FARM LANDS OWNERSHIP AND USE ACT (Title amend. SG 14/15)
Prom. SG. 17/1 Mar 1991, prom. SG. 20/12 Mar 1991, prom. SG. 74/10 Sep 1991, prom. SG. 18/2 Mar 1992, prom. SG. 28/3 Apr 1992, prom. SG. 46/4 Jun 1992, prom. SG. 105/31 Dec 1992, prom. SG. 48/4 Jun 1993, prom. SG. 64/27 Jul 1993, prom. SG. 83/30 Sep 1993, prom. SG. 80/30 Sep 1994, prom. SG. 45/16 May 1995, prom. SG. 57/23 Jun 1995, prom. SG. 59/30 Jun 1995, amend. SG. 79/17 Sep 1996, amend. SG. 103/3 Dec 1996, amend. SG. 104/6 Dec 1996, suppl. SG. 62/5 Aug 1997, amend. SG. 87/1 Oct 1997, amend. SG. 98/28 Oct 1997, amend. SG. 123/22 Dec 1997, suppl. SG. 124/23 Dec 1997, amend. SG. 36/31 Mar 1998, amend. SG. 59/26 May 1998, amend. SG. 88/31 Jul 1998, amend. SG. 133/11 Nov 1998, amend. SG. 68/30 Jul 1999, amend. SG. 34/25 Apr 2000, amend. SG. 106/22 Dec 2000, amend. SG. 28/19 Mar 2002, amend. SG. 47/10 May 2002, amend. SG. 99/22 Oct 2002, amend. SG. 16/18 Feb 2003, amend. SG. 36/30 Apr 2004, amend. SG. 38/11 May 2004, amend. SG. 87/1 Nov 2005, amend. SG. 17/24 Feb 2006, amend. SG. 30/11 Apr 2006, amend. SG. 13/9 Feb 2007, amend. SG. 24/20 Mar 2007, amend. SG. 59/20 Jul 2007, amend. SG. 36/4 Apr 2008, amend. SG. 43/29 Apr 2008, amend. SG. 6/23 Jan 2009, amend. SG. 10/6 Feb 2009, amend. SG. 19/13 Mar 2009, amend. SG. 44/12 Jun 2009, amend. SG. 94/27 Nov 2009, amend. SG. 99/15 Dec 2009, amend. SG. 62/10 Aug 2010, amend. SG. 8/25 Jan 2011, amend. SG. 39/20 May 2011, amend. SG. 25/27 Mar 2012, amend. SG. 44/12 Jun 2012, amend. SG. 15/15 Feb 2013, amend. SG. 16/19 Feb 2013, amend. SG. 66/26 Jul 2013, amend. SG. 38/7 May 2014, amend. SG. 49/13 Jun 2014, amend. SG. 98/28 Nov 2014, amend. SG. 12/13 Feb 2015, amend. and suppl. SG. 14/20 Feb 2015, amend. SG. 31/28 Apr 2015, amend. and suppl. SG. 61/11 Aug 2015, amend. and suppl. SG. 100/18 Dec 2015, amend. and suppl. SG. 61/5 Aug 2016, amend. and suppl. SG. 13/7 Feb 2017, amend. SG. 58/18 Jul 2017, amend. and suppl. SG. 42/22 May 2018, amend. and suppl. SG. 55/3 Jul 2018, suppl. SG. 77/18 Sep 2018, suppl. SG. 61/2 Aug 2019, amend. SG. 79/8 Sep 2020, amend. and suppl. SG. 13/16 Feb 2021, amend. and suppl. SG. 102/23 Dec 2022, amend. SG. 102/8 Dec 2023
Chapter one.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Art. 1. (Аmend. – SG 14/15) This Act shall regulate the ownership and the use of farm lands.
Art. 2. Farm land in the context of this Act shall be land are designated for farm production and:
1. (suppl. - SG 98/97, suppl. - SG 68/99, amend. - SG 99/02) are not within the boundaries of the urbanized territories (settlements and settlement formations), determined with detailed development plan or with surrounding polygon;
2. are not included in the forest entirety;
3. are not built with buildings of: industrial or other economic enterprises, recreation and health establishments, religious communities or other public organizations, neither yards or storehouse premises of such buildings;
4. (amend. - SG 28/92; amend. – SG 14/15) are not occupied by open mines and quarries, by energy, irrigation, transport or other facilities for common use, neither adjacent parts of such facilities.

Art. 3. (1) (Аmend. - SG 28/92) Farm land can be owned by citizens, of the state, of the municipalities and of legal entities.
(2) The political parties and organization, movements and coalitions with political objectives cannot possess right of ownership in farm lands.
(3) (Аmend. - SG 28/92, amend. - SG 45/95, amend. - SG 98/97; amend. – SG 24/07) Foreign states cannot possess right of ownership in farm lands.
(4) (Аmend. - SG 28/92; amend. – SG 24/07) Foreign citizens or foreign legal persons shall have the right to acquire ownership of farm land under the terms of an international agreement, ratified by the manner of Art. 22, para 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria, promulgated and entered into force, and the foreigners - also through legal succession.
(5) (New – SG 24/07) Citizens of Member States of the European Union or of the states – parties to the European Economic Area Agreement shall have the right to acquire ownership of farm land under the terms of this Act after expiration of the term, fixed in the Treaty of Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria to the European Union.
(6) (New – SG 24/07) Legal entities from Member States of the European Union or from the states – parties to the European Economic Area Agreement shall have the right to acquire ownership of farm land following the procedure of para 5.
(7) (New – SG 38/14) The following persons may not acquire and hold right of ownership of farm land:
1. commercial companies, where partners and shareholders are, directly or indirectly, companies, registered in jurisdictions with preferential tax treatment;
2. commercial companies, where partners and shareholders are foreigners, other than any natural persons referred to in para 4 or 5 or any foreign legal persons other than those referred to in para 4 and 6, as well as sole proprietor commercial companies, established by such natural or legal persons;
3. joint-stock companies which have emitted bearer shares.
(8) (Amend. - SG 28/92; prev. text of para 5 - SG 24/07; prev. text of para 7 – SG 38/14; amend. – SG 14/15) Foreign legal entities and foreign citizens can acquire right to use farm lands or other limited real rights in land under conditions and by order, determined with a law.

Art. 3a. (New – SG 24/07) (1) (Amend. – SG 12/2015) Citizens of Member States of the European Union – self-employed farmers, who wish to settle and reside permanently on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria and are registered in their capacity as such following the procedure of the Register BULSTAT Act, may acquire right of ownership of farm land and forest land plots for agricultural purposes from the day of coming into effect of the Treaty of Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria to the European Union.
(2) (Amend. – SG 12/2015) In the cases where prior to the expiry of the term, fixed in the Treaty of Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria to the European Union, the persons under para 1 no longer carry out activity as self-employed farmers, shall be applied the provisions of Art. 3b respectively.

Art. 3b. (New – SG 24/07) (1) Foreigners who acquire right of ownership of farm lands through inheritance by law, but do not satisfy the conditions, laid down in the Treaty of Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria to the European Union, unless otherwise provided by an international agreement, ratified following the procedure of Art. 22, para 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria, shall be obliged to transfer the ownership to persons entitled to acquire such property within a period of three years from opening of the inheritance.
(2) With regards to the persons under para 1, whose right of ownership of farm lands of has been restored, the three-year term for the transfer of the ownership shall start from the moment of the restoration thereof.
(3) In case the term under para 1 has not been observed, the state may buy up the farm lands at prices determined by an ordinance of the Council of Ministers.

Art. 3c. (New – SG 38/14) (1) Natural or legal persons who have been resident or established in the Republic of Bulgaria for more than 5 years may acquire right of ownership over farm land.
(2) Legal persons with registrations under Bulgarian law of less than 5 years may acquire right of ownership over farm land if the partners in the company, the members of the association or the founders of the joint-stock company meet the requirements under para 1.
(3) Upon execution of the transaction for acquisition of right of ownership over farm land the buyers - natural persons - shall submit to the notary public a declaration as to the origin of funds and the buyers - legal persons shall provide a document evidencing the origin of funds.
(4) Para 1 shall not apply to acquisition of title over farm land by inheritance by law.

Art. 4. (1) (Revoked prev. para 2, amend. – SG 28/92; amend. – SG 14/15) The owner shall freely choose the way of use of the farm lands according to their designation. At the use of the land he shall be obliged not to damage the soil and to observe the sanitary – hygiene, the anti-fire and the ecological norms.
(2) (Prev. para 3, amend. – SG 28/92, amend. - SG 99/02; suppl. – SG 39/11; amend. – SG 14/15) On the farm lands shall be permitted construction of buildings and facilities, related to their use, under conditions and by order, established with the Spatial Development Act and the Preservation of Agricultural Lands Act.
(3) (Prev. para 4, amend. - SG 28/92, amend. - SG 79/96, amend. - SG 87/97; amend. - SG 106/00; amend. - SG 13/07) The alienation of farm lands for important state and municipal needs shall be implemented in compliance with the Ownership Act and the Preservation of Agricultural Lands Act.
(4) (Prev. para 5, amend. - SG 28/92, amend. - SG 79/96; amend. - SG 19/09, in force from 10.04.2009) The owners and the users shall be obliged to preserve the archaeological sites, cultural valuables, amelioration, electric energy and other facilities and installations, geodetic and boundary signs, existing on their lands, as well as not to hamper the other owners, users and officials to use and maintain them.
(5) (New – SG 28/92, amend. - SG 79/96, amend. - SG 99/02) The including of farm lands in the boundaries of the urbanised territories (settlements and settlement formations) shall be implemented according to the Preservation of Agricultural Lands Act and the Spatial Development Act.

Art. 4a. (New - SG 13/07; revoked – SG 10/09, new - SG 42/18 in force from 22.05.2018) (1) Agricultural land can be leased by:
1. the owner or by a person authorized by him;
2. a person possessing rights to agricultural land, including the power to use or manage the land, granted by an owner or a person authorized by him/her;
3. co-owner or co-owners of agricultural land or by a person authorized by them.
(2) Lease of agricultural land for a period exceeding one year is concluded by co-owner or co-owners of agricultural land owning more than 25 percent of the undivided shares of the common property or a person authorized by him/her. In these cases the relations between the co-owners shall be settled according to Art. 30, para. 3 of the Ownership Act.
(3) (Amend. - SG 55/18) The authorization to conclude an agreement for the lease of agricultural land must be with an explicit power of attorney with a notary certification of the signatures of the authorizing persons.
(4) (Amend. - SG 55/18) If agreed in the contract the tenant may sublet part of the land or the whole subject of the contract. Where subletting is for the entire duration of the contract the tenant must immediately notify the landlord in writing of the subletting.

Art. 4b. (New - SG 42/18 in force from 22.05.2018) (1) (Amend. - SG 55/18) Leases of agricultural land for a period longer than one year and the agreements for their amendment or termination shall be concluded in writing with a notary certification of the signatures of the parties, made simultaneously.
(2) (Amend. - SG 55/18) During the notarial proceedings, the notary conducts a verification of compliance with the requirements of Art. 4a and keeps sketches of the property, subject to the contract. The sketches are requested to be received from the notary through remote access to the information system of the cadastre and the property register or are provided by a party in the notarial proceedings. Where there are no cadastral maps and cadastral registers in force for the respective land the notary keeps sketches of the properties, issued by the respective municipal office of agriculture on the location of the properties.
(3) (Amend. - SG 55/18) Leases of agricultural land for a period longer than one year and the agreements for their amendment or termination, concluded in writing with a notary certification of the signatures of the parties, shall be entered in the relevant entries office at the location of the property. To the deeds, subject to registration, shall be attached the sketches of the properties issued under para. 2. The registration shall be ordered by the judge for the entries. The fee shall be paid for the entering, determined with the tariff under Art. 1 of the Stamp Duty Act.
Art. 5. (1) (Revoked – SG 28/92, new – SG 45/95, amend. SG 98/97, amend. SG 88/98, suppl. SG 68/99, suppl. SG 106/00, prev. Art. 5 – SG 99/02) The owners of farm lands, restored by the order of this Act, shall be exempt from state, state notary fees and local taxes and fees at concluding of contracts for lease, of contracts for rent for term more than 1 year, voluntary subdivisions and disposing transactions with farm lands for a term of 5 years.
(2) (New – SG 99/02; amend. - SG 43/08) State fee for entering of decisions of the municipal service for Agriculture with force of fact finding notary act for ownership.
(3) (New – SG 99/02, amend. - SG 42/18 in force from 22.05.2018, amend. - SG 55/18) For the certification of the of the signatures of the parties in written contracts for lease of agricultural land a notary fee is collected regardless of the material interest or time spent in amount determined with the tariff under Art. 85, para. 3 of the Notaries and Notarial Practice Act. At the simultaneous certification of the signatures of the parties, the fee is collected once.

Chapter two.
LANDS OF CITIZENS
Art. 6. (Revoked – SG 28/92)

Art. 7. (Amend. - SG 79/96) (1) (Declared unconstitutional with DCC 20/96 about the word "indemnification" – SG 103/96) At disposal, subdivision, indemnification and conceding of lands the farm properties cannot be fragmented to parts with dimensions less than the dimensions, determined in Art. 72 of the Inheritance Act.
(2) (Revoked – SG 98/97)
(3) (Amend. - SG 99/02; amend. - SG 43/08) Subdivision of farm property or disposal with real parts of a farm property shall be implemented if the separate parts can be detached into independent properties, corresponding to the dimensions of para 1 according to a design, worked out or approved by the municipal service for Agriculture.
(4) (Amend. - SG 98/97, amend. - SG 99/02; amend. - SG 43/08) At implementing subdivisions, disposal transactions, alienation, change of the designation and valuation of the farm land a sketch shall be attached, worked out or certified by the municipal service for Agriculture.
(5) (Amend. - SG 98/97, amend. - SG 99/02; amend. - SG 36/04; amend. - SG 43/08) The entries offices and the other competent bodies shall be obliged in one month term to notify the municipal service for Agriculture about the changes in the ownership and the designation of the lands.
(6) (Amend. - SG 98/97, revoked – SG 99/02)

Art. 8. (Amend. - SG 28/92, amend. - SG 98/97) The citizens can unite in co-operations or partnerships for joint tillage of the farm lands. In these cases they shall preserve the ownership in their lands in real boundaries.

Art. 9. (Revoked – SG 28/92, new – SG 45/95, amend. - SG 79/96, amend. - SG 104/96, revoked - SG 98/97)

Art. 9a. (New – SG 45/95, revoked – SG 98/97)

Art. 10. (1) (Amend. - SG 28/92, amend. - SG 45/95, declared unconstitutional with DCC No 7/95 – SG 59/95, amend. - SG 79/96, amend. - SG 98/97) The rights of the owners or their heirs shall be restored in the farm lands they have possessed before the formation of the labour co-operative agricultural farms or state agricultural farms regardless of whether they have been included in them or in other agricultural organisations, formed on their basis.
(2) (Amend. - SG 28/92) The rights of the owners shall be restored in farm lands, confiscated under the revoked Art. 12 of the Act on Ownership of Citizens, after returning of the received pecuniary indemnification.
(3) (Prev. para 6, amend. - SG 28/92) The rights shall be restored to the owners, conceded gratuitously their lands to labour co-operative agricultural farm or to the state.
(4) (Prev. para 3 – SG 28/92) The rights shall be restored to the owners in farm lands, when they have been taken unlawfully.
(5) (Revoked, new - SG 28/92, suppl. - SG 45/95, suppl. - SG 79/96, amend. - SG 98/97) The rights of the owners shall be restored in afforested and self afforested farm lands, including in farm land s, for which the owners have not been indemnified and they are included in the State forest entirety, except the forest nurseries and the wind break forest belts. The restoration of ownership shall be implemented by the order of Art. 14, para 1, item 1.
(6) (New – SG 28/92, amend. - SG 98/97) The rights of the owners shall be restored in the yard plots, managed by the labour co-operative agricultural farm, by state agricultural farm or by other agricultural organizations, formed on their basis, as far lands, in the delete or deserted settlements.
(7) (Revoked, new - SG 48/93, declared unconstitutional with DCC No 12/93 – SG 64/93; amend. - SG 45/95, declared unconstitutional with DCC No 8/95 – SG 59/95, amend. - SG 79/96, the amendment declared unconstitutional with DCC No 20/96 – SG 103/96, amend. - SG 98/97, amend. - SG 99/02) The rights of the owners shall be restored in farm lands, possessed before the formation of labour co-operative agricultural farms, state agricultural farms, regardless of whether they have been included in them or in other agricultural organizations, formed on their basis and included in the urbanized territories (settlements), determined with detailed development plan or with surrounding polygon, except on them, observing all normative requirements, have been built buildings by third parties or construction rigt has bee conceded and the lawfully permitted construction by March 1, 1991 has started. The restoration of ownership shall be implemented by the order of Art. 14, para 1, item 1.
(8) (Revoked, prev. para 4, amend. - SG 28/92, amend. - SG 79/96, amend. - SG 98/97) The rights of the owners shall be restored in farm lands up to the dimensions, determined in the revoked art. 8, para 1 and art. 10 of the Labour Landed Property Act, including these, alienated under the Labour Landed Property Act. For farm lands above these dimensions the owners shall b indemnified by the order of Art. 35. The restriction for the dimensions shall refer also for the cases when the farm land has been confiscated with a convition and the conviction has been revoked.
(9) (New – SG 28/92) The rights of the owners shall be restored upon their request in the lands, taken by the state as forests, which later have been transformed into farm lands.
(10) (New – SG 28/92, amend. - SG 45/95, suppl. - SG 98/97, amend. - SG 68/99, amend. SG 106/00; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. – SG 10/09, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The farm lands polluted, eroded, salinated, acidified and surface pre-moistened, shall be returned to the owners the state undertaking the expenses for their restoration. The resources for the restoration of the productive properties of these lands, including for blocking of the hazardous pollutants, shall be ensured from the budget of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food according to a programme, approved annually by the Council of Ministers. The Council of Ministers shall determine the order and the ways for the cleaning of the lands and the control over the polluted farm lands.
(11) (New – SG 45/95, amend. - SG 79/96, amend. - SG 98/97) The right of the ownership shall be restored to the persons, to whom land has been conceded under the Labour Landed Property Act, including to these, who have partially not paid their due instalments except the deprived from land.
(12) (New – SG 79/96, amend. - SG 98/97, amend. SG 99/02) The rights of the owners shall be restored by the order of Art. 14. para 1, item 1 in the lands I and out of the urbanized territories (settlements), included in farm yards of labour co-operative agricultural farms, state agricultural farms or other agricultural organisations, formed on their basis, which are not built or are not adjacent areas of buildings.
(13) (New – SG 98/97) The ownership shall be restored in the lands, possessed b their owners before the formation of labour co-operative farms, state co-operative farms or other agricultural organizations, formed on their basis, which have been sold or conceded to third parties by these organizations or by other state or municipal bodies except in the cases explicitly pointed out in this Act. The acquirers cannot refer to acquisitive prescription.
(14) (New – SG 98/97, suppl. - SG 88/98, suppl. SG 99/02) To restoration shall also be subject the lands, divested from their owners under the Ordinance – law for judging by People’s court those, guilty for including Bulgaria in the World War against the united peoples and for the villanies, related to it (prom. SG 219/44; amend. SG SG 261/44, SG 9/45), the Act on confiscating of properties, acquired by speculation or unlawful way (SG 78/46), the Law of collecting the taxes and other state receivables (SG 304/48), Ordinance – law for supply and prices (SG 213/45), the Edict for obligatory re-registration of the not built farm properties (SG 112/49), as well as under Decree No 982/51 of the Council of Ministers for the measures for the preparation of the autumn sowing and the autumn deep plough in 1953 (not promulgated), Decree No 5 of the Council of Ministers for preparation and conducting of the spring sowing and for the care of growing the autumn crops in 1951 (Izv. 4/51), Decree No 1559/51 of the Council of Ministers for the measures for preparation and conducting of the spring sowing and the cares of growing the autumn and the spring crops and ensuring big yields in 1952 (not promulgated) and Decree No 48 of the Council of Ministers of 1958 for establishing the balance of the arable land by January 1, 1958 and ensuring measures for its further increase, utilising and preserving from waste (Izv. 4/58).

Art. 10a. (New – SG 28/92) (1) (Suppl. - SG 45/95, the supplement "of SG 45/95 declared unconstitutional with DCC No 8 of 1995) The restoration of the ownership shall take place in the real boundaries where they exist or is possible to be established with cadastral plans of settlements or land consolidation plans.
(2) The ownership in the lands, which boundaries do not exist, shall be restored in real boundaries on equipollent in quantity lands in the territory of the respective settlement or in neighbouring territory of a settlement, and with the consent of the owners – also in other territory of a settlement after the end of the land reallocation and the consolidation of the properties in it.
(3) (Amend. – SG 24/07) The foreign citizens, which rights of ownership have been restored by the order of this Art., shall be obliged in three years term t transfer it to the persons who are entitled to acquire farm lands.
(4) (New – SG 24/07) Paragraph 3 shall not apply with respect to citizens of Member States of the European Union or of the states – parties to the European Economic Area Agreement, as well as of other states by virtue of an agreement under Art. 3, para 4.

Art. 10b. (New – SG 28/92) (1) (Amend – SG 45/95, sentence two declared unconstitutional with Decision No 8 of the CC of Republic of Bulgaria – SG 59/95; amend. - SG 79/96, amend. - SG 87/97; amend. - SG 98/97, amend. and suppl. - SG 68/99, amend. - SG 106/00, amend. and suppl. - SG 99/02; amend. - SG 43/08; amend. and suppl. – SG 62/10) The owners and their heirs, who have possessed farm lands before the formation of labour co-operative farms or state co-operative farms, regardless of whether they have been included in them or in other agricultural organisations, formed on their basis, located within the boundaries of the urbanised territories (settlements) or out of them and are built or on them have been conducted measures, not allowing the restoration of ownership, shall have right to indemnification upon their request with equipollent lands from the state or municipal land entirety and/or with personal compensation vouchers.
(2) (Amend. - SG 45/95, revoked – SG 28/02; new – SG 62/10) Where the persons referred to in Para 1 have requested indemnification with equipollent lands, the indemnification shall be:
1. with lands of the municipal land fund, determined by the municipal council pursuant to a reasoned proposal of the municipal service of agriculture – where the lands in which the ownership cannot be reinstated due to the facts under Para 1 have been built with objects that are municpal property.
2. with lands of the state land fund – in the rest of the cases.
(3) (New – SG 79/96, amend. - SG 98/97, suppl. - SG 88/98; amend. – SG 62/10) The owners of lands, confiscated with conviction, which has been revoked and the property, which cannot be restored due to the circumstances, pointed out in para 1, shall be indemnified by the order of para 2 and/or with personal compensation vouchers.
(4) (Amend. - SG 45/95, prev. Para. 3 - SG 79/96, revoked - SG 98/97)
(5) (New – SG 45/95, prev. para 4 - SG 79/96; amend. and suppl. – SG 62/10) The lands, in which the ownership cannot be restored due to the circumstances, pointed out in Para 1, shall be state property, and in the cases under Para 2, Item 1 – municipal property.
(6) (New – SG 62/10) When there are no lands from the state land fund in the settlement territory, the owners shall be indemnified with lands of the municipal land fund.
(7) (New – SG 62/10) The municipality shall certify the character of the procedure under Para 2 under conditions and order soecified in the Rules on the implementation of the Act.

Art. 10c. (Prev. Art. 10a, amend. - SG 74/91, amend. - SG 28/92, amend. - SG 45/95; amend. - SG 79/96) (1) Bulgarian citizens or their heirs, which lands have served for redemption of state debt according to the Agreements for settlement of the pending financial issues and development of the economic co-operation between the People’s Republic of Bulgaria and the Kingdom of Greece (SG 74/64), shall be indemnified as follows:
1. (amend. - SG 68/99) the persons, emigrated the period 1913 – 1928, who have not registered their bonds for buy back from the state – with personal compensation vouchers;
2. (amend. - SG 98/97; amend. – SG 62/10) for the Bulgarian citizens, emigrated during the period 1913 – 1928, who have not received bonds and have not been indemnified in another way – with personal compensation vouchers and/or with land from the state land entirety;
3. (amend. - SG 97/98; amend. – SG 62/10) for those, emigrated during the period 1928 – 1944 – with personal compensation vouchers and/or with land from the state land entirety.
(2) (Amend. - SG 97/98, amend. - SG 68/99) The Bulgarian citizens or their heirs, from which the Romanian state has taken one third of their own farm land, according to the Act on organisation of New Dobrudzha of April 1, 1914, shall be indemnified as follows:
1. (amend. – SG 62/10) for the taken one third, for which the right to pecuniary indemnification has not been claimed by the order of the Act on arrangement of the ownership in the immovable properties in South Dobrudzha (prom. SG 157/42; revoked Izv. 16/51) – with lands from the state land entirety for supplementing the remained property up to 10 ha and personal compensation vouchers for the difference up to the full extent of the divested one third;
2. for received right to pecuniary indemnification under chapter three of the Act on arrangement of the ownership in the immovable properties in South Dobrudzha – with personal compensation vouchers.
(3) (Amend. - SG 87/97, amend. - SG 68/99, amend. - SG 106/00, amend. - SG 99/02; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. - SG 43/08; amend. – SG 10/09, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The persons of para 1 and 4 shall submit applications to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, and of para 2 – to the municipal services for Agriculture at the location of the restored properties.
(4) (New – SG 88/98) The Bulgarian citizens, which properties have not been substituted by lands from the state land entirety by the order of chapter seven of the Act on amendment and supplementation of the Act on arrangement of the ownership in the immovable properties in South Dobrudzha (SG 57/48, revoked) shall e indemnified by the order of para 2.
(5) (New – SG 68/99; amend. – SG 62/10) The indemnification with land shall be implemented: under para 2, item 1 and para 4 – at the location of the restored properties, and upon deficit or lack of lands from the state land entirety in the territory of the settlement – with personal compensation vouchers.

Art. 11. (Amend. - SG 18/92, amend. - SG 46/92) (1) The persons of Art. 10 shall submit application for restoration of their rights over the farm lands in seventeen months term after the Act enters into force.
(2) (Amend. - SG 45/95, amend. - SG 79/96, amend. - SG 99/02; amend. and suppl. - SG 13/07; amend. - SG 43/08) The persons, missed to submit applications within the term referred to in Para 1 may establish with claim against the respective municipal service for Agriculture only through written evidence their right to restore their ownership in the farm lands. Written declarations and/or witness testimonies shall not be valid grounds for proving the ownership. The municipality at the location of the property shall be summoned for the suit. On the basis of the decreed decision the municipal service for Agriculture, observing the requirements of this Act, shall determine the lands, in which the ownership shall be restored.
(3) (New – SG 45/95, revoked – SG 98/97)
(4) (New – SG 45/95, amend.- SG 79/96, amend. - SG 98/97, suppl. - SG 99/02; amend. - SG 43/08; amend. – SG 62/10) When the court decision is presented to the municipal service for Agriculture after the announcement is promulgated in State Gazette that the design of the land reallocation plan has been prepared, the owner shall be indemnified under the conditions and by the order of Art. 10b.

Art. 12. (1) (Amend. - SG 79/96, amend. - SG 99/02; amend. - SG 43/08) The application of the previous para shall be addressed to the respective municipal service for Agriculture. It shall contain description of the property and evidences for the right of ownership.
(2) (Repealed, prev. Para. 3 - SG28/92, suppl. - SG 45/95, amend. - SG 98/97) The right of ownership shall be proven with notarial acts, subdivision records, records of labour co-operative farms, property tax registers, applications – declarations for membership in labour co-operative farm accounting books for payment of rent, records and decisions for conceding land, in this number under the Labour Landed Property Act of 1946 and the regulation for its implementation and other written evidences.
(3) (New – SG 28/92; revoked - SG 13/07)
(4) (New – SG 28/92; revoked - SG 13/07)
(5) (New – SG 45/95, amend. SG 79/96, amend. SG 99/02; revoked - SG 13/07)
(6) (New – SG 45/95, amend. SG 79/96, amend. SG 87/97, amend. SG 98/97, amend. SG 106/00, amend. SG 99/02; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. - SG 43/08; amend. – SG 10/09, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, suppl. - SG 77/18, in force from 01.01.2019, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) If the declared land exceeds the available in the territory of the settlement at the formation of the labour co-operative farms, the state co-operative farms and other agricultural organisations, the Minister of Agriculture and Food or an official appointed from the staff of the ministry can stop the land reallocation for clarifying the extent of the land of each of the claimants as well as to order the municipal service for Agriculture to revoke the decreed decisions. In these cases these, submitted untrue applications and declarations shall bear also proprietary responsibility for caused damages.
(7) (New – SG 98/97) The acquisitive prescription term, started in favour of the possessor of farm land, who grounds his possession on written contract, voluntary subdivision or other written document, shall not be interrupted with the including of the lands in labour co-operative farms or other agricultural organisations, formed on their base. This shall not be ground for revoking of court decisions, entered into force.

Art. 13. (Amend. - SG 28/92, amend. - SG 99/02; amend. - SG 43/08) The municipal service for Agriculture shall announce in the mayoralty or at another appropriate place the received applications with the data, contained in them.
(2) (Revoked – SG 28/92)
(3) (Revoked – SG 28/92)

Art. 14. (1) (Amend. - SG 28/92, amend. - SG 45/95, amned. - SG 79/96, amend. - SG 99/02; amend. - SG 43/08) The municipal service for Agriculture shall pronounce decision about:
1. (suppl. - SG 98/97, amend. and suppl. - SG 68/99) restoration of the right of ownership in lands within existing or restorable on the terrain old real boundaries. In the decision shall be described the extent and the category o9f the property, its location (boundaries, neighbours) and the restrictions of the ownership with pointing ot the grounds for this. To the decision shall be attached plan of the property. The decision, entered into force, accompanied by a plan, except the cases of Art. 10, item 7, shall certify the right of ownership and shall have the force of fact finding notarial act for ownership in the property. When with the decision is restored the right of ownership in farm land of a deceased owner, the decision shall be issued commonly for his heirs. The shares of the heirs shall be determined according to the Inheritance Act without being pointed out in the decision.
2. (amend. - SG 79/96, amend. and suppl. - SG 98/97, amend. - SG 106/00, amend. SG 99/02; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. - SG 43/08; amend. – SG 10/09, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, suppl. - SG 77/18, in force from 01.01.2019, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) restoration of the right of ownership in farm lands in new real boundaries with land reallocation plan, In the decision shall be pointed out the extent and the categories of the farm lands and the locality of the territory of the settlement, in which they have been located. The land reallocation plan shall be worked out on the basis of the decisions of the municipal service for Agriculture after investigation, inquiry and designing. The land reallocation plan shall be developed after inquiry of not less than half of the owners or their heirs. The inquiry shall be conducted by order and in away, determined with the rules on implementation of the Act. The need of re-working of the plan shall be determined with an order by the Minister of Agriculture and Food оr an official appointed from the staff of the ministry;
3. (new – SG 98/97, amend. - SG 88/98, amend. - 68/99) recognising of the right of ownership under the conditions of § 4 – 4k; in the decision shall be described the extent and the locality, in which the farm lands have been located.
(2) (Amend. - SG 16/03, in force from October 26, 2002; amend. - SG 43/08) The decision of the municipal service for Agriculture shall be announced to the interested persons by the order of the Civil Procedure Code.
(3) (New – SG 28/92, amend. - SG 45/95, amend. - SG 79/96, suppl. SG 62/97, suppl. SG 98/97, amend. SG 59/98, amend. SG 99/02, amend. SG 16/03, in force from October 26, 2002; amend. - SG 30/06, in force from 01.03.2007; amend. - SG 43/08) The decisions of the municipal service for Agriculture can be appealed in 14 days term before the district court. The appeal shall be submitted through the municipal service for Agriculture. The court shall decide in essence. The cases shall be resolved in the settlement at the location of the property. Cassation appeal against the decision of the district court can be submitted to the administrative court by the order of the Administrative procedure code and shall be considered by chamber of three judges of the court.
(4) (New – SG 28/92) Upon dispute for material right the interested persons shall implement their rights by court order.
(5) (Prev. para 4 – SG 28/92) In the procedure before the district court shall be admissible also all evidences, provided in the Civil Procedure Code.
(6) (New – SG 45/95, amend. SG 28/02; amend. - SG 43/08) The municipal service for Agriculture can correct on its own initiative or upon application of the interested persons obvious factual mistakes, admitted in the decision.
(7) (New – SG 45/95, amend. - SG 79/96, amend. - SG 98/97, amend. - SG 106/00, amend. - SG 99/02; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. - SG 43/08; amend. – SG 10/09; amend. – SG 61/15, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) In case of establishing of offences of this Act and of the rules on its implementation, of new circumstances or of new written evidence of essential importance for decreeing of the decision of para 1 within one year after finding out the violations, of the new circumstances or of the new written evidence and not later than within three years after the enforcement of land reallocation plan enters or the decreeing of the decision of the municipal service for Agriculture of para 1, item 1, the Minister of Agriculture and Food at their initiative or upon request of interested persons shall revoke the decision of municipal service for agriculture or shall instruct the municipal service for agriculture to amend it. This order shall not be applied when for the same lands there is court decision, entered into force.
(7a) (New – 79/96, amend. - SG 99/02; amend. - SG 43/08) The interested persons shall have right under the conditions and by the order of para 7 to require from the municipal service for Agriculture to change the persons, in which favour or damage is the issued decision by it.
(7b) (New - SG 61/19, in force from 02.08.2019) The time limits under Para. 7 shall not run when the decision of the municipal agriculture service has been issued in violation of Art. 16, Para. 3 of the Act on Waters.
(8) (New – SG 45/95, amend. - SG 79/96, amend. - SG 98/97) The decisions of para 6 and 7 shall be announced by the order, provided in para 2 and they can be appealed by the order and in the terms, provided in para 3. When the decisions have been decreed after promulgation in State Gazette of the announcement, that draft of land reallocation plan has been worked out, the owners shall be indemnified by the order of Art. 10b.
(9) (New – SG 45/95, amend. SG 79/96, amend. SG 87/97, amend. SG 106/00, amend. SG 99/02, amend. SG 16/03; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. - SG 43/08; amend. – SG 10/09, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The municipal service for Agriculture shall be represented before the court by its chief, deputy chief or authorised person with higher education in law or by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.

Art. 15. (1) (Amend. - SG 28/92, amend. - SG 79/96, amend. - SG 99/02; amend. - SG 43/08) The municipal council shall in six months after the Act enters into force concede to the municipal service for Agriculture the data about the change in the extent of the farm lands in the respective territory of a settlement.
(2) (New – SG 98/97, amend. - SG 99/02; amend. - SG 43/08) When the municipal service for Agriculture establishes that the extent of the farm land within the boundaries of the territory of a settlement has decreased, respectively shall be decreased also the land, subject to restoration, except the lands, which are restored in existing or restorable on the terrain old real boundaries. Respectively shall also be decreased the lands, which ownership is subject to restoration in fulfilment of a court decision for recognised right to restoration of ownership by land reallocation plan.
(3) (Amend. - SG 28/92, amend. - SG 79/96, prev. para 2 – SG 98/97, amend. SG 98/97; amend. – SG 62/10) The owners shall be indemnified upon their request for the difference between the restored land and the land, subject to restoration with equipollent farm lands under the order of Art. 10b and/or with personal compensation vouchers. The farm lands shall be valued under conditions and by order, determined by the Council of Ministers, compliant with the effective market prices in the respective region.
(4) (New – SG 45/95, amend. - SG 79/96, prev. para 3 – SG 98/97, amend. - SG 98/97, amend. - SG 99/02; amend. - SG 43/08) The owners shall be indemnified by the order of para 3 also when the court decision, entered into force, with which is recognised their right to restoration of the ownership in the farm lands is presented at the municipal service for Agriculture after the promulgation in State Gazette of the announcement, that draft of the land reallocation plan.
(5) (Prev. Para. 3 – SG 45/95, prev. para 4 – SG 98/97) The corporate bodies, who have worked out or preserve and maintain cadastral topographic and geodetic information about the territories of the settlements, shall be obliged to consent it to the state bodies in 10 days term after the request. The conceding of the information shall be free of charge except the actual expenses, made for creating of copies of the documentation.

Art. 16. (Amend. - SG 79/96, amend. - SG 99/02; amend. - SG 43/08) At the municipal service for Agriculture shall be kept registers of the received applications of Art. 11 and the decisions, entered into force under Art. 14 of this Act.

Art. 17. (Amend. - SG 45/95) (1) (Amend. - SG 79/96, amend. and suppl. - SG 98/97, amend. and suppl. - SG 68/99, amend. - SG 99/02; amend. - SG 43/08) The restoration of the right of ownership in farm lands in new real boundaries shall be implemented on equipollent in quantity and quality lands, respectively reduced in the cases of Art. 15, para 3 if possible at the localities where the properties of the applicants have been possessed also before the formation of labour co-operative farms, state co-operative farms or other agricultural organisations, formed on their base. The new real boundaries shall be determined with the land reallocation plan. The restoration of the ownership shall be implemented with decision of the municipal service for Agriculture on the basis of the land reallocation plan, entered into force. In the decision shall be described the extent and the category of the farm lands, their location, boundaries, neighbours and the restrictions of the ownership with pointing out the grounds for them. To the decision shall be attached plan of the property. The decision, entered into force, accompanied by a plan, shall certify the right of ownership and shall have the force of fact finding notarial act for ownership in the property. When with the decision is restored the right of ownership in farm land of a deceased owner, the decision shall be issued commonly for his heirs except in the cases of para 2. The shares of the heirs shall be determined according to the Inheritance Act without being pointed out in the decision.
(2) (Revoked – SG 99/02)
(3) (Declared unconstitutional with DCC No 8 of 1995 – SG 59/95, amend. - SG 79/96, revoked – SG 98/97)
(4) (Amend. - SG 79/96, amend. - SG 98/97) For the territories with perennial plantations, rice fields and hydro-melioration facilities shall be prepared separate land reallocation plans, which are integral part of the land reallocation plan of the territory of the settlement.
(5) (Suppl. - SG 98/97) The lands of the separate owner in the locality shall be conceded at one place with the land reallocation plan. The other requirements to the land reallocation plan and the order for its preparation as well as to the technical activities for its working out and the surveying of the properties of Art. 14, para 1, item 1, shall be determined with the rules on implementation of the Act.
(6) The entering into possession shall be implemented after gathering the harvest unless the owner pays indemnification.
(7) (Sentence two declared unconstitutional with DCC № 8 of 1995 – SG 59/95, amend. - SG 79/96) Till the land reallocation plan enters into force the applicants, to whom decision has been issued under Art. 14, Para. 1, item 2 or who have implemented subdivision by the order of Para. 2, can be entered into possession of the farm lands up to the extent, determined with this decision.
(8) (Amend. - SG 79/96, amend. - SG 87/97, amend. - SG 98/97, suppl. - SG 88/98, amend. - SG 68/99, amend. - SG 106/00, suppl. SG 99/02; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. - SG 43/08; amend. – SG 10/09, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The land reallocation plan, entered into force, and the approved map of the existing or restorable on the terrain old real boundaries of farm lands can be re-worked upon obvious factual mistake with an order by the Minister of Agriculture and Food or authorised by him official. The order shall be promulgated in State Gazette and shall be announced by the municipal service for Agriculture in the mayoralty. The persons, affected at removing of the obvious factual mistake, shall be indemnified by the order of Art. 10b, para 1.
(9) (New – SG 79/96, revoked – SG 98/97)

Art. 18. (Revoked – SG 28/92, new – SG 45/95, amend. - SG 87/97, amend. - SG 106/00, amend. - SG 99/02) (1) The owners of farm lands in massifs of perennial plantations, rice fields and hydro-melioration facilities shall be obliged at managing them to fulfil all agrochemical and agro-technical measures.
(2) (Amend. - SG 13/07, amend. – SG 36/08; amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The owners of para 1 cannot destroy the perennial plantations, rice fields and hydro-melioration facilities, located in their properties before the elapse of their depreciation term except with permission by the Minister of Agriculture and Food or an official authorised by him.
(3) The perennial plantations shall be subject to destroying by the order of para 2 within one year from issuing the permission.
(4) (New - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The Minister of Agriculture and Food shall determine with an ordinance the period of fruit bearing and depreciation of permanent plantations, as well as the procedure for their registration.

Art. 19. (1) (Amend. - SG 98/97, suppl. - SG 99/02; prev. text of Art. 19, amend. - SG 13/07) The municipality shall use and manage the farm land, remained after the restoration of the rights of the owners. After the land reallocation plan and the approved map of existing and restorable old real boundaries enter into force the lands shall become municipal property.
(2) (New - SG 13/07; amend. - SG 43/08) The establishment of the properties referred to in Para 1 shall be carried out by a Commission appointed by the Director of the District Service "Agriculture" in which shall participate representatives of the Municipal Service "Agriculture", of the Agency of Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre, of the municipality, the state forestries and/or the state game-breeding stations.
(3) (New - SG 13/07) The conditions and the order of determining the properties referred to in Para 1 shall be regulated in the Rules on implementation of the Act. In the acts of municipal property as grounds of compilation shall be indicated also the record decision of the Commission referred to in Para 2.
(4) (New - SG 13/07; revoked – SG 62/10)
(5) (New - SG 13/07; amend. - SG 43/08; revoked – SG 62/10)
(6) (New - SG 13/07; amend. – SG 49/14) When a cadastral map was approved for the lands, the establishment of the boundaries of the agricultural properties shall be carried out under the order of the Rules on the application of the Act.
(7) (New - SG 13/07; amend. - SG 43/08; revoked – SG 62/10)
(8) (New - SG 13/07; amend. – SG 59/07, in force from 01.03.2007; amend. – SG 10/09; revoked – SG 62/10)
(9) (New - SG 13/07; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. – SG 10/09; revoked – SG 62/10)
(10) (New – SG 10/09; revoked – SG 62/10)
(11) (New - SG 13/07; prev. text of Para 10, amend. and suppl. – SG 10/09; revoked – SG 62/10)
(12) (New – SG 6/09; prev. text of Para 11 – SG 10/09; revoked – SG 62/10)

Art. 19a. (1) (New – SG 45/95, amend. – SG 79/96, amend. - SG 98/97, previous text Art. 19a, amend. - SG 99/02) The conditions and the order for indemnification shall be determined with the Rules on implementation f the Act.
(2) (Prev. para 1 – SG 79/96, revoked – SG 98/97)
(3) (Prev. para 2 – SG 79/96, revoked – SG 98/97)
(4) (New – SG 99/02; amend. - SG 43/08) At indemnification of the owners the municipal service for Agriculture shall pronounce decision about:
1. determining the right to indemnification by the order of Art. 10c and Art. 35 with pointing out the value of the indemnification;
2. determining the value of the indemnification with land and/or with personal compensation vouchers according to the coefficients of para 5;
3. indemnifying of the owners with personal compensation vouchers;
4. indemnifying of the owners with farm land.
(5) (New – SG 99/02; amend. - SG 43/08)The municipal service for Agriculture shall determine with recorded decision coefficient, which is the ratio between the value of the lands, conceded for indemnification and the value of the due indemnification with lands for the territory of the municipality, with which is reduced the value of the indemnification with land of all the rightful claimants.
(6) (New – SG 99/02) When at the determining of the indemnification with land are formed properties with dimensions less than 0.3 ha for fields, 0.2 ha for meadows and 0.1 ha for perennial plantations the indemnification shall be implemented by conceding of property in co-ownership, each co-owner having ideal part, corresponding to the value of the indemnification.
(7) (New – SG 99/02; amend. - SG 43/08; amend. – SG 61/15, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The decisions of the municipal service for Agriculture of para 4, items 1 and 4, can be amended on the grounds referred to in Art. 14, para 7 and upon request of the Minister of Agriculture and Food or of interested persons within one year after they enter into force and not later than within three years after the plan for indemnification enters into force as well as under the conditions and by the order of Art. 14, para 6.
(8) (New – SG 99/02; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. - SG 43/08; amend. – SG 62/10) At appealing of decisions of the municipal services for Agriculture for determining the value of the indemnification of para 4, item 1 the judicial – accounting expertise shall be assigned to experts, entered into the register under Art. 15 of the Independent Valuers Act.
(9) (New – SG 99/02; amend. - SG 43/08) The municipal service for Agriculture shall pronounce decision for determining right to indemnification under art.4, item 3, when under the conditions of Art. 35, para 1 the acts of the court or of the bodies for the landed property, on which it is based, have been decreed or presented after the determining of the coefficient of para 5.
(10) (New – SG 99/02; amend. - SG 43/08) For the decision of the municipal service for Agriculture of para 4, item 4 shall be applied respectively the provisions of Art. 17, para 1, sentences four to eight.

Art. 20. (1) (Amend. - SG 45/95, amend. - SG 79/96, amend. - SG 99/02; amend. - SG 43/08) To landless citizens and small holders shall be conceded land by the municipal service for Agriculture from the state and the municipal land entirety by transferring the right of ownership or letting for rent under conditions and by order, determined with an ordinance of the Council of Ministers.
(2) (New – SG 79/96, amend. - SG 87/97, amend. - SG 106/00, suppl. - SG 99/02; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. - SG 43/08; amend. – SG 10/09, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, suppl. - SG 77/18, in force from 01.01.2019, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The extent and the location of the lands for conceding shall be determined upon proposal by the municipal service for Agriculture by the Minister of Agriculture and Food or an official appointed from the staff of the ministry – for the lands from the state land entirety, and by the municipal council – for the lands from the municipal land entirety, proportional to the available land in the territory of the settlement. They shall determine what part of them is transferred as ownership or let for rent. The farm properties, conceded to smallholders and landless citizens with land concession plan, cannot be with dimensions less than 0.3 ha for fields, 0.2 ha for meadows and 0.1 ha for perennial plantations. Upon written consent by the persons, subject to concession of land, properties with smaller dimensions can be conceded to them.
(3) (New – SG 79/96, suppl. - SG 99/02) Conceding of land shall be implemented in the territory of the settlement, where the person lives permanently or farm land have been restored to him as well as in neighbouring territories of settlements. Upon lack or deficit of land and with the consent of the landless citizens and the smallholders the conceding of land can be implemented also in other territories of settlements in the municipality.
(4) (Prev. Para. 2 – SG 79/96) The persons, to whom land has been conceded, cannot transfer the land in en years term after acquiring it except to the state or the municipality.

Art. 21. (1) (Amend. - SG 28/92) Land shall be conceded to the persons by the following order:
1. persons who deal with agricultural activity in the settlement;
2. (amend. - SG 99/02) persons, permanently living in the given settlement and conceded land to the State land entirety in another settlement;
3. agricultural specialists as well as young families, who undertake the obligation to implement agricultural activity;
4. persons, which farm land have been alienated for state or public need.
(2) (Amend. - SG 99/02) Among the candidates of one and the same order with priority in the following sequence shall be the persons who:
1. are registered in the municipal service for social support and/or at the labour bureau, who have no land or have less land;
2. do not have land or have les land.
(3) (Amend. - SG 79/96, amend. - SG 99/02; amend. - SG 43/08) The decision of the municipal service for Agriculture shall be announced to the interested persons by the order of the Civil Procedure Code and it can be appealed by the order of Art. 14.

Art. 22. (Amend. - SG 79/96, amend. - SG 99/02; amend. - SG 43/08) The persons different from these, pointed out in the previous Article, shall acquire land upon decision of the municipal service for Agriculture on the basis of a tender, conducted according to rules, determined by the Council of Ministers.

Art. 23. (1) (Amend. - SG 79/96, amend. - SG 104/96, amend. - SG 99/02; prev. text of Art. 23 - SG 13/07; amend. - SG 43/08) At conceding of land the right to ownership shall be acquired with the entering into force of the decision of the municipal service for Agriculture. The decision shall be entered in the service for entering. Till the payment of the sums, due for the conceded land on the property shall be established mortgage by law.
(2) (New - SG 13/07; amend. - SG 43/08) The municipal service of Agriculture shall issue a decision of repealing the land conceding in favour of the state land fund or the municipal land fund in case of non-performance of the determined in the ordinance referred to in Art. 20, Para 1 obligations by the persons to whom the land was conceded or in case of falsely declared data that served for issuing the decision.
(3) (New - SG 13/07) The decision of repealing the land conceding shall be issued within three months from establishing the infringement.
(4) (New - SG 13/07) The decision of repealing the land conceding shall be announced to the interested persons under the order of the Civil Procedure Code and may be appealed under the order of Art. 14, Para 3. The decision in force shall be registered in the registry service.

Art. 23a. (New - SG 13/07; amend. - SG 43/08) The decisions of the municipal services of Agriculture under Art. 21, Para 3 and Art. 23 may be amended under the conditions and the order indicated in Art. 14, Para 7 within two years from their entry into force, but not later than three years from entry into force of the land conceding plan, as well as under the conditions and the order of Art. 14, Para 6.

Chapter three.
LAND OF THE STATE, THE MUNICIPALITIES AND THE CORPORATE BODIES (TITLE AMEND. - SG 98/97)
Art. 24. (1) (Amend. - SG 79/96, amend. - SG 87/97, suppl. - SG 68/99, amend. - SG 106/00, amend. - SG 99/02; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. – SG 10/09, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The state shall preserve its ownership in the farm lands, found by this Act except the lands, which ownership is subject to restoration. The Minister of Agriculture and Food shall exercise the rights of the owner for the lands of the state land entirety, giving them for rent or lease, establishing limited real rights on them, implementing sales and exchange with farm lands of individuals and corporate bodies at pecuniary equivalence, determined according to the ordinance of Art. 36, Para. 2.
(2) (New - SG 28/92, suppl. - SG 45/95, amend. - SG 79/96, amend. and suppl. - SG 87/97; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. – SG 10/09; amend. - SG 66/13, in force from 26.07.2013; amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The right of ownership of the state in farm lands, conceded to scientific, scientific – production and education establishments, including to the Minister of Transport and Communications, to the places for deprivation from liberty, to seed production and pedigree farms, orchard nurseries, coniferous nurseries, nursery beds, forest nurseries and hunting farms and to the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, as far as they are necessary for their activity, shall be preserved in extent, corresponding to their basic activity, determined by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, after taking the opinion of the interested departments.
(3) (New – SG 28/92, amend. - SG 45/95, suppl. - SG 99/02) The right of ownership of the state in the farm lands, conceded to the Ministry of Defence, to the Ministry of Interior and to other departments for purposes, related immediately to the defence and the security of the country, shall be preserved at places and in extent, determined by the Council of Ministers upon proposal by the Minister of Defence, respectively the Minister of Interior or the chief of the department. At dropping of the need, related to the defence and the security of the country, these farm lands shall be included in the State land entirety with a decision of the Council of Ministers.
(4) (Prev. Para. 3 – SG 28/92, amend. - SG 133/98) The right of ownership shall not be restored in farm lands, included in parks of national importance and natural reserves – exclusive state property, determined by the order of the Protected Areas Act, as well as in the lands under which and over which are located inseparable from them archaeological sites.
(5) (New – SG 45/95) The lands of para 2, 3 and 4 shall be state property. They can be used only for the purposes, for which they have been conceded. Their users shall not have right to concede them for use to other persons.
(6) (Prev. Para. 4, amend. - SG 28/92, prev. Para. 5 – SG 45/95) The owners of properties of para 2, 3 and 4 shall be indemnified by the order of Art. 10b, para 1.
(7) (New – SG 88/98, suppl. - SG 99/02) The lands from the state land entirety cannot be acquired by prescription. Their seizure by the persons, who occupy or possess them without legal ground or use them not for their designation, shall be implemented under the conditions and by the order of Art. 34, regardless of the way in which the state has acquired them.
(8) (New - SG 13/07; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. – SG 10/09, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) In the cases referred to in Para 3 in dropping the need related to the defence and security of the country, upon request of the previous owner or his heirs the district governor shall repeal the appropriation, if the persons were not compensated. The district governor shall send the request to the Minister of Agriculture and Food for an opinion.
(9) (New - SG 13/07) The request under Para 8 shall be filed within six months from the date of promulgation of the decision of the Council of Ministers under Para 3 in the State Gazette.
(10) (New - SG 13/07) The condition and the order of repealing the appropriation shall be determined in an ordinance of the Council of Ministers.
(11) (New - SG 13/07; amend. – SG 36/08; revoked – SG 10/09)
(12) (New - SG 13/07; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. – SG 10/09, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) In lawsuits concerning lands of the state land fund the state shall be represented before the court by the Minister of Agriculture and Food.
(13) (New - SG 13/07; amend. – SG 62/10) The estimation of restricted real rights and servitudes in lands of the state land fund shall be determined according to the ordinance referred to in Art. 36, Para 2. The determined value shall be the lowest price for which restricted real rights and servitudes may be constituted.

Art. 24a. (New – SG 99/02) (1) The letting of the lands from the State land entirety for rent or lease shall be implemented by tender or competition under conditions, order and at prices, determined in the Rules for implementation of the Act. On the basis of the results from the conducted tender or competition contract for rent or lease shall be concluded. The term of the contract for rent cannot be longer than 10 years.
(2) The farm lands from the State land entirety can be let for rent or lease without tender or competition:
1. (suppl. – SG 25/12) when they are occupied by perennial plantations or accommodating permanent and functioning hydro-melioration facilities;
2. when they have not been used for two or more economic years;
3. to the users by the order of Art. 24, Para. 2, when they have established commercial companies;
4. upon privatisation of the commercial companies of item 3 – for the term with which the obligation for preserving the subject of activity according to the contract for privatisation exceeds the term of the contract for rent or lease;
5. (new – SG 94/09) in the cases of Art. 37c, Para 10;
6. (new – SG 38/14; amend. – SG 14/15) to owners or holders of livestock farms for farmed grazing animals, registered in the Integrated Information System of Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) if their lands are deemed pastures, grasslands or meadows.
(3) (New - SG 13/07; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. - SG 43/08; amend. – SG 10/09, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, suppl. - SG 77/18, in force from 01.01.2019, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The Minister of Agriculture and Food or an official appointed from the staff of the ministry, upon proposal by the District Directorates "Agriculture" shall determine the small-size properties of the state land fund, which may be let for one year use without auction or competition.
(4) (New – SG 25/12) The farm lands from the State Land Fund object of contracts under Para 1, 2 and 3 may not be subsequently rented or leased to third parties unless object of an agreement under Art. 37c.
(5) (New – SG 62/10; prev. text of Para 04 – SG 25/12; amend. – SG 38/14; amend. – SG 14/15) The letting of lands from the municipal land fund, except pastures, grasslands and meadows under para 6, item 4, for rent or lease shall be implemented by tender or competition under conditions and order determined by the municipal council. A rental or lease contract shall be signed pursuant to the results from the tender or competition. The term of the rental contract shall not exceed 10 years.
(6) (New – SG 62/10; prev. text of Para 5 – SG 25/12) The lands of the municipal land fund may be rented or leased without tender or competition:
1. when occupied by perrenial plantations;
2. when they have not been used for two or more economic years;
3. in the cases of Art. 37c, Para 10;
4. (new – SG 38/14; amend. – SG 14/15) to owners or holders of livestock farms for farmed grazing animals, registered in the Animal Identification System and with their livestock farms registered in the Integrated Information System of BFSA, where their lands are deemed pastures or meadows.
5. (prev. text of item 4 – SG 38/14) in other cases specified in an Act.
(7) (New - SG 62/10; prev. text of Para 06 – SG 25/12) Pursuant to a proposal by the mayor of municipality the municipal council shall determine small-sized properties of the municipal land fund that may be rented for a year without tender or competition.
(8) (New – SG 25/12) To the tenders and competitions referred to in Para 1 shall not be admitted related persons in the sense of the Commerce Act and related enterprises in the sense of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Act cultivating more than 10 000 dca.
(9) (New – SG 61/15) When rental or lease agreements are being concluded subject to compliance with the provisions of par. 1 or 5 for properties, which do not fall partially or fully within the valid as of the date of signing of the agreement specialized layes under Art. 5, par. 2 of Ordinance No. 2 of 17 February 2015 on the eligibility criteria to agricultural lands for getting support under schemes and measures for payment per area (SG 15/15) no payment of rental fee, respectively lease fee shall be payable for one business year after the conclusion of the agreement.

Art. 24b. (New - SG 13/07) (1) (Amend. – SG 36/08; amend. – SG 10/09, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, suppl. - SG 77/18, in force from 01.01.2019, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The Minister of Agriculture and Food or an official appointed from the staff of the ministry may concede lands of the state land fund gratuitously to the organizations and institutions referred to in Art. 24, Para 2 and 3 which are necessary for their activity.
(2) The lands under Para 1 may be used only for the purposes they were conceded for. Their users shall not have the right to concede the usage to third persons.

Art. 24c. (New - SG 13/07; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. – SG 10/09, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The preliminary consent of the Minister of Agriculture and Food shall be required for assignment of the preparation of a detailed structure plan affecting lands of the state land fund.

Art. 24d. (New - SG 13/07) (1) (Amend. – SG 36/08; amend. – SG 10/09) The exchange of agricultural lands of the state land fund for agricultural lands of nationals and legal persons and municipalities shall not be carried out except in the cases specified in an Act.
(2) (Amend. – SG 10/09) The exchange of agricultural lands of the state land fund for agricultural lands of nationals and legal persons may be carried out when:
1. (amend. – SG 62/10) it is a way to discontinue co-ownership;
2. it is the only way to perform duties arising from an international agreement;
3. the properties being exchanged are included in a consolidation plan under Art. 37f and 37h.
(3) (Amend. – SG 36/08; amend. – SG 10/09, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, suppl. - SG 77/18, in force from 01.01.2019, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The Minister of Agriculture and Food or an official appointed from the staff of the ministry shall issue a preliminary written opinion regarding the exchange offer within one month. When the opinion is positive, it shall contain also the conditions of performing the exchange.
(4) The exchange of agricultural lands referred to in Para 1 shall not be carried out when the lands – ownership of nationals, legal persons or municipalities, are mortgaged or otherwise encumbered, let or leased, located within sanitary-protection zones, no direct access to them is available, as well as in other cases, determined in the Rules on implementation of the Act, or the exchange is not in interest of the state.
(5) For the preparation of the exchange a file with the documents certifying the ownership in the properties, subject to exchange, their estimation, the compliance with the legal requirements and the conditions referred to in Para 3 shall be prepared.
(6) (Amend. – SG 36/08; amend. – SG 10/09, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The Minister of Agriculture and Food shall issue an order for performance of the exchange. Within one month from announcement of the order the interested person shall pay the due taxes, fees, expenses and other payments.
(7) A written contract on the basis of the order shall be concluded within one month from payment of the amounts referred to in Para 6. The contract shall be registered in the Registry Service at the location of the properties to the account of the applicant. A notary form shall not be necessary.
(8) When the applicant does not pay the due amounts within the term referred to in Para 6 or does not appear in order to sign the contract within the term referred to in Para 7, it shall be considered that he gave up concluding the deal.
(9) (Amend. - SG 43/08; suppl. – SG 62/10) The exchange of agricultural lands of the municipal land fund for agricultural lands of nationals, legal persons and the state shall be carried out by a decision of the municipality council under the conditions and order of this Act and the Municipal Property Act upon presentation of a motivated opinion by the municipal service Agriculture.
(10) (Amend. and suppl. – SG 62/10) The agricultural lands acquired under Para 2, Item 3 by natural and legal persons, except municipalities, through exchange for agricultural lands of the state land fund or of the municipal land fund, may not be fragmented through deals of disposition or their designation changed for 10 years from performance of the exchange.
(11) (New – SG 10/09, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The Minister of Agriculture and Food shall publish on the internet site of the Ministry the orders for exchange of agricultural lands from the state land fund without the personal data they contain.

Art. 24e. (New – SG 61/15) (1) Owners of fruit plantings can acquire the right of ownership of agricultural lands from the state and municipal land fund at market prices upon expiration of 5 years after the creation of the plantings and provided that they are:
1. (amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) generated and used by virtue of an agreement with the Minister of Agriculture and Food, respectively with the municipality mayor;
2. acquired through a privatization transaction;
3. acquired by the organizations under § 12 of the Transitional and Concluding provisions.
(2) Within 20 years after the acquisition of the right of ownership of agricultural lands under par. 1, no change of the method of their permanent use can take place, neither any modification of their purpose of use for non-farming needs.
Art. 25. (1) (Suppl. - SG 13/07; amend. - SG 10/09) The farm land, which does not belong to citizens, corporate bodies or the state, shall be municipal property. The property of the municipalities in the common lands and pastures shall be public and may be declared private municipal property when changing the designation of the common lands and pastures under the order of the Municipal Property Act in the cases specified in Para 3. The municipal council may establish a fee for usage of the municipal common lands and pastures, the income of which shall be used for their maintenance.
(2) (Suppl. - SG 45/95, amend. - SG 98/97) The right of ownership of the municipalities shall be restored in the farm lands, taken without payment and conceded to state agricultural farms, labour co-operative farms, agrarian – industrial complexes and agro-companies as well as to state forest farms, when they have been included in the state forest entirety unless they are forest nurseries and field protection forest belts.
(3) (New - SG 10/09) Changing the designation of common lands and pastures under Para 1 shall be allowed by exception for:
1. construction of technical infrastructure objects in the sense of the Spatial Development Act;
2. (amend. - SG 16/13) investment projects certified for Class A or Class B investments or for a priority investment project under the Investment Promotion Act, when requested at the certification of the project;
3. (amend. – SG 62/10) creation of new or expansion of construction boundaries of existing urbanised territories (settlements or settlement formations), as well as creation or expansion of the boundaries of individual regulated lands outside them;
4. (amend. - SG 79/20) implementation of activities under granted concessions under the Underground Natural Resources Act and for investment projects related to the social-economic development of the municipality;
5. (new – SG 62/10) other cases specified in an Act.
(4) (New - SG 10/09) In the cases of Para 3 limited real rights and servitudes may be arranged in the common lands and pastures.
(5) (New - SG 10/09; amend. – SG 62/10) The Municipal Council shall adopt a decision to express preliminary consent with the change of the designation under Para 3 and with the arrangement of the rights under Para 4 by majority of two-thirds of the total number of the municipal councilors in compliance with the special Acts and norms for maintaining a reserve of permanently grassed areas and provided that there is insufficiency of lands for the needs of stock-breeding. In the decision the Municipal Council shall also specify the term of validity of the preliminary consent.
(6) (New - SG 10/09) The change of designation of common lands and pastures shall be performed in compliance with the condition and order under the Preservation of Agricultural Lands Act.
(7) (new - SG 10/09) The change of designation of common lands and pastures for the needs of a legal or a natural person shall be permitted after the arrangement of the limited real rights in favour of the person as referred to in Para 4.
(8) (New - SG 10/09; revoked – SG 62/10)
(9) (New - SG 10/09) The conditions and order for changing the manner of permanent use of common lands and pastures for other agricultural purposes shall be specified in the Rules on the implementation of this Act.
(10) (New - SG 10/09; amend. – SG 44/09; revoked – SG 62/10)

Art. 26. (Amend. - SG 28/92, amend. - SG 45/95, amend. - SG 106/00, amend. - SG 99/02; amend. - SG 43/08; amend. - SG 10/09; amend. – SG 62/10; amend. – SG 14/15, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The Ministry of Agriculture and Food or persons authorised by him and the municipal councils can concede to the citizens gratuitously the right to use lands from the state or the municipal land entirety on low production lands and lands in depopulated regions, determined by the Council of Ministers. The persons, who have tilled the land, conceded to them for more than 10 years, can acquire gratuitously the right of ownership upon decision by the municipal council and when ownership is acquired in land from the state land entirety – with order by the Minister of Agriculture and Food.

Art. 27. (1) (Amend. - SG 28/92; suppl. - SG 45/95, amend. - SG 79/96) The owners of lands, included in labour co-operative farms, the members of labour co-operative farms or other agricultural organisations, formed on their base, shall have right to shares from the property of the organisations, pointed out. The extent of the shares shall be determined on the basis of their contribution at acquiring it – input land, perennial plantations, labour practice and unpaid inventory contributions. Their distribution shall be implemented under conditions and by order, pointed out in the Rules on implementation of this Act, with equal ration between the input land and labour practice after deduction of the unpaid inventory contributions. If the rightful claimant has not contributed land and basic means, his labour participation shall be taken in consideration when it is not less than 5 years.
(2) The members of the co-operative farms shall have right to take their share at termination of their membership.
(3) Right to share shall have the persons and their heirs, who have terminated their membership before the Act enters into force.
(4) (New – SG 45/95, revoked – SG 98/97)
(5) (New – SG 45/95, amend. - SG 98/97) when several persons of para 1 have required conceding of defined Art., related to the agricultural production, against shares in the possessions of an organisation of § 12 of the transitional and concluding provisions, priority shall have these, who produce agricultural production or render production services in connection with this, and if several persons meet this requirement – these, which shares cover bigger part of the value of the required Art..
(6) (New – SG 45/95, amend. SG 79/96, amend. and suppl. SG 98/97; suppl. - SG 13/07, amend. – SG 61/16, in force form 05.08.2016, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) Persons who have acquired ownership of buildings and facilities of the property of the organizations under § 12 from the transitional and final provisions, may acquire the built land and adjacent areas without tender. Built and adjacent areas, including when located outside the urban area (settlement or settlement formation), shall be valued in accordance with Art. 90 of the Implementing Regulation of the State Property Act (prom. SG 78 of 2006; amend., SG 26 and 51 of 2007, SG 64, 80 and 91 of 2008, SG 7, 25, 62 and 93 of 2009, SG 31, 52, 58 and 69 of 2010, SG 61, 80 and 105 of 2011, SG 24 and 47 of 2012, SG 62, 80 and 87 of 2013 and SG 13, 15 and 102 of 2014).The tax assessment shall be determined as for lands within construction boundaries and this circumstance shall be stated explicitly in the certificate of tax assessment. The procedure of sale shall be conducted by the Minister of Agriculture and Food or by the Director of the respective Regional Directorate "Agriculture", supported by a permanent committee. When the procedure is conducted by the Director of the Regional Directorate "Agriculture", members of the commission shall also include officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, appointed by the Minister’s order. The sale shall be carried out following an order by the Minister of Agriculture and Food and the Director of the Regional Directorate "Agriculture" and with a written contract which is entered into the registry office.
(7) (New – SG 45/95, amend. - SG 98/97) The persons, who have contributed share in co-operation of Art. 27, at leaving the co-operation shall have right to receive share of the possessions of the organisations of § 12 of the transitional and concluding provisions in extent, corresponding to their shares.
(8) (New - SG 10/09, suppl. – SG 61/16, in force form 05.08.2016, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/23) The Minister of Agriculture and Food or a person authorized by him may dispose of lands unoccupied by buildings and facilities or areas adjacent thereto of organizations under § 12 from the Transitional and Concluding Provisions and under § 29 of the Transitional and Concluding Provisions of the Act on Amendment and Supplementation of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act (prom. - SG 45/95; corr. - SG 46/95, SG 59/95 - Decision No 8 of the Constitutional Court from 1995; amend. - SG 79/96, SG 15/97 - Decision No 3 of the Constitutional Court from 1997; amend. - SG 98 and 124/97), which are unfit for agricultural use and are not subject to restitution, through a tender under conditions and order specified in the Rules on the implementation of this Act. In the first tender shall participate only owners of real estate neighbouring the estate subject of the tender and in the coming tenders all interested persons may participate.
(9) (New – SG 61/16, in force form 05.08.2016, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The Minister of Agriculture and Food or an official authorized by them may dispose of agricultural land under § 12a of the transitional and final provisions under par. 8.
(10) (New - 94/09, previous para. 9 - SG 61/16, in force form 05.08.2016, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The Minister of Agriculture and Food shall propose to the regional governor to issue state ownership acts based on data provided by the regional directorates "Agriculture".
(11) (New – SG 94/09, previous para. 10 - SG 61/16, in force form 05.08.2016) Within one month from the submission of the proposal under Para 9 the regional governor at the location of the real estate shall issue a state ownership act for the lands from the former farm yards of the organizations under § 12 of the Transitional and Concluding Provisions and under § 29 of the Transitional and Concluding Provisions of the Act on the Amendment and Supplementation of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act (prom. – SG 45/95; corr. – SG 46/95, SG 59/95 – Decision No 8 of the Constitutional Court of 1995; amend. – SG 79/96, SG 15/97 – Decision No 3 of the Constitutional Court of 1997; amend. SG 98 and 124/97), on which there are buildings and/or facilities, part of their property, regardless whether they are lawfully built, and also for those lands with no buildings and facilities or the areas adjacent thereto that are unfit for farming and lands not subject to restitution, within one month of receipt of the proposal under Para. 10. The state ownership act shall be registered.

Art. 27a. (New – SG 61/15) (1) Owners of buildings and of facilities from the property of wound up organizations under § 12 of the Transitional and Conclusive provisions shall be liable to pay for using the land until the acquisition of the right of ownership of the built-up and adjacent lands.
(2) Persons having acquired the right of ownership of buildings and facilities under par. 1 before 9 February 2011 shall be liable to pay the amounts due for the use of the land after this date.
(3) Persons having acquired the right of ownership of buildings and facilities under par. 1 after 9 February 2011 shall be liable to pay the amounts due for the use of the land as of the date of acquisition of buildings or facilities.
(4) For disposing of the ownership of buildings and facilities under Para. 1, a receipt of paid amounts for the use of land until the date of disposition of buildings and facilities shall be submitted.

Art. 28. (1) (Amend. - SG 28/92) The right of ownership shall be restored to the labour co-operative farms in the property and the money, which are confiscated from them or transformed on their basis state agricultural farms, or given to other organisations.
(2) (New – SG 28/92) When this property comprises inseparable part of the existing assets and the site has not changed its designation from its creating till now, it shall be restored to its owner, who shall pay the difference in the value.
(3) When the property of the labour co-operative farm has been delivered to a state co-operative farm, machine – tractor station and to other state organisations and later has been included in the possessions of companies, the share participation of the labour co-operative farm, respective its legal successors, shall be determined in compliance with the property, delivered by the labour co-operative farm to a state co-operative farm and to other state organisations.
(4) (Revoked – SG 28/92)
(5) (Revoked – SG 28/92)

Art. 29. (1) (Amend. - SG 28/92, amend. - SG 99/02) The right of ownership in farm lands, divested from the Bulgarian orthodox church and the other religious communities, co-operations and from other organisations, shall be restored upon their request, except after their seizure they have been built with buildings, which have no agricultural designation or conceded to citizens. In these cases to the respective organisations shall be conceded equipollent property from the state or the municipal land entirety. If there is no such land the owners shall be indemnified with personal compensation vouchers.
(2) The restoration of the right of ownership can take place also in other regions of the country with the consent of the organisations of Para. 1.

Art. 30. (Amend. - SG 98/97) (1) (Prev. Art. 30 – SG 68/99, amend. - SG 106/00; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. - SG 10/09, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The property of the deleted organisations of § 12 of the transitional and concluding provisions, which the persons of Art. 27, para 1 do not wish to receive in share and cannot be sold, shall be conceded gratuitously to the municipality, in which it is located. If there is state property the municipalities shall be obliged to concede it to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
(2) (New – SG 68/99) After elapse of 5 years term from the conceding of the property of para 1, first sentence, it shall become municipal property.
(3) (New – SG 68/99) The documents of the deleted organisations of § 12 shall be delivered with inventory by the persons of § 29 of the transitional and concluding provisions of the Act on Amendment and Supplementation of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act (prom. SG 45/95; corr. SG 46/95, SG 59/95 – Decision No 8 of the Constitutional Court of 1995; amend. SG 79/96; SG 15/97 – Decision No 3 of the Constitutional Court of 1997; amend. SG 98/97) to the mayor of the mayoralty where the headquarters of the organisation has been.

Chapter four.
LANDED PROPERTY BODIES (TITLE AMEND. - SG 28/92)
Art. 31. (1) (Amend. - SG 28/92, amend. - SG 45/95, amend. - SG 79/96, amend. - SG 87/97, prev. Art. 31 – SG 98/97, amend. - SG 106/00, amend. - SG 99/02; amend. - SG 13/07, amend. – SG 36/08; amend. - SG 43/08; amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) Landed property bodies shall be the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, the regional directorates "Agriculture" and the municipal service for Agriculture.
(2) (New – SG 98/97, amend. - SG 68/99, amend. - SG 106/00; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) Upon proposal of the Minister of Agriculture and Food, the Council of Ministers shall, in co-ordination with the Minister of Finance, approve tariff for the state fees, for the maintaining and updating of the land reallocation plans and for rendering of other administrative services by the landed property bodies. The fees shall be transferred to the budget of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
(3) (New – SG 62/10; amend. - SG 15/13, in force from 01.01.2014, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) Under conditions specified in a contract the Ministry of Agriculture and Food shall provide for free to state authorities - budget administrators, and to municipalities digital information from the map of the reinstated property required for exercise of their competences.

Art. 32. (Revoked – SG 28/92)

Art. 33. (Amend. - SG 45/95) (1) (Sentence four declared unconstitutional with Decision of the CC No 7 – SG 59/95, amend. - SG 79/96, amend. - SG 87/97, amend. - SG 106/00, amend. - SG 99/02; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. - SG 43/08; amend. - SG 10/09; amend. – SG 62/10; amend. - SG 15/13, in force from 01.01.2014, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The regional directorates "Agriculture" shall be specialised territorial administrations at the Minister of Agriculture and Food. They shall be legal persons funded by the budget. The municipal services for Agriculture shall be territorial units of the regional directorates "Agriculture". The activity, structure, organisation of work and the number of staff of the regional directorates "Agriculture" shall be regulated in structural regulations issued by the Minister of Agriculture and Food.
(2) (Amend. - SG 79/96, amend. - SG 34/00, in force from January 1, 2001, amend. - SG 99/02; amend. - SG 36/04; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. - SG 43/08; amend. - SG 10/09, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023) The municipal services for Agriculture shall restore the ownership in lands and forests by the procedure of the Act, conduct the state agrarian policy on the territory, as well as implement other activity, determined with the Rules for implementation of the Act and the structural regulation of the Ministry of Agriculture. The municipal services for Agriculture shall maintain and update the land reallocation plans and the other materials and data, obtained at the implementation of the Act, and issue plans at implementing of disposal transactions and subdivision of farm lands until the approval of a cadastral map and cadastral registers for the respective territory by the order of the Cadastre and Property Register Act.
(3) (New – SG 79/96, amend. - SG 87/97, amend. - SG 106/00, amend. - SG 99/02; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. - SG 43/08; amend. - SG 10/09, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The implementing of the activities for maintaining and updating of the land reallocation plans and the other materials and data, obtained at implementing the Act, shall be assigned upon proposal of the municipal service for Agriculture by the Minister of Agriculture and Food or official, authorised by him, to contractors in one month term after the land reallocation plans enter into force.
(4) (New – SG 79/96, amend. SG 87/97, amend. SG 106/00; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. - SG 10/09, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The authorities of the Minister of Agriculture and Food for the implementation of the Act can also be exercised by persons, authorised in writing by him.
(5) (Prev. para 3 – SG 79/96, amend. SG 87/97, amend. SG106/00, amend. SG 99/02; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. - SG 43/08; amend. - SG 10/09; revoked – SG 62/10)
(6) (New - SG 13/07; amend. - SG 43/08; amend. – SG 61/15, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The decisions of the municipal services of Agriculture related to the restitution of the property and the compensation of the owners under the order of this Act and the Restoration of Ownership of Forests and Forestry Fund Lands Act, as well as those related to the land conceding to nationals shall be signed by the head of the service, by employees nominated by the Director of the District Directorate "Agriculture" and by officials nominated by the Minister of Agriculture and Food.

Art. 34. (New – SG 98/97) (1) (Suppl. - SG 13/07; suppl. - SG 10/09; suppl. – SG 25/12) The farm properties with restored right of ownership upon request by the owners or the users on legal grounds shall be seized with an order of the mayor of the municipality at the location of the properties from the persons, who use them without legal grounds and conceded to their owners or their lawful users. For establishing illegal uses the mayor shall request ex officio information from State Fund "Agriculture" – Payment Agency, or by its regional territorial structures and/or by the municipal service on agriculture at the location of the properties, respectively from the service on geodesy, cartography and cadastre.
(2) (Amend. - SG 30/06, in force from 12.07.2006) The order of the mayor, as well as his refusal to issue such order shall be subject to appeal by the order of the Administrative procedure code. The appealing shall not stop the fulfilment of the order, unless the court rules other.
(3) (Amend. – SG 44/12, in force from 01.07.2012) The order of the mayor shall be fulfilled by administrative order with the co-operation of the bodies of the Ministry of Interior.
(4) (New - SG 13/07; amend. – SG 62/10) The lands of the municipal land fund shall be seized from the persons using them without legal grounds, according to the order of the Municipal Property Act.
(5) (Prev. text of Para. 4 - SG 13/07) The persons, removed from using the property by this order, shall not have right to indemnification.
(6) (New - SG 10/09; amend. – SG 94/09; amend. – SG 99/09, in force from 01.01.2010, amend. – SG 61/16, in force form 05.08.2016) Within seven days from the date of receipt of the order under Para 1, any user lacking legal grounds for using agricultural land may transfer for the period of illegal use to a bank account for external amounts of the municipality triple the amount of the average annual rent for the lands of the municipality for the preceding year. In such cases the enforcement of the order shall be suspended and the interested persons shall be notified by the mayor of the municipality within three days under the order of the Administrative Procedure Code of their right to receive the transferred amount. Where within 10 days from receiving the notification the rightholders express their consent in writing to receive the transferred amount, the issued order shall be withdrawn by the mayor of the municipality. In case of lack of explicit consent in writing the issued order shall be subject to immediate enforcement.
(7) (New - SG 10/09) The conditions under Para 6 shall be indicated in the order under Para 1.
(8) (New – SG 94/09, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) In the cases of illegal use of lands of the state land fund the order under Para 1 shall be issued by the Director of the Regional Directorate "Agriculture". The amounts under Para 6 shall be deposited to an account of the Minister of Agriculture and Food.
(9) (New – SG 62/10) In the cases of Para 4 the amounts referred to in Para 6 shall be deposited into the budget of the municipality.

Art. 34a. (New – SG 98/97, amend. – SG 88/99, revoked - SG 68/99, in force from 30.07.1999)

Art. 34b. (New – SG 98/97, revoked - SG 68/99, in force from 30.07.1999)

Art. 34c. (New – SG 68/99, amend. - SG 99/02) In the cases of Art. 17, para 8 and of § 31, 32 and 34 of the transitional and concluding provisions of the Act on Amendment and Supplementation of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act (prom. SG 98/97, amend. SG 36/98, amend. SG 88/98) from the moment of promulgation in State Gazette of the order for re-working of the plan of Art. 17, para 8 shall be considered derogated by right all decisions, issued by the municipal service for Agriculture and the fact finding notarial acts, issued on their basis for the properties, affected by the re-working.

Chapter five.
INDEMNIFICATION (NEW – SG 98/97)
Art. 35. (New - SG 98/97) (1) (Amend. - SG 16/03) The indemnifying of the owners of farm lands, subject to restoration under this Act, when the ownership cannot be restored in the other ways, determined by an Act, shall be implemented with personal compensation vouchers.
(2) (Revoked – SG 47/02)
(3) (Amend. - SG 47/02, amend. - SG 99/02, amend. - SG 16/03, amend. - SG 38/14) The personal compensation vouchers shall be personal and book entry. The order for their issuing, the transactions and the payments with them shall be provided with a separate Act. They can be used only for purchase by a tender of farm lands from the state land entirety, for participation of their holders in privatisation as well as for use and acquisition of ownership in the lands of Art. 27, para 6. Participants in the tenders for farm lands from the state land entirety can be only holders of personal compensation vouchers.
(4) (New – SG 38/14) Eligible for participation in auctions of farm land from the State Land Fund shall be only holders of registered compensation vouchers, of compensation bonds and of residential compensation bonds.
(5) (New – SG 38/14, amend. - SG 42/18 in force from 22.05.2018) Forty percent of the offered price in auctions of farm land from the State Land Fund under para 3 shall be paid by the successful tenderer in monetary funds.
(6) (Amend. - SG 68/99; prev. text of para 4 – SG 38/14) The personal compensation vouchers can be transferred without restrictions.
(7) (Prev. text of para 5 – SG 38/14) The personal compensation vouchers can be inherited.
(8) (Prev. text of para 6 – SG 38/14) The personal compensation vouchers cannot serve as security and means for payment except in the cases of para 3.
(9) (Prev. text of para 7 – SG 38/14) The personal compensation vouchers shall have nominal of 1000 units each. At determining the extent of the indemnifications by personal compensation vouchers of the rightful claimants, as well as the payments with them in the cases, pointed out in para 3 each unit of their nominal shall be equal to 0,001 BGN.

Art. 36. (New - SG 98/97) (1) (Amend. - SG 99/02; amend. - SG 43/08) The municipal service for Agriculture shall determine the pecuniary extent of the due indemnifications and the number of personal compensation vouchers, which are due to the rightful claimants of Art. 35, Para. 1.
(2) (Suppl. - SG 99/02; amend. - SG 17/06) The extent of the indemnifications of para 1, including for farm lands, included in the urbanized territories (settlements and settlement formations) shall be determined under the procedure of an ordinance adopted by the Council of Ministers.
(3) (New - SG 13/07; amend. – SG 62/10) The estimates of the municipal lands in which the right of usage was constituted on the basis of the acts indicated in § 4 of the Transitional and Concluding Provisions shall be determined in a decision of the municipal council under the order of the Municipal Property Act. The price determined by the municipal council may not be less than the estimation determined under the order of Para. 2.

Art. 37. (New - SG 98/97, amend. – SG 47/02, in force from 12.06.2002, amend. - SG 99/02) The conditions, terms and order for indemnifying with personal compensation vouchers shall be determined with the Rules on implementation of the Act.

Art. 37a. (New – SG 47/02, amend. - SG 99/02; amend. - SG 43/08) The municipal services for Agriculture shall be obliged to keep register of the certifying documents, sent to the bodies under the Act on the Transactions with Compensatory Instruments and the certifying documents, received and handed over to the owners of compensatory instruments.

Chapter five "a".
USE OF THE FARM LANDS (NEW – SG 99/02)
Art. 37b. (1) (New – SG 99/02; amend. - SG 13/07; amend. - SG 43/08; prev. text of Art. 37b, suppl. – SG 62/10; suppl. – SG 25/12; amend. and suppl. – SG 14/15, amend. and suppl. – SG 61/16, in force form 05.08.2016) Each owner shall submit to the municipal service for Agriculture declaration according to a model, in which shall be pointed out the form of management and the way of durable use of the lands. The declaration, submitted by one of the co-owners shall benefit the rest of the co-owners. The users of farm lands shall be obliged to present at the municipal service for Agriculture copy of the contracts for rent, lease or joint tillage of the land. In case of presentation of two and more than two contracts for one and the same property, which are not registered at the Registry Office, registration shall be made of the contract, stated in the declaration filed by the owner. If the owner has failed to file a declaration, the municipal service for agriculture shall notify the contractual parties. For unregistered contracts which stipulate extension of the agreed term, a specially written agreement between the parties shall be presented for the extension of the contract’s term. The municipal service for Agriculture shall keep register of the owners and the users of farm lands and present information about them to the users that are parties to the agreement under Art. 37c with objective encouragement of consolidated use and creating of massifs.
(2) (New – SG 62/10; amend. – SG 25/12) The declaration under Para 1 shall be filed by 31 July personally or through a proxy and shall be valid for the next economic year.
(3) (New – SG 62/10; suppl. – SG 14/15, suppl. – SG 61/16, in force form 05.08.2016) Within the time limit under Para 2 the users may file with the municipal service for agriculture an application for participation in an agreement under Art. 37 accompanied by a description of properties in massifs for use pursuant to the contracts and/or ownership documents registered at the municipal service for agriculture. Users shall attach to the application a declaration stating that they are not affiliated persons within the meaning of the Commerce Act with persons, who has not paid their liabilities under Art. 34, par. 6 and under Art. 37c, para. 7 for the loans under Art. 37c, para. 3, item 2 for the preceding years, as well as their obligations to the state and municipal land fund.
(4) (New – SG 25/12) By 10 August, the municipal service of agriculture shall submit to the commission under Art. 37c, Para 1 on a paper and/or magnetic carrier a list and maps of the properties under Art. 37c, Para 3 with information on their owners and the due rent payments.
(5) (New - SG 42/18 in force from 22.05.2018, amend. - SG 55/18) In the municipal office of agriculture are registered contracts for rent of agricultural land concluded in compliance with the requirements of Art. 4a and 4b, as well as rent agreements concluded in compliance with the requirements of this Act and of the Agricultural Lease Act.
(6) (New - SG 42/18 in force from 22.05.2018) Where for the same property are submitted for registration more than one contracts for rent or lease of agricultural land, in the municipal agricultural office shall be registered:
1. the contract entered into the entering office at the earliest date;
2. the contract entered - upon submission for registration of a non-entered and entered contracts.
(7) (New - SG 42/18 in force from 22.05.2018, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The Minister of Agriculture and Food shall approve rules for registration of the contracts for rent and lease of agricultural land in the municipal services of agriculture.

Art. 37c. (New – SG 99/02) (1) (Amend. - SG 13/07; amend. - SG 43/08; amend. – SG 94/09; amend. – SG 62/10; amend. – SG 25/12; suppl. – SG 14/15) Massifs for use of the farm lands can be created with agreement between the owners and/or the users. The conclusion of the agreement shall be directed by a commission for each territory within the municipality determined by an order of Director of the Regional Directorate "Agriculture" by 15 August of the respective year. The board of the commission shall include: the mayor of the settlement, respectively the mayor deputy, or officials authorized by them, a representative of the municipal service on agriculture and a representative of the Regional Directorate "Agriculture". For the preparation of the distribution plan, owners and/or users of agricultural properties in the respective lands, having stated their explicit wish to participate in the procedure for generation of massifs for use under Art. 37b, par. 3 shall be involved in the commission.
(2) (New - SG 13/07; amend. - SG 43/08; amend. - SG 10/09; amend. and suppl. – SG 94/09; amend. – SG 62/10, suppl. – SG 61/16, in force form 05.08.2016, amend. - SG 13/17, in force from 07.02.2017, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The agreement shall be signed in a form approved by the Minister of Agriculture and Food and shall contain information on the commission, the participants, the allocated properties or parts of properties, including those referred to in Para 3, and the due rental payments. Integral part of the agreement shall be the map of allocation of the massifs for use. The agreement and the map shall be signed by the participants and shall be submitted to the chairman of the commission referred to in Para 1. In the agreement shall participate users that have settled their duties under Para 7 and Art. 34 for lands under Para 3, Item 2 for the preceding economic years, as well as their obligations to the state and municipal land fund. The agreement shall be concluded and updated every year by 30 August for the next economic year in the sense of § 2, Item 3 of the Additional Provision of the Agricultural Lease Act. It may not include properties, declared for farming in their actual boundaries, as well as property with permanent use as pastures, common lands and meadows. The agreement shall enter into force if it includes more than two-thirds of the total area of the massifs for use within the lands of the settlement.
(3) (New - SG 13/07; amend. - SG 10/09; amend. – SG 94/09; suppl. – SG 62/10; amend. – SG 25/12) When no agreement is achieved between the users under the conditions of Para 1, as well as regarding the lands not covered by the agreement, the commission shall draw up a project for allocation of the usage of the lands by massifs by 15 September of the respective year according to the following order:
1. (suppl. – SG 94/09) the right of usage of the separate massif shall be conferred to the user with the biggest quota of owned and/or leased/rented agricultural land in the massif;
2. (amend. – SG 94/09) the area of farm land for which no contracts are concluded and no declarations are submitted by their owners under Art. 37b, shall be allocated among the owners proportionally to the size and according to the form of permanent use of the owned and/or leased/rented farm land within the territory.
(4) (New - SG 13/07; amend. – SG 94/09; suppl. – SG 62/10; amend. – SG 25/12; amend. – SG 14/15; amend. – SG 100/15) The commission shall draw up a report to the Director of the Regional Directorate "Agriculture" containing the signed agreement, the allocation of the massifs for usage, data of the lands under Para 3, Item 2, of their owners and the lease payment due, on the basis of which the Director of the Regional Directorate "Agriculture" shall issue an order for allocation of the massifs within the territory by 1 October of the respective year. The massifs for use can include also the engineered in the land division plan field roads and the indicated in the land division plan, in the map of existing and restorable former borders and on the map of the restored ownership irrigation channels, which are not functioning, but falling into massifs for use of the respective user.
(5) (New - SG 13/07; amend. - SG 43/08; amend. - SG 10/09; amend. – SG 94/09; amend. – SG 25/12) The order referred to in Para 4 shall be announced in the municipality and in the building of the municipal service of Agriculture and shall be published in the Internet site of the municipality and of the respective District Directorate "Agriculture" by 10 October. The order may be appealed under the order of the Administrative Procedure Code.
(6) (New - SG 13/07) The appeal of the order under Para 4 shall not suspend its execution.
(7) (New - SG 13/07; amend. – SG 94/09; amend. – SG 99/09, in force from 01.01.2010; amend. and suppl. – SG 62/10; amend. – SG 25/12; amend. – SG 14/15; amend. – SG 61/15, amend. – SG 61/16, in force form 05.08.2016) Any user of agricultural lands to whom the lands under Para. 3, item 2 are allocated by the order referred to in par. 4, shall transfer to an escrow account of the respective regional Directorate “Agriculture” a sum in amount of the average annuity payment for the territory within three months after the publication of the order under Para. 4. The sums shall be deposit and shall be paid by the regional Directorate "Agriculture" to the authorized persons based on the order issued by the Director of the regional directorate “Agriculture” referred to in Para 4 within 10 years. For users who have not paid the amounts for used land under par. 3, item 2 according to the order under par. 4, the Director of the Regional Directorate "Agriculture" shall issue an order for payment of three times the average annual rent payment for the land. Within 7 days of receipt of the order, users shall transfer the amount to the account of the respective Regional Directorate "Agriculture".
(8) (New - SG 13/07, amend. – SG 94/09) Introduction of the usage of the separate massif or parts thereof shall be performed by an order of the mayor of the respective municipality after collecting the crops and payment of the sums referred to in Para 7.
(9) (Prev. text of para 02 - SG 13/07; amend. - SG 43/08) The massifs shall be reflected on an excerpt of the map of the territory of the settlement and announced at the mayoralty and the municipal service for Agriculture.
(10) (New – SG 94/09; amend. and suppl. – SG 62/10, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, suppl. - SG 42/18 in force from 22.05.2018, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) Before the issue of the order under Para 4 any lands from the state and municipal land fund that may not be separated into independent massifs and are not subject to lease or rental contracts may be granted to users of the respective massifs at their request pursuant to an order of the Minister of the Agriculture and Food or a person authorized by him, respectively by the mayor of municipality. The contract shall be made for one-year use upon payment of the higher amount among the highest tender price on which are concluded the contracts for the territory for the lands of the state land fund for the year and the amount of the average annual rental payment for the territory within the municipality.
(11) (New – SG 94/09; suppl. – SG 62/10) Art. 24, Para 7, respectively Art. 34, Para 6, shall apply to the lands of the state and municipal land fund used without valid legal grounds.
(12) (New – SG 94/09, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, suppl. - SG 77/18, in force from 01.01.2019, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) Where within the time limit under Para 1 and 4 the Director of the Regional Directorate "Agriculture" fails to issue the order, any interested person may request its issuance from the Minister of Agriculture and Food or an official appointed from the staff of the ministry.
(13) (New – SG 94/09, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The Minister of Agriculture and Food or a person authorized by him shall issue the orders under Para 1 or Para 4 within one month from their request under the order of Para 12.
(14) (New – SG 94/09; revoked – SG 62/10; new – SG 25/12) The agreement on the establishment of massifs for use or the allocation of the massifs for use shall qualify as legal grounds in the sense of the Agricultural Producers Support Act, and as regards the lands under Para 3 it shall qualify as legal grounds where a relevant payment has been effected.
(15) (New - SG 14/15; suppl. – SG 61/15) Agricultural lands included in massifs for use and approved for support under the measure “Agroecological payments” within the Rural Areas Development Program in 2007 – 2013 and/or the measure “Agroecology and Climate: and “Biological farming” within the Rural Areas Development Program in 2014 – 2020 shall be distributed without changing the location of persons approved under the measure, in cases where:
1. they have provided subject to compliance with the provision of Art. 37b for participation in the procedure properties with an area larger or equal to the area approved for support under the measure, and
2. the owners and users whose properties are provided to the approved persons under the measure, have stated their wish to participate in the procedure for generation of massifs for use according to the provision of this article with the same properties.
(16) (New – SG 14/15; amend. – SG 100/15) The Director of Regional Directorate “Agriculture” after entering of the order under par. 4 into force shall submit a request to the local council for allocation of properties which are field roads, falling into the massifs for use at a price of the average annual rental fee for the lands. The local council shall take a decision within one month after the submission of the request. Within 7 days after entering of the decision into force the mayor shall issue an order, which shall be published on the Internet site of the municipality. Within one month after the issue of the order the users shall deposit to the municipality bank account the amount for the allocated for use field roads and shall conclude agreements for the respective farming year with the municipality mayor. Where within one month after the request the municipal council has failed to make a decision, the Director of the regional directorate of Agriculture shall determine by an order a price of the properties which are field roads equal to the average annual fee for the lands. The order shall be made public in the municipality building and in the building of the regional office of Agriculture and shall be published on the Internet site of the municipality and of the respective regional directorate of Agriculture. Based on the order, the users shall transfer the amount to a bank account of the municipality within one month after its issuance.
(17) (New – SG 14/15) The user to whom field roads have been allocated, shall provide access to properties, declared and stated to be used within their real borders in the next business year.
(18) (New - SG 13/21) By July 25th, the state enterprises under Art. 163 of the Forestry Act shall provide to the regional directorates "Agriculture" and the municipal councils a list by settlements of the land plots in forest areas, in which in the next economic year activities are to be carried out under the Forestry Act and the Hunting and Game Protection Act.
(19) (New - SG 13/21) On the basis of the list under Para. 18, the commission under Para. 1 shall determine the properties - field roads, which to provide access to the respective land properties in forest areas in order to carry out the activities under the Forestry Act and the Hunting and Game Protection Act, and shall notify in writing for this the respective state enterprise under Art. 163 of the Forestry Act. Determined field roads shall not be included in the request towards the municipal council and in the order under Para. 16.
(20) (New - SG 13/21) The persons who use the field roads properties under Para. 19 shall be obliged to eliminate all damages to the properties having occurred as a result of their activities, at their own expense.
(21) (New - SG 13/21) Funds collected under the procedure of Para. 16, as well as from the imposed fines and proprietary sanctions under Art. 38, Para. 2 and 3, and deposited into an account of the municipality, shall be spent by order of the mayor of the municipality for tracing and maintenance of the field roads, as well as for clearing of overgrown agricultural properties that are municipal property.

Art. 37d. (New – SG 99/02) The conditions and the order for determining of the massifs for use of the farm lands and for concluding, change and termination of the agreement shall be determined in the Rules on implementation of the Act.

Art. 37e. (New – SG 99/02) (1) The state shall encourage the implementing of exchanges and sale – purchases between neighbouring properties with objective their consolidation, taking the expenses, related to the technical activities or implementing the exchanges and the sale – purchases.
(2) (Suppl. – SG 62/10) The persons cannot dispose with the farm lands, acquired under para 1 from the state and the municipal land entirety and change their designation for a term of 10 years.

Art. 37f. (New - SG 13/07) (1) (Amend. – SG 14/15, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The enforced land reallocation plan and the approved map of the existing or restorable on the terrain old real boundaries of agricultural lands, as well as the map of the restituted ownership may be amended for the formation of consolidated land properties by an order of the Minister of Agriculture and Food. The order shall be issued on the grounds of a written agreement with notarized signatures of the agricultural lands owners and approved consolidation plan.
(2) (Amend. – SG 36/08; amend. - SG 10/09; amend. – SG 14/15, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) Where the consolidation plan covers agricultural lands which are state or municipal property, the the agreement referred to in Para 1 shall be signed by the Minister of Agriculture and Food, respectively by the municipality mayor or by persons authorized thereby.
(3) (Revoked – SG 14/15).
(4) (Amend. - SG 43/08; amend. – SG 14/15) The municipal service of Agriculture, on the basis of the approved consolidation plan shall issue decisions and plots of the consolidated land properties. The dimensions and the category of the property, its location (boundaries, neighbours) and the restrictions of the ownership outlining the grounds thereof shall be described in the decision. The decision shall be handed over subject to compliance with the procedure of the Civil Procedure Code and shall not be subject to appeal. The ownership in the consolidated land properties shall be obtained upon the enforcement of the decision of the municipal service of Agriculture which, having got an attached outline drawing, shall certify the right of ownership shall have the effect of a notary act.
(5) (Amend. – SG 14/15) The consolidation plan shall not cover properties which have got mortgage, injunction, other real burdens, are subject to a pending court dispute regarding the title, or limited real rights, being subject to sharing or to an alienation procedure.
(6) (New – SG 14/15) Properties with imposed usage restrictions, including arising out of their location in protected or damaged territories and zones, shall be included in the consolidation plan with owners’ consent.
(7) (New – SG 14/15) Rental or lease agreements for properties included in the consolidation plan shall be terminated upon enforcement of the decision for the consolidated properties upon expiration of the respective business year.
(8) (Prev. Para. 6, amend. – SG 14/15) The expenses for creation of consolidated land properties by owners agreement shall be covered by them.
(9) (Prev. Para. 7, amend. – SG 14/15) The terms and conditions and the procedure of production and approval of the consolidation plan shall be determined in the Rules on implementation of the Act.
(10) (Prev. Para. 8, amend. – SG 14/15) The approved consolidation plan shall be recorded ex-officio on the map of reinstated property or on the cadaster map and the registers thereof. No fees shall be payable for its registration and issuance of outline drawings of consolidated properties.

Art. 37g. (New - SG 13/07; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. - SG 10/09; revoked – SG 62/10, new – SG 13/07, new - SG 13/17, in force from 07.02.2017) (1) The areas for the use of pastures, common lands and meadows can be created under an agreement between owners and/or holders of livestock farms for farmed grazing animals, registered in the Integrated Information System of Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA). The agreement shall be approved every year up to 30 of December for the next calendar year.
(2) (Amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The persons who meet the requirements under Art. 37i, Para 4 can up to 31 of October to submit to the municipal service for Agriculture at the location of pastures, common lands and meadows an application form approved by the Minister of Agriculture and Food for participation in the agreement. The application form shall be submitted personally or through a proxy and if possible on optical media.
(3) In the application shall be specified the properties, used under contracts, registered in the municipal service for Agriculture and/or property deeds, with which the person under Para. 1 wills to participate in the agreement. To the application the persons shall apply a declaration for not having obligations under Para. 12, Art. 34, Para. 6 and Art. 37c, Para. 7 and also obligations to the state or municipal land entirety and they are not related under the Commerce Act to persons who have such obligations.
(4) The drawing up of the agreement shall be guided by a commission for every territory, for which there are applications submitted under Para. 2 and declarations under the Art. 37b, Para. 1. The Director of the respective Regional Directorate "Agriculture" until 5 of November shall appoint a commission, which members shall be determined under the order of the Art. 37c, Para. 1.
(5) The area of the properties with permanent use as pastures, common lands and meadows, for which there are no contracts concluded or declarations submitted under the Art. 37b, Para. 1, with the exception of properties belonging to the state or municipal land entirety shall be distributed by the agreement between persons under Para. 1.
(6) (Amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The agreement shall be drawn up till 10 of December in form, approved by the Minister of Agriculture and Food and Art. 37c, para. 2, sentences first, second and third shall be respectively applied.
(7) For drawing up the agreement the commission under Para. 4 till 10 of November shall provide to persons under par. 1:
1. data on registered in the municipal service for Agriculture contracts for use and/or property deeds on pastures, common lands and meadows, for which an application or declaration was submitted for:
a) use in their actual boundaries;
b) participation in agreement;
2. up to date reference under Para. 9;
3. data on obligations under Para. 12, Art. 34, Para. 6 and Art. 37c, para. 7;
4. amount of the average annual rent payment for the lands.
(8) (Amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 42/18 in force from 22.05.2018, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) A person under Art. 1, who received an area bigger than area determined in Art. 37i, Para. 4, shall append to the agreement a declaration for the properties, which will not be declared for support under the Agricultural Producers Support Act. The declaration shall be in form, approved by the Minister of Agriculture and Food.
(9) The commission shall verify whether the persons under para. 1 meet the conditions of Art. 37i Para. 4 based on prepared and provided by BFSA official reference for all registered by 20 of October of the current year in the Integrated Information System BFSA:
1. livestock farms;
2. owners or holders of registered livestock farms;
3. farmed grazing animals in the livestock farms.
(10) The Commission until 20 December shall send a report to Director of the Regional Directorate "Agriculture", which shall contain data on areas under Para. 5, their owners, due rent payment, the areas under Para. 7, item 1, and data whether the conditions under Art. 37i para. 4 are present. The agreement and the declarations under par. 8 shall be appended to the report.
(11) (Amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) On the base of the report under Para. 10 the director of the corresponding Regional Directorate "Agriculture" till 10 of December shall issue an order in form, approved by the Minister of Agriculture and Food for approving the agreement and the distribution of areas for use. The order shall be announced immediately and Art. 37c, Para. 5 and 6 shall apply respectively.
(12) Person under Para. 1, to whom the order under Para. 11 defines areas under Para. 5 shall deposit to the account of foreign funds of the Regional Directorate "Agriculture" amount of average annual rent payment for the land within one month of publication of the order, and Art. 37c, Para. 7 shall apply accordingly.

Art. 37h. (New - SG 10/09) (1) Owners of agricultural lands holding more than 10 percent of the arable land within one territory of a settlement may propose consolidation plan including agricultural lands from the state land fund, the municipal land fund and land owned by natural and legal persons. Agricultural lands from the state land fund and from the municipal land fund may be entered in the consolidation plan, provided that 20 percent increase of the average size of the properties from the state land fund and from the municipal land fund can be achieved.
(2) (Amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The interested persons shall file the proposal under Para 1 with the Minister of Agriculture and Food.
(3) (Amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The Minister of Agriculture and Food shall deliver an opinion in writing regarding the proposal under Para 1 within one month from its receipt. Where the opinion is positive, the land allocation plan in force and the approved map of existing or restorable on the terrain old real boundaries, as well as the map of the restituted ownership, shall be amended in compliance with the approved consolidation plan.

Art. 37i. (New - SG 10/09) (1) (Amend. – SG 38/14; amend. – SG 14/15) Pastures, grasslands and meadows of the State and Municipal Land Fund shall be rented or leased pursuant to Art. 24a, para 2, to owners or users of livestock farms for breeding of farmed grazing animals, registered in the Integrated Information System of BFSA according to the number and kind of animals registered and at a price, fixed under a market mechanism. Pastures, grasslands and meadows of the State and Municipal Land Fund shall be rented or leased to persons, who have no tax liabilities or liabilities in regard to State Fund Agriculture, the State Land Fund, and the Municipal Land Fund and in regard to lands under Art. 37c, para 3, item 2.
(2) (Amend. – SG 38/14; suppl. – SG 14/15; amend. – SG 61/15, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, suppl. - SG 77/18, in force from 01.01.2019, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The Minister of the Agriculture and Food or an official appointed from the staff of the ministry shall specify by an order the free pastures, grasslands and meadows of the State Land Fund which are to be rented or leased under para 1, within a term specified in the Rules on Implementation of the Act. A list of properties with categories shall be displayed in the municipal services of agriculture and regional directorates “Agriculture” and shall be published on the Internet site of the respective regional directorate “Agriculture” by 1 March at the latest.
(3) (New – SG 38/14; amend. – SG 14/15; amend. – SG 61/15) The Municipal Council shall specify by decision the pastures, common lands and meadows for shared or individual use. A list of properties for individual use with categories shall be displayed in the municipalities and mayoralties and shall be published on the internet site of the municipality by 1 March at the latest.
(4) (New – SG 38/14; amend. – SG 14/15; suppl. – SG 61/15, amend. and suppl. – SG 61/16, in force form 05.08.2016) The pastures, grasslands and meadows shall be divided between the eligible persons having got registered animal farms in the respective lands, in consideration of the number and type of pasture animals depending on the possessed or used on legal grounds meadows, grasslands and pastures, however not more than 15 dca per animal unit in properties of first to seventh category and/or up to 30 dca per animal unit in properties of category eight to ten. Eligible persons breeding beef cattle intended for the production of beef and animals also from local (autochthonous) breeds, shall be allocated up to 20 dca per 1 piece of cattle in properties of first to seventh category and up to 30 dca per piece of cattle in properties of eighth to tenth category. Eligible persons breeding cattle for milk or meat, sheep and/or goats, approved for assistance in activities of sub-measures "Payments for conversion to organic farming" and "Payments for maintaining organic farming”, included in the organic livestock breeding direction, shall be distributed property up to 0.15 animal unit per hectare, irrespective of the category of the properties.
(5) (Revoked, new – SG 38/14; amend. – SG 14/15, suppl. – SG 61/16, in force form 05.08.2016) The persons shall submit an application to the municipality mayor by 10 March, with attached documents, specified in the Rules on implementing the act. Applications shall be submitted in person or by mail and shall be registered in the municipal administration. The refusal of registration may be appealed under the Administrative Procedure Code before the governor at the location of the property.
(6) (Revoked, new – SG 38/14; amend. – SG 14/15; amend. – SG 61/15) The Municipality mayor shall appoint a commission which shall determine the areas needed by each applicant subject to compliance with the provision of par. 3 and shall allocate the properties within each lands. When allocating, advantage shall be given to applicants who by the date of allocation have used the respective lands under expired agreements. The remaining non-allocated lands shall be distributed in ascending order, starting from persons having got the lowest number of pieces of cattle. The commission shall produce a record of the final division of properties in case of availability of the required areas by 1 May at the latest.
(7) (New – SG 38/14; amend. – SG 14/15) In case of shortage of pastures, grasslands and meadows from the municipal land fund with the lands, to the allocated according to par. 6 properties the respective commission shall carry out additional division in the neighbouring lands, which can be located in a neighbouring municipality or a region, and shall produce a record of the final division of properties by 1 June at the latest. This procedure shall apply until the complete exhaustion of the properties within the municipal lands fund or until reaching the rate under par. 4. The division shall take place subsequently in the neighbouring lands, municipality and region.
(8) (New – SG 38/14; amend. – SG 14/15) The record under par. 6 or under par. 7 shall be displayed in the municipality building and shall be published on the Internet site of the municipality and can be appealed regarding the area of the allocated properties within 14 days before the regional court. The appealing shall not suspend the effect of the record, unless otherwise ruled by the court.
(9) (New – SG 38/14; amend. – SG 14/15, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) In case of shortage of pastures, grasslands and meadows from the municipal land fund after the allocation under par. 7 in the respective and in neighbouring lands, upon an application by the eligible person by 10 June the commission referred to in par. 6 shall submit ex-officio to the Minister of Agriculture and Food or to a person authorized thereby the records under par. 6 and/or 7 and a copy of the application for additional allocation of properties from the state land fund.
(10) (New – SG 38/14; amend. – SG 14/15; suppl. – SG 61/15) The Director of regional directorate “Agriculture” shall appoint a commission member of which shall be representatives of the regional offices of agriculture and of regional directorate “Agriculture”. The commission shall allocate additionally the required by each applicant area according to the provision of par. 3 in the respective and/or neighbouring lands and shall produce a record of final allocation of properties from the state lands fun by 1 July at the latest. hen allocating, advantage shall be given to applicants who by the date of allocation have used the respective lands under expired agreements.
(11) (Amend. - SG 62/10, prev. text of Para 3 - SG 38/14; amend. – SG 14/15) The record under par. 10 shall be displayed in the municipality building and in the building of the regional office of agriculture and shall be published on the Internet site of the municipality and of the respective regional directorate “Agriculture”. The record can be appealed regarding the area of the allocated properties within 14 days before the regional court. The appealing shall not suspend the effect of the record, unless otherwise ruled by the court.
(12) (Prev. text of Para 4 - SG 38/14; amend. – SG 14/15; amend. – SG 61/15) Based on the records of the commissions under par. 6 and 10, the municipality mayor, respectively the director of the regional directorate “Agriculture” shall conclude rental or lease agreement at a price determined by a market mechanism. The minimum term of the agreements shall be 5 business years. The Agreements shall contain the information under par. 1, 4, 6 and 7 and shall be registered in the municipal office of agriculture.
(13) (New – 14/15, amend. – SG 61/16, in force form 05.08.2016) The remaining free pastures, grasslands and meadows from the municipal and state land fund shall be rented out through a tender procedure, where only owners of pastured animals registered in the Integrated Information System of BFSA shall be entitled to participate. Tenders shall be conducted by the regional directorate “Agriculture” – for the lands from the state land fund, and by the municipality mayor – for the lands from the municipal land fund. The agreements shall be concluded for one business year.
(14) (New – SG 14/15) The remained after the carried out tender procedure under par. 13 free pastures, grasslands and meadows shall be allocated through a tender procedure to owners of pastured animals and to persons undertaking the obligation to maintain them in a good agricultural and environmental condition following a procedure determined in the Rules on the application of the act. The agreements shall be concluded for one business year.
(15) (New – SG 61/15, amend. – SG 61/16, in force form 05.08.2016) When rental or lease agreements for pastures, grasslands and meadows from the state or municipal land fund are being concluded, which do not fall partially or fully within the valid as of the date of signing of the agreement specialized layers under Art. 5, par. 2 of Ordinance No. 2 of 17 February 2015 on the eligibility criteria to agricultural lands for getting support under schemes and measures for payment per area (SG 15/15) no payment of rental fee, respectively lease fee shall be payable for two business years after the conclusion of the agreement.

Art. 37j. (New - SG 10/09) (1) (Revoked – SG 38/14)
(2) (Amend. – SG 38/14; amend. and suppl. – SG 14/15, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The income from rental and lease payments for the use of pastures, grasslands and meadows from the state land fund shall be transferred to the budget of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food and where they are from the municipal land fund - to the budget of the respective municipality.
(3) In the rental and lease contracts shall be stipulated increase of the rental or lease price according to the official inflation index of the consumer prices published by the National Statistical Institute.

Art. 37k. (New - SG 10/09) (1) (Amend. – SG 38/14; suppl. – SG 14/15) The pastures, grasslands and meadows from the state and municipal land fund, for which there are concluded rental and lease agreements may not be re-assigned for use by third persons.
(2) (Amend. – SG 38/14; amend. – SG 14/15; amend. – SG 61/15) The rental and lease agreements under Art. 37i, para 12:
1. may be terminated or amended before the expiration of the term upon user’s request;
2. (revoked – SG 61/15).
(3) (New – SG 14/15; amend. – SG 61/15) The municipality shall terminate the property rental and lease agreements under Art. 19, concluded according to the provision of Art. 37i, par. 12 and allocated by the municipal council according to the procedure of § 27 of the transitional and concluding provisions of the Act amending and supplementing the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act (SG 62/10) upon issuance of the decision by the municipal office of agriculture and expiration of the business year in which the decision has been issued.

Art. 37l. (New - SG 10/09; revoked – SG 38/14; new – SG 61/15) (1) (Suppl. - SG 42/18 in force from 22.05.2018) Municipality mayor, respectively the Director of regional directorate of agriculture shall carry out on a yearly basis inspections for compliance with the provisions of Art. 37i, para. 4, 7 and 9 under the concluded rental or lease agreements for pastures, grasslands and meadows from the state and municipal land fund.
(2) Compliance with the provisions under par. 1 shall be established based on produced and submitted by BFSA official information about all registered as of 1 February of the current year in BFSA Integrated Information System.
1. stock breeding facilities;
2. owners or users of registered stock breeding facilities;
3. pasture-fed animals in the stock breeding facilities.
(3) The information under par. 2 shall be approved by an order of the Managing Director of BFSA and shall be published on the Internet site of the Agency.
(4) Where during the implementation of inspections it is found out that:
1. in the stock-breeding facility the number of registered pasture-fed animals is more than 30 per cent lower than their number as of the time of conclusion of rental or lease agreements, the agreements are amended where the area is determined in accordance with the percentage reduction of the number of animals;
2. in the stock-breeding facility there are no registered pasture-fed animals, the rental or lease agreements shall be terminated by the municipality mayor, respectively the director of regional directorate of agriculture;
3. change has occurred in the conditions under Art. 37i, par. 1, the rental or lease agreements shall be terminated by the municipality mayor, respectively the director of regional directorate of agriculture;
4. registration of stock-breeding facility in the respective land is deleted, the rental or lease agreements shall be terminated by the municipality mayor, respectively the director of regional directorate of agriculture.
(5) Rental or lease agreements under par. 1 shall not be regarded as legal grounds according to Art. 41, par. 1 of Agricultural Producers Support Act, where during the inspection it has been found out that there are grounds for their termination.
(6) In cases under par. 5 the respective municipal office of agriculture shall deregister the properties from the register of lease and rental agreements under Art. 49, par. 1, item 6 of Ordinance No. 49 of 5 November 2004 on the maintenance of restituted property map (SG – 102/04) and shall notify:
1. the municipality mayor – about the properties from the municipal land fund;
2. the Director of regional directorate of agriculture – about the properties from the state land fund.
(7) Paragraph 4, item 1, par. 5 and 6 shall not apply to part or all pasture-fed animals registered in BFSA Integrated information system affected by a heavy natural disaster or epizooties.

Art. 37m. (New - SG 10/09; revoked – SG 38/14)

Art. 37n. (New - SG 10/09) (1) (New – SG 14/15) The municipal council shall adopt by a decision taken by the majority of the total number of councillors:
1. (amend. – SG 100/15) the amount and the location of the grasslands, pastures and lawns for common and for individual use;
2. (amend. – SG 100/15) rules on the use of properties referred to in item 1.
(2) (New – SG 14/15; amend. – SG 100/15) The rules of use of properties under par. 1, item 1 shall contain:
1. annual operating pasture plan;
2. (amend. – SG 100/15) the parts of grasslands, pastures and lawns, intended for common and for individual use, and their separation;
3. (amend. – SG 100/15) parts of grasslands, pastures and lawns intended predominantly for mowing;
4. furrows for farm animals to the pasture and watering areas;
5. (amend. – SG 100/15) measures for protection, maintenance and improvement of the grasslands, pastures and lawns, such as removal of bushes and other unwanted plants, anti-erosion measures, composting, temporary fences;
6. veterinarian prophylaxis;
7. (amend. – SG 100/15) the parts of grasslands, pastures and lawns intended for artificial pastures, for planting of suitable grass composites;
8. building of penthouses;
9. introduction and rotation of parcel use of pasture complexes;
10. security;
11. regime of use, prohibitions and restrictions depending of the specific conditions of topographic, soil, weather and other physical conditions and of the development of animals farming in the territory of the municipality;
12. (amend. – SG 100/15) a map of use of grasslands, pastures and lawns by physical blocks, determined in the Agricultural parcels identification system.
(3) (New – SG 14/15) The rules under par. 2 shall be published on the Internet site of the municipality.
(4) (Amend. – SG 62/10, prev. par. 1 – SG 14/15; amend. – SG 100/15) The municipal council shall adopt annually by a decision taken by the majority of the total number of councillors for the allocation and updating of the use of grasslands, pastures and lawns, containing:
1. annual pasture plan;
2. (amend. – SG 100/15) consent for assignment of common lands, pastures and lawns for common and for individual use;
3. (amend. – SG 100/15) the obligations of the municipality and of the users for maintenance of the common lands, pastures and lawns.
(5) (Prev. par. 2 – SG 14/15; amend. – SG 100/15) The decision shall be accompanied by a list containing information of the farmers or their associations registered as legal persons, the animals bred by them, information of the physical blocks and plots of the municipal common lands, pastures and lawns, map of the usage of the common lands, pastures and lawns in physical blocks, specified in the System for Identification of the Agricultural Plots, and also other information required for applying for aid under the single payment for area scheme.
(6) (Amend. – SG 08/11, in force from 25.01.2011; prev. Para. 3 – SG 14/15) The mayor of municipality, region, area shall coordinate the list with the regional food safety directorate.
(7) (Prev. par. 4 – SG 14/15; revoked – SG 100/15)
(8) (Prev. par. 5 – SG 14/15; amend. – SG 100/15) Any farmer from the list under Para 2 shall be able to obtain a copy of the decision specifying the use of the common lands, pastures and lawns certified by the mayor of municipality, region, area.

Art. 37o. (New - SG 10/09; revoked – SG 38/14, new - SG 42/18 in force from 22.05.2018) (1) (Suppl. - SG 55/18) To plant permanent apiaries with over 10 bee families For the establishment of permanent apiaries with more than 10 bee families of owners of apiaries, registered under Art. 8 of the Apiculture Act right to use on pastures, grasslands and meadows from the state and municipal land fund may be granted. The right to use shall be established on free undersized land properties or parts thereof that are defined by a situation sketch, subject to the requirements of the Apiculture Act. The right of use is established without auction, at market prices, determined by an independent appraiser.
(2) When setting a permanent apiary on pastures, grasslands and meadows from the state and municipal land fund it is provided not less than 3 square meters and no more than 10 square meters of area for a bee family and the apiary shall be at least a distance of:
1. 10 km from registered apiary for the production of elite queen-bees and reserve apiary;
2. 5 km from registered reproductive apiaries for production of pedigree queen-bees;
3. 3 kilometers from adjacent apiaries registered for organic bee-keeping.
(3) Permanent apiaries shall be registered in accordance with Art. 51, para. 1 and 3 of the Veterinary Practice Act and Art. 8 of the Apiculture Act. Beehives and bee families are identified according to Art. 51, para. 9 of the Veterinary Practice Act.
(4) The right of use under para. 1 is established by:
1. (amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) the Minister of Agriculture and Food - for pastures, grasslands and meadows from the state land fund;
2. the mayor of the municipality - for pastures, grasslands and meadows from the municipal land fund.
(5) For establishing a right of use under para. 1 the owner of the apiary submits an application, stating the period for which he/she wishes to be established the right of use. The application is submitted to:
1. (amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) the Minister of Agriculture and Food through the Director of the relevant Regional Directorate "Agriculture" on the location of the property - in the cases under par. 4, Item 1;
2. the mayor of the respective municipality - in the cases under para. 4, item 2.
(6) In the cases under para. 5, point 1 on the basis of the application submitted, the Director of the Regional Directorate "Agriculture" completes a file with the following attachments:
1. a document certifying that the applicant has a registered farm for animal breeding - a permanent apiary with over 10 bee families, which is entered in the register under Art. 8 of the Apiculture Act;
2. document of ownership of the property;
3. market valuation of the property, prepared by an independent appraiser, for which the applicant has been notified in writing, with advice of delivery;
4. written consent of the applicant with the valuation of the property prepared by the independent appraiser;
5. opinion of the director of the regional directorate "Agriculture", stating the status, current state and use of the property;
6. other documents required by special Acts.
(7) In the cases under para. 5, item 2, on the basis of the submitted application, a file shall be completed, to which shall be attached:
1. a document certifying that the applicant has a registered farm for animal breeding - a permanent apiary with over 10 bee families, which is entered in the register under Art. 8 of the Apiculture Act;
2. market valuation of the property, prepared by an independent appraiser, for which the applicant has been notified in writing, with advice of delivery;
3. written consent of the applicant with the valuation of the property prepared by the independent appraiser;
4. other documents required by special Acts.
(8) The authority under para. 5 shall pronounce on the application by issuing an order for the establishment of a right of use or shall pronounce refusal.
(9) The acts under par. 8 shall be communicated and may be appealed in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Code.
(10) The price for establishing right of use under para. 1 shall be paid within one month from the entry into force of the order for the establishment of right of use. In the case, that the price is not paid within the set time limit, the rights of the person in whose favor the right of use is established are extinguished.
(11) On the basis of the entered into force order to establish a right of use and the payment made, the director of the respective regional directorate "Agriculture", respectively the mayor of the municipality concludes a contract with the applicant.
(12) The contracts establishing right of use on pastures, grasslands and meadows from the state and municipal land fund for the establishment of permanent apiaries with more than 10 bee families are concluded for a period of no more than 10 years.
(13) Contracts under para. 12 shall be entered in the entering office at the location of the property and shall be registered in the relevant municipal agricultural office at the expense of the person in whose favor the right of use is established.
(14) (Amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) Persons who have concluded contracts for the right of use for placement of permanent apiaries with over 10 bee families after receiving the written consent of the Minister of Agriculture and Food, respectively the mayor of the municipality may build temporary auxiliary buildings and facilities in the property, related to their activities, which do not represent constructions within the meaning of the Spatial Development Act.
(15) Within one month from the expiration of the term of the contract or its early termination the persons under para. 14 shall remove the auxiliary buildings and facilities built in the property. If the obligation is not fulfilled within the set time limit, the ownership of the buildings and facilities is exercised by the owner of the property.
(16) The right of use shall be terminated under the conditions of Art. 11, para. 3 of the Apiculture Act.
(17) To accommodate or relocate a temporary apiary within the meaning of the Apiculture Act, no right to use on pastures, meadows and meadows from the state or municipal land fund shall be established, but permission is issued by the director of the regional directorate "Agriculture", respectively by the mayor of the municipality. Issuing of the permission is free of charge.

Art. 37p. (New - SG 10/09; revoked – SG 38/14)

Chapter six.
ADMINISTRATIVE-PENAL PROVISIONS (NEW – SG 98/97)
Art. 38. (New - SG 98/97) (1) (Amend. - SG 68/99, in force from 30.07.1999) A person who destroys, damages, takes out or moves a permanent sign for marking the reference network or the boundaries of farm properties shall be punished with a fine from 250 to 500 levs.
(2) (Amend. - SG 68/99; suppl. – SG 14/15, suppl. - SG 13/21) A person, who fails to implement their obligation under Art. 37c, Para. 20, destroys or damages dirt road, set out according to land reallocation plan, or hampers its building according to the land reallocation plan except for the field roads, allocated for use according to the provision of Art. 37c, par. 16, shall be punished with fine from 500 to 1000 levs.
(3) (Amend. SG 68/99, in force from 30.07.1999, amend. - SG 13/21) When the offence of para 1 and 2 has been implemented upon order by employee of a corporate body, to its chief shall be imposed fine from 1000 to 2000 levs and to the corporate body proprietary sanction shall be imposed from 5 000 to 10 000 levs.

Art. 38a. (New – SG 99/02) A person, who does not fulfil his obligation within the term of Art. 18, para 3, shall be punished with fine or proprietary sanction from 500 to 1000 levs.

Art. 39. (New - SG 98/97) (1) (Аmend. - SG 68/99, in force from 30.07.1999) An official, who does not fulfil his obligations under Art. 7, para 5, Art. 15, para 5 and Art. 34, para 1, shall be punished with fine from 500 to 2000 levs.
(2) (Аmend. - SG 68/99, in force from 30.07.1999) An official, who orders or admits the approval of land reallocation plan or other technical activities in implementation of the Act in violation of the requirements for their working out, shall be punished with fine from 150 to 2000 levs.

Art. 40. (New - SG 98/97) (1) (Аmend. - SG 68/99, in force from 30.07.1999) A person, who without legal ground uses farm property with restored right of ownership, shall be punished with fine from 2000 to 10 000 levs.
(2) (amend. SG 68/99) A person, who does not fulfil the order for seizing the property of Art. 34, shall be punished with fine from 500 to 2000 levs.

Art. 40a. (New – SG 14/15, in force from 01.10.2015; amend. regarding the entry into force - SG 31/15) (1) A business company under Art. 3, par. 7 holding the right of ownership on agricultural lands, shall be imposed a proprietary sanction of BGN100.00 per owned decare of agricultural land.
(2) A business company which within three months after the imposition of a sanction under par. 1 holds the right of ownership on agricultural lands shall be imposed a proprietary sanction three times bigger than the initially imposed penalty.
(3) For every subsequent violation, the provision of par. 2 shall apply.

Art. 41. (New - SG 98/97) (1) (Аmend. - SG 68/99, in force from 30.07.1999; amend. and suppl. – SG 39/11) The violations of the previous Articles shall be established with acts by officials, determined by the regional governor, and for violations concerning lands of the municipal land fund – by the mayor of municipality at the location of the property.
(2) (Amend. - SG 106/00; amend. – SG 36/08; suppl. – SG 39/11) The punitive decrees shall be issued by the regional governor at the location of the property or by an official, authorized by him, respectively by the mayor of municipaliry or an official, authorized by him.
(3) (Amend. - SG 68/99, in force from 30.07.1999, amend. - SG 106/00; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. - SG 10/09; suppl. – SG 39/11, amend. – SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The fines and property sanctions shall be paid to the budget of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, respectively to the budget of the municipality.
(4) The establishing of the violations, the issuing, the appealing and the fulfillment of the punitive decrees shall be implemented by the order of the Administrative Violations and Penalties Act.

Art. 42 (New – SG 61/15) (1) Municipality mayor, respectively the Director of regional directorate of agriculture failing to instruct for carrying out inspections under Art. 37l, par. 1, shall be penalized with a fine from BGN5.000 to 10.000.
(2) Municipality mayor, respectively the Director of regional directorate of agriculture failing to terminate or amend a lease or rental agreement subject to compliance with the provision of Art. 37l, shall be penalized with a fine from BGN5.000 to 10.000.
(3) (New - SG 13/21) Any mayor of a municipality who fails to implement Art. 37c, Para. 21 shall be liable to a fine from BGN 5 000 to 10 000.

Art. 43. (New – SG 61/15) A person who in violation of the provision of Art. 24e, par. 2 modifies the method of permanent use or the purpose of use of agricultural land, shall be penalized with a fine or a proprietary sanction in the triple amount of the paid price for the acquisition of the right of ownership, determined under Art. 24e, par. 1.

Art. 44. (New – SG 61/15) (1) Violations under Art. 42 are ascertained by acts issued by officials nominated by the regional governor at the place of location of the property.
(2) Violations under Art. 43 are ascertained by acts issued by officials nominated by the Director of regional directorate of agriculture, respectively by the municipality mayor at the place of location of the property.
(3) Penal decrees for the violations under Art. 42 and 43 shall be issued by the regional governor at the place of location of the property.

Additional provisions

§ 1. (revoked – SG 28/92, new – SG 79/96; revoked – SG 13/07)

§ 2. (revoked – SG 28/92, new – SG 79/96, revoked – SG 98/97)

§ 2a. (new – SG 79/96, revoked – SG 98/97)

§ 2b. (new - SG 13/07) "Small-size properties" in the sense of Art. 24a, Para 3 shall be properties of 10 dca area.

§ 2c. (amend. - SG 42/18, in force from business year 2019 - 2020) (1) Within the meaning of this Act:
1. "Farmed grazing animals" are:
a) large and small ruminant farm animals;
b) horses with official identification in BFSA in accordance with the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/262 of 17 February 2015 laying down rules pursuant to Council Directives 90/427/EEC and 2009/156/EC as regards the methods for the identification of equidae (Equine Passport Regulation) (ОВ, L 59/1 of 3 March 2015), with the exception of horses for sport purposes.
2. "Farm for animal breeding" is an establishment registered under the Veterinary Practice Act in which permanently farmed grazing animals are being bred permanently, with the exception of registered sites on estates with permanent usage as pastures and common lands.

§ 2d. (new - SG 10/09; revoked – SG 38/14)

§ 2e. (new - SG 10/09) In the sense of this Act "common use" means traditional practice of the residents of a settlement with small agricultural farms for pasture animal breeding in respect of the common lands and pastures, including the formation of one or more collective herds.

Transitional and concluding provisions

§ 2f. (new – SG 94/09) (1) The amount of the average annual rental payment for the territories within the municipality for the preceding year shall be determined in BGN per decare by a commission appointed in an order of the Director of the Regional Directorate "Agriculture" based on information provided by the respective municipal service on agriculture about the average amount of the rental payments calculated on basis of more than the half contracts, registered at the Registry Service and at the municipal service on agriculture.
(2) The commission shall include representatives of the Regional Directorate "Agriculture" and the heads of the respective municipal services on agriculture.
(3) The amount of the average annual rental payment that was determined shall be published on the Internet site of the respective Regional Directorate "Agriculture".

§ 2g. (new – SG 62/10; suppl. – SG 39/11; amend. – SG 25/12; amend. – SG 38/14; amend. – SG 14/15) "Massif for use" in the sense of this Act means the whole agricultural area, restricted by permanent components on the terrain according to the map of reinstated property or the cadastre map, and/or the digital ortho photo map, having the same permanent use. Where necessary the actual permanent use from the ortho photo map shall be taken into account. 
§ 2h. (new – SG 38/14) Within the meaning of thus Act "livestock unit" shall mean a standard unit for aggregating the number of the different kinds and categories of animals, as follows:
1. a horse older than 6 months, a buffalo and a bovine animal older than 2 years shall be regarded as one livestock unit;
2. a bovine animal or a buffalo from 6 months to 2 years old shall be trea regarded ted as 0.6 livestock units;
3. a sheep or a goat shall be regarded as 0.15 livestock units.

§ 3. (Amend. – SG 28/92) (1) (amend. – SG 14/15) Disputes regarding use of lands from the state and municipal land fund, as well as regarding boundaries between lands shall be settled following the general claiming procedure.
(2) (New – SG 45/95) Until the settlement of the dispute regarding boundaries between lands, the land allocation shall be carried out in accordance with the lands boundaries, determined according to the provisions of the Act of Single Cadaster of the Republic of Bulgaria.
(3) (New – SG 45/95, amend. – SG 79/96; amend. – SG 99/02; amend. – SG 43/08). If by an enforced court decision the boundaries of lands are modified, the reduction of agricultural lands under Art. 15, par. 2 in the respective lands, determined by the municipal office of agriculture, shall remain effective.
(4) (New – SG 45/95) Court decisions regarding modifications of lands boundaries, for which there are enforced land allocation plans, shall not affect the reinstated owners’ rights.

§ 4. (1) (Amend. - SG 28/92, amend. - SG 45/95, announced unconstitutional with DCC No 8 of 1995 – SG 59/95, amend. SG 98/97, prev. § 4 – SG 68/99) The right of use farm lands, conceded to citizens by the force of acts of the Presidium of the National Assembly, the State Council and the Council of Ministers, shall be terminated.
(2) (New – SG 68/99) Settlement formations shall be created by the order of chapter three, section II of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of the Republic of Bulgaria Act on the lands of para 1 when not less than two thirds of the properties on them are built.
(3) (New – SG 68/99, amend. SG 99/02) The lands of para 2, which are located immediately next to the boundaries of the urbanized territories, can be included in them.
(4) (New – SG 68/99, amend. SG 106/00) The mayors of municipalities shall till March 1, 2001, propose to the municipal councils surrounding polygons of the lands of pasra 2 and 3 for approval.
(5) (New – SG 68/99, amend. SG 99/02) For including of the lands of para 2 and 3 in the boundaries of the urbanized territories fees shall not be due under art. 30 of the Preservation of Agricultural Lands Act.

§ 4a. (New – SG 28/92, amend. SG 105/92,,amend. SG 83/93, amend. SG 80/94, amend. SG 45/95, announced unconstitutional with DCC No 8 of 1995 – SG 59/95, amend. SG 98/97) (1) The citizens, to whom has been conceded right to use on lands under § 4, observing the requirements of the state bodies, pointed out in it, shall acquire right of ownership in them when they have constructed building on the land till March 1, 1991, and pay the land to the owner through the municipality at prices, determined by the Council of Ministers, according to art. 36, para 2 in three months term after the valuation enters into force.
(2) When the building is with built area over 35 sq m or is higher than one floor, the citizen, who acquires the right of ownership by the force of this Act, shall pay in favour of the state also progressively growing fee according to the gross built area of the building in extent, determined by the Council of Ministers. These fee shall not be paid if the constructed building by January 1, 1992 is the only abode of the family of the owner, including the spouses and their children below major age.
(3) When the value of the land is not paid to the owner under the conditions and by the order of para 1, he shall acquire the ownership of the building if he pays it through the municipality to the user, who have built the building, or to his heirs at prices, determined by the Council of Ministers.
(4) (Amend. - SG 99/02) When the values of the land and of the building are not paid, the building and the regulated landed property, belonging to it, determined with the plan of the newly formed properties of § 4j shall be brought to public sale by the order of the Civil Procedure Code.
(5) When the right of the user has been established by the acts, pointed out in § 4 on municipal or state land, the right of ownership in which is not restored to citizens, the user shall acquire the right of ownership after he pays through the municipality the value of the land at prices, determined by the Council of Ministers by the order of Art. 36, Para. 2, in three months term after the valuation enters into force.
(6) For acquiring right of ownership observing the conditions of § 4a, § 4b, § 4e and § 4h, the users shall declare this before the municipality till January 31, 1998.

§ 4b. (New – SG 28/92, amend. SG 105/92, amend. SG 83/93, amend. SG 80/94, amend. SG 45/95, announced unconstitutional with DCC No 8 of 1995 – SG 59/95, amend. SG 98/97) (1) (amend. SG 123/97) The right of ownership shall be restored to citizens in not built farm lands, in which right to use has been conceded according to the acts, pointed out in § 4. When the lands are vineyards, orchards or the farm land is the only one of the family of the user, who lives permanently in the settlement, in which territory is the property, the user shall acquire the right of ownership if he pays the land to the owner through the municipality in three months term after the valuation enters into force according to prices, determined by the Council of Ministers according to art. 36, para 2. The user cannot acquire right of ownership if the land is at a distance les than 3 km from the towns with population over 300 000 citizens, regardless of the municipality in which it is located, or less than 10 km from the seaside strip.
(2) When the user acquires right to ownership in land according to para 1 or § 4a instead to pay the land, he can offer to the owner exchange with own land, if the owner wishes this.

§ 4c. (New – SG 28/92, amend. SG 45/95, announced unconstitutional with DCC No 8 of 1995 – SG 59/95, amend. SG 98/97) The persons, who have made improvements on the properties, subject to returning, shall have the rights of art. 72 of the Ownership Act.

§ 4d. (New – SG 28/92, amend. SG 45/95, announced unconstitutional with DCC No 8 of 1995 – SG 59/95, amend. SG 98/97) The properties of the persons, who use them without legal grounds, shall be subject to seizure. The seizure shall be implemented by the order of art. 34.

§ 4e. (New – SG 28/92, amend. SG 45/95, announced unconstitutional with DCC No 8 of 1995 – SG 59/95, amend. SG 98/97) The citizens, to whom has been conceded the right to use in two or more properties, can acquire right of ownership under the conditions of § 4a and § 4b only in one of them by choice, declaring this before the municipality in the term of § 4a, para 6.

§ 4f. (New – SG 28/92, amend. SG 45/95, announced unconstitutional with DCC No 8 of 1995 – SG 59/95, amend. SG 98/97, revoked – SG 68/99)

§ 4g. (New – SG 28/92, amend. SG 45/95, announced unconstitutional with DCC No 8 of 1995 – SG 59/95, amend. SG 98/97, amend. SG 98/97, amend. SG 68/99; amend. – SG 99/09, in force from 01.01.2010) The resources of § 4a, § 4b and § 4h shall be collected in an bank account for external payments of the municipality and together with the interest shall be used for indemnification of former owners and users. The sums shall be paid in one month term from the receiving by and order, determined in the regulation for implementation of the Act.

§ 4h. (New – SG 98/97) (1) The citizens, which right to use is transformed into right of ownership according to § 4a, para 1, shall acquire the ownership in land up to 600 sq m, and these of § 4b, para 1 – up to 1000 sq m.
(2) (Suppl. - SG 68/99) The difference over 600 sq m and over 1000 sq m to the factually used land shall be restored to the owners for the formation of new properties with dimensions not less than 250 sq m under conditions and by order, determined in the regulation for implementation of the Act. The lands, from which new property cannot be formed, shall be paid by the users to the owners at market prices in three months term after the valuation enters into force.

§ 4i. (New – SG 98/97) (1) The owners of the land or their heirs can lay claim for restoration of the right of ownership when in it has been conceded right to use by the order of § 4 and the following or it has been transferred not by its owner if the conceding of this right or the acquiring of the property has happened in violation of normative acts, as well as by using of official or party position or by misuse of power.
(2) The rights of para 1 shall have also the owners of the land or their heirs in te cases of art. 10, para 7.
(3) When on the land in the cases of para 1 and 2 building has been constructed or other improvements have been implemented, the relations between the owner of the land and the user shall be arranged under art. 73 and 74 of the Ownership Act.

§ 4j. (new – SG 98/97, amend. SG 68/99 (1) (amend. SG 99/02) For the lands, conceded for use to citizens on the basis of acts of § 4, auxiliary plan and plan of the newly formed properties shall be worked out.
(2) (amend. SG 99/02) The auxiliary plan of para 1 shall contain data for the properties, conceded for use, as well as for the properties, which have existed before the formation of the labour co-operative farms and the state co-operative farms.
(3) For establishing the boundaries of the properties before the formation of the labour co-operative farms and the state co-operative farms can be used all information sources – air photos, photo-schemes, photo-plans, cadastral plans, land consolidation plans and other graphic materials and data. At lack of information about the boundaries of the properties in these sources the data shall be collected with inquiries under conditions and by order, determined with the regulation for implementation of the Act.
(4) (amend. SG 99/02) The content of the plans of para 1 and the order for their working out, approval and announcement to the interested persons, shall be determined with the regulation for implementation of the Act.
(5) (amend. SG 99/02) The plans of para 1 shall be worked out by persons, acquired competence by the order of the Cadastre and Property Register Act.
(6) (amend. SG 99/02; amend. - SG 30/06, in force from 01.03.2007) The plan of the newly formed properties shall be approved by the regional governor. The order shall be promulgated in State Gazette, announced through the mass media, including in two central daily newspapers, and it shall be announced at appropriate places with public access in the buildings of the municipality and the mayoralty. Appeals against the approved plan of the newly formed properties can be submitted before the administrative court in 14 days term after the promulgation of the order in State Gazette.
(7) The restoration, respectively the acquiring of the right of ownership in newly formed properties, shall be implemented with order by the mayor of the municipality, which shall be announced by the order of the Civil Procedure Code. In the order shall be described the location, the boundaries, the neighbours, as well as the limitations of the ownership and the grounds for them. To the order shall be attached plan of the property.
(8) Plan of the newly formed properties, entered into force, can be changed:
1. (amend. SG 99/02) when the auxiliary plan, on the basis of which it has been worked out, contains essential incompleteness or mistakes; upon dispute for material right the interested persons shall implement their rights by court order;
2. when the plan contains obvious factual mistake;
3. when the plan has been worked out with essential offences of the law unless there is decision of the court, entered into force or the plan has been applied;
4. upon proposal by the court on cases for subdivision of properties;
5. with the consent of all directly interested owners.
(9) (amend. SG 99/02) The financing of the plans of para 1 shall be implemented from the state budget according to annual programme, compiled by the regional governor and co-ordinated with the mayor of the municipality.
(10) (amend. SG 99/02) For the lands of § 4 the regional governor shall assign the working out of auxiliary plan and plan of the newly formed properties till September 30 of the previous year.
(11) When the order for approval of the plan of the newly formed properties of para 6 enters into force, after the cadastral map and the cadastral registers are approved for the respective territory and the introduction of the property register is announced, the newly formed properties shall be entered in the cadastre and the order of para 7 shall be entered in the property register by the order of the Cadastre and Property Register Act.
(12) (new - SG 10/09) The changes in the cases under Para 8, Items 1, 2 and 3 shall be made on the basis of the decisions of a commission appointed by an order of the mayor of the municipality including representatives of the district administration, of the technical service of the municipality and of the service on geodesy, cartography and cadastre.
(13) (new - SG 10/09) On the basis of the decisions of the commission under Para 12:
1. before the approval of the cadastral map and the cadastral registers the mayor of municipality shall issue an order for the amendment of the plan of the newly formed properties; the order shall be announced and appealed under the order of the Administrative Procedure Code;
2. after the approval of the cadastral map and the cadastral registers the head of the service on geodesy, cartography and cadastre shall issue an order for its amendment.

§ 4k. (new – SG 98/97, amend. SG 68/99; amend. - SG 30/06, in force from 12.07.2006) The valuation of the lands, the buildings and the improvements of the land of § 4a, 4b, 4c and 4h shall be implemented with order by the mayor of the municipality or official, authorized by him, in 3 months term after the plan of the newly formed properties enters into force under conditions and by order, determined with the regulation for implementation of the Act. The orders shall be subject to appeal by the owners of the lands and the users by the order of the Administrative procedure code.

§ 5. (amend. – SG 14/15) The lease agreements shall survive when the leased land remains for ownership or use of the lessor. In adverse case the lease contract shall be terminated with the entering of the owner in possession but not earlier than the gathering of the harvest. 
§ 6. (revoked – SG 99/02)

§ 7. (amend. SG 28/92) (1) (revoked – SG 57/95)
(2) The rental incomes from farm land shall be excluded from the sum, subject to levying with general income tax.
(3) The individuals shall be exempt from tax for the buildings on the farm lands for a term of five years after their entering into possession.
(4) The young families shall be exempt from general income tax for the incomes from production of plant and animal production for a term of eight years after the Act enters into force.

§ 8. (new – SG 28/92) The heirs of the persons, to whom the ownership in farm lands is being restored under this Act, shall be exempt from inheritance tax.

§ 9. (new – SG 28/92) Farm lands, in which the right of ownership has been restored by the order of art. 10 of this Act and which are forests in the sense of the Forestry Act, shall be subordinated to the regime of the Forestry Act and the Hunting Economy Act.

§ 10. (new – SG 28/92, amend. SG 45/95, amend. SG 79/96) Farm lands, in which the right of ownership has been restored by the order of this Act, which are forests in the sense of the Forestry Act, can be substituted upon wish of the owners by other farm lands from the land entirety of the respective settlement or in neighbouring territory of a settlement, and with the consent of the owners also in another territory of a settlement.

§ 11. (new – SG 28/92, amend. SG 45/95) (1) The transactions, concluded in breach of the Decision of the National Assembly for temporary stop of the disposing with the property (SG 1/92) shall be void.
(2) The tenders for property of the organisations of § 12, implemented in violation of the conditions and the order, determined for conducting them, as well as the transactions, concluded on their basis, shall be announced void. The seizure of this property shall take place by the order of art. 16 of the Ownership Act, the order being issued by the regional governor.
(3) The transactions with property of the organisations of § 12, concluded by the liquidation councils under obviously unfavourable conditions, shall be voidable. The claim for voidness can be presented in one year term after this Act enters into force by each of the persons of art. 27, para 1 or in their name – by a co-operation or commercial company, in which they are members, respectively partners.

§ 12. (new – SG 28/92) The existing labour co-operative farms and agricultural co-operations, formed by the force of § 7 of the transitional and concluding provisions of the Cooperatives Act, shall be terminated. All existing organisations and companies, registered by the force of Edict No 922 for the use of the land and implementing of agricultural activity (prom. SG 39/89, amend. SG 10/90, revoked – SG 63/91) and Edict No 56 for the economic activity with property and with share participation of agricultural brigades, collective agricultural farms, labour co-operative farms, machine – tractor stations, agrarian – industrial complexes and agricultural institutes, shall be terminated. The co-operations, registered under the Cooperatives Act, when the provision of art. 33, para 3 of the same Act is not observed and in their statutes the contribution of farm land is not provided, shall also be terminated.

§ 12a. (New - SG 38/14) (1) The agricultural lands in the former farm yards of the organizations under § 12, located outside the urbanized territories, remaining after restoration of the owners’ rights, shall be state property.
(2) (Amend. - SG 58/17, in force from 18.07.2017, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The care, management and disposal of the lands under Para. 1 shall be carried out by the Minister of Agriculture and Food under the conditions and according to the procedure defined in the regulations for the implementation of the act.

§ 13. (new – SG 28/92, amend. SG 48/93) (1) The liquidation of the organisations of § 12 shall be implemented by liquidation councils, comprised by chairman and up to two members.
(2) (amend. SG 45/95, amend. SG 87/97, amend. SG 106/00; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. - SG 10/09) The members of the liquidation councils shall be discharged and appointed by the Minister of Agriculture and Food upon proposal by the regional agriculture services in co-ordination with the mayors of the respective settlements. The Minister of Agriculture and Food shall implement change or supplement the members of the respective liquidation council also on his own initiative and by order, determined by the Council of Ministers.
(3) The liquidation councils shall terminate their activity with the deletion of the organisations of § 12 in the register of the respective regional court.
(4) (amend. SG 87/97, amend. SG 106/00; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. - SG 10/09) The regional agriculture services shall, in co-ordination with the mayors of the respective settlements, send to the Minister of Agriculture and Food in one month term after this Act enters into force, motivated proposal for change or supplement of the members of the liquidation councils.
(5) The liquidation councils shall:
1. organise and manage the activity of the organisation of § 12 till its deletion in the register of the respective regional court, having the rights and the obligations of the management council and the chairman of the liquidation council shall have the rights and the obligations of the chief of the organisation.
2. determine the shares according to art. 27, para 1, and concede as ownership or co-ownership against them;
3. distribute the property in kind among the persons, having right to share in compliance with the shares, owned by them;
4. fulfil also other activities for the liquidation, determined with the regulation for implementation of this Act.
(6) The liquidation council shall present to the respective regional court claim for deletion of the organisation of § 12 immediately after finishing the activity for liquidation.
(7) (suppl. SG 45/95, amend. SG 87/97, amend. SG 106/00; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. - SG 10/09) The Minister of Agriculture and Forests shall implement management and control over the activity of the liquidation councils. The Minister of Agriculture and Food or an official, authorised by him, can revoke the acts of the liquidation councils, including after terminating their activity in one year term after this Act enters into force. He shall determine final term for their work depending on the activity, implemented for the liquidation.
(8) (suppl. SG 45/95) The members of the liquidation councils shall be jointly and severally proprietary liable for the damages they have caused to the organisations of § 12 and to the persons, having right to share of the property. The persons, having right to share, can authorise the co-operation or the commercial company, in which they are members, respectively partners, to present in their name claims under this para. The claims shall be exempt from state fee.
(9) (new – SG 45/95, amend. SG 87/97, amend. SG 106/00; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. - SG 10/09) In one year term after this Act enters into force the Ministry of Finance shall organise and implement financial control of the organisations of § 12 of the transitional and concluding provisions, including after their deletion. The resources, necessary for implementing the financial control, shall be ensured from the state budget. The acts for audit and the statements for defalcation shall also be sent to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. In the court procedures for the claims of para 8 the factual findings in the audit act for defalcation shall be considered as true till the adverse is proved.

§ 14. (new – SG 28/92) (1) (amend. SG 48/93) The liabilities of the organisations of § 12 to the banks with state participation, occurred till December 31, 1992, shall be transformed into state debt under conditions and by order, determined by the Council of Ministers.
(2) (new –SG 48/93) The state shall subrogate into the rights of the organisations of § 12 for all their receivables from third individuals or corporate bodies, occurred till December 31, 1992.
(3) (para 3 – revoked, prev. para 2 – SG 48/93) Compulsory execution cannot be directed to the immovable property and the chattels of the terminated labour co-operative farms, which is necessary for their activity.

§ 15. (new – SG 28/92, revoked – SG 88/98)

§ 16. (prev. § 8 – SG 28/92, suppl. SG 45/95, amend. SG 79/96) (1) (amend. SG 104/96, amend. SG 98/97) The procedures under this Act before the court shall be free of charge except these under art. 14, para 4.
(2) (new – SG 98/97) The implementing of the technical activities for fulfilment of the court decisions, with which is recognised the right to restoration of the ownership in farm lands by the order of art. 11, para 2, shall be paid by their owners.
(3) (prev. para 2 – SG 98/97, amend. SG 97/98, amend. SG 68/99, amend. SG 106/00; amend. – SG 36/08; amend. - SG 10/09, amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023) The revenues from the activities for maintaining and updating of the land reallocation plans shall be paid to the budget of the Ministry of Agriculture.

§ 17. (prev. § 9 – SG 28/92) The resources, necessary for the implementation of the Act, shall be conceded from the state budget upon request by the Council of Ministers.

§ 18. (new – SG 48/93, revoked – SG 99/02)

§ 19. (prev. § 10 – SG 28/92, prev. § 18 – SG 48/93) The implementation of this Act shall be assigned to the Council of Ministers, which shall issue regulation for its implementation.

Transitional and concluding provisions
of the Act on Amendment and Supplementation of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act (PROM. SG 28/92)
§ 41. The Council of Ministers shall in one month term after this Act enters into force revoke the alienations, made for state needs when the alienated farm lands are not used for their designation or the state need has fallen away.

Transitional and concluding provisions
of the Act on Amendment and Supplementation of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act (PROM. SG 62/97)
§ 2. The pending procedures for petitions for reviews before the Supreme Administrative Court of decisions of the people’s courts of art. 14, para 3, shall be terminated and sent according to jurisdiction to the respective regional courts.

Transitional and concluding provisions
of the Act on Amendment and Supplementation of of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act (PROM. SG 88/98)
§ 12. (1) When the distribution of the property of the organisation of § 12 of the transitional and concluding provisions has not finished, the regional governor shall summon general meeting of the persons of art. 27, para 1 in two months term after this Act enters into force.
(2) The summoning of general meeting shall be announced by the local and the central mass media and the announcement shall be put at a visible place at the mayoralty of the respective settlement.
(3) If on the defined day and time for conducting the general meeting of the persons of art. 27, para 1 the persons having in general over 50 percent of the shares do not appear, the general meeting shall be postponed with one hour and it can take decisions upon the presence of the persons, having not less than 30 percent of the shares. The decisions shall be take with open voting and simple majority of the presented shares. Each person shall have as much votes in the general meeting as much is his share participation, being percentage ration of the shares, possessed by him, to the total property of the organisation of § 12 of the transitional and concluding provisions. The heirs of a person with right to a share shall have as much votes as much is the share participation of their legator. At the meeting shall be present the regional governor or an official, authorised by him. If it is not possible the general meeting to be conducted, a new one shall be summoned in one week term under the conditions of para 1.
(4) At the general meeting the persons, determined under § 29, para 1 of the transitional and concluding provisions of the Act on Amendment and Supplementation of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act (prom. SG 45/95, corr. SG 46/95, SG 59/95 – Decision No 8 of the Constitutional Court of 1995, amend. SG 79/96, SG 15/97 – Decision No 3 of the Constitutional Court of 1997, amend. SG 98/97) shall make account about their activity.
(5) The summoned general meeting can extend the activity of the persons, determined under § 29, para 1 of the transitional and concluding provisions of the Act on Amendment and Supplementation of of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act (prom. SG 45/95, corr. SG 46/95, SG 59/95 – Decision No 8 of the Constitutional Court of 1995, amend. SG 79/96, SG 15/97 – Decision No 3 of the Constitutional Court of 1997, amend. SG 98/97) or determine with election new persons with the authority of § 29, para 1, for a term not more than 6 months after the conducting of the meeting as well as for representation in pending cases in the court according to § 29, para 8 of the transitional and concluding provisions of the Act on Amendment and Supplementation of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act (prom. SG 45/95, corr. SG 46/95, SG 59/95 – Decision No 8 of the Constitutional Court of 1995, amend. SG 79/96, SG 15/97 – Decision No 3 of the Constitutional Court of 1997, amend. SG 98/97).
(6) The regional governor or an official, authorised by him, shall follow the lawfulness of the general meeting, certifying the record from it as well as the observing of the approved term for the ultimate distribution of the property.
(7) The persons of para 5 shall be jointly and severally proprietary liable.

Transitional and concluding provisions
of the Act on Amendment and Supplementation of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act (PROM. SG 79/96)
§ 24. The drafts of land reallocation plans, about which announcement for their preparation has not been promulgated in State Gazette by the date this Act enters into force, shall be compiled according to its requirements.

§ 25. The term of art. 17, para 8 of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act shall start from the entering into force of this Act for the land reallocation plans entered into force.

§ 26. (revoked – SG 98/97)

§ 27. The persons of art. 10b, para 1, 2 and 3, art. 10c, art. 15, para 2 of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act shall clarify in additional applications the way of indemnification in one year term after this Act enters into force.

Transitional and concluding provisions
of the Act on Amendment and Supplementation of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act (PROM. SG ……./97)
§ 28. (prom. SG 45/95, corr. SG 46/95, Decision No 8 of the Constitutional Court of 1995 – SG 59/95, amend. SG 79/96, SG 15/97 – Decision No 3 of the Constitutional Court of 1997, amend. SG 98/98, SG 124/97, in force from April 1, 1998) (1) (The third sentence of the provisions is announced unconstitutional with DCC No 8 of 1995 – SG 59/95, amend. SG 79/96, the amendment announced unconstitutional with DCC No 3 of 1997 – SG 15/97) The liquidation councils shall terminate their activity and the organisations of § 12 of the transitional and concluding provisions shall be deleted from the register of the respective regional court. The court shall implement the deletion ex officio. The disputes for discharging of the members of the liquidation councils shall not be considered by the courts.
(2) (amend. SG 79/96) The property of the organisations of § 12 of the transitional and concluding provisions of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act shall be co-ownership of the persons of art. 27, para 1 according to their rights except the perennial plantations after the restoration of the ownership in the land, on which they have been created. The shares of the persons, who do not receive perennial plantations, shall be equalled with other property. The general meeting of the persons of art. 27, para 1 can approve changes in the valuation of the property of the organisations of § 12 of the same Act. Each person of art. 27, para 1, shall have the rights of art. 28 according to his share in the property of the organisation of § 12. He can transfer these rights as well as authorise the cooperation or the commercial organisation, in which he participates, to exercise them in his name and for his account, including to present claims in relation to this.
(3) (amend. SG 79/96) The persons, who have made improvements of immovable properties of the organisations of § 12 of the transitional and concluding provisions of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act, can require from the owner the value of the improvements under the conditions of art. 72 and 74 of the Ownership Act or art. 59 of the Obligations and Contracts Act.
(4) The documents of the organization of § 12 of the transitional and concluding provisions shall be delivered according to description and preserved by the mayor of the settlement where the headquarters of the organisation had been. On this basis the mayor shall concede to the interested persons the necessary information. He shall deliver upon request all documents of the organisation of § 12 to the persons of § 29, para 1.
(5) The banks, the other corporate bodies and the sole entrepreneurs can in three years term reduce the extent of their taxable profit with the sums, which are due to them by the organisations of § 12 of the transitional and concluding provisions after deletion.
(6) (new – SG 79/96) No value added tax shall be due for implemented but not paid mechanised services and sold seeds, fertilisers and preparations to the deleted organisations of para 1. The liabilities of these organisations to the state and the municipal budget shall be written off.

§ 29. (1) (amend. SG 79/96, suppl. SG 98/97) The general meeting of the persons of art. 27, para 1, can determine individuals or corporate bodies, who are to distribute the property of the organisations of ]12 of the transitional and concluding provisions, including their resources in the banks. They shall be obliged to concede to the state bodies information about the state property. If a person or a group of persons of art. 27, para 1 does not wish to receive certain Art. of the property of the organisations of § 12 of the transitional and concluding provisions of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act the general meeting of the persons of art. 27, para 1 can authorize in writing persons, who are to sell it. The sale of the motor vehicles and the immovable properties shall be implemented with written contract with signatures of the parties, certified by a notary. The received price shall be distributed among the persons of art. 27, para 1, according to their rights. The prescription term for receiving the shares of art. 27, para 1, shall be 5 years from then day of termination of the organization of § 12. After the elapse of this term the remaining property shall be distributed among the remaining persons of art. 27, para 1, according to their rights.
(2) (amend. SG 79/96) The persons of para 1 can receive from the debtors of the organizations of § 12 of the transitional and concluding provisions of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act against their debt stocks and shares from their capital or Art.s, which are to be distributed among the persons of art. 27, para 1.
(3) (new – SG 79/96) The persons of para 1 can transfer to persons of art. 27, para 1, and with their consent also to other persons, receivables of the deleted organizations of § 12 of the transitional and concluding provisions of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act, including also their rights of art. 28 of the same Act. The transfer shall be implemented only against their share in the property of the deleted organizations with written contract.
(4) (prev. para 2 – SG 79/96) General meeting shall be summoned in the settlement, where the headquarters of the organization of § 12 of the transitional and concluding provisions has been. The general meeting shall be summoned by at least 50 persons, having right to a share or by the mayor of the settlement, where the headquarters of the organization of § 12 of the transitional and concluding provisions has been by message in the local and the central mass media. If at the defined day and hour more then half of the persons, having right to participate, do not appear, the general meeting shall be postponed with one day with the same agenda and it can take decisions regardless of the number of the present. The decisions shall be taken with open voting and simple majority of the present. Each person shall have right to one vote. The heirs of a person, having right to a share, shall have right to one vote in the general meeting and they shall be counted as one at determining the quorum. The record of the meeting shall be certified by the mayor of the settlement.
(5) (prev. para 3 – SG 79/96) When the general meeting is multitudinous or the activity of the organisation of § 12 has comprised several settlements, a meeting of the deputies can be summoned, for which the previous paras shall be in force. The number of the deputies cannot be less than 100. The number of the persons, represented by one deputy, shall be determined by the mayor of the settlement, where the headquarters of the organisation of § 12 has been or by the general meeting.
(6) (new – SG 79/96) The persons of para 1 shall be jointly and severally proprietary liable for the damages they have caused to the persons, having right to share from the property of the organisations of § 12 of the transitional and concluding provisions of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act, including to the state property, managed by them.
(7) (new – SG 79/96) The persons of para 1 shall render an account before the general meeting for the management and the distribution of the property. The general meeting shall approve the account for finishing of their activity and can decide a financial audit to be implemented, the expenses for it being for the account of the persons of art. 27, para 1.
(8) (new – SG 98/97, suppl. SG 124/97) The general meeting of the persons of art. 27, para 1, shall determine time limit for the defined persons for distributing of the property of the deleted organizations of ]12 of the transitional and concluding provisions but not later tan December 31, 1997. This term shall not refer to the property with regard to which there are pending cases in the court. The deputies shall represent the general meeting before the court till the ultimate finishing of the cases after which they shall distribute the property in two months term.
(9) (new – SG 98/97) The tenders and the decisions for distribution of the property of the organisations of § 12 of the transitional and concluding provisions, implemented by the defined or authorised persons of para 1 in violation of the determined conditions and procedure under the Act, the regulation for its implementation and the decision of the general meeting of the rightful claimants as well as the transactions, concluded on their basis, shall be announced void. The property shall be seized by the order of art. 80 of the State Property Act, the order being issued by the regional governor.

§ 30. (1) (amend. SG 00/02) The decisions of the municipal services for agriculture and forests for restoration of the ownership, issued before this Act enters into force, shall remain in force under the conditions of art. 14.
(2) (revoked – SG 79/96)
(3) The transactions, announced void under the previous § 11 of the transitional and concluding provisions, shall preserve its effect if the parties in them have not got back what they have received till this Act enters into force.
(4) The land reallocation plans, which have not entered into force by the day this Act enters into force, shall be compiled according to its requirements.

§ 31. Everywhere in the Act the words "Ministry of Agriculture" and "the Minister of Agriculture" shall be substituted respectively by "the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry" and "the Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry".

§ 32. The persons of art. 10c, para 2, shall clarify in additional applications the way of indemnification in one year term after this Act enters into force.

§ 33. The pending cases of art. 11, para 2, found at the entering of this Act into force, shall be considered by the previous order.

§ 34. (amend. SG 99/02) The terms of art. 14, para 7 for the decisions, decreed by the municipal service for agriculture and forests, shall start from the date this Act enters into force.

§ 35. (1) (amend. SG 38/04, amend. SG 87/05, in force from October 26, 2005; amend. – SG 36/08) The sums for using the adjacent and built lands referred to in Art. 27, para 6 shall not be due in the cases when the entitled claimants submit applications to the Minister of Agriculture and Food Supply for acquiring right of ownership on them in five years term from the entering of this Act into force..
(2) (amend. SG 38/04, amend. SG 87/05, in force from October 26, 2005) After the elapse of the four years term the right of ownership in the lands of para 1 shall be acquired under the conditions and by the order of the State Property Act. The sums for the using of the lands shall be due.
(3) (new – SG 13/07; amend. – SG 36/08) The Minister of Agriculture and Food Supply shall make a proposal to the district governor for issue of acts for state property according to data, provided by the district directorates "Agriculture and Forests" within one month from the submission of the application as per para 1.
(4) (new – SG 13/07) The district governor according to the location of the estate shall issue act for state property with regards to the lands from the former farm yards of the organisations referred to in § 12 from the Transitional and Concluding provisions and § 29 from the Transitional and Concluding provisions of the Act on Amendment and Supplementation of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act (prom. - SG 45/95), on which are located buildings and/or equipment of their property, regardless whether they have been built on a legal ground, as well as lands with no buildings and equipment or adjacent areas thereto, which are not suitable for agricultural purposes and lands which are not subject to restoration, within one month from the submission of the proposal referred to in para3.

Transitional and concluding provisions
of the Act on Amendment and Supplementation of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act (PROM. SG 98/97, AMEND. SG 36/98)
§ 30. (amend. SG 36/98, amend. SG 88/98) The persons of art. 10c, para 1, items 2 and 3 and para 2 and 4 can submit applications to the Ministry of the Agriculture, the Forests and the Agrarian reform after this Act enters into force till October 31, 1998.

§ 31. (amend. SG 99/02) The persons, missed to appeal within the term of art. 14, para 3 land reallocation plans and decisions of the municipal service for agriculture and forests, entered into force under art. 14, para 1, items 1 and 2, can appeal them in one month term after this Act enters into force.

§ 32. (amend. SG 99/02) When the terms of art. 14, para 7 have elapsed, the municipal service for agriculture and forests shall pronounce with decision to amend its decreed decision in one month term after this Act enters into force.

§ 33. (revoked – SG 106/00)

§ 34. (amend. SG 99/02) The interested persons shall have right in three months term after this Act enters into force to require the municipal service for agriculture and forests to revoke the decisions, with which is refused to be restored the ownership in farm lands pursuant to the revoked, respectively the amended provisions in this Act.

§ 35. The claim of § 4i shall be presented in one year term after this Act enters into force and the court procedure shall be exempt from state fee.

§ 36. The users, submitted applications for valuations to the municipalities at the location of the property till September 30, 1995 under § 4a and 4b shall preserve their rights for receiving of valuations by the force of this Act.

§ 37. The Minister of Agriculture, Forests and Agrarian Reform shall announce in State Gazette the territories of settlements, in which are stopped the procedures for restoration of the ownership on the diarchial lands along the border with the United Republic of Yugoslavia and with the Republic or Macedonia till the resolving of the issue at inter-state level with the United Republic of Yugoslavia and with the Republic or Macedonia.

§ 38. The ordinance of art. 37 shall be prepared jointly by the Minister of Agriculture, Forests and Agrarian Reform and the Minister of Finance and it shall be approved by the Council of Ministers till December 31, 1997.

§ 39. The designs of the land reallocation plans, for which announcement has not been promulgated in State Gazette till this Act enters into force, shall be compiled according to its requirements.

§ 43. This Act shall revoke the Labour Landed Property Act (prom. SG 81/46, corr. SG 93/46; amend. SG 291/47, SG 131/48, SG 42, 176/50, corr. SG 191/50; amend. Izv. 29/52, 90/53, 20/54; SG 26/73).

Transitional and concluding provisions
of the Act on Amendment and Supplementation of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act (PROM. SG 106/00)
§ 5. Paragraph 33 of the transitional and concluding provisions of the Act on Amendment and Supplementation of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act (prom. SG 98/97; amend. SG 36, 88/98, SG 68/99) shall be revoked.

§ 6. (amend. SG 99/02) In 3 months term after this Act enters into force the persons of art. 10c, para 2, can submit applications to the municipal service for agriculture and forests at the location of the restored properties and of at. 10c, para 4 – to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests.

§ 7. Everywhere in the Act the words "Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Agrarian Reform" and "the Minister of Agriculture, Forests and Agrarian Reform" shall be substituted respectively by "Ministry of Agriculture and Forests" and "Minister of Agriculture and Forests".

Additional provisions
of the Privatisation and Post-Privatisation Control Act (PROM. – SG 28/02)
§ 2. Compensatory, housing compensation vouchers and temporary certificates under art. 6, para 8 of the Compensation of Nationalized Property Owners Act, personal compensatory vouchers according to the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act and according to the Restoration of Ownership of Forests and Forestry Fund Lands Act, government long-term bonds issued on the internal and foreign debt of the Republic of Bulgaria, the investment bonds under art. 44, para 1 of the revoked Act on transformation and privatisation of state and municipal enterprises and other non-pecuniary payment instruments stipulated by a law, shall be used for payment under privatisation transactions for companies included in the list under art. 11.

§ 11. (1) In the cases of concluded privatisation transaction, as well as in the cases when the assets of commercial companies with over 50 percent of government or municipal share, include movable and/or immovable objects - ownership of the rightful claimants according to the Compensation of Nationalized Property Owners Act and according to the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act, the latter shall be indemnified by stocks and shares of the company by the order of the Compensation of Nationalized Property Owners Act. If the stocks or shares - property of the state or the municipality are insufficient for satisfying the claims of the rightful claimants they shall be indemnified by compensatory notes for the part of the claim which cannot be satisfied by shares and stocks.
(2) For commercial companies included in the lists under art. 3, para 1 and 2, second sentence, the rightful claimants according to the Compensation of Nationalized Property Owners Act, the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act and according to art. 18 of the revoked Act on transformation and privatisation of state and municipal enterprises shall be indemnified only by compensatory notes.

Transitional and concluding provisions
of the Act on the transactions with compensatory instruments (PROM. SG 47/02)
§ 1. (1) With the Act entering into force shall be terminated the issuing, the transactions and the payment by the previous order with compensatory instruments and the temporary certificates for their possession.
(2) The bodies of art. 6, para 1 of the Law for indemnification of owners of expropriated properties, of art. 36, para 1 of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act and of art. 9, para 2 of the Restoration of Ownership of Forests and Forestry Fund Lands Act shall introduce the information about the compensatory instruments, issued by them, as well as about the compensatory instruments, which are forthcoming to be issued by the order of the ordinance of art. 5, para 4.
(3) In 20 days term after the Act enters into force the bodies of para 2 shall concede the information from their registers about the compensatory instruments, issued by them, to the Central register of the compensatory instruments. In the same term these bodies shall inform the Central register of the compensatory instruments also about the acts, entered into force, for indemnification with compensatory records, residential compensatory notes and personal compensation vouchers, on the basis of which compensatory instruments have not already been issued.
(4) The Central register of compensatory instruments shall concede the information of para 2 to the Central depository by the order of art. 5 in 10 days term after receiving it.
(5) The Central depository shall register the compensatory instruments in accounts of their owners on the basis of the information of para 4 in 10 days term after receiving it.
(6) The compensatory instruments shall be considered as issued as book-entry with their registration at the Central depository.
(7) For the issuing and the conceding of certifying documents, issued for the compensatory instruments of para 6 shall be applied art. 7, the certifying documents being received free of charge.
(8) In the cases of implemented wrong entries shall be applied art. 4, para 3 and 4. When the dispute is resolved in court way, until proven otherwise, it shall be assumed, that the information in the issued certifying document is correct.
(9) The bodies of para 2 shall in 3 months term after the Act enters into force submit to the Central register of the compensatory instruments the registers of compensatory instruments and temporary certificates, kept by them till the date the Act enters into force.

§ 5. Only the persons, who have made request for this till this Act enters into force, can receive indemnification under art. 31, para 3 of the Waters Act and under art. 35, para 2 of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act.

Transitional and concluding provisions
of the Act Amending and Supplementing the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act (PROM. SG 99/02; AMEND. - SG 13/07; AMEND. - SG 10/09)
§ 30. (1) The interested persons can in six months term after this Act enters into force require from the municipal service for agriculture and forests to revoke the decisions, with which is refused to be restored their ownership in farm lands, confiscated with conviction under the Ordinance – law for judgement by the People’s Court those, guilty for involving Bulgaria in the World War against the united peoples and for the villainies, related to it.
(2) The persons, who have not submitted application to the land commission for restoration of confiscated farm lands with conviction under the Ordinance – law for judgement by the People’s Court those, guilty for involving Bulgaria in the World War against the united peoples and for the villainies, related to it, shall have right to implement this in six months term after this Act enters into force.

§ 31. The persons of art. 10c, para 1, items 2 and 3, can submit applications to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests in six months term after this Act enters into force.

§ 32. (1) The land commissions under chapter four shall be transformed into municipal service for agriculture and forests at the regional directorates "Agriculture and forests" from the day this Act enters into force.
(2) The activity, the property, the archive, the rights and the obligations of the land commissions shall pass to the municipal service for agriculture and forests.

§ 33. (1) The term of art. 5, para 1, shall start from the date when the decisions of the municipal service for agriculture and forests for restored right of ownership enter into force.
(2) For the found decisions of the land commissions, entered into force, the term of art. 5, para 1, shall start from the entering of this Act into force.

§ 34. (1) For the found decisions the one year term of art. 19a, para 7, shall start from the entering of this Act into force.
(2) The list of art. 19a, para 8, shall be promulgated in State Gazette in one month term from the entering of this Act into force.

§ 35. (1) (amend. SG 38/04; amend. - SG 13/07; amend. - SG 10/09) The sums for using the adjacent and built lands of art. 27, para 6 shall not be due in the cases when the rightful claimants submit a request to the Minister of Agriculture and Food for acquisition of the right of ownership in them in five years term from the entering of this Act into force.
(2) (amend. SG 38/04; amend. - SG 13/07) When term referred to in Para 1 was not observed the right of ownership in the lands of para 1 shall be acquired under the conditions and by the order of the State Property Act. The sums for the using of the lands shall be due.
(3) (new - SG 13/07; revoked - SG 10/09)
(4) (new - SG 13/07; amend. and suppl. - SG 10/09, in force from 15.02.2009; revoked – SG 94/09)

§ 36. The declarations of art. 37b, para 1, shall be submitted in six months term after this Act enters into force. Upon change of the form of management and the way of long term use of the lands the owners shall submit new declaration in one month term after the occurrence of the change.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE CODE
(PROM. – SG 30/06, IN FORCE FROM 12.07.2006)

§ 117. The following amendments shall be done to the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act (prom. - SG 17/91; corr. – SG 20/91; amend. - SG 74/91; 18, 28, 46 and 105/92; 48/93; 64/93 – Decision No. 12 of the Constitutional Court from 1993; 80/94; 45 and 57/95; 59/95 – Decisions No. 7 and No. 8 of the Constitutional Court from 1995; 79/96; 103/96 – Decision No. 20 of the Constitutional Court from 1996; 104/96; 62, 87, 98 and 123/97; 59, 88 and 133/98; 68/99; 34 and 106/00; 28, 47 and 99/02; 16/03; 36/04; 17/06):
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3. The words "Administrative Proceedings Act" shall be replaced by "Administrative Procedure Code".
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§ 142. The code shall enter into force three months after its promulgation in State Gazette, with the exception of:
1. division three, § 2, item 1 and § 2, item 2 – with regards to the repeal of chapter third, section II "Appeal by court order", § 9, item 1 and 2, § 15 and § 44, item 1 and 2, § 51, item 1, § 53, item 1, § 61, item 1, § 66, item 3, § 76, items 1 – 3, § 78, § 79, § 83, item 1, § 84, item 1 and 2, § 89, items 1 - 4§ 101, item 1, § 102, item 1, § 107, § 117, items 1 and 2, § 125, § 128, items 1 and 2, § 132, item 2 and § 136, item 1, as well as § 34, § 35, item 2, § 43, item 2, § 62, item 1, § 66, items 2 and 4, § 97, item 2 and § 125, item 1 – with regard to the replacement of the word "the regional" with the "administrative" and the replacement of the word "the Sofia City Court" with "the Administrative court - Sofia", which shall enter into force from the 1st of May 2007;
2. paragraph 120, which shall enter into force from the 1st of January 2007;
3. paragraph 3, which shall enter into force from the day of the promulgation of the code in State Gazette.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT ON AMENDMENT AND SUPPLEMENTATION OF THE FARM LAND OWNERSHIP AND USE ACT 
(PROM. – SG 13/07)

§ 22. The claims referred to in Art. 11, Para 2 shall be filed within three month from entry into force of this Act.

§ 23. The term referred to in Art. 19, Para 4, 8 and 10 shall run from entry into force of this Act.

§ 24. When the coefficient referred to in Art. 19a, Para 5 was determined by the day of entry into force of this Act, the plans of compensation shall be drawn up according to the hitherto existing order.

§ 25. (1) In respect of the existing decisions for compensation in force the one year term referred to in Art. 19a, Para 7 shall run from entry into force of this Act.
(2) The non-completed proceedings of land conceding shall be completed by the hitherto existing order.
(3) In respect of the existing decisions for land conceding in force the two-year term referred to in Art. 23a shall run from entry into force of this Act.

§ 26. (1) This Act shall apply also to the hitherto existing agricultural lands left after the restitution of the rights of the owners, which the municipality uses and manages or has obtained after the expiration of the 10-year term from entry into force of the land allocation plan and the approved map of the existing and restorable old real boundaries.
(2) The pending procedures referred to in Art. 35 of the Municipal Property Act shall be completed by the hitherto existing order.
(3) The contracts of rental and lease of the lands referred to in Para 1 of a term longer than three, respectively 4 years, shall be considered to be without specified term from the day of occurrence of any of the conditions referred to in Art. 19, Para 4, Items 1 – 3. The contracts shall be terminated under the conditions of § 5 of the Transitional and Concluding Provisions.

§ 27. The persons referred to in Art. 10c, Para 1, Items 2 and 3 may submit an application to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests within one month from entry into force of this Act.

§ 28. Until the approving of the cadastral map and the cadastral registers the amendment and maintenance of the plans in force regarding the newly formed properties referred to in § 4j of the Transitional and Concluding Provisions shall be carried by the municipal administration.

§ 29. When in the cases of constituted right of use in municipal property lands on the basis of the acts referred to in § 4 of the Transitional and Concluding Provisions the value of the land was not paid, the users, within one year from the entry into force of this Act, may request a value to be determined according to Art. 36, Para 3 and to pay the price of the land within three months from entry into force of this Act.

§ 30. The pending proceedings under Art. 11, Para 2 shall be completed under the conditions and the order of this Act.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE
(PROM. – SG 59/07, IN FORCE FROM 01.03.2008)

§ 61. This code shall enter into force from 1 March 2008, except for:
1. Part Seven "Special Rules Related to Proceedings on Civil Cases Subject to Application of European Union Legislation"
2. Paragraph 2, Para 4;
3. Paragraph 3 related to revocation of Chapter Thirty Two "a" "Special Rules for Recognition and Admission of Enforcement of Decisions of Foreign Courts and of Other Foreign Authorities" with Art. 307a – 307e and Part Seven "Proceedings for Returning a Child or Exercising the Right of Personal Relations" with Art. 502 – 507;
4. Paragraph 4, Para 2;
5. Paragraph 24;
6. Paragraph 60,
which shall enter into force three days after the promulgation of the Code in the State Gazette.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT ON AMENDMENT AND SUPPLEMENTATION OF THE FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURES ACT
(PROM. - SG 36/08)

§ 75. In the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act (prom. – SG 17/91; corr. SG 20/91; amend. – SG 74/91, SG 18, 28, 46 and 105/92, SG 48/93, Decision No. 12 of the Constitution Court of 1993 – SG 64/93; amend. – SG 83/93, SH 80/94, SG 45 and 57/95, Decisions No. 7 and 8 of the Constitution Court of 1995 – SG 59/95; amend. – SG 79/96; Decision No. 20 of the Constitution Court of 1996 – SG 103/96; amend. – SG 104/96; amend. – SG 62, 87, 98 and 123 of 1997, SG 58, 88 and 133/98, SG 68/99m SG 34 and 106/00; SG 28, 47 and 99/02, SG 16/03, SG 36/04, SG 17 and 30/06 and SG 13, 24 and 5907) everywhere the words "the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests", "the Minister of Agriculture and Forests" and "Minister of Agriculture and Forests" shall be replaced respectively with "the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Supply", "the Minister of Agriculture and Food Supply" and "Minister of Agriculture and Food Supply".

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT ON AMENDMENT AND SUPPLEMENTATION OF THE FORESTRY ACT
(PROM. - SG 43/08)

§ 80. In the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act (prom. – SG 17/91; corr. - SG 20/91; amend. – SG 74/91, SG 18, 28, 46 and 105/92, SG 48/93, Decision No. 12 of the Constitution Court of 1993 – SG 64/93; amend. – SG 83/93, SH 80/94, SG 45 and 57/95, Decisions No. 7 and 8 of the Constitution Court of 1995 – SG 59/95; amend. – SG 79/96; Decision No. 20 of the Constitution Court of 1996 – SG 103/96; amend. – SG 104/96; amend. – SG 62, 87, 98 and 123 of 1997, SG 58, 88 and 133/98, SG 68/99, SG 34 and 106/00; SG 28, 47 and 99/02, SG 16/03, SG 36/04, SG 17 and 30/06 and SG 13, 24 and 59/07 and SG 36/08) shall be made the following amendments:
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2. everywhere the words "agriculture and forests" shall be replaced with "agriculture".

Additional provisions
TO THE ACT ON AMENDMENT AND SUPPLEMENTATION OF THE FARM LAND OWNERSHIP AND USE ACT 
(PROM. - SG 10/09)

§ 13. Everywhere in the Act the words "Ministry of Agriculture and Food Supply", "the Minister of Agriculture and Food Supply" and "Minister of Agriculture and Food Supply" shall be replaced respectively by "Ministry of Agriculture and Food", "the Minister of Agriculture and Food" and "Minister of Agriculture and Food".

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT ON AMENDMENT AND SUPPLEMENTATION OF THE FARM LAND OWNERSHIP AND USE ACT 
(PROM. - SG 10/09)

§ 16. (1) The procedures under Art. 24d initiated before entry into force of this Act shall be finalized under the hitherto effective order by 1 March 2009.
(2) The initiated before entry into force of this Act procedures for exchange of lands unoccupied by buildings and facilities or areas adjacent to them of the organisations under § 12 of the transitional and concluding provisions of the Act on Amendment and Supplementation of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act (prom. - SG 45/95; corr. - SG 46/95, 59/95 – Decision No. 8 of the Constitutional Court from 1995; amend. - SG 79/96, 15/97 - Decision No. 3 of the Constitutional Court from 1997; amend. - SG 98 and 124/97) which are unsuitable for farming and are not subject to restitution, shall be finalized under the hitherto effective order by 1 March 2009.
(3) It shall be deemed that the exchange procedure under Para 1 has been initiated, when a complete exchange file under Art. 24d, Para 1 has been submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food before entry into force of this Act.
(4) It shall be deemed that the exchange procedure under Para 2 has been initiated, when a complete exchange file under Art. 45b of the Regulations on Implementation of the Act has been submitted to the competent District Directorate "Agriculture" before entry into force of this Act.

§ 17. (1) The persons who within two years from entry into force of this Act file an application under Art. 27, Para 6 with the Minister of Agriculture and Food or with an official authorised by him for acquiring the ownership in the constructed and lands adjacent to buildings and facilities owned by the terminated agricultural organisations under § 12 of the transitional and concluding provisions shall not be obliged to pay the amounts for use of the lands.
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(2) (suppl. – SG 61/15) After expiration of the term under Para 1 the amounts for use of the lands shall be due according to the provision of Art. 27a.
(3) (amend. – SG 25/12) The amounts due under Para 2 shall be determined in a procedure established in the Regulations on the Implementation of the Act of the Ownership and Use of the Farm Land (prom. - SG 34/91; amend. - SG 60 and 80/91, SG 34/92, SG 08, 72 and 87/93, SG 02 and 100/94; amend. – SG 103/94; amend. SG 05, 48 and 95/95, SG 28/97; amend. - SG 43/97; amend. – SG 57, 61, 112 and 122/97, SG 18/98. SG 18 and 113/99, SG 41 and 44/01, SG 31/03, SG 69 and 86/04, SG 75/06, amend. - SG 17/07, amend. - SG 45/08, SG 62/09, SG 41/10, SG 39 and 5011).
(4) The procedures pending before the district governor under § 35 of the transitional and concluding provisions of the Act on Amendment and Supplementation of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act (prom. - SG 99/02; amend. - SG 38/04, SG 87/05, SG 13/07) shall be finalized under the hitherto effective order by the competent district governor by 15 February 2009. After the expiration of this term the files shall be finalized by the Minister of Agriculture and Food or an official authorised by him under the order of this Act.
(5) The amounts paid before entry into force of this Act for the use of the constructed and adjacent lands shall not be refunded.
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§ 24. (1) The subordinate normative acts under § 9 shall be adopted by 1 July 2009.
(2) Before the adoption of the subordinate normative acts under Para 1 the filing of applications for farmers' aid under the relevant schemes and measures shall be regulated by the provisions of the revoked Art. 48a of the Referendum Act and the revoked Para 1 of Art. 24.
§ 25. Paragraph 12 shall enter into force from 15 February 2009.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT ON AMENDMENT AND SUPPLEMENTATION OF THE FARM LAND OWNERSHIP AND USE ACT 
(PROM. – SG 94/09)

§ 7. The orders under Art. 37c, Para 4 for the 2009 – 2010 economic year that have not been issued by the entry into force of this Act shall be issued by the Directors of the Regional Directorates "Agriculture" by 1 March 2010.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT ON THE STATE BUDGET OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA FOR 2010
(PROM. – SG 99/09, IN FORCE FROM 01.01.2010)

§ 84. This Act shall enter into force from 1 January 2010 except § 80, which shall enter into force from 15 December 2009.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT ON AMENDMENT AND SUPPLEMENTATION OF THE FARM LAND OWNERSHIP AND USE ACT 
(PROM. – SG 62/10, SUPPL. – SG 61/16, IN FORCE FORM 05.08.2016) 
§ 24. (1) The persons entered in the list approved by the Minister of Agriculture and Lands and the Minister of Finance may file applications to be entered ex lege into the register under Art. 15 of the Independent Evaluators Act within one year from entry into force of this Act. The certificate issued by the Minister of Agriculture and Foods shall be enclosed with the application.
(2) After expiration of the time limit under Para 1 evaluation of agricultural lands and judicial accountancy examination under Art. 19a, Para 8 shall be carried out by assessors entered in the register of Art. 15 of the Independent Evaluators Act.

§ 25. (1) The procedures pending before the Minister of Agriculture and Foods, in respect of which applications for entry into the list under § 24, Para 1 have been filed before entry into force of this Act shall continue under the previous order.
(2) The persons under Para 1 may be entered into the list under Art. 15 of the Independent Evaluators Act under the conditions of § 24, Para 1 within three months from the promulgation of the order for their entry into the list in the State Gazette.

§ 26. The pending legal relations of the employees of the municipal services for agriculture shall be settled as follows:
1. the legal relations of officers – as set out in Art. 87a of the Civil Servant Act;
2. the employment relations – as set out in Art. 123 of the Labour Code.

§ 27. (1) The pending procedures for compensation with farming lands from the municipal land fund shall continue under the previous order.
(2) (suppl. – SG 61/16, in force form 05.08.2016) The municipal councils shall provide lands from the municipal land fund, including pastures and common lands under Art. 19, under one of the following conditions:
1. establishing the boundaries of the agricultural properties in respect of which the municipal service for agriculture has issued a decision for recognition of the right to reinstatement of property in existing or restorable old actual boundaries;
2. performance of court decisions for recognised right of property;
3. compensation of owners, which property may not be reinstated.

§ 28. The time limits under Art. 37c shall be extended by one month for the economic 2010 – 2011 year.

§ 29. The pending procedures for changing the designation of lands under Art. 24d, Para 10 and Art. 37e, Para 2 shall continue under the previous order.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE BULGARIAN FOOD SAFETY AGENCY ACT
(PROM. – SG 08/11, IN FORCE FROM 25.01.2011)

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

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT ON AMENDMENT AND SUPPLEMENTATION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE CODE
(PROM. – SG 39/11, AMEND. - SG 102/22, IN FORCE FROM 01.01.2023, AMEND. - SG 102/23)
§ 19. (1) (amend. - SG 102/22, in force from 01.01.2023, amend. - SG 102/23) The individual administrative acts under the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act and the regulations on its implementation and the refusals to issue them, except those issued by the Minister of Agriculture and Food may be appealed before the district court at the location of the property as set out in the Administrative Procedure Code. The acts of the district court delivered under the said procedure shall be subject to cassation appeal before the administrative court as set out in the Administrative Procedure Code, who shall sit in a panel of three judges.
(2) The opened lawsuits before the administrative courts and the Supreme Administrative Court before entry into force of this Act shall continue under the previous order.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT ON AMENDMENT AND SUPPLEMENTATION OF THE FARM LAND OWNERSHIP AND USE ACT 
(PROM. – SG 25/12)

§ 7. (1) The pending procedures under Art. 27, Para 6 shall continue as set out in § 17, Para 1 – 3 of the Transitional and Concluding Provision of the Act on the Amendment and Supplementation of the Farm Land Ownership and Use Act (SG 10/09).
(2) The pending procedures mentioned in Para 1 shall be those, under which at the date of entry into force of this Act no contracts for acquiring ownership in the constructed and adjacent areas have been signed.

§ 8. Within one month from entry into force of this Act the Council of Ministers and the Minister of Agriculture and Foods shall bring in compliance with it the Regulation on the Implementation of the Act of the Ownership and the Use of Farm Land.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT ON THE AMENDMENT AND SUPPLEMENTATION OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR ACT
(PROM. - SG 44/12, IN FORCE FROM 01.07.2012)

§ 54. (1) The Chief Directorate "National Police" established by this Act shall be a successor of the assets, liabilities, rights and obligations of Chief Directorate "Criminal Police" and Chief Directorate "Security Police".
(2) The litigation representation on pending cases of Chief Directorate "Criminal Police" and Chief Directorate "Security Police" shall be carried out by the Director of Chief Directorate "National Police".

§ 55. With the entry into force of this Act the pending service and employment relations with the civil servants and the employed persons in Chief Directorate "Criminal Police" and Chief Directorate "Security Police" shall be transformed respectively in service and employment relations of civil servants and the employed persons in Chief Directorate "National Police".

§ 56. The issued subordinate normative acts before entry into force of this Act shall apply, as long as they do not contradict to it, until the issue of corresponding new acts.

§ 57. The length of service acquired under the Civil Servants Act and the Labour Code by officials under § 64 of the Transitional and Concluding Provisions of the Ministry of Interior Act (SG 93/09) shall be recognized as work for the same employer, respectively commissioning authority.
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§ 70. This Act shall enter into force from 1 July 2012.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE PUBLIC FINANCE ACT
(PROM. - SG 15/13, IN FORCE FROM 01.01.2014)

§ 123. This Act shall enter into force from 1 January 2014 except § 115, which shall enter into force from 1 January 3012, and § 18, § 114, § 120, § 121 and § 122, which shall enter into force from 1 February 2013.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE SPATIAL PLANNING ACT
(PROM. - SG 66/13, IN FORCE FROM 26.07.2013)

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

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.

ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE FARM LAND OWNERSHIP AND USE ACT
(PROM. – SG 14/15)

§ 13. Everywhere in the act the words "usage" and "the usage" shall be replaced respectively with "use" and "the use".
Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE FARM LAND OWNERSHIP AND USE ACT
(PROM. – SG 14/15)

§ 14. Outstanding proceedings for issuing of orders under Art. 37c, par. 4 for 2014 – 2015 business year which have not been finalized before entering of this act into force shall be finalized by the Directors of the regional directorates of agriculture by 27 February 2015.
§ 15. For properties which are field roads, determined according to the provision of Art. 37c, par. 16 and 17 for 2014 – 2015 business year can conclude rental agreements for one year by 15 April 2015 or orders shall be issued thereof subject to compliance with the provision of Art. 37c, par. 4.
§ 16. (1) The amounts due for the properties under Art. 37c, par. 3, item 2, determined by order under Art. 37c, par. 4 for 2014 – 2015 business year and for the preceding business years, shall be transferred by the users to a municipal bank account for external funds. The deadline for depositing of the fee for 2014 – 2015 business year shall be until filing of an application for support according to the provision of Art. 41 of Agricultural Producers Support Act.
(2) As from entering of this act into force:
1. the amounts under par. 1 shall be paid by the municipalities to the eligible persons under Art. 37c, par. 3 within 10 years;
2. municipality refusal to pay on the grounds of the 3-year term under Art. 37c, par. 7 shall be regarded as null and void.
§ 17. The outstanding proceedings under Art. 37c shall be finalized subject to compliance with this act.
§ 18. The terms under Art. 37i shall be extended by four months for 2015 – 2016 business year.
§ 19. (amend. - SG 31/15 ) Article 40a shall enter into force on 1 October 2015.
Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE FARM LAND OWNERSHIP AND USE ACT
(PROM. – SG 61/15)

§ 14. (1) Initiated proceedings on applications for acquisition of right of ownership of built-up and attached areas to the buildings and facilities of wound-up organizations under § 12 of the Transitional and Concluding provisions which are pending as of the time of entering of this act into force shall be finalized according to the provisions of this act.
(2) Pending proceedings are these under which application under par. 1 have been filed to the regional directorate of agriculture, including such under which there is an order issued by the Minister of Agriculture and Food, but by the time of entering of this act into force no purchase and sale agreement has been concluded.

§ 15. (1) Users having concluded lease or rental agreements for pastures, grasslands or meadows from the state or municipal fund before 24 February 2015 shall be obliged by 1 February 2016 to bring the agreements into compliance with the requirements of Art. 37i, par. 1 and 4.
(2) Users having been approved under the scope referred to in Art. 3, item 3 of Ordinance No. 4 of 24 February 2015 on the applications of measure 11 “Biological farming” of the Program for the development of rural areas in the period 2014 – 2020 (SG 16/15) having concluded lease or rental agreements for pastures, grasslands or meadows from the state or municipal fund before 24 February 2015 and all their pasture-fed animals and pastures are approved for support, shall be obliged by 1 February 2016 to bring the agreements into compliance with the requirements of Art. 37i, par. 1 subject to compliance with the rate of minimum 0,15 pieces of cattle per hectare, notwithstanding the category.
(3) Lease or rental agreements for pastures, grasslands or meadows from the state or municipal fund which are not brought into compliance within the term under par. 1 or 2, shall be terminated by the municipality mayor, respectively by the Director of regional directorate of agriculture.
(4) Municipality mayor, respectively by the Director of regional directorate of agriculture having failed to terminate the agreements subject to compliance with the provision of par. 3, shall be penalized with a fine of BGN5.000 to 10.000.
(5) The acts of identified violations under par. 4 shall be drawn up by officials nominated by the regional governor at the place of location of the property, and the penal decrees shall be issued by the regional governor at the place of location of the property.
(6) Lease or rental agreements under par. 3 shall not be regarded as legal grounds according to Art. 41, par. 1 of the Agricultural producers support act, where during the inspections it is found out that there are grounds for their termination.
(7) In cases under par. 6 the respective municipal office of agriculture shall deregister the properties from the register of lease and rental agreements under Art. 49, par. 1, item 6 of Ordinance No. 49 of 5 November 2005 on maintaining of restituted property map and shall notify:
1. the municipality mayor – for properties from the municipal land fund;
2. the Director of regional directorate of agriculture –for properties from the state land fund.
§ 16. Owners of buildings and facilities from the property of wound-up organizations under § 12 of the Transitional and Concluding provisions acquired after entering of this act into force, when filing an application for acquisition of right of ownership of built-up buildings and facilities and attached areas thereto, shall submit a document substantiating that the amount payable for the use of the land by the date of disposition of the buildings or facilities has been paid.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE FARM LANDS PROTECTION ACT
(PROM. – SG 100/15, SUPPL. - SG 79/20)
§ 14. (1) (Suppl. - SG 79/20) Within 5 years after entering of this act into force, the lands under Art. 19, par. 1 of the Farm Lands Ownership and Use Act shall be allocated by the local councils only subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of § 27, par.2 of the Transitional and Conclusive Provisions of the Act amending and supplementing the Farm Lands Ownership and Use Act (SG 62/10) and also for the implementation of technical infrastructure facilities for implementation of activities under granted concessions under the Underground Natural Resources Act and of other projects, for which compulsory alienation is allowed according to an act.
(2) Within 5 years after entering of this Act into force the lands under Art. 19, par. 1 of the Farm Lands Ownership and Use Act cannot be subject to other disposition transactions, beyond those referred to in par. 1.
Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE FARM LANDS OWNERSHIP AND USE ACT
(PROM. - SG 61/16, IN FORCE FORM 05.08.2016)
§ 8. The Minister of Agriculture and Food or an official authorized by them may, by means of tender, dispose with real estate set, until the entry into force of this Act, with adopted plot plans or with plans of the newly formed estates as lands of Art. 27, para. 8, or as agricultural land under § 12a of the transitional and final provisions, on which buildings and/or facilities have been constructed after March 1, 1991, under the terms and conditions set out in the regulation for implementing the Act.
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§ 13. This Act shall enter into force on the day of its promulgation in the State Gazette.
Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE FARM LANDS OWNERSHIP AND USE ACT
(PROM. - SG 13/17, IN FORCE FROM 07.02.2017)
§ 3. Terms of art. 37g for agreements for the use of pastures, common lands and meadows for calendar year 2017 shall be extended by four months.
§ 4. For the economic year 2016 - 2017 an areas for use of perennial plants can be created under conditions and the order of Art. 37b and 37c with the following deadlines to be applied:
1. for submission of a declaration under Art. 37b Para. 1 and application of art. 37b Para. 3 - up to 20 of February 2017;
2. for determining the Commission under Art. 37c, Para. 1 - up to 5 of March 2017;
3. for concluding an agreement under Art. 37c, Para. 2 and distribution of the land use by areas of Art. 37c, para. 3, item 2 - up to 30 of March 2017;
4. for drawing up a report and issuing an order for the distribution of areas in the settlement territory under Art. 37c, Para. 4 - up to 5 of April 2017;
5. for announcing the order under Art. 37c, Para. 5 - up to 10 of April 2017.
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§ 8. The Act shall enter into force on the day of its promulgation in State Gazette.
Concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING THE ACT ON BULGARIAN FOOD SAFETY AGENCY
(PROM. - SG 58/17, IN FORCE FROM 18.07.2017)
§ 66. Everywhere in the text of Farm Lands Ownership and Use Act words "Minister of Agriculture and Food" and "Ministry of Agriculture and Food" shall be replaced with words "Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry" and "Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry".
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§ 76. This Act shall enter into force on the day of its promulgation in the State Gazette.
Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE FARM LANDS OWNERSHIP AND USE ACT
(PROM. - SG 42/18 IN FORCE FROM 22.05.2018, AMEND. AND SUPPL. - SG 55/18)
§ 10. (1) (amend. and suppl. - SG 55/18) Contract for rent of agricultural land for a period longer than one year concluded before the date of entry into force of this Act where the requirements of Art. 4a, para. 1 are not met can be confirmed by the owner with a declaration with a notarized signature accompanied by a copy of the contract. When the property is co-owned, the declaration is submitted by the co-owner or by the co-owners owning more than 25 percent of the undivided shares of the common property or a person authorized by him/her with explicit power of attorney with a notary certification.
(2) (amend. - SG 55/18, in force from 20.06.2018) The declaration under para. 1 shall be filed with the Municipal Office of Agriculture on the location of the property until 31 July 2018.
(3) (amend. - SG 55/18) In the event that within the term under para. 2 no declaration under para. 1 has been filed the contract for rent of the agricultural land shall be canceled ex officio at the entering office and at the respective municipal agricultural office after the end of the business year.
(4) Agricultural land management rights provided by a power of attorney until the date of entry into force of this Act can be confirmed by the persons under Art. 4a with a new power of attorney, subject to the requirements of this Act. Confirmation shall be performed within the term under para. 2.
(5) In case the confirmation under para. 4 is not done in time the contract for rent of the agricultural land concluded on the basis of the relevant power of attorney shall be deleted ex officio at the entering office and at the respective municipal agricultural office after the end of the business year.
(6) The deletion of the entry of a contract in the entering office shall be effected by order of the judge for the entries on the basis of a notification from the head of the relevant municipal agricultural office, accompanied by a copy of the contract. The deletion of the entry is free of charge.
(7) The deletion of registered contracts in the respective municipal office of agriculture shall be carried out by order of the chief of the municipal office of agriculture by October 10 of the current business year.
(8) Where, at the date of entry into force of this Act, the contract under paragraph 1 is not registered in the municipal agricultural office, the same shall not be registered until its compliance with the requirements of Art. 4a and 4b.
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§ 15. (1) The tariffs under Art. 85, para. 3 of the Notaries and Notarial Practice Act and under Art. 1 of the Stamp Duty Act shall be brought into compliance with this Act within two months of its entry into force.
(2) (amend. - SG 55/18) Until the compliance with this Act of the tariff under Art. 85, para. 3 of the Notaries and Notarial Practice Act, for verification of the signatures of the parties to contracts for rent and lease of agricultural land an ordinary notary fee of BGN 10 per contract is collected.
(3) Until the compliance with this Act of the tariff under Art. 1 of the Stamp Duty Act for entering of contracts for rent and lease of agricultural land in the entering offices an ordinary notary fee of BGN 10 per contract is collected.
§ 16. Permanent grassland, which are granted to farmers to implement a multi-annual commitment under measure 11 "Organic farming" or under "Recovery and Maintenance of Permanent Grassland of High Nature Value (HNV)" of Measure 10 "Agroecology and Climate" of the 2014-2020 Rural Development Program, on the basis of the horses bred by them shall be determined for the period from the promulgation of this Act to the completion of the commitment based on the number of horses bred on 1 February 2018.
§ 17. The Act shall enter into force on the day of its promulgation in the State Gazette, with the exception of § 9, which shall enter into force from the business year 2019 - 2020.
Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE ACT
(PROM. - SG 55/18)
§ 22. Paragraph 18, item 6, letter "a", sub-letter "bb" shall enter into force on 20 June 2018.
Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE CODE
(PROM. - SG 77/18, IN FORCE FROM 01.01.2019)
§ 156. The Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2019, with the exception of:
1. paragraphs 4, 11, 14, 16, 20, 30, 31, 74 and § 105 item 1 on the first sentence, and item 2 which shall enter into force on 10 October 2019;
2. paragraphs 38 and 77, which shall enter into force two months after the promulgation of this Act in the State Gazette;
3. paragraph 79, items 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7, § 150 and 153, which shall enter into force on the day of the promulgation of this Act in the State Gazette.
Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE ACT ON WATERS
(PROM. - SG 61/19, IN FORCE FROM 02.08.2019)
§ 11. This Act shall enter into force on the day of its promulgation in the State Gazette, with the exception of § 6, which shall enter into force on July 7th, 2018.
Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE SUPPORT FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS ACT
(PROM. - SG 102/22, IN FORCE FROM 01.01.2023)
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§ 95. In the Farm Lands Ownership and Use Act (prom., SG 17 of 1991; corr., SG 20 of 1991; amend., SG 74 of 1991, SG 18, 28, 46 and 105 of 1992, SG 48 of 1993; Decision № 12 of the Constitutional Court of 1993 - SG 64 of 1993; amend., SG 83 of 1993, SG 80 of 1994, SG 45 and 57 of 1995; Decisions № 7 and 8 of the Constitutional Court of 1995 - SG 59 of 1995; amend. SG 79 of 1996; Decision № 20 of the Constitutional Court of 1996 - SG 103 of 1996, amend. SG 104 of 1996, Decision № 3 of the Constitutional Court of 1997 - № 15 of 1997, amend. № 62, 87, 98, 123 and 124 of 1997, № 36, 59, 88 and 133 of 1998, SG 68 of 1999, SG 34 and 106 of 2000, SG 28, 47 and 99 of 2002, SG 16 of 2003, SG 36 and 38 of 2004, SG 87 of 2005, SG 17 and 30 of 2006, SG 13, 24 and 59 of 2007, SG 36 and 43 of 2008, SG 6, 10, 19, 44, 94 and 99 of 2009, SG 62 of 2010, SG 8 and 39 of 2011, SG 25 and 44 of 2012, SG 15, 16 and 66 of 2013, SG 38, 49 and 98 of 2014, SG 12, 14, 31, 61 and 100 of 2015, SG 61 of 2016, SG 13 and 58 of 2017, SG 42, 55 and 77 of 2018, SG 61 of 2019, SG 79 of 2020 and SG 13 of 2021), the following amendments and supplements shall be made:
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2. Everywhere, the words "the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forests", "the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forests" and "to the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forests" shall be replaced by "the Ministry of Agriculture", "the Minister of Agriculture" and "to the Minister of Agriculture" respectively.
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§ 106. The act shall enter into force on January 1st, 2023, with the exception of Art. 33a, Para. 2 which enters into force on March 1st, 2023.
Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE ACT ON PLANT PROTECTION
(PROM. - SG 102/23)
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§ 110. In the Farm Lands Ownership and Use Act (prom., SG 17 of 1991; corr., SG 20 of 1991; amend., SG 74 of 1991, SG 18, 28, 46 and 105 of 1992, SG 48 of 1993; Decision № 12 of the Constitutional Court of 1993 - SG 64 of 1993; amend., SG 83 of 1993, SG 80 of 1994, SG 45 and 57 of 1995; Decisions № 7 and 8 of the Constitutional Court of 1995 - SG 59 of 1995; amend. SG 79 of 1996; Decision № 20 of the Constitutional Court of 1996 - SG 103 of 1996, amend. SG 104 of 1996, Decision № 3 of the Constitutional Court of 1997 - № 15 of 1997, amend. № 62, 87, 98, 123 and 124 of 1997, № 36, 59, 88 and 133 of 1998, SG 68 of 1999, SG 34 and 106 of 2000, SG 28, 47 and 99 of 2002, SG 16 of 2003, SG 36 and 38 of 2004, SG 87 of 2005, SG 17 and 30 of 2006, SG 13, 24 and 59 of 2007, SG 36 and 43 of 2008, SG 6, 10, 19, 44, 94 and 99 of 2009, SG 62 of 2010, SG 8 and 39 of 2011, SG 25 and 44 of 2012, SG 15, 16 and 66 of 2013, SG 38, 49 and 98 of 2014, SG 12, 14, 31, 61 and 100 of 2015, SG 61 of 2016, SG 13 and 58 of 2017, SG 42, 55 and 77 of 2018, SG 61 of 2019, SG 79 of 2020, SG 13 of 2021 and 102/22), everywhere the words "Ministry of Agriculture" and "Minister of Agriculture" are replaced by "Ministry of Agriculture and Food" and "Minister of Agriculture and Food".
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