium Managers" section, natural persons, registered as sole proprietors, members of the management body of the commercial company, as well as the unlimitedly liable partners in a limited or general partnership must meet the following requirements:
1. should not have been convicted of an intentional crime of a general nature, unless they have been rehabilitated;
2. should not have been members of a management or control body or unlimited partners in a company, for which bankruptcy proceedings have been opened, or in a company, terminated due to bankruptcy, during the last three years before the starting date of the insolvency or over-indebtedness, determined by the court, if there are unsatisfied creditors;
3. should not have been deprived of the right to hold materially responsible positions;
4. should not have been included in the list under Art. 4b, item 3 of the Act on Measures Against the Financing of Terrorism;
5. should not have public obligations, with the exception of obligations under acts, that have not entered into force, as well as rescheduled, postponed or secured obligations;
6. should have an assured administrative capacity of at least one person, employed under an employment contract;
7. to have paid the fee under Para. 2.
(4) In order to be entered in the register, the professional managers of condominiums, individuals registered as sole proprietors or representatives of the commercial company shall submit an application in a form, approved by the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, to which the following documents are to be attached:
1. declarations according to the model, regarding the circumstances under Para. 3, items 1 - 5;
2. a document, certifying the fee, paid under Para. 2, unless it has been paid electronically;
3. the circumstances under Para. 3, items 1, 2, 5 and 6 shall be verified officially by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works.
(5) To the application under Para. 4, traders registered under the legislation of another European Union Member State, of another state - party to the European Economic Area Agreement, or of the Swiss Confederation, shall attach documents for certification of the specified in Para. 3 circumstances, issued by a competent authority from the country, in which they are established, accompanied by an official translation into the Bulgarian language.
(6) When the application or the documents, attached to it are incomplete or do not certify the circumstances under Para. 3, the authority under Para. 1 shall notify the trader within 14 days of receiving the application, providing a 14-day period for their removal from the moment of notification. If the irregularities have not been remedied within the specified period, the authority under Para. 1 shall terminate the registration proceedings and issue a refusal for registration.
(7) The Minister of Regional Development and Public Works shall issue a refusal for entry in the register of professional managers of condominiums in the following cases:
1. when the applicant does not meet all or some of the requirements for entry in the register;
2. in the cases under Para. 6.
(8) The refusal for registry shall be subject to appeal in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Code.
Registration certificate
Art. 47c. (New – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) (1) The Minister of Regional Development and Public Works shall enter in the Unified Centralized Public Electronic Register, in the section "Register of Professional Condominium Managers" and issue a certificate to the trader, who submitted the application, with the exception of natural persons - traders within the meaning of the Commercial Act or the legislation of a European Union Member State, or of another state - party to the European Economic Area Agreement, or of the Swiss Confederation, within 30 days of receiving the application for registration on the basis of the submitted application and the attached documents, certifying the existence of the regulatory requirements, or from the moment the irregularities are removed in accordance with Art. 47b, Para. 6.
(2) The registration under Para. 1 shall be valid for up to 5 years, unless the circumstances under Art. 47d are present for deletion from the register of professional managers of condominiums.
(3) The data, published in the register under Art. 47a, Para. 1, item 1, shall be the following:
1. UIC/PIC;
2. company/name and legal form;
3. registered office, management address and correspondence address;
4. manager;
5. sole owner of the capital;
6. number and term of the issued certificate under Para. 1.
(4) Within 15 days of receiving the certificate under Para. 1, the professional manager-trader, entered in the register under Art. 47a, Para. 1, item 1, must conclude an insurance contract for "Professional Liability" insurance, which he must provide within 7 days from the conclusion of the contract to the body under Art. 47b, Para. 1.
(5) The insurance under Para. 4 shall be renewed annually without interruption, while the professional manager-trader, entered in the register under Art. 47a, Para. 1, item 1, exercises the activity of condominium management.
(6) The conditions and procedure for compulsory insurance of the persons under Para. 1, including insurance coverage, excluded risks, minimum insurance sums and premiums, shall be determined by the Ordinance under Art. 47a, Para. 3.
(7) The requirement to conclude a contract for "Professional liability" insurance for individuals shall not apply to a person from a European Union Member State, or from another state - party to the European Economic Area Agreement, who is established on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria and has provided equivalent "Professional liability" insurance or guarantee in another European Union Member State, or in a country under the European Economic Area Agreement.
Deletion from the Register of professional condominium managers
Art. 47d. (New – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) (1) Traders, entered in the register of professional managers of condominiums shall be deleted in the following cases:
1. if they cease to meet the requirements under Art. 47b, Para. 3;
2. when, after issuing the certificate, it is established, that the registration was made on the basis of data and/or documents, that contain false information;
3. on the basis of a request, made by the registered trader to terminate the condominium management activity;
4. when committing systemic violations under this Act;
5. upon initiation of bankruptcy or liquidation proceedings of the registered trader.
(2) For the circumstances under Para. 1, items 1, 2 and 5, the authority under Art. 47b, Para. 1 shall monitor ex officio, and for this purpose may demand presentation of documents from the trader, as well as carry out inspections in the places, where he carries out his activity.
(3) The mayor of the municipality or region shall have the obligation to notify the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works within 14 days after the entry into force of a penal decree, issued by him or by an official, authorized by him in accordance with this Act.
(4) The persons, who have been deleted on the basis of Para. 1, may not carry out condominium management activities. They may submit a new application for registration no earlier than 6 months from the date of deletion.
Registration of owners' associations on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria
Art. 47e. (New – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2024) (1) Owners' associations shall be entered in the Unified Centralized Register of Condominiums, maintained by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, through the relevant municipality by the location of the building in condominium mode. The municipal administration shall have the obligation to enter the information in the condominium register within 14 days after the registration of the association.
(2) The name of the association, the address, the term, for which it was established, the subject of activity, the represented ideal parts in the association, the names, electronic addresses and administrative addresses of the members of the management board (manager) and the method of representation shall be entered in the register.
(3) When registering the owners' association in the Unified Register of Condominiums, the mayor of the municipality or an official, authorized by him shall check whether the requirements of this Act have been met. After carrying out the inspection, the mayor of the municipality or an official, authorized by him shall enter the association in the Unified register of condominiums.
(4) When the authority under Para. 3 founds, that the provided registration data do not meet the requirements of the Act, he shall instruct the management board (manager) of the owners' association to remove the incompleteness or inaccuracies within 14 days.
(5) When the incompleteness or inaccuracies have not been removed within the period under Para. 4, the mayor of the municipality shall issue a reasoned refusal to register. The refusal shall be delivered to the management board (manager) of the owners' association immediately after its decision in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Code.
(6) The refusal shall be subject to challenge before the administrative court at the location of the condominium within 7 days of its delivery.
(7) The complaint shall be filed through the mayor of the municipality, who shall send it immediately to the court together with the attachments to it. It shall be considered according to the Administrative Procedure Code.
(8) After the entry in the register under Art. 47a, Para. 1, item 2, the municipal administration shall issue a certificate of registration of the association, in which the data under Para. 2 shall be entered.
Registration of the management boards (managers) of buildings or separate entrances in condominium mode on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria
Art. 47f. (New – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2024) (1) The Management boards (managers) shall be entered in the Unified Centralized Register of Condominiums, maintained by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, through the relevant municipality according to the location of the building in condominium mode. The municipal administration shall have an obligation to enter the information in the condominium register within 14 days. In the register of condominiums, information shall be entered about all management boards (managers) of buildings, or individual entrances in condominium mode or on a professional manager-trader, elected in accordance with Art. 19, Para. 8, the address of the condominium, identifier of the building, the names of the members of the management board (manager) or of the professional manager-trader, entered in the register under Art. 47a, Para. 1, item 1, of the members of the control board (the controller) and the treasurer together with a copy of the protocol, contact telephone numbers, the electronic addresses of the members of the management board (the manager), the amount of the determined monthly contributions for the "Repair and renovation" fund and number of independent sites in the building.
(2) Upon entry into the Unified Centralized Register of Condominiums, the mayor of the municipality or an official, authorized by him shall check, whether the requirements of Para. 1 have been observed. After carrying out the inspection, the management board (the manager) shall be entered by the mayor of the relevant municipality or by an official, authorized by him in the register of condominiums, maintained by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works.
(3) When the mayor or the person, authorized by him finds, that the data, provided for registration is incomplete or inaccurate, he shall instruct the chairman of the management board or the manager to remove the incompleteness or inaccuracies within 14 days. When they have not been removed within the specified period, the mayor of the municipality shall issue a reasoned refusal for registry. The refusal shall be delivered to the chairman of the management board, or to the manager of the condominium, or to the professional manager-trader, elected in accordance with Art. 19, Para. 8, immediately and may be appealed in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Code.
(4) The municipal administration shall determine an identification code for the condominium, which shall remain unchanged after registration. The procedure for its determination shall be determined by the Ordinance under Art. 47a, Para. 3 of the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works.
Chapter four.
MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND OVERALL RENOVATION OF THE COMMON AREAS (TITLE AMEND. – SG 26/16)
General provisions
Art. 48. (1) (Amend. – SG 57/11; amend. – SG 26/16) Repair, general renovation, reconstruction and reorganization of the common areas or replacement of common systems and equipment shall be carried out following a decision of the General Meeting of the owners.
(2) In cases of repair of the common areas, primarily shall be done the activities of the construction-technical nature for bringing the building into compliance with the measures and the instructions in its technical passport.
(3) (Amend. – SG 57/11; amend. – SG 26/16) The costs of the repair, general renovation, reconstruction or reorganization of the common areas, about which there is a decision of the General Meeting of the owners, shall be distributed among the owners of separate premises in reference to their shares of the common areas of the condominium.
(4) (Amend. – SG 26/16) The decision for repair, general renovation, reconstruction or reorganization of the common areas of the separate condominium ownership shall be adopted by the mutual General Meeting, as provided by Art. 18.
(5) For a repair, needed for the common areas of the building, financial means shall be provided immediately, with a decision of the Managing Board (the Manager). The General Meeting shall confirm the costs made, which shall be proved by payment documents.
(6) (Amend. – SG 57/11, suppl. – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2023) Every owner may carry out with his/her own funds, materials and/or labor necessary repair of common parts of the building without a decision of the General meeting in the cases, where he notified the manager of the need for one, but he did not convene a General meeting within one month of the notification. The cost of the repair, made by an owner on his/her account, by a decision of the General meeting shall be reimbursed or shall be deducted from his/her installments under Art. 50, upon presentation of documents, evidencing the payments.
(7) (Amend. – SG 57/11) In cases, where costs of an owner have not been reimbursed, as provided by Para 6, he/she shall have the right to file a claim against the rest of the owners.
(8) (Amend. and suppl. – SG 57/11) For the maintenance of the common areas of the condominium ownership, the owners, users and occupants of individual units shall make monthly contributions in an amount determined by the Rules of Internal Order, or by a General Meeting's decision.

Urgent repairs
Art. 49. (1) In cases, where the building or a separate entrance in a condominium ownership regime heed an urgent repair, financial means from the fund under Art. 50 shall be provided immediately, after a Managing Board (Manager) decision.
(2) In cases where there are not enough means in the fund under Art. 50, or the means are insufficient, the chairperson of the Managing Board (Manager) shall call immediately the General Meeting, as provided by Art. 13, Para 1 in order to adopt decision for raising funds for the repair.
(3) If the General Meeting has not been called, or it fails to take a decision under Para 2, the chairperson of the Managing Board (Manager) or the person interested shall inform the Mayor of the Municipality, or the region about the circumstances under Para 1.
(4) (Amend. – SG 26/16) The Mayor of the Municipality or of the region or an official authorized thereby shall perform checks and shall issue an order within one month after the notification under para. 3, which shall oblige the owners to perform the repair in due time, under Para 1, but not later than within three months. The order shall be announced to the chairperson of the Managing Board (Manager) of the condominium ownership.
(5) (Suppl. – SG 26/16) In cases, where the order under Para 4 has not been implemented in due time, or has been implemented preliminary, the urgent repair shall be performed by the Mayor of the Municipality or the region within three months after the expiration of the term for repair under para. 4. In this case, on the basis of the payment documents for the costs, a writ of execution shall be issued in favour of the Municipality or the region for the collection of the costs, as provided by the Code of Civil Procedure.

Repair and Renovation Fund
Art. 50. (1) The General Meeting of the owners or the association shall establish and maintain a Repair and Renovation Fund
(2) The fund means shall be collected from:
1. (amend. – SG 57/11) monthly installments of the owners in an amount, determined by the General Meeting decision in consideration of the shares of individual owners in the common parts of the condominium, but not less than one per cent of the minimum fixed salary in the country;
2. other sources.
(3) (Amend. – SG, 57/11, amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) The fund means shall be collected in an account with a special purpose, which shall be open on the name of the condominium or of the association.
(4) The fund means shall be used for:
1. performing the activities under Art. 48, Art. 49, and for equipment;
2. implementation of the measures and instructions of the technical passport of the building;
3. other expenses, determined by the General Meeting decision.
(5) The disposition with the funds on the account under Para. 3 shall be done by the chairperson of the Managing Board (Manager), based on a decision about their usage, adopted by the General Meeting.

Management and maintenance expenses for the common parts of the condominium (Title amend. – SG 57/11)
Art. 51. (1) (Amend. – SG 57/11; suppl. – SG 26/16, suppl. – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2023) The costs of management and the costs of maintaining the common parts of the condominium shall be distributed equally according to the number of owners, users and residents and members of their households, regardless of the floor, on which they live. For an independent site, in which one resides for no more than 30 days within a calendar year, management costs and maintenance costs shall be paid in the amount, that is determined for one owner, user or resident.
(2) (Amend. – SG 57/11, amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) The costs under Para. 1, or Para. 9, item 1 shall not be paid for children under 6 years of age. 
(3) (Amend. – SG 57/11, repealed, - SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023).
(4) (Amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) When, by decision of the General meeting of the owners or the association, there is a doorman in the building, the costs for him are to be distributed under the conditions and according to the procedure of Para. 1.
(5) (Amend. – SG 57/11, suppl. – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) An owner, user or resident, who exercises a profession or carries out an activity in an independent site of the condominium, related to the access of outsiders, shall pay the costs of management and maintenance of the common parts in an amount from three times to five times the amount, determined by a reasoned decision of the General meeting.
(6) (Amend. – SG 57/11, suppl. – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) An owner, user or resident under Para. 5 shall pay the costs of management and the costs of maintaining the common parts of the building in the amount under Para. 1, when a separate entrance is provided for their independent sites.
(7) (Amend. and suppl. – SG 57/11, suppl. – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) Owners, users and residents, who keep animals in the condominium, subject to taking them out for walks shall pay costs under Para. 1 or Para. 9, item 1 for electricity, water, heating, cleaning of the common areas and subscription service of the elevator for each animal in the same amount as for one inhabitant.
(8) (New – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) The funds for management and the funds for maintaining the common parts of the condominium may be collected in an individual current account with a special purpose in the name of the condominium property. The funds shall be disposed of by the chairman of the management board (manager), based on a decision on their use adopted by the General meeting.
(9) (New – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) The costs of management and the costs of maintaining the common parts of the condominium may be allocated by decision of the General meeting of the owners or the association in one of the following ways:
1. equally according to the number of owners, users and residents and members of their households, regardless of the floor, on which they live; the owner of an uninhabited independent site shall pay the maintenance costs in the amount as for one occupant;
2. according to the percentage of the ideal parts of the site of the common parts of the building, or
3. equal to an independent site.

Technical passport
Art. 52. (1) For every building in a condominium ownership regime shall have a technical passport issued under the terms and conditions of the Spatial Development Act.
(2) The chairperson of the Managing Board (Manager) shall be obliged to keep the technical passport for an unlimited term.
(3) (Revoked – SG 26/16)

Implementation of the measures and instructions in the technical passport
Art. 53. (1) The measures and instruction in the technical passport shall be obligatory for the owners of separate premises.
(2) Within 3 month after issuing the technical passport, the General Meeting of the owners or of the association shall adopt decisions on the implementation of the prescribed measures and instructions.
(3) The decisions under Para 2 shall determine the amount of the needed expenses, their distribution among the owners and the term of their collection.

Control over the implementation of the measures in the technical passport
Art. 54. The Mayor of the Municipality or the region shall exercise current control for the stage implementation of the measures, provided in the technical passport.

Provision of access
Art. 54a. (New – SG 26/16) (1) Where there is a decision adopted by the General meeting of owners and/or owners association for carrying out the activities under Art. 6, para. 1, item 12 and owner’s refusal to provide access to the individual unit owned thereby, the Mayor of the municipality or the region or an official authorized thereby shall carry out an inspection and shall issue an order obliging the owner to provide the required access. The order shall be communicated to the owner and to the chair of the managing board (manager) and can be appealed before the administrative court at the place of location of the condominium.
(2) The order under para. 1 shall be issued within 1 month after the filed request by the chair of the managing board (manager) with attached thereto certificate of findings on failure to provide access, drawn up by the managing board (manager) and two owners.
(3) The fulfilment of the order under para. 1 shall be done according to the provision of the Administrative Procedure Code.

Chapter five.
ADMINISTRATIVE-PENAL PROVISIONS
Art. 55. (1) (Suppl. – SG 57/11) Owner, user or occupant in a building with a separate entrance in a condominium ownership regime, who fails to execute obligation on this Act, shall punished by a fine of BGN 20 to 100, in case of a natural person, or by a property sanction of BGN 150 to 350, in case of a legal person.
(2) (Suppl. – SG 57/11) Owner, user of occupant in a building with a separate entrance in a condominium ownership regime, who breaks the Rules of Internal Order in the condominium ownership and causes disturbance, greater than the usual for the other owners and/or users and occupants, shall be punished by a fine of BGN 50 to 150, in case of a natural person, or by a property sanction of BGN 200 to 500 in case of a legal person.
(3) (New – SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) An owner or user of a building or a separate entrance in a condominium regime, who does not fulfill his obligations under Art. 7, Para. 3, shall be punished with a fine of BGN 50 to BGN 250, if he is a natural person, or with a property sanction of BGN 100 to BGN 500, if it is a legal entity.
(4) New – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2024) A natural or legal person, who manages a condominium, in which he does not own property or an established right of use, and is not entered in the register under Art. 47a, Para. 1, item 1, or which continues to carry out such activity after deletion of the registration, shall be punished with a pecuniary sanction in the amount of BGN 500 to BGN 1,000, and in the case of a repeated violation of BGN 1,500 to BGN 2,000.

Art. 56. (1) Member of the Managing Board (Manager), member of the Control Board (Controller) who breaks or fails to execute his/her obligations under this Act, if the committed is not a crime, shall be punished by a fine of BGN 300 to 1000.
(2) (Amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2024) A Chairman of the management board (manager), who does not declare for entry circumstances, subject to entry in the register under Art. 47a, Para. 1, item 1, as well as the changes therein, shall be punishable by a fine of BGN 100 to BGN 500.
(3) (New – SG 57/11, amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2024) A Chairman of a management board (manager), who did not submit a notification to the municipal or regional administrations under Art. 47f, Para. 1, shall be punished by a fine of BGN 50 to BGN 400.
(4) (New – SG 26/16) A chairman of the Managing board (Manager) failing to fulfil their obligations under Art. 49, para. 1 – 3 shall be punished by a fine from BGN500 to 1000.
(5) (New – SG 26/16, amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2024) When a professional manager-trader, managing a condominium, entered in the register under Art. 47a, Para. 1, item 1, which is assigned the powers of a management board (manager) in accordance with Art. 19, Para. 8 and Art. 34, Para. 10, violates or fails to fulfill the obligations he has under this Act as a management board (manager), if the committed does not constitute a crime, shall be punished with a pecuniary sanction of BGN 1,000 to BGN 2,000.

Art. 56a. (1) (New – SG 57/11; prev. Art. 56a – SG 26/16, amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2024) For non-fulfillment of the obligation under Art. 47f, Para. 1 or under Art. 47e, Para. 1, the mayor of the municipality or of the region shall be punished with a fine from BGN 100 to 500.
(2) (New – SG 26/16) For failure to fulfill an obligation under Art. 49, para. 4 or 5 the mayor of the municipality or the region shall be punished by a fine from BGN300 to 700.

Art. 56c. (New - SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2024) Professional manager-trader, entered in the register under Art. 47a, Para. 1, item 1, who does not fulfill his obligation under Art. 47c, Para. 4, shall be punished with a pecuniary penalty of BGN 1,500 to BGN 2,000.
Art. 57. (1) (Amend. and suppl. – SG 57/11; suppl. – SG 26/16) Establishing the breaches shall be written down in a protocol drawn up by the Managing board. In cases of no Managing board, the protocol shall be drawn up by the Manager and two owners and/or users, and in case of refusal by the manager, the protocol shall be drawn up by three owners and/or occupants. The certifying protocol shall contain information about the person, having committed the breach, description, time and date or period and place of the breach.
(2) (Amend. and suppl. – SG 57/11; amend. and suppl. – SG 26/16) In cases of found breaches, committed by a member of the Managing board, (Manager) or of the control board, the protocol shall be drawn up by the Control Board. In case of no Control Board in the condominium ownership, the protocol shall be made by three owners and/or occupants.
(3) (Suppl. – SG 26/16) The protocol of findings shall be drawn up in two identical copies – one for the Chairperson of the Managing Board (Manager) or one of the owners participating on its drawing up, one for the person committed the breach and one for the Municipal or regional administration.
(4) (Amend. – SG 57/11) The act for establishing the breach shall be drawn up by the Municipal or regional administration, and the penal order shall be issued by the Mayor of the Municipality or the region, or by a empowered by him/her official.
(5) (New – SG 57/11) The act for establishment the breach under Art. 56a shall be drawn up by the officials of the respective regional administration, nominated by the regional governor, and the penal decrees shall be issued by the regional governor or by an official authorized by him/her.
(6) (Prev. Para. 5 – SG 57/11) The establishment of the breaches, the issuing, appeal and execution of the penal orders shall be done under the provisions of the Administrative Violations and Penalties Act.

Art. 58. (New – SG, 82/23, in force from 31.12.2024) (1) Acts, establishing violations under Art. 56c shall be composed by officials from the administration of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, designated by the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, and the penal decrees shall be issued by the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, or by an official, authorized by him.
(2) The detection of violations, issuance, appeal and execution of criminal decrees shall be carried out in accordance with the Act on Administrative Violations and Penalties.
Additional provisions

§ 1. In the meaning of this Act:
1. "Separate premises in a building in a condominium ownership regime" is a separate part of a building in a condominium ownership regime with a separate functioning purpose.
2. (amend. – SG 82/12, in force from 26.11.2012) "Belonging area to a building in a condominium ownership regime" is part of the territory of a land site with complex building, where the building is constructed in a condominium ownership regime and which included along with it or separately sites as green areas, playgrounds, parking spots etc.
3. (amend. - SG, 82/23, in force from 29.09.2023) "Residential area of closed type" is a complex, specified as a separate regulated land site, in which one or more residential buildings in condominium mode and other sites and facilities for common use by the owners, users and residents have been built, subject to the requirements of controlled access for outsiders.
4. "Household" represents two or more persons, living together in separate premises or in parts of them, where they have been registered at a permanent or current address, and have mutual budget, notwithstanding their relative connection.
5. (suppl. – SG 57/11) "Occupants" are natural or legal persons, who are not owners or users of separate premises in a building in a condominium ownership regime, but live in them on another legal grounds.
6. (new – SG 57/11) "Users" are natural persons or legal entities, holding real right of use on somebody else’s thing, a separate unit in a building in a regime of condominium.
7. (prev. item 6, suppl. – SG 57/11) "Direct neighbours" are owners, users or occupants of separate premises, which are situated at the same floor under, or above the corresponding premises.
8. (prev. item 7 – SG 57/11) "Needed repair" is an activity for bringing the building, the common areas, installations or parts of them into compliance with the legal requirements for technical suitability of the building and the installations, including the roofs for removal of the obstacles or inconveniences for the normal usage of the building and the separate premises in it.
9. (prev. item 8, suppl. – SG 57/11) "Urgent repair" is an activity for prevention of the building destruction, of its construction elements, common areas, installation or parts of them, as well as for removal of significant damages and deformations, leading to danger for the life and health of the owners, the users, the occupants and other persons, to damages of the environment and the neighbouring buildings.
10. (new – SG 57/11; amend. – SG 26/16) “General renovation" is “general renovation” within the meaning of the Spatial Development Act.
11. (prev. item 9, amend. – SG 57/11, amend. – SG, 82/23, in force from 29,09.2023) "Cost of management" are the costs of consumables, needed for the management, for the remuneration of the members of Managing and control boards and for the collector.
11a. (New – SG, 82/23, in force from 29,09.2023) "Maintenance costs" are the costs of electricity, water, heating, cleaning, elevator subscription service and other costs, necessary for maintenance of the common parts of the building.
12. (prev. item 10, suppl. – SG 57/11; suppl. – SG 26/16) "Useful costs" are those, which raise the value of the building after reconstruction and repair of the common areas, which are not legally required and are beyond the expenses for a needed or emergency repair and for general renovation.
13. (prev. item 11, amend. – SG 57/11) "Maintenance of the common areas" is an activity, directed to keeping ally required the common areas in a good state.
14. (prev. item 12. – SG 57/11) "Reconstruction of the common area of the building" is an activity, after which the function of the site may be changed with, or without execution of building and mounting works.
15. (prev. item 13, suppl. – SG 57/11) "Long-term absence" is absence of an owner, user or occupant without interruption, which is longer than 3 months.
16. (new – SG 57/11) "Emergency case" is presence of facts or circumstances, causing reasons for destruction of the building or of neighbouring or closely located buildings, of their structural components, common parts, systems or parts thereof or for such a damage of the building or of neighbouring or closely located buildings, of their structural components, common parts, systems or parts thereof, which prevents the normal use of the building or of separate facilities therein, and also the existence of facts and circumstances resulting in hazard for the life and health of the owners, occupants and other persons.
17. (new – SG 26/16) “Address in the country” is a nominated by an owner, user or occupant mailing address in Republic of Bulgaria, to which the owner, user or occupant wishes to get their communications. The address in the country can be different from the actual or permanent address.
18. (new – SG 26/16) “Major repair” is “major repair” within the meaning of the Spatial Development Act.

Transitional and concluding provisions

§ 2. In cases where there has not been called a General Meeting for more than a year, calling of such a meeting and entering in the owners book shall be done within 6 months after the enforcement of the Act.

§ 3. The Mayor of the Municipality of the region, within 3 months after expiry of the term under § 2, shall organize holding of General Meetings and election of managing bodies in the buildings with condominium ownership regime, where such meetings have not been called and no such bodies have been elected, because of lack of initiative of the owners and the occupants of the corresponding condominium ownership.

§ 4. (amend. – SG 43/16) The Municipalities, on the territories of which there are buildings in a condominium ownership regime shall envisage in the expense part of their budgets for the year in question the budget means for funding the activities under Art. 49, Para 5.

§ 5. For issues, not regulated by this Act, the Ownership Act shall be applied.
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§ 11. By 31 March, 2009, the Minister of the Regional Development and Public Works shall issue the legislative acts on the application of this Act.

§ 12. (amend. – SG 66/13, in force from 26.07.2013) The implementation of this Act shall be assigned to the Minister of the Regional Development and Public Works.

§ 13. This Act shall come into force on 1 May, 2009.

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This Act has been adopted by the 40th National Meeting on 13 January 2009, and has been sealed with the official stamp of the National Assembly.

Transitional provisions
TO THE CONDOMINIUM OWNERSHIP MANAGEMENT ACT
(PROM. – SG 15/10)

§ 4. The convening of the general meeting of the condominium ownership, the entry into the book of the owners and the submission of an application for entry into the register under Art. 44 shall be made by 30 June 2010.

§ 5. Within 6 months from expiry of the time limit under § 4 the mayor of municipality or region shall organize the convening of general meetings and election of governing bodies in the buildings under condominium ownership regime, if such general meetings have not been convened.

§ 6. The mayor of the municipality or region shall submit to the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works a reference of the registered buildings and entrances under condominium ownership regime within one month from the expiration of the time limit under § 5.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT ON THE BULGARIAN SAFETY OF FOODS AGENCY
(PROM – SG 8/11, IN FORCE FROM 25.01.2011)

§ 30. This Act shall enter into force from the day of its promulgation in the State Gazette.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT ACT
§ 149. This Act shall enter into force 30 days after its promulgation in the "State Gazette" with the exception of § 16, § 35, item 2 and § 39, which shall enter into force on 1 January 2016.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT ACT
(PROM. – SG 98/14, IN FORCE FROM 28.11.2014)

§ 117. The Act shall enter into force from the date of its promulgation in the State Gazette.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE LOCAL TAXES AND FEES ACT
(PROM. - SG 88/17, IN FORCE FROM 01.01. 2022, AMEND. - SG 98/18, IN FORCE FROM 01.01.2019, AMEND. - SG 14/21, IN FORCE FROM 17.02.2021)
§ 21. (amend. - SG 98/18, in force from 01.01.2019, amend. - SG 14/21, in force from 17.02.2021) The Act shall enter into force on 1 January of the second year following the publication of the results of the census of the population and the housing stock in the Republic of Bulgaria in 2021, with the exception of § 5 concerning Art. 66, para. 3, item 1, § 15, 16, 17 and 20, which shall enter into force on the day of the promulgation of the Act in the State Gazette.
Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS AND PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACT
(PROM. - SG 21/18, IN FORCE FROM 09.03.2018)
§ 12. This Act shall enter into force on the day of its promulgation in the State Gazette, with the exception of Art. 4, Para. 3, which is to come into force two years after the promulgation of the Act in the State Gazette.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE CORPORATE INCOME TAXATION ACT
(PROM. - SG 98/18, IN FORCE FROM 01.01.2019)
§ 70. The Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2019 except for:
1. paragraph 43, item 2 - concerning Art. 4, item 65, item 4, letter "a", item 5, letter b), subletter "bb", item 9, item 15, letter "b", items 31 and 34 and § 64, which shall enter into force on the day of the promulgation of the Act in the State Gazette;
2. paragraph 63, which shall enter into force on 18 November 2018.;
3. 41, item 1, § 43, item 36, § 50, items 1 - 3, item 4, letter "a", items 5-10, § 52, item 3, § 53, 1 and 3 and § 65-69, which shall enter into force on 7 January 2019;
4. paragraph 43, item 11 - concerning Art. 47, para. 4, item 1 and para. 5 which shall enter into force on 28 January 2019;
5. paragraph 52, items 1, 2, 4 and 5 and § 53, paragraph 2, which shall enter into force on 20 May 2019;
6. paragraph 43, item 22, § 57, item 9, item 11, letter "c", item 31, items 32 and 37, which shall enter into force on 1 July 2019;
7. Paragraph 50 item 4, letters "c" and "d", which shall enter into force on 1 October 2019;
8. Paragraph 39, item 3, letter "b" - concerning Art. 14, para. 2, which will enter into force on 1 January 2020;
9. Paragraph 43, item 11 - concerning Art. 47, para. 4, item 2, which shall enter into force on 28 July 2020.
Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE ACT ON THE MEASURES AND ACTIONS DURING THE STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED WITH THE DECISION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF MARCH 13th, 2020, AND ON OVERCOMING THE CONSEQUENCES
(PROM. - SG 14/21, IN FORCE FROM 01.01.2021)
§ 16. The Act shall enter into force on the day of its promulgation in the State Gazette, with the exception of:
1. paragraphs 4 and 7, which shall enter into force on 1 January 2021;
2. paragraph 5, which shall enter into force on 11 December 2020;
3. paragraph 15, item 1 regarding art. 22 of the Local Taxes and Fees Act, which enters into force on April 20, 2019.
Concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE MEDIATION ACT
(PROM. - SG 11/23, IN FORCE FROM 01.07.2024)
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§ 12. The act shall enter into force on July 1st, 2024.
Concluding provisions
TO THE ACT, AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE CONDOMINIUM MANAGEMENT ACT
(PROM. – SG, 82/23, IN FORCE FROM 29.09.2023)
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§ 32. The Act shall enter into force from the day of its promulgation in the State Gazette, with the exception of:
1. Para. 1, item 1, letter "c" and item 2, § 2, § 4, regarding the words: "The invitation contains the agenda of the General meeting - the issues, proposed for discussion, specific draft resolutions in case of absentee voting, the date, time and the place of its holding, the deadline for conducting absentee voting and the electronic address of the management board (manager)", § 5, § 6, items 2 and 3, § 7, § 9 with the exception of the words "and the register under Art. 47a , Para. 1, item 2, letter "b", § 10, item 3, § 11, item 1, letters "b" and "f", § 22 and § 24, item 1, which shall enter into force three months after the promulgation of the Act in the "State Gazette";
2. Para. 3, items 1 and 4, § 4, regarding the words "which address must be entered in the register under Art. 47a, Para. 1, item 2", § 8, item 1, letter "b" regarding the words "of a professional manager-trader, entered in the register under Article 47a, Para. 1, item 1", § 9, regarding the words "and the register under Art. 47a, Para. 1, item 2, letter "b", § 10, item 2, rgarding the words "professional manager-trader, entered in the register under Art. 47a, Para. 1, item 1", § 11, item 1, letter "d", § 13, item 3, § 14, § 15, regarding the words "for the election of a management board (manager), as well as for assigning the powers of the management board (manager) or part of them to a professional manager-trader, entered in the register under Art. 47a, Para. 1, item 1", § 16, item 1, letters "a" and "b" and item 3, regarding the words "professional manager-trader, entered in the register under Art. 47a, Para. 1, item 1", § 19, § 20, § 21, regarding Art. 47a, art. 47e and Art. 47f, § 25, item 2, § 26, § 27, § 28 and § 29, which shall enter into force from December 31, 2024;
3. Para. 11, item 2, which shall enter into force on July 1, 2024.