ROADS ACT
Prom. SG. 26/29 Mar 2000, amend. SG. 88/27 Oct 2000, amend. SG. 111/28 Dec 2001, amend. SG. 47/10 May 2002, amend. SG. 118/20 Dec 2002, amend. SG. 9/31 Jan 2003, amend. SG. 112/23 Dec 2003, amend. SG. 6/23 Jan 2004, amend. SG. 14/20 Feb 2004, amend. SG. 88/4 Nov 2005, amend. SG. 104/27 Dec 2005, amend. SG. 30/11 Apr 2006, amend. SG. 36/2 May 2006, amend. SG. 64/8 Aug 2006, amend. SG. 102/19 Dec 2006, amend. SG. 105/22 Dec 2006, amend. SG. 108/29 Dec 2006, amend. SG. 59/20 Jul 2007, amend. SG. 43/29 Apr 2008, amend. SG. 69/5 Aug 2008, amend. SG. 12/13 Feb 2009, amend. SG. 32/28 Apr 2009, amend. SG. 41/2 Jun 2009, amend. SG. 42/5 Jun 2009, amend. and suppl. SG. 75/18 Sep 2009, amend. SG. 82/16 Oct 2009, amend. SG. 93/24 Nov 2009, amend. SG. 19/9 Mar 2010, amend. SG. 87/5 Nov 2010, amend. SG. 19/8 Mar 2011, amend. SG. 39/20 May 2011, amend. SG. 55/19 Jul 2011, amend. SG. 99/16 Dec 2011, amend. SG. 38/18 May 2012, amend. SG. 44/12 Jun 2012, amend. SG. 47/22 Jun 2012, amend. SG. 53/13 Jul 2012, amend. SG. 15/15 Feb 2013, amend. SG. 66/26 Jul 2013, amend. SG. 16/25 Feb 2014, amend. SG. 53/27 Jun 2014, amend. SG. 98/28 Nov 2014, amend. and suppl. SG. 10/6 Feb 2015, amend. SG. 14/20 Feb 2015, amend. SG. 37/22 May 2015, suppl. SG. 61/11 Aug 2015, amend. SG. 95/8 Dec 2015, amend. and suppl. SG. 101/22 Dec 2015, amend. SG. 30/15 Apr 2016, suppl. SG. 75/27 Sep 2016, amend. and suppl. SG. 11/31 Jan 2017, amend. SG. 89/7 Nov 2017, amend. and suppl. SG. 96/1 Dec 2017, suppl. SG. 31/10 Apr 2018, amend. and suppl. SG. 80/28 Sep 2018, amend. and suppl. SG. 105/18 Dec 2018, amend. and suppl. SG. 60/30 Jul 2019, amend. SG. 14/18 Feb 2020, amend. SG. 17/26 Feb 2021, amend. and suppl. SG. 23/19 Mar 2021, amend. and suppl. SG. 14/10 Feb 2023, amend. and suppl. SG. 66/1 Aug 2023
Chapter one.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Art. 1. (1) (suppl. – SG 39/11) This Act settles the public relations connected with the ownership, the using, the management, keeping, construction, repair, maintenance and financing of the roads, as well as the management of the road infrastructure safety in the Republic of Bulgaria.
(2) This Act shall not apply for:
1. (suppl. - SG 75/09) the streets in populated areas and towns and villages, with the exception of those which are both sections of national or municipal roads;
2. the agricultural roads providing access to farm lands;
3. the forest roads;
4. the private roads not opened for public use.

Art. 2. (1) The roads form a united road network and serve mainly for transportation of passengers and cargo.
(2) The road network shall be developed in compliance with the transport and social needs of the public, the infrastructure of the populated areas and the requirements of the normative acts related to the national security, the protection of the environment and the road safety.

Art. 3. (1) The roads are republican and local.
(2) (suppl. - SG 43/08; suppl. – SG 47/12) National roads are the motorways, high-speed roads and the roads of first, second and third class which provide transport connections of national importance and form the state road network. Certain national roads shall be entered in the trans-European road network.
(3) The local roads are municipal and private, opened for public use, providing transport connections of local importance and connected with the national roads or with the streets.
(4) (suppl. – SG 69/08; amend. - SG 66/13, in force from 26.07.2013; amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014) The lists of the republican and municipal roads and the changes therein shall be approved by the Council of Ministers at the proposal of the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works upon coordination with the mayors of the municipalities.
(5) The classification of the national roads shall be made under the conditions and by an order determined by the Council of Ministers.
(6) The change of national roads into municipal shall be approved by the Council of Ministers upon consent of the municipal councils of the respective municipalities.
(7) (new - SG 87/10) The highways shall be national sites. They shall be specifically constructed and marked roads for high speed motor vehicles only, and shall have the following characteristics:
1. separate traffic lanes in each direction with a dividing line between them, where each lane shall consist of at least two traffic lanes and a special lane for emergency stopping;
2. junctions with other roads, streets, railway and tram tracks shall be on different levels only;
3. the traffic inflow and outflow shall be on specific places only;
4. without direct connections to adjacent territories;
5. (new – SG 47/12) roadside rest areas;
6. (new – SG 47/12) safety wire fence.
(8) (new – SG 47/12) High-speed roads shall be national sites. They shall be specifically constructed and marked roads for traffic of high-speed motor vehicles and shall have the following characteristics:
1. separate traffic lanes in each direction with a dividing line between them, where each lane shall consist of at least two traffic lanes;
2. junctions with other roads, streets, railway and tram tracks shall be on different levels only;
3. the traffic inflow and outflow shall be carried out only by road junctions at different levels;
4. links to adjacent areas are via a local lane separated from the direct route by a reserve at least two metres wide;
5. safety wire fence;
6. emergency stop areas;
7. roadside rest areas.
(9) (new – SG 47/12) The terms and the procedures of the State Property Act, the Spatial Development Act, the Forestry Act and the Preservation Of Agricultural Lands Act shall apply to the repositioning of wire fence sections and technical infrastructure facilities affected in the design and construction of highways and high-speed roads in the context of national sites within the meaning of the State Property Act.

Art. 4. (1) (amend., SG 6/04, suppl. - SG 75/09) The sections of the national and municipal roads within the urbanised territories and the towns and villages shall have limited connections with the street network, and the traffic on them shall have right of way.
(2) (Amend. - SG 75/09) The national and municipal road-beds along the street network of the populated areas and the towns and villages shall be determined by the general urban development plan.

Art. 5. (1) (suppl. – SG 39/11) The roads (road infrastructure) have the following basic elements:
1. (suppl. – SG 39/11) road range;
2. road facilities;
3. road requisites.
(2) The road range is the area on which the ground roadway is located and the boundary strips on both its sides, together with the air space above it at a height determined by the norms for roads designing.
(3) The range of the road along the road facilities for moving obstacles and above tunnels includes the horizontal projection of the facility on the terrain and the boundary strips on both sides of this projection.
(4) The boundary strips under para 2 and 3 shall be wide up to 2 m each.
(5) (amend., SG 6/04) The width of the range of the roads outside the populated areas and within the boundaries of the urbanised territories with unregulated adjacent terrains shall be determined by the road design.
(6) (amend., SG 6/04) (6) The width of the range of the primary street network which are part of national or municipal roads within the boundaries of urbanised areas shall be determined by a detailed spatial plan.
(6a) (new, SG 88/00; suppl. – SG 47/12; amend. - SG 66/13, in force from 26.07.2013; amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014; amend. – SG 101/15, in force from 22.12.2015) In construction of new roads or reconstruction of sectors of existing ones, with exception of the motorways and high-speed roads, in parallel to the traffic lanes on both sides can be constructed bicycle alleys. In reconstruction of the existing roads the bicycle alleys shall be constructed on a stabilised banquette. In construction of new roads the bicycle alleys shall be included in the range of the traffic lanes. The bicycle alleys shall be detached from the traffic lane by an open curb and/or protective fence.
(7) (amend., SG 6/04) The road facilities and road infrastructure shall be arranged within the range of the road, with exception of the bases for maintenance of national roads, the power supply and light facilities together with their contiguous areas and the snow protection facilities which can be located out of it.

Art. 6. (1) The republic and municipal roads shall have on both sides boundary construction strip which shall be located at 50 m for the motorways, at 25 m for the remaining national roads and at 10 m for the municipal roads, measured horizontally and perpendicularly to the axis of the road from the end (edge) of the traffic roadway or of the lane for emergency stopping.
(2) When the boundary construction line falls within the range of the road it shall be moved and located along the outer end of the boundary strip.
(3) (Amend., SG 6/04, amend. - SG 75/09) The boundary construction strip within the urbanised territories shall be determined by the urban development and construction plans.

Art. 7. (1) (amend., SG 6/04) The national roads outside the boundaries of the urbanised territories and the towns and villages shall have on both their sides servicing zones.
(2) The servicing zone shall comprise the strip of land of width 100 m at the motorways and 50 m at the other national roads, measured horizontally and perpendicularly to the axis of the road from the end of its range.
(3) Along the length of the road facilities for moving obstacles, at the specially layby road sectors and tunnels the servicing zone under para 2 shall be wide 1000 m.
(4) The change of the width of the servicing zone shall be made smoothly along the length of 1000 m before the beginning and after the end of the sector under para 3.

Chapter two.
OWNERSHIP
Art. 8. (1) The roads are public and private property.
(2) The national roads are exclusive state property.
(3) The municipal roads are public municipal property.
(4) The private roads are property of corporate bodies or individuals.
(5) The ownership of the roads spreads over all basic elements under the conditions of Art. 5.

Chapter three.
USING
Art. 9. (1) (suppl. - SG 11/17, in force from 31.01.2017) The roads are open for public use by observing the order and the rules established by this Act and the Road Traffiic Act.
(2) The private roads can be open for public use when this is required by public interests, by an initiative of the respective municipal council and with the consent of the owner in contracting the relations. The contract shall obligatorily include clauses determining the type and the size of the due compensation and the obligations of the parties for the maintenance and repair of the road.
(3) The owners or the administration managing the roads can introduce temporary prohibitions of public using of individual roads or sectors of them in carrying out repair works, during natural calamities and accidents, for unfavourable water and heat regime of the cover, for occurrence of a danger for the traffic security and in carrying out mass sport events.
(4) (amend. – SG 64/06; amend. – SG 69/08, amend. - SG 75/09) The National Road infrastructure Agency shall introduce prohibitions for public and special use of individual roads for some types of vehicles when it is necessary for providing the road safety.
(5) Prohibitions under para 3 and 4 shall be introduced upon coordination with the bodies of the Ministry of Interior, and for the special layby sectors - with the Ministry of Defence.
(6) (new – SG 39/11) The control of the traffic organisation and the activities referred to in Para 3 shall be carried out by authorised officials of the control services of the Ministry of Interior and the of road owner (the street that is also a section of a republican or municipal road), or of the administration that manages the road, in compliance with the requirements set out in the ordinance referred to in Art. 3, Para 3 of the Road Traffic Act.

Art. 10. (amend. - SG 43/08) (1) (suppl. – SG 101/15, in force from 22.12.2015, amend. – SG 80/18, in force from 16.08.2019) In order to use the paid road network, a combined charging system shall be introduced for the different categories of road vehicles and charges on a time and distance basis:
1. (amend. and suppl. – SG 80/18, in force from 16.08.2019) user charge for the use of the paid road network - vignette fee for road vehicles under Art. 10a, Para. 7; the payment of the vignette fee entitles a road vehicle to use the paid road network for a certain period of time;
2. (amend. - SG 101/15, in force from 22.12.2015, amend. and suppl. – SG 80/18, in force from 16.08.2019, suppl. – SG, 60/19, in force from 16.08.2019) a travelled distance fee - toll fee for road vehicles under Art. 10b, Para. 3; the payment of this toll fee entitles a road vehicle to travel between two points of the road or road section concerned; the distance traveled is calculated on the basis of the sum of the individual toll segments, into which the relevant road vehicle has entered and the fees due shall be determined on the basis of the sum of the tolls, calculated for the respective toll segments; the distance toll shall be determined according to the technical characteristics of the road or road section, the distance traveled, the vehicle category, the number of axles and its ecological characteristics, and shall be determined separately for each road or road section.
(2) (New - SG 11/17, in force from 31.01.2017, amend. – SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018) In travelling on the paid road network, when the respective fee under Para. 1 has not been paid for the particular vehicle, the driver of the vehicle, its owner or a third party may pay a compensatory fee, in which case the person is to be exempt from administrative and penal liability. In this case, any other persons who may carry administrative and penal liability in connection with the particular road vehicle shall be exempt from it as well.
(2a) (New - SG 14/23, in force from 01.08.2023) In case of established traffic on the paid road network, when the relevant fee under Para. 1 has not been paid for the vehicle, a notification shall be sent by e-mail or a short text message to a mobile phone number, or in another way, depending on the contact details declared when paying the last toll for the relevant road vehicle.
(2b) (New - SG 14/23, in force from 01.08.2023) The notification shall be made by the person collecting tolls or by a service provider under Art. 10h or under Art. 10i, depending on to which of these persons the last toll under Para. 1 was paid or with which of them the notified person has concluded a contract for the electronic collection of tolls for the relevant vehicle.
(2c) (New - SG 14/23, in force from 01.08.2023) The notification shall be made within three working days from the date on which the movement of a road vehicle without paid corresponding toll fee under Para. 1is established.
(2d) (New - SG 14/23, in force from 01.08.2023) In case of undeclared or incorrectly declared contact data, as well as in case of notification by the control authorities pursuant to Art. 189f, Para. 2 of the Road Traffic Act, the notification under Para. 2a shall be deemed to have been regularly made.
(2e) (New - SG 14/23, in force from 01.08.2023) The notification shall be informative and is not a prerequisite for commitment or exemption from administrative-penal liability.
(3) (Amend. – SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018) The list of roads included in the scope of the paid road network, for which user charges - vignette fees - or toll fees – tolls - may be collected, shall be adopted in a decision of the Council of Ministers. The list shall be promulgated in the State Gazette.
(4) A fee can be introduced for using a certain facility and/or pass when using the corresponding facilities on the national roads referred to in Para 1 - bridges, tunnels and/or mountain passes, specified in a list adopted by a decision of the Council of Ministers and promulgated in the State Gazette. Such fee shall not be introduced for roads, for which a fee under Para 1, Item 2 is collected.
(5) For special use of the national roads or parts thereof shall be collected separate fees.
(6) (Amend. - SG 75/09, amend. - SG 66/13, in force from 26.07.2013; amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014, suppl. - SG 31/18, amend. – SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018, amend. - SG 14/20, amend. - SG 66/23, in force from 01.12.2023) The amount of the fees under Art. Para. 1, 2, 4 and 5 and under Art. 10b, Para. 5 shall be determined by a tariff of the Council of Ministers at the proposal of the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works. The terms and procedure for collecting the fees under Para. 4 and 5 shall be determined by an ordinance of the Council of Ministers at the proposal of the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works. The servicing of card payments for the collection of the revenues under Parа. 1 shall be carried out under the procedure of Art. 4, Para. 4 of the Act on Restriction Of Cash Payments, whereby payments may also be made through fuel cards issued by entities with whom the Road Infrastructure Agency concludes contracts under equal publicly announced general conditions.
(7) (New – SG 101/15, in force from 22.12.2015, amend. and suppl. – SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018) The conditions, the order and the rules for setting up and functioning of a combined charging system of the different categories of road vehicles on a time and distance basis shall be determined by an ordinance of the Council of Ministers in accordance with the requirements of Directive 1999/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 1999 on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures, called "Directive 1999/62/EC”, and Directive 2004/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the interoperability of electronic road toll systems in the Community. The ordinance shall also determine the terms and procedure for collecting the fees under Para. 1 and 2 and under Art. 10b, Para. 5.
(8) (Amend. - SG 101/15, in force from 22.12.2015, prev. Para. 2 - SG 11/17, in force from 31.01.2017) The introduction of the fees under Para. 1 for travelling on national roads which are outside the trans-European road network, or on portions thereof, in order to manage the traffic flows along parallel (alternative) directions of the trans-European road network, must not lead to discrimination in respect of international traffic and to breach of competition between individual carriers.
(9) (New – SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018, suppl. – SG 105/18, in force from 01.01.2019) Road vehicles of the Ministry of Interior, of the National Service for Protection, of the State Agency for National Security, the Emergency Medical Assistance vehicles and those of the armed forces, travelling on the national roads, shall not be charged with fees under Para. 1, 4 and 5. The vehicles of the Executive Agency “Automobile Administration” and the Customs Agency with a total technically permissible maximum mass exceeding 3,5 tonnes, carrying out the control of the road, shall not pay the toll fees under Para. 1, item 2.
(10) (New – SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018) The Road Infrastructure Agency shall exercise the powers of the State in relation to the collection of the tolls under this Article and the functions of an entity collecting tolls and managing the combined charging system for different categories of road vehicles on a time and distance basis, as well as the practical implementation, introduction, operation and control of the toll collection system.
(11) (New – SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018) The Road Infrastructure Agency shall operate and maintain the Electronic System for Collection of Road Fees under Para. 1, which consists of an electronic system of the issued electronic vignettes and an electronic toll collection system.
(12) (New – SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018) The Road Infrastructure Agency shall ensure that all users of the paid road network can pay the relevant fee under Para. 1 and 2 by electronic and bank transfer, as well as by card payment and cash at the points of sale, and also to pay a fee for electronic vignette for road vehicles under Art. 10a, Para. 7 and a waybill for road vehicles under Art. 10b, Para. 3 through self-ticketing terminals located on the paid road network and in the regional cities of the country.
(13) (New – SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018) The location of the self-ticketing terminals shall be determined by a decision of the Managing Board of the Road Infrastructure Agency.
(14) (New – SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018, amend. – SG 105/18, in force from 01.01.2019, suppl. - SG 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) Points of sale shall be opened at least near the border checkpoints, on the territory of the border checkpoints, in the district towns and along the paid road network, for which purpose the Road Infrastructure Agency is to:
1. open sales points in the regional road offices and / or at the stations of the National toll management established on the national road network, and/or
2. conclude contracts under the same publicly announced general conditions and prices, and according to the technical capacity of the electronic toll collection system, with traders meeting the requirements determined by a decision of the Managing Board of the Road Infrastructure Agency, whereby the Agency shall determine the locations at which to open sales outlets and shall provide elements of the technical and software equipment, and/or
3. conclude contracts under the same publicly announced general conditions and prices with traders under Art. 10h, Para. 2 and Art. 10i, Para. 1, which provide technical and software equipment at their own expense for the purpose of providing the relevant services.
(15) (New – SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018, amend. – SG, 60/19, in force from 30.07.2019) The Road Infrastructure Agency shall conclude the contracts under the Ordinance under Para. 7 with providers of electronic toll collection services, who meet the conditions set out in this Act and the Ordinance, whereby applying equal publicly disclosed general terms and prices.
(16) (New – SG 105/18, in force from 01.01.2019, repealed - SG 14/23, in force from 10.02.2023)

Art. 10a. (New - SG 6/04, amend. - SG 80/18, in force from 01.01.2019, amend. regarding the entry into force – SG 105/18, in force from 01.01.2019) (1) (*) Vignette charges shall be differentiated depending on the period, for which the vignette fee was paid. Depennding on the length of time, the vignette charges shall be annual, quarterly, monthly, weekly and daily, and shall be valid from the day indicated as starting date when paid for. The term of validity of the vignette fees shall be determined by the ordinance under Art. 10, Para. 7.
(2) When a road vehicle under Para. 7 has used the paid road network, the minimum user charge for this use shall be a vignette fee valid for a weekend.
(3) The vignette fee shall be paid by the owner or user of the vehicle after its registration number, vehicle category and period of validity have been declared, and shall be valid only for the vehicle, whose registration number was correctly declared by its owner or the user.
(3a) (New - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021, suppl. - SG 14/23, in force from 10.02.2023) The responsibility for incorrectly declared data regarding the registration number of the road vehicle, its category or the period of validity of the vignette fee lies with the owner or its user. In case of incorrectly declared data, it is considered that no vignette fee has been paid for the road vehicle, with the exception of the cases for correction under Para. 3b.
(3b) (New - 23/21, in force from 19.03.2021, amend. - SG 14/23, in force from 10.02.2023) Where, upon issuing an electronic vignette, when declaring the registration number of the road vehicle, a technical error has been made in not more than three symbols and/or a symbol is missing from the registration number, including the one of the country in which it is registered, or of its category, a correction shall be made by the respective officials after an application to change incorrectly declared data is filed by the owner or user. When it is established that there is a vehicle in the Republic of Bulgaria with a registration number identical to the one originally declared in the vignette, the applicant shall submit evidence of the vignette fee paid by him. The change in the data of the electronic vignette shall take effect from the moment of its issuance and shall be valid until the expiration of the validity period of the one originally issued.
(4) Upon payment of the vignette fee, an electronic vignette shall be issued which is an electronic document within the sense of Art. 3, Para. 1 of the Electronic Document and Electronic Trust Services Act certifying the payment of the respective fee as per Art. 10, Para. 1, item 1 and containing the registration number of the vehicle, its category, the date of payment of the fee and the term of validity.
(4a) (New - SG 14/23, in force from 01.06.2023) A person who has paid an annual electronic vignette shall be notified twice - by e-mail or by a short text message to a mobile telephone number, or by another way, depending on the contact data provided - once within 14 days before the expiry of the vignette and a second time within two days before the expiry of the vignette.
(4b) (New - SG 14/23, in force from 01.06.2023) A person who has paid a quarterly electronic vignette shall be notified by e-mail or by a short text message to a mobile phone number, or by another way, depending on the contact details provided, within two days before the expiry of the vignette.
(4c) (New - SG 14/23, in force from 01.06.2023) The notification under Para. 4a and 4b shall be of informative nature and shall be done by the person collecting tolls or by a service provider under Art. 10h or under Art. 10i, depending on which of these persons the last toll was paid through.
(5) Officials exercising control over the fulfillment of the toll payment obligation under Art. 10, Para. 1, item 1, shall not have the right to require from the owners or users of the vehicle to present the electronic vignette issued or evidence of the payment made.
(6) (*) The electronic vignette issued against the paid vignette fee shall accompany the vehicle in the event of transfer of ownership of the vehicle, while retaining its validity for the period for which it was issued.
(7) (*) A vignette fee shall be paid for the following road vehicles with a total technically permissible maximum mass up to or equal to 3,5 tonnes:
1. motor vehicles having at least four wheels and intended for the carriage of passengers;
2. motor vehicles having at least four wheels and intended for the carriage of goods;
3. off-road motor vehicles;
4. (new - SG 14/23, in force from 10.02.2023) campers of category M1.
(8) Road vehicles designed to tow semi-trailers shall be considered to be road vehicles intended for the carriage of goods with more than 2 axles, irrespective of the number of axles and whether the semi-trailer is attached or not.
(9) In the cases when the road vehicle under Para. 7 travels with an attached trailer, the owner or user shall be obliged to pay an additional vignette fee for the same category of vehicle, regardless of the number of axles of the trailer, for the period of use of the paid road network by the vehicle with the trailer attached, when the total permissible technical mass of the composition exceeds 3,5 tonnes.

Art. 10b. (new, SG 6/04; amend. – SG 69/08; amend. – SG 93/09, in force from 24.11.2009; suppl. – SG 61/15, in force from 01.11.2015, amend. – SG 80/18, in force from 16.08.2019) (1) Tolls shall be differentiated depending on the technical characteristics of the road or the section thereof, the distance traveled, the vehicle category, the number of axles and its ecological characteristics, and shall be determined separately for each road or section thereof.
(2) The control of entry and exit of any road vehicle on the paid road network, as well as the recording of the distance traveled and the payment of the toll shall be done through an Electronic toll collection system. The terms and conditions of operation of the System shall be determined in the Ordinance under Art. 10, Para. 7.
(3) (Amend. - SG 14/23, in force from 10.02.2023) The toll shall be paid by the owner or user of the road vehicle for all road vehicles with a total technically permissible maximum mass over 3,5 tons, except for those under Art. 10a, Para. 7 and 9, whereby the payment of which entitles the vehicle for which it is paid to pass a certain distance between two points.
(4) (Suppl. - SG 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) The amount of the toll fee due for payment shall be determined on the basis of actually received declarations of toll data, certified in accordance with the procedure provided for in the ordinance under Art. 10, Para. 7, or by purchasing a one-way waybill granting the road user the right to pass a distance previously declared by him along a particular route, the same applies only to the vehicle which registration number has been correctly declared by its owner or user. In the Ordinance under Art. 10, Para. 7 shall also be determined the ways of calculating and paying the due tolls.
(4a) (New - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) The responsibility for incorrectly declared data in the route map lies with the owner or the user. In case of incorrectly declared data regarding the registration number of the road vehicle, including the country in which it is registered or the period of validity of the route map, it is considered that no toll has been paid for the road vehicle.
(5) (Suppl. – SG, 60/19, in force form 16.08.2019) Where it is not possible to establish the actual distance traveled for reasons not due to a technical malfunction of the Electronic toll collection system maintained by the Road Infrastructure Agency, it shall be assumed that the respective vehicle has traveled a distance, corresponding to the longest section between two points of the paid road network, defined in the shortest itinerary on the paid road network, in which case the owner or user is to pay a maximum fee, determined in the tariff under Art. 10, Para. 6.
(6) In order to reduce the harmful impact on the environment of the vehicles in determining the amount of fees in the tariff under Art. 10, Para. 6, the Council of Ministers shall determine lower fees for road vehicles under Para. 3 which comply with the ecological category EURO III, EURO IV, EURO V, EURO VI and higher environmental categories, including "EEV".
(7) (New - SG 14/23, in force from 01.01.2024) In case there is a partial or complete non-declaration of toll data within one calendar day for a vehicle of the category under Para. 3, for which there is an effective contract with a service provider for electronic toll collection, the owner or user shall be given the opportunity to pay the toll for passing through the relevant sections of the road within 14 days, counted from the receipt of notification under Para. 8. Upon payment of the fee within the term of the first sentence, administrative-penal proceedings shall not be instituted.
(8) (New - SG 14/23, in force from 01.01.2024) Within three days of establishing undeclared toll data, the provider of the electronic toll collection service shall duly notify the owner or user of a road vehicle, for which a contract has been concluded, and the amount of unpaid toll fees shall also be included in the notification.
(9) (New - SG 14/23, in force from 01.01.2024) In case of established use of the paid road network by a road vehicle from the category under Para. 3, for which a route card has been purchased for the calendar day with incorrectly declared data, the owner or user shall have the right to request in writing to the Road Infrastructure Agency the actual data for the use of the paid road network for the relevant period. Based on this application, the Road Infrastructure Agency shall check the accuracy of this data, and in case of confirmation, the owner or user shall be given the opportunity, if necessary, to pay the fee for the use of the unpaid toll segments within 14 days from the confirmation of the data.
(10) (New - SG 66/23, in force from 01.12.2023) The National Revenue Agency has the right to access data in the Electronic System for the collection of toll fees in accordance with the procedure determined by the regulation under Art. 10, para. 7.

Art. 10c. (new, SG 6/04; amend. - SG 104/05, amend. – SG 64/06; amend. - SG 43/08, in force from 01.01.2009) (1) (suppl. – SG 41/09, in force from 01.07.2009) A disabled person of 50 and more than 50 per cent reduced ability to work or a type and level of disability in the corresponding order shall be exempt from paying vignette charge for a car - his/her ownership or joined marital property, with engine volume up to 2,000 cc and power of up to 117.64 kW (160 HP) according to order set in an ordinance of the Minister of Transport and the Minister of Labour and Social Policy.
(2) (New – SG 39/11) Under the conditions referred to in Para 1 from payment of a vignette fee shall be exempt the persons and the families raising children with permanent disabilities under 18 years of age and before completion of their secondary education, but not later than 20 years of age.
(3) (Amend. - SG 75/09, prev. text of Para. 2 - SG 39/11; revoked - SG 99/11, in force from 01.01.2012, new – SG 105/18, in force from 01.01.2019) The electronic vignette issued under the terms of Para. 1 and 2, shall not follow the vehicle in case of transfer of ownership thereof, and shall cease to be valid from the date of the transfer. The transferor shall be obliged to notify the Road Infrastructure Agency of the transfer made immediately, but no later than three working days, whereas otherwise he is not entitled to have a new free electronic vignette issued until the original validity of the issued document has expired in relation to the transferred vehicle. 

Art. 10d. (new, SG 6/04; amend. – SG 101/15, in force from 22.12.2015) For transport vehicles with foreign registration charge as per Art. 10, para 1shall not be collected if this has been provided in an international treaty or convention, to which the Republic of Bulgaria is a party.

Art. 10e. (new – SG 104/05) For wheel tractors, tractor trailers and other automotive mechanics, registered for work as per the Act on Registration and Control of Agricultural and Forestry Machinery, charge as per Art. 10, para 1 shall not be paid.

Art. 10f. (New - SG 43/08) (1) (Amend. – SG 69/08, amend. - SG 75/09, suppl. – SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018, amend. and suppl. – SG 105/18, in force from 01.01.2019) The control at the border control points for performance of the duties of the transport vehicles with Bulgarian and foreign registration for payment of the fees under Art. 10 shall be carried out by officials of the Customs Agency, with the exception of the toll fees under Art. 10, Para. 1 for the respective category of road vehicle arriving at a border checkpoint in the direction of entry into the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria.
(2) (amend. – SG 69/08, amend. – SG 75/09, amend. – SG 101/15, in force from 22.12.2015, suppl. - SG 11/17, in force from 31.01.2017, amend. – SG 105/18, in force from 01.01.2019) The transport vehicle which has arrived at a border control point in direction of leaving the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria for which no fee has been paid under Art. 10, Para. 1, item 1 and/or have not been met the respective obligations for establishment of the distance traveled and payment of the due fee under Art. 10, Para. 1, item 2, may leave the country only after payment of the toll fees under Art. 10, para. 2 for the respective category of vehicle in the specialized unit of the Customs Agency at the given border control checkpoint.
(3) (New - SG 11/17, in force from 31.01.2017, amend. – SG 105/18, in force from 01.01.2019) In the cases under Para. 2, any road vehicle for which no fee has been paid under Art. 10, Para. 2 for the respective category, may leave the country only after payment of the toll fee under Art. 10a, Para. 2 - for road vehicles under Art. 10a, Para. 7 or, respectively, after payment of a fee under Art. 10b, Para. 5 - for road vehicles under Art. 10b, Para. 3, in the specialized unit of the Customs Agency at the given border control checkpoint.
(4) (New - SG 75/16, in force from 27.09.2016, prev. Para. 3 - SG 11/17, in force from 31.01.2017, amend. – SG 105/18, in force from 01.01.2019) Any road vehicle arriving at a border crossing point, for which the due fee has not been paid under Art. 10, Para. 4 and 5, may continue its journey only after payment of the toll fee for the respective category of road vehicle to the specialized unit of the Customs Agency at the respective border crossing point.
(5) (New – SG 105/18, in force from 01.01.2019) In the event where inspection activities related to passport and visa regime are carried out on the territory of a neighboring country, the Customs Agency shall exercise control at specially designated places within the border area.

Art. 10g. (new – SG 39/11, amend. – SG 101/15, in force from 22.12.2015) In respect of a road vehicle for combined transportation in the sense of Art. 56 of the Railroad Transport Act, no fee as per Art. 10, para 1 shall be paid for its way from the border to the closest intermodal terminal and back, if the particular transportations has been authorised with a certificate for internal combined transportation on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria, issued on a form, approved by the Minister of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications.

Art. 10h. (New – SG, 101/2015, in force from 22.12.2015, amend. – SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018) (1) The combined charging system of the different categories of road vehicles on a time and distance basis shall also include the European Electronic Toll Service (EETS), with the Road Infrastructure Agency establishing and maintaining a registry of the EETS regions, a national EETS Provider Registry and a registry of national providers of electronic toll collection services.
(2) EETS providers shall be legal subjects meeting the requirements of Para. 3 and registered in the Member State in which they are established, providing EETS user with access to EETS.
(3) Traders registered in the Republic of Bulgaria shall be entered in the National Electronic Register of EETS Providers, if they meet the following requirements:
1. they have a valid certificate according to BDS EN ISO 9001, or its equivalent;
2. they have the technical equipment and the EC declaration or certificate attesting the conformity of the interoperability constituents as set out in point 1 of Annex IV to Commission Decision 2009/750/EC of 6 October 2009 on the definition of the European Electronic Toll Service and its technical elements (OJ, L 268/11 of 13 October 2009);
3. they have competence in the provision of electronic toll collection services or in other related areas;
4. they have the necessary financial stability;
5. they have a risk management plan that is subject to verification at least once every two years;
6. they have a good reputation.
(4) Within 24 months of registration, EETS Providers shall conclude EETS contracts covering all EETS regions. The EETS Provider shall at all times ensure coverage of all EETS regions. In the event of a change in the EETS regions, or for any other reason that violates the full coverage, it shall restore the full coverage within 6 months.
(5) Disputes arising between the person-toll collector and EETS providers who have entered into contracts or are in a contractual relationship with that person shall be reviewed by the Reconciliation Committee of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works. The competence and powers of the Reconciliation Committee shall be regulated in the Ordinance under Art. 10, Para. 7, and the composition, functions and activities of the Committee shall be determined by a regulation approved by the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, or by an official authorized by him.
(6) During the examination of disputes, the Reconciliation Committee shall have the right to investigate whether the contractual terms imposed by the person collecting tolls onto various EETS providers are non-discriminatory and reflect correctly the costs and risks of the parties in the contract.
(7) The principles of operation of EETS, the technical requirements for interoperability of EETS, creating and maintaining a national registry of EETS regions and national registry of EETS providers and a registry of national providers of electronic toll collection services shall be determined in the ordinance as per Art. 10, Para. 7.

Art. 10i. (New - SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018) (1) Traders registered in the Republic of Bulgaria or in another Member State of the European Union, meeting the requirements under Art. 10h, Para. 3, item 1 and items 3 to 6 and possessing technical equipment meeting the relevant requirements necessary for the purposes of tolling in the respective toll regions of the Road Infrastructure Agency, may also act as a national service provider of electronic toll collection, if they have been entered in the respective registry under the ordinance of Art. 10, Para. 7 and have concluded a contract under general conditions with the Road Infrastructure Agency.
(2) National providers of electronic toll collection services shall give users access to the electronic toll collection services in order to travel the paid road network in the Republic of Bulgaria.
(3) The requirement of Art. 10h, Para. 4 shall not apply to a national provider of an electronic toll collection service, and in any case the same may wish and be entered in the registry under Art. 10h, Para. 3, following which all requirements for EETS Providers shall apply to him.
(4) Disputes between the persons operating as national providers of electronic toll collection service and the person collecting the tolls shall be resolved pursuant to Art. 10h, Para. 5 and 6.
(5) The terms and procedure for keeping the National Electronic Registry of the EETS Providers and the Registry of the National Electronic Toll Collection Service Providers, the conditions for entry, the documents to be submitted by the applicant to prove the circumstances under Para. 1 and under Art. 10h, Para. 3, as well as the grounds for deletion from the registry, shall be determined by the ordinance under Art. 10, Para. 7.

Art. 10j. (New - SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018) (1) (Amend. and suppl. – SG, 60/19, in force from 30.07.2019) Declared data provider is a person, who collects and provides a provider of electronic toll collection services with regard to geographical positioning and distance traveled by road vehicles to customers, with whom he or she has a contract.
(2) (Amend. – SG, 60/19, in force from 30.07.2019) Provider of declared data, that meets the requirements, determined by the Ordinance under Art. 10, Para. 7, shall be entered in a publicly announced list of declared data providers, maintained by the Road Infrastructure Agency and shall sign a contract with a provider of electronic toll collection services for passed distance for transmission of data on geographical positioning and distance traveled by road vehicles to consumers, with whom it has signed contract.
(3) (Repealed, - SG, 60/19, in force from 30.07.2019).

Art. 11. (amend. - SG 36/06, in force from 01. 07.2006; amend. - SG 43/08) (1) (amend. - SG 96/17, in force from 02.01.2018) Concession on the republic and municipal roads or on separate sections or road facilities of them, shall be awarded under the conditions and by the order of the Concessions Act.
(2) (amend. - SG 96/17, in force from 02.01.2018, amend. - SG 17/21) With the documentation under Art. 78, para. 1 of the Concessions Act shall be determined the conditions and order under which the concessionaire shall be entitled to collect concession TOLL fee and/or to receive other payments including from the grantor.

Art. 12. (revoked - SG 36/06, in force from 01.07.2006)

Art. 13. (revoked - SG 36/06, in force from 01.07.2006)

Art. 14. (1) (amend. - SG 36/06, in force from 01.07.2006, amend. - SG 17/21) The subject of concession shall comprise particular national road or separate section of such and the adherent areas under art. 5.
(2) In the cases when a subject of a concession is a motorway the concession territory shall also comprise the areas necessary for construction of roadside servicing complexes determined by the technical documentation for construction of the motorway.
(3) (new, SG 6/04) The concession territory shall be set on the basis of an approved project under art. 126, para 6 of the Spatial Development Act.

Art. 15. (revoked - SG 36/06, in force from 01.07.2006)

Art. 16. (revoked - SG 36/06, in force from 01.07.2006)

Art. 17. (revoked - SG 36/06, in force from 01.07.2006)

Art. 18. (1) The special using of the roads shall be carried out by a permit of the owner or of the administration managing the roads.
(2) The individuals and the corporate bodies shall pay fees for the special using of the roads, except when an international agreement, party to which is the Republic of Bulgaria, stipulates otherwise.
(3) The size of the fees under para 2 shall be determined by:
1. the Council of Ministers - for the national roads;
2. the municipal councils - for the municipal roads;
3. the owners - for the private roads.
(4) The persons who have obtained permit for special using shall eliminate for their account all damages and harm caused by them on the roads or shall reimburse the expenses for that, made by the administration managing the roads.
(5) The special using of the roads shall be carried out under conditions and by an order determined by an ordinance of the Council of Ministers.

Chapter four.
MANAGEMENT
Art. 19. (1) The roads shall be managed as follows:
1. (amend. – SG 64/06; amend. – SG 69/08; amend. - SG 75/09; amend. – SG 55/11; amend. – SG 101/15, in force from 22.12.2015) the national roads - by the Road Infrastructure Agency;
2. the municipal roads - by the mayors of the respective municipalities;
3. the private roads - by their owners.
(2) (New – SG 69/08) The road administration shall include:
1. operative construction planning – engineering and construction, and maintenance of the roads;
2. (amend. - SG 96/17, in force from 02.01.2018) providing for engineering and construction of roads, including assigning public procurement and granting concessions for these activities;
3. organization, assignment, financing and control of the activities directly related to engineering, construction, administration, repairing and maintenance of the roads;
4. organization and performance of protection of the roads, including the road equipment and road accessories;
5. providing for the public use of the roads by regulation and control of the traffic, granting permissions and imposing prohibitions for use of roads;
6. exercising control on the vehicles with view to the correct exploitation of the roads and prevention of destruction;
7. provision of information and prognosis of the road traffic;
8. other activities, determined in This Act and the implementing regulations not related to use and disposition.
(3) (amend. – SG 64/06; prev. text of Para 2, amend. – SG 69/08; amend. - SG 75/09; suppl. – SG 55/11; amend. – SG 101/15, in force from 22.12.2015) The municipalities and the owners of private roads shall coordinate with the Road Infrastructure Agency the projects for construction and connection of these roads to the national roads.

Art. 19a. (new – SG 69/08) The Council of Ministers shall determine the state policy on planning, construction, administration and maintenance of the road infrastructure in the Republic of Bulgaria.
(2) In performance of the state policy referred to in Para 1 the Council of Ministers shall:
1. adopt:
a) a strategy for development of the road infrastructure;
b) a middle term operative programme for performance of the strategy;
2. (revoked - SG 96/17, in force from 02.01.2018)

Art. 19b. (New - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) (1) State Agency Road Safety:
1. participate in the development of drafts of normative acts, related to the safety of the road infrastructure;
2. plan, organize and conduct comprehensive safety assessments of the road network;
3. plan, organize and carry out inspections regarding the condition and characteristics of the road infrastructure;
4. coordinate the documents under Art. 19a, para. 2, item 1;
5. support the execution and the implementation of control of the procedures under Art. 36b, para. 1, items 2 - 5 with scope and by order, determined in the ordinance of Art. 36b, para. 9.
(2) For the implementation of the state policy on the safety of the road infrastructure the State Agency Road Safety gives recommendations and methodical instructions to the persons of Art. 19, para. 1.
Art. 20. (amend. – SG 69/08; amend. – SG 75/09) (1) (amend. - SG 66/13, in force from 26.07.2013; amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014) The Minister of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications and the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works shall:
1. (suppl. – SG 39/11, suppl. - SG 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) implement the state policy for development and safety management of the road infrastructure together with the Chairman of the State Agency Road Safety;
2. propose to the Council of Ministers a strategy for development of the road infrastructure and middle term operative programme for its performance;
3. in accordance with their competences, submit to the Council of Ministers draft laws and acts of secondary legislation regulating the road use and management.
(2) The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications shall maintain and develop international initiatives, and shall conclude international contracts for the construction of sections of the trans-European road network on the territory of the country, including for cross-border road connections.
(3) (Amend. - SG 66/13, in force from 26.07.2013, amend. - SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014; suppl. - SG 96/17, in force from 02.01.2018) The Minister of Regional Development and Public Works shall support and develop international initiatives, conclude and guarantee the implementation of international treaties in the field of management, planning, construction and maintenance of national roads. The Minister of Regional Development and Public Works shall grant the concessions for republic roads and for road facilities - state property (bridges and tunnels).
(4) (New – SG 55/11; amend. - SG 66/13, in force from 26.07.2013; amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014) The Minister of Regional Development and Public Works and the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications shall be responsible for drawing up of a draft strategy for the development of the road infrastructure in compliance with the state policy.
(5) (Prev. par. 4 – SG 55/11; amend. - SG 37/15) Heads of the managing authorities of operational programs may sign agreements with the Chairman of the Management Board of the National Agency "Road Infrastructure" for the implementation of projects financed by the European Union.

Art. 21. (Amend. – SG 69/08) (1) (Amend. - SG 75/09; amend. - SG 66/13, in force from 26.07.2013; amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014) National Agency "Road Infrastructure" at the Council of Ministers shall be transformed into Road Infrastructure Agency at the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works.
(2) (Amend. - 75/09; amend. - SG 15/13, in force from 01.01.2014; amend. - SG 66/13, in force from 26.07.2013; amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014; amend. – SG 101/15, in force from 22.12.2015, suppl. - SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018) The Road Infrastructure Agency, hereinafter referred to as "the Agency", is a legal entity under budget support to the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, with its headquarters in Sofia, and with specialized units: District Road Directorates, National Toll Management and Road and Bridges Institute.
(3) The Agency shall:
1. (amend. – SG 55/11; amend. - SG 66/13, in force from 26.07.2013; amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014) assist the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works for drawing up a draft strategy for development of the road infrastructure in compliance with the state policy;
2. administer the national roads in compliance with the middle term operational programmes;
3. research, analyse and make prognosis on the development of the traffic on the national roads;
4. perform projects, financed through the operational programmes "Transport" and "Regional Development";
5. (suppl. – SG 39/11) organize public procurement for engineering, impact assessment on the road safety and road safety audits, construction, repair and maintenance of the national roads, as well as for applied science research and consultations, related to road administration;
6. (amend. - SG 96/17, in force from 02.01.2018) assists the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works in carrying out the preparatory actions and the exercise of the control on the implementation of concession contracts for republic roads and for road facilities - state property (bridges and tunnels).
7. (revoked – SG 39/11)
8. coordinate investment projects related to the road administration, as well as for construction of road links to the national roads, as well as projects requiring repositioning of a road or the realization of which requires additional road safety measures on the national roads;
9. (amend. – SG 39/11) draft a list and changes of the national roads;
10. grant permits for special use of the national roads;
11. (amend. - SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018) organize or control the collection of vignette fees, TOLL fees and the other fees prescribed in This Act;
12. (revoked - SG 75/09)
13. (revoked - SG 75/09)
14. (amend. - SG 75/09) cooperate with the authorities of the Ministry of the Interior, other competent authorities and the Bulgarian Army for securing the road traffic in case of natural disasters, big industrial accidents and during wartime;
15. carry out the functions of state road administration, represent the state in international road organizations and participate in drafting and performance of international contracts related to construction, maintenance and use of the roads;
16. issue documents within its competence;
17. (new – SG 39/11, amend. - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) organise the planning and assignment of the impact assessment on the road safety at the planning stage and of road safety audits of the respective stage of the investment engineering before putting the road into operation and during its initial operation in the cases provided by this Act;
18. (new – SG 39/11, amend. - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) approve auditors’ road safety reports for the national roads;
18a. (new - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) assists the State Agency Road Safety in conducting comprehensive road network safety assessments for the national roads included in it;
19. (new – SG 39/11, amend. - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) carries out purposeful and periodic inspections for road safety on the national roads.
20. (new - SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018) perform the functions of a person collecting tolls, operate and manage the Electronic System for Collection of Road Fees under Art. 10, Para. 1, managing the processes and controlling the proper accounting of the due fees and their collection;
21. (new - SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018, amend. – SG, 60/19, in force form 30.07.2019) exercise control and supervision over the providers of electronic toll collection services - the national providers of electronic toll collection services and the EETS providers established on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria.
22. (new - SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018) prepare and maintain a report on а road fees region and an application for a region of EETS and for the provision of an electronic service for toll collection;
23. (new - SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018, repealed, - SG, 60/19, in force from 30.07.2019).
24. (new - SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018, amend. – SG, 60/19, in force from 30.07.2019) exercise control and supervision over the activity of the providers of declared data, ensuring that they meet the requirements, laid down in the Ordinance under Art. 10, Para. 7, and keep a public list of the persons, who meet these requirements;
25. (new - SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018) organize the activities of creating, keeping and maintaining the National electronic registries of providers of electronic toll collection services - National providers of electronic toll collection services and European Electronic Toll Collection Service Providers (EETS Providers) and the EETS regions located on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria;
26. (new - SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018) communicate with the other bodies of control and surveillance under Chapter Five of the Road Traffic Act concerning the sanctioning of administrative violations in connection with the use of the paid road network.
(4) (New – SG 75/09; amend. - SG 66/13, in force from 26.07.2013; amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014) The Minister of Regional Development and Public Works shall control the activity of the Agency, by:
1. approving the Agency budget;
2. adoption of the report on Agency budget execution;
3. controlling the Agency budget execution within the scope of his/her competency;
4. adoption of the Agency annual business report;
5. (new – SG 55/11) approving Agency three-year prog=ram for roads management and for the development of the road infrastructure in compliance with the adopted by the Council of Ministers strategy for the development of the road infrastructure and annual plan of program implementation by the Agency and by controlling their execution;
6. (prev. item 5 – SG 55/11) carrying out other control functions within the scope of his/her powers, provided in a regulating act.

Art. 21a. (amend. – SG 69/08, amend. - SG 75/09) (1) The Agency shall be managed by a Management Board.
(2) The Management Board comprises a Chairperson and two members having suitable qualification and professional experience in the sphere of management, design, construction and maintenance of road infrastructure or in public and corporate structure management.
(3) The Agency shall be represented by the Chairperson of the Management Board.
(4) (amend. - SG 66/13, in force from 26.07.2013; amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014) The Minister of Regional Development and Public Works shall conclude, amend and terminate the contracts with the Chairperson and the members of the Management board.

Art. 21b. (New – SG 64/06; amend. – SG 69/08; amend. – SG 75/09) (1) As a Chairperson and a member of the Management board of the Agency may not be appointed any person:
1. under guardianship;
2. sentenced to imprisonment for deliberate crime of general nature;
3. taking a position or carrying out activity under Art. 19, par. 6 of the Administration Act;
4. who is a related person in the sense of the Commerce Act to a merchant or associate or shareholder in a merchant, participating in public procurement or concession procedures, carried out by the Agency;
5. occupying a managerial or control position in a political party;
6. who has been deprived of the right to carry out commercial activity;
7. who is not a Bulgarian citizen, a citizen of another European Union Member State, of another state – a party to the European Economic Area agreement, or of the Confederation of Switzerland.
(2) The Chairperson and the members of the Management Board shall submit a declaration for lack of circumstances referred to in para. 1 upon taking up office and currently every 6 months. Within three days after the occurrence of the change of declared circumstances, the person shall submit a declaration thereof.
(3) Upon occurrence of a circumstance which is incompatible with the requirements for taking the position under para. 1, the contract of the respective person shall be terminated.

Art. 21c. (New – SG 64/06; amend. – SG 69/08; amend. – 75/09) (1) The Management Board shall take decisions regarding:
1. organization of allocation and spending of the funds for planning, construction, administration and maintenance activities of the national roads;
2. approval of the draft budget of the Agency;
3. carrying out of deals of disposal or leasing properties or items – state property, assigned to the Agency for management;
4. (amend. - SG 66/13, in force from 26.07.2013; amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014) proposals to the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works for amendment of the list of national roads;
5. proposals for drafts of legislative acts regulating managements, engineering, construction and maintenance of roads;
6. approval of technical specifications, technical guidance and methodology papers, related to construction, management, operation and maintenance of roads;
7. (suppl. - SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018) assignment of public procurement orders for engineering, construction, repair and maintenance of national roads, and also for management of projects, research and applied studies and consultancy regarding road management, as well as for activities related to the operation and management of the Electronic System for Collection of Road Fees under Art. 10, Para. 1;
8. (revoked - SG 96/17, in force from 02.01.2018)
9. (amend. - SG 66/13, in force from 26.07.2013; amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014) preparation, adoption and submission to the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works on an annual basis not later than 31 March of an annual business report of the Agency for the preceding year.
10. (new – SG 55/11; amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014; amend. – SG 101/15, in force from 22.12.2015) preparation, adoption and presentation to the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works for approval of a draft of three-year program of the agency for management of roads and for the development of the road infrastructure in compliance with the adopted by the Council of Ministers strategy for the development of the road infrastructure and an annual plan of implementation of the program by the agency; both the program and the plan shall be presented to the Minister for approval not later than 31 January for the coming three-year period, respectively for the coming year.
(2) The Management Board shall adopt also other decisions regarding the operative management of Agency activity.
(3) The Management Board shall take decisions by a majority of its members.
(4) (Amend. - SG 66/13, in force from 26.07.2013; amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014) The rules of functioning of the Management Board shall be approved by the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works upon a proposal of the Management Board.

Art. 21d. (New – SG 64/06; amend. – SG 69/08, amend. - SG 75/09) The Chairperson of the Management Board of the Agency shall:
1. organise agency activity;
2. appoint and dismiss the employees of the agency;
3. conclude the public procurement contracts for the design, construction, repair and maintenance of the republic roads, as well as for the management of projects, applied research and consultations related to road management, following a decision of the Management Board;
4. (repealed - SG 96/17, in force from 02.01.2018)
5. conclude other contracts and agreements necessary for the activity of the Agency;
6. organize and implement the decisions of the Management Board;
7. (new - SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018) appoints officials, who shall draw up acts for establishing of administrative violations in the cases provided by law;
8. (new - SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018) issue penalty decrees or empower officials of the Agency to issue penal decrees in the cases provided for by law;
9. (prev. item 7 - SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018) shall resolve other matters provided for in a legislative act, which are not within the exclusive competence of the Management Board.

Art. 21e. (New – SG 64/06; amend. – SG 69/08) (1) (amend. – SG 38/12, in force from 01.07.2012) The Agency shall apply the provisions of the Administration Act inasmuch as otherwise is not provided for in this Act.
(2) (Amend. – SG 38/12, in force from 01.07.2012) The legal relations of employees with the Agency shall be regulated under the conditions and order of the Civil Servants Act and the Labour Code. As regards to employees in employment relationship, Art. 107a shall apply.
(3) (Amend. - SG 75/09; amend. – SG 38/12, in force from 01.07.2012; amend. - SG 66/13, in force from 26.07.2013; amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014) The structure, activity and work organisation of the Agency and its administration shall be regulated in regulations, adopted by the Council of Ministers upon proposal of the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works.

Art. 21f. (New – SG 64/06) (1) (Amend. – SG 69/08, amend. - SG 75/09) Agency’s auxiliary body is the Expert Technical and Economic Council, which shall consider, adopt and propose to the Executive Director for approval developments and projects for construction, repair and maintenance of National roads.
(2) (Amend. – SG 69/08, amend. - SG 75/09) The Expert Technical and Economic Council shall perform functions of a state-public body in the field of roads in cases, specified in a decision of the Management Board of the Agency.

Art. 22. (1) (amend. – SG 64/06; amend. – SG 69/08, amend. - SG 75/09) The Agency shall carry out its activity through a central administration and the specialised units referred to in Art. 21, Para 2.
(2) (New – SG 38/12, in force from 01.07.2012, suppl. - SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018) The operation of the central administration and of the district road managements and of the National toll management unit shall be carried out by civil servants and persons in employment relationship.
(3) (Amend. – SG 64/06; amend. – SG 69/08; prev. text of para 2 – SG 38/12, in force from 01.07.2012) The heads of the units under para 1 or officials authorised by them shall represent the Agency in connection with the activity they carry out.
(4) (Amend. – SG 64/06; amend. – SG 69/08; prev. text of para 3 – SG 38/12, in force from 01.07.2012) The heads of the units under para 1 or officials authorised by them shall represent the Agency in law suits initiated on legal relations in connection with this activity.

Art. 23. The powers of the mayors on the management of municipal roads shall be determined by an ordinance of the municipal council.

Art. 24. (1) (Amend. – SG 64/06; amend. – SG 69/08, amend. - SG 75/09) Real estate and chattel - state property, entrusted for management by the Agency, can be rented with a decision of the Management Board of the Agency upon through a tender or a competition under conditions and by an order determined by the Council of Ministers.
(2) Premises and lands within the boundaries of support points can be ceded for using by a special regime by employees of the road departments under conditions and by an order determined by the regulations for implementation of the law.

Art. 25. (1) (amend., SG 88/00) Prohibited in the zone from the axis of the road to the border construction line under art. 6 shall be any construction, improvements or expansion of the existing sites, besides those designated for servicing the travellers, on condition that the road safety is guaranteed and they have been permitted by the order of art. 26.
(2) Prohibited in the range of the road shall be:
1. the fulfilment of any work whatsoever on the roadway before placing the necessary warning and signal signs;
2. the placement and storing of materials which are not necessary for the road or which are a result of household or construction activity in the neighbouring real estates;
3. the movement of chain tractors and machines or cog wheels and iron grabs, tyres with spikes on roads with asphalt cover, except in cases of snow cleaning;
4. the transportation of wet cargo which inundate the roadway;
5. entering the roads with dirty machines and dirtying the roadway, the road facilities and the road requisites with mud and other waste materials;
6. the tugging of trees, straw and the like on the roadway.
7. (new - SG 43/08) the use of the road facilities and road equipment for advertisement in any form.
(3) (new - SG 43/08) Prohibited shall be the construction of roadside objects and road links to them before the entry of the tunnel minimum 300 m before the zone of the warning vertical signalisation over and around the portal of the tunnel.
(4) (new - SG 43/08; revoked – SG 47/12)
(5) (new – SG 47/12; amend. – SG 101/15, in force from 22.12.2015) In service areas of highways and high-speed roads, shall be allowed building and operating of roadside service facilities and road links thereto. The distance in constructing shall be determined in the ordinance in Art. 18, para. 5.
(6) (New – SG 101/15, in force from 22.12.2015) To avoid the risk of falling trees endangering the traffic safety on national roads or people’s life and safety, with decision of the Management Board of the Agency "Road Infrastructure" trees’ removal shall be allowed in areas between the road and the designated construction line. The Executive Forest Agency shall be notified for the decision.

Art. 26. (Amend. - SG 88/00) (1) (Amend. - SG 6/04) For activities out of the special usage of roads without permission the following are prohibited:
1. within the range of the road;
a) planting or felling or uprooting of trees and bushes;
b) mowing, grazing and fruit-picking;
c) placing of road signs;
d) placing of memorial slabs and signs;
2. within the range of the road and the service areas:
a) erecting of buildings and facilities as well as their reconstruction;
b) mining of mine and other materials;
c) (amend. – SG 19/11, in force from 09.04.2011) building of road connexions to neighbouring properties including agricultural lands, and forest territories.
(2) (Amend. - SG 6/04) For activities of the special usage of the roads without permission the following shall be prohibited:
1. within the range of the road and the limiting building line;
a) driving of loads of abnormal weights or dimensions;
b) building of advertising facilities;
c) exploitation of advertising facilities;
d) building of new and reconstruction of existing underground or above-ground line or independent equipment of the technical infrastructure;
e) exploitation of existing underground or above-ground line or independent equipment of the technical infrastructure;
f) temporary use of the road and lands within the range of the road;
2. within the road range and the service areas;
a) building of by-road commercial objects including sites for giving car help and road connexions to them;
b) exploitation of by-road commercial objects including sites for giving car help and road connexions to them;
(3) (Amend. - SG 6/04, amend. – SG 64/06; amend. – SG 69/08, amend. - SG 75/09) The permits as per para. 1 and 2 shall be issued by the executive director of the Agency or by a person authorised by him for national roads and by the mayors of the corresponding municipalities for the municipal roads:
1. within 15 days from filing the permit application as per para. 1 unless an additional study is needed but not later than one month;
2. within 30 days from filing the permit application as per para. 2 item 1 letter "d" and item 2 letter "a" unless an additional study is needed but not later than three months the interested party being informed about the prolongation of the term in writing;
3. within 15 days from filing the request for all other cases.
(4) (New – SG 55/11; revoked – SG 101/15, in force from 22.12.2015)
(5) (Amend. – SG 64/06; amend. – SG 69/08; prev. par. 4, suppl. – SG 55/11; amend. – SG 101/15, in force from 22.12.2015, amend. - SG 30/16, in force from 15.04.2016) During unforeseen damage to underground or above-ground facilities of the technical infrastructure within range of the road or in the service areas, the owner shall begin repair work after permission from the Management Board of the Agency "Road Infrastructure" - for national roads, or from the mayor of the municipality - for municipal roads, provided that traffic safety is guaranteed.
(6) (Amend. - SG 6/04, amend. – SG 64/06; amend. – SG 69/08; amend. - SG 75/09; prev. par. 5, suppl. – SG 55/11; amend. – SG 101/15, in force from 22.12.2015) The Management Board of the Agency shall coordinate projects - road section for building road connexions - after presenting a written opinion on a project for organising driving by the organs of traffic police with the Ministry of the Interior.
(7) The permits shall be issued under the following conditions:
1. real possibilities shall exist for passing of heavy and/or extra large vehicle;
2. compliance with the requirements of the Road Traffic Act, according to This Act, the acts of secondary legislation for its implementation and the norms for designing roads;
3. for temporary using of parts of the roadside:
a) This Act and the Road Traffic Act do not prohibit the activity related to the temporary using of parts of the roadside;
b) for temporary crossing of the roads there must be an approved project for the crossing.
4. (new - SG 16/14) a written statement is filed by the owner or operator of the vehicle under item 1 or the person who performs the carriage and it contains information about dimensions, total weight and axle load.
(8) The term of validity of the permits shall be as follows:
1. for transportation of heavy and extra long cargo - 30 days;
2. (amend. – SG 101/15, in force from 22.12.2015) for carrying out construction - two years;
3. for temporary using of parts of the roadside and the other types of special using of the roads - upon decision of the permitting body, complied with the request of the applicant;
4. (new – SG 47/12) upon use of advertising facilities issued in accordance with the terms and the procedure provided for by the ordinance referred to in Art. 18, para 5 - ten years.
(9) (Amend. – SG 47/12) The permits shall be withdrawn in those cases where the terms and conditions therein and/or the requirements applicable to the performance of the relevant activities laid down by the ordinance referred to in Art. 18, Para. 5 are not observed.
(10) (Amend. - SG 30/06, in force from 12.07.2006) The appeal of the withdrawal of the permits and of the refusals for their issuance shall be under the conditions and by the order of the Administrative-Procedure Code.
(11) The Council of Ministers shall determine by a tariff the size of the fees for issuance of permits under para 1 and 2.

Art. 27. (1) (Amend. – SG 64/06; amend. – SG 69/08, amend. - SG 75/09) The National Agency "Road infrastructure" shall study the traffic intensity and shall control the weight, the axis loading and the overall dimension of the vehicles by locating, at definite places, devices for reading these characteristics with a view to the correct operation of the roads and preventing them to get destroyed, by collecting fees in case of exceeding of the permissible values.
(2) (Amend. – SG 64/06; amend. – SG 69/08; amend. - SG 75/09; new – SG 82/09, in force from 16.10.2009) At the border check points the weight, axel load and overall dimensions of the vehicles shall be controlled by officials of Agency "Customs" and in case of exceeding of allowable values fees shall be collected.
(3) (Amend. – SG 64/06; amend. – SG 69/08; amend. - SG 75/09) The offices for control of observing the rules for traffic on the roads determined by the Minister of Interior shall be obliged to render assistance to the bodies of the National Agency "Road infrastructure" in carrying out check-ups under para 1.
(4) (New – SG 105/18, in force from 01.01.2019) Where checks related to the passport visa regime are carried out in the territory of a neighboring country, the Customs Agency shall exercise control under Para. 2 on specially designed places within the border area.

Art. 28. (revoked, SG 88/00)

Chapter four.
"a" NATIONAL COMPANY "STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS" (NEW – SG 55/11, REVOKED - SG 30/16, IN FORCE FROM 15.04.2016)
Art. 28a. (new – SG 55/11, revoked - SG 30/16, in force from 15.04.2016) 
Art. 28b. (new – SG 55/11, revoked - SG 30/16, in force from 15.04.2016)
Art. 28c. (new – SG 55/11, revoked - SG 30/16, in force from 15.04.2016) 
Art. 28d. (new – SG 55/11, revoked - SG 30/16, in force from 15.04.2016) 
Art. 28e. (new – SG 55/11, amend. - SG 66/13, in force from 26.07.2013; amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014, revoked - SG 30/16, in force from 15.04.2016) 
Art. 28f. (new – SG 55/11, revoked - SG 30/16, in force from 15.04.2016)
Art. 28g. (new – SG 55/11, revoked - SG 30/16, in force from 15.04.2016) 
Art. 28h. (new – SG 55/2011, revoked - SG 30/16, in force from 15.04.2016) 
Art. 28i. (new – SG 55/11, revoked - SG 30/16, in force from 15.04.2016) 
Chapter five.
CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT OF THE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE (TITLE AMEND. – SG 39/11)
Art. 29. (amend. – SG 64/06; amend. – SG 69/08) The Agency and the municipalities shall maintain the republic and municipal roads according to their transport importance, the traffic requirements and the protection of the environment.

Art. 30. (1) (amend. – SG 64/06; amend. – SG 69/08) The Agency shall carry out the activities on the construction, repair and maintenance of the national roads.
(2) (new – SG 55/11; amend. – SG 101/15, in force from 22.12.2015, revoked - SG 30/16, in force from 15.04.2016)
(3) (amend. – SG 64/06; amend. – SG 69/08; prev. par. 2, suppl. – SG 55/11; amend. – SG 16/14; amend. – SG 10/15, in force from 06.02.2015) The Agency and the municipalities shall carry out jointly, by mutual agreement, the activities on the construction, maintenance and repair of the national roads within the populated areas under the conditions and by the order determined by the regulations for implementation of the law.
(4) (prev. par. 3 – SG 55/11) The construction, the repair and the maintenance of the underground facilities, the sidewalks, the bicycle lanes, the parking lots, the pedestrian subways, the lighting and the roadside grass planting along the national roads within the populated areas shall be organised by the respective municipality.
(5) (new - SG 10/15, in force from 06.02.2015) The Agency carries out activities related to repair and winter maintenance of national roads within urban areas for settlements with a population of op to 100 000 persons.
(6) (new - SG 10/15, in force from 06.02.2015) Upon reaching a mutual agreement between the Agency and the municipalities, activities according to para 5 can be carried out jointly in the terms and conditions, determined by the regulation for implementation of the Act.
(7) (New - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) Upon reaching a mutual agreement between the agency and the municipalities, the financing of the activities for maintenance of sections of the national road network outside the urbanized territory shall be provided by the respective municipality.
(8) (New - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) The conditions for the provision of the funds in the cases under para. 7 and their amount shall be determined in the agreement protocol between the agency and the respective municipality.
(9) (New - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) After signing an agreement protocol under para. 8 the parties shall take actions for change in the list of the roads, included in the scope of the paid road network under Art. 10, para. 3.
Art. 31. The construction, the repair and the maintenance of the municipal roads shall be carried out by the municipalities.

Art. 32. The construction, the repair and the maintenance of the private roads shall be carried out by their owners.

Art. 33. The moving of individual roads or their sectors in connection with the construction or reconstruction of new or existing sites shall be for the account of the investor who has initiated it.

Art. 34. The construction, the reconstruction and the repair of the road units and crossroads shall be carried out:
1. on the new road units and crossroads - by resources of the owners of new roads;
2. on the existing road units and crossroads - jointly by the owners of the roads along the main and secondary destination, as the size of the resources for each of them shall be determined by an order established by the regulations for the implementation of the law;
3. for the road connection to the roadside sites for servicing travellers and vehicles - by the owners of these sites.

Art. 35. (Amend. - SG 88/05; amend. - SG 75/09, amend. - SG 66/13, in force from 26.07.2013; amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014) The construction and the maintenance of the railroad levels on the roads shall be carried out by an order determined by an ordinance of the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works and the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications.

Art. 36. (amend., SG 88/00; amend. - SG 66/13, in force from 26.07.2013; amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014) The designing, construction, the repair and the maintenance of the roads shall be carried out in compliance with the technical norms and requirements approved by the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works.

Art. 36a. (New – SG 69/08; revoked – SG 39/11)

Art. 36b. (new – SG 39/11, amend. - SG 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) (1) The road infrastructure safety management shall include the following obligatory procedures:
1. overall safety assessment of the road network;
2. road safety impact assessments;
3. road safety audit;
4. targeted road safety inspections;
5. periodic road safety inspections.
(2) The procedures under para. 1 shall apply to roads - part of the Trans-European road network, to motorways and other first class roads, regardless of whether they are at the stage of design, construction or operation excluding roads in tunnels covered by Directive 2004/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on minimum safety requirements for tunnels in the Trans-European Road Network.
(3) The procedures under para. 1 shall also be applied to roads and road infrastructure projects, which are not covered by para. 2, are located outside urbanized territories, do not serve properties adjacent to them, and are completed with funding from the European Union, except for roads that are not open to the public.
(4) From the scope of the procedures under para. 1, item 1 may be excluded first, second, third class roads or municipal roads that are not financed by the European Union and have a low risk to traffic safety. Roads, which are part of the trans-European road network, cannot be excluded.
(5) At the proposal of the Chairman of the State Agency Road Safety and/or by decision of the administrations performing the procedures under para. 1, the same may be applied to other roads besides the ones indicated in para. 2 and 3.
(6) The Minister of Regional Development and Public Works and the Chairman of the State Agency Road Safety shall jointly prepare and submit to the European Commission lists of roads, included and excluded from the scope of the procedures under para. 1. In case of a change in the lists, the State Agency for Road Safety informs the European Commission in a timely manner.
(7) The procedures under para. 1, items 2 - 5 shall be implemented by the administrations managing the respective road.
(8) Based on the results of the procedures under para. 1, items 1 and 4, the administrations managing the road shall prepare plans for implementation of direct corrective actions, the effectiveness of which shall be subject to assessment not later than one year, as of the date of their implementation.
(9) The scope, content, conditions and procedure for carrying out the procedures under para. 1 and for the preparation and implementation of the plans under para. 8, as well as the exceptions under para. 4 shall be determined by an ordinance of the Council of Ministers.
(10) The information and the documents for the procedures under para. 1 shall be sent by the persons under para. 7 of the State Agency Road Safety. The order and the manner for their submission shall be determined by the ordinance under para. 9.
(11) The procedures under para. 1 may also be applied to streets in settlements and settlement formations by their owners.

Art. 36b1. (New - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) (1) A comprehensive assessment of the safety of the road network is an assessment of the risk of road accidents and their consequences based on:
1. visual inspection - on site or by electronic means, of the design characteristics of the road - built-in road safety;
2. analysis of sections of the road network, which have been in operation for more than three years and on which a certain number of traffic accidents have occurred, in relation to the road flow.
(2) A comprehensive assessment of the safety of the road network is carried out by the State Agency Road Safety with the assistance of the administrations managing the road.
(3) A comprehensive assessment of the safety of the road network shall be performed at least once every 5 years by expert teams, the composition of which shall be determined by the ordinance under Art. 36b, para. 9.
(4) Based on the findings of the assessment under para. 1 and in case the need for undertaking actions is established, the administrations managing the road shall carry out purposeful inspections or take direct corrective actions, ensuring the traffic safety.
(5) Based on the results of the assessment under para. 1 and in order to determine the needs for undertaking subsequent corrective actions, all sections of the road network shall be classified into not less than three categories according to their level of safety.
(6) The conditions and the order for the classification of the level of road safety of the sections of the road network shall be determined by the ordinance of Art. 36b, para. 9.
(7) State Agency "Road Safety" based on the results of the assessment under para. 1 shall submit to the European Commission a report on the classification of the safety of the road network in the Republic of Bulgaria every 5 years.
Art. 36c. (new – SG 39/11, prev. text of Art. 36c, amend. - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) The road safety impact assessment of infrastructure projects shall be carried out at the initial planning stage before the road infrastructure investment project is approved or at considerable changes to the existing road network. The road safety impact assessment is a strategic comparative analysis of the impact of a new road or of considerable changes to the existing road network on the road network safety.
(2) (New - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) The assessment under para. 1 shall be carried out by expert teams, the composition of which shall be determined by the ordinance under Art. 36b, para. 9.

Art. 36d. (new - 39/11, in force from 01.07.2012, amend. - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) (1) The road safety audit of an infrastructure project is an independent, detailed, systematic check for technical safety of the design characteristics, an integral part of the process of its investment design, construction and operation and is mandatory at the following stages:
1. before coordination and approval of the conceptual design;
2. before coordination and approval of the technical / working design;
3. immediately after signing the statement of findings under Art. 176, para. 1 of the Spatial Planning Act;
4. at the beginning of road operation.
(2) The audit under para. 1 shall be performed by one or more road safety auditors.

Art. 36e. (new - SG 39/11, amend. - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) (1) A road safety auditor may be a natural person who meets the following requirements:
1. to have at least 5 years of experience in the field of transport construction - design, implementation, expert, control, teaching, research or development activity;
2. to have a diploma from an accredited higher school with a professional qualification "civil engineer" or equivalent;
3. to have a certificate of professional qualification, issued by a higher school, accredited under the Higher Education Act and conducting training in the specialty "Transport Construction" or equivalent, on the basis of completed training for a road safety auditor under a program approved by the Chairman of the State Agency Road Safety, agreed with the Minister of Education and Science;
4. to have concluded professional liability insurance.
(2) A road safety auditor may not participate in another capacity in the planning, design, construction or operation of the relevant infrastructure project.
(3) The road safety auditor maintains his / her professional qualification through periodic courses for additional training, conducted by a higher school, accredited under the Higher Education Act and conducting training in the specialty "Transport Construction" or equivalent, at least once every 5 years.
(4) The conditions and the procedure for acquiring the professional qualification "road safety auditor" and for passing periodic courses for additional training shall be determined by the ordinance under Art. 36b, para. 9.

Art. 36f. (new - SG 39/11) (1) (Amend. - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) The road safety auditor shall check the compliance of the design elements of the infrastructure project with the road safety requirements for each stage as referred to in Art. 36e, para. 1.
(2) Where the inspection at the relevant stage referred to in Para 1 finds that the design elements of the infrastructure project meet the road safety requirements, the auditor shall draw up a report and place his signature on the draft and/or executive documentation.
(3) Where the inspection at the relevant stage referred to in Para 1 finds that the design elements of the infrastructure project fail to meet the road safety requirements, the auditor shall draw up a report indicating the unsafe and/or critical design elements.
(4) The assignor shall be responsible for rectification of the unsafe and/or critical design elements before the end of the relevant stage.
(5) The availability of the prerequisites referred to in Para 2 shall form grounds for approval of the projects and for entry of the construction into operation as set out in the Spatial Development Act.

Art. 36g. (new - SG 39/11) (1) (Amend. - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) In carrying out his work, the auditor insures his professional liability for damages caused to participants in the construction and/or to third persons resulting from unlawful acts or omissions at or related to the performance of his duties.
(2) (Repealed - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021)
(3) (Amend. - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) The compulsory insurance of the auditor under para. 1, including the insurance coverage, the term, the excluded risks and the minimum insurance sums, shall be determined by the ordinance of Art. 36b, para. 9.

Art. 36h. (new - SG 39/11) (1) (Amend. - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) The control services under Art. 165 of the Road Traffic Act, with the assistance of the administrations managing the road, establish annually until July 31 the sections with concentration of traffic accidents for the period from July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the current year or for a shorter period on the grounds for this and submit information about them to the State Agency Road Safety.
(2) (Amend. - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) The administrations managing the road or the responsible persons shall be obliged to take actions for their safety in accordance with their functional competencies within one year from the establishment of the sections with concentration of traffic accidents.
(3) (Amend. - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) The conditions and the order for finding out and securing of the sections with concentration of road traffic accidents shall be determined by the ordinance of Art. 36b, para. 9.
(4) (Repealed - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021)

Art. 36h1. (New - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) (1) The State Agency Road Safety keeps a register of road safety auditors. The register is public, access to it is free and is carried out through the website of the agency. The administrative bodies, the persons performing public functions, the organizations providing public services and the bodies of the judiciary before which circumstances entered in the register are established or which require data available in the register, accept the certification of the circumstances and the data, without requiring the applicants to present evidence for circumstances entered in the register.
(2) The entry of the road safety auditors in the register under para. 1 is free of charge.
(3) For entry in the register the persons shall submit an application according to a form, approved by the Chairman of the State Agency Road Safety, and shall attach to it the documents proving the fulfillment of the requirements under Art. 36e, para. 1. The application with the attached documents can be submitted electronically or through a licensed postal operator. The circumstance under Art. 36e, para. 1, item 2 shall be established by indicating the number, date and the accredited higher school, which has issued the diploma for higher education, when it has been acquired in the Republic of Bulgaria after 2012, respectively by legalized translation of a diploma for higher education, if it has been acquired in a higher school outside the Republic of Bulgaria.
(4) For entry in the register of persons who have acquired the right to perform a road safety audit activity in a Member State of the European Union, or in a state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, or in the Swiss Confederation submit an application form and attach the following documents:
1. a copy of a document certifying the right to perform a road safety audit activity, issued by a competent authority of the respective state, accompanied by a legalized translation into Bulgarian;
2. a document proving fulfillment of the requirement under Art. 36e, para. 1, item 1, accompanied by a legalized translation into Bulgarian;
3. concluded professional liability insurance.
(5) In case of absence or incompleteness of the submitted documents under par. 3 or 4, an official authorized by the Chairman of the State Agency "Road Safety" within 10 days from the submission of the application shall notify the interested person in writing and shall give a term for their removal.
(6) Within 14 days from the submission of the application or from the elimination of the absence or incompleteness under para. 5 the chairman of the State Agency Road Safety or an official authorized by him shall make an entry in the register.
(7) The road safety auditors shall perform their audit activity in accordance with the terms and conditions of the ordinance under Art. 36b, para. 9.
(8) The Chairman of the State Agency Road Safety or an official authorized by him with a motivated order shall refuse entry in the register of a person who does not meet any of the requirements under Art. 36e, para. 1 or has not attached to the application any of the documents under para. 3 or 4.
(9) The refusal to enter in the register is subject to appeal under the Administrative Procedure Code.
(10) The entry of a road safety auditor in the register under para. 1 shall be deleted by an order of the body, which has made the entry:
1. when the entry has been made on the basis of incorrect data, false documents or documents with incorrect content;
2. in case of violation of the requirement under Art. 36e, para. 2;
3. in carrying out activity as a road safety auditor not in accordance with the established procedure;
4. in case of repeated non-fulfillment of obligations under this Act and the ordinance under Art. 36b, para. 9;
5. when the person has not passed a periodic course for additional training by the order of the ordinance of Art. 36b, para. 9;
6. on the basis of a written notification by the person;
7. in case of death of the natural person.
(11) The deletion of the entry in the register under para. 1 on the grounds of para. 10, items 1 - 4 is for a period of three years, as of the date of deletion, and 5 years - in each subsequent occurrence of circumstances requiring deletion of the entry on the basis of the grounds in para. 10, items 1 - 4. After the expiration of these terms, the person has the right to submit a new application for registration.
(12) The order for deletion of the entry is subject to appeal under the Administrative Procedure Code.
Art. 36i. (New - SG 39/11) (1) (Repealed - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021)
(2) (Amend. - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) The conditions and order for ensuring road safety organisation shall be determined in the ordinances referred to in Art. 3, Para 3 and 4 of the Road Traffic Act.
(3) (Amend. - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) The conditions and order for using the road traffic lights, the road signs, the road marking and the other signalisation means for the public road traffic organisation shall be determined in the ordinances referred to in Art. 14, Para 1 of the Road Traffic Act.
(4) The control of the activities referred to in Para 2 shall be carried out by authorised officials of the control services of the Ministry of Interior and the "Road Infrastructure" Agency.

Art. 36j. (New - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) (1) In the register under Art. 36h 1, para. 1 shall be entered:
1. data for the persons, including number of a certificate for professional qualification, issued by a higher school, accredited by the order of the Higher Education Act and conducting training in the specialty "Transport construction" or equivalent;
2. date of entry in the register and registration number;
3. date of deletion of the entry in the register and the grounds for that.
(2) The persons entered in the register shall be obliged to notify the Chairman of the State Agency "Road Safety" within 7 days for any change of the circumstances related to the entry in the register.
(3) The conditions and the order for registration and termination of registration, as well as the keeping of the register under Art. 36h1, para. 1, shall be determined by the ordinance under Art. 36b, para. 9.
Art. 36k. (New - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) (1) A targeted road safety inspection is an independent inspection of a road or part of a road to identify dangerous conditions, deficiencies and problems related to all its elements that increase the risk of accidents and injuries. The inspection must include an on-site visit and inspection.
(2) Based on the findings of the inspections under para. 1, the administrations managing the road shall take direct corrective actions, ensuring traffic safety on the roads.
(3) Targeted road safety inspections are carried out by expert teams in which at least one of the team members is a road safety auditor.
Art. 36l. (New - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) (1) Periodic road safety inspection is a check of the characteristics and deficiencies of the road, which require maintenance work for safety reasons.
(2) The Road Infrastructure Agency carries out periodic inspections of the national roads in operation at least twice a year to ensure sufficient levels of safety of the specific road infrastructure.
(3) (In force from 20.03.2022) Municipal administrations carry out periodic inspections of municipal roads in operation at least once a year to ensure sufficient levels of safety of the specific infrastructure.
(4) Road and tunnel administrations shall carry out joint periodic road safety inspections on sections of the road network bordering road tunnels within the meaning of Directive 2004/54 / EC. Joint inspections shall be carried out at least once every 6 years.
Art. 36m. (New - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) (1) The submission of signals related to the identified safety risk with regard to the road infrastructure, as well as the receipt of information on such received, is carried out through a single electronic platform.
(2) Access to the platform is free.
(3) The conditions and the order for development and management of the electronic platform under para. 1 shall be determined by an act of the Council of Ministers.
Chapter six.
EXPROPRIATION AND TEMPORARY USING OF REAL ESTATES FOR ROADS
Art. 37. (1) The real estates - property of individuals or corporate bodies, necessary for construction and reconstruction of the national roads shall be expropriated under the conditions and by the order of the State Property Act, and for the municipal roads - under the conditions and by the order of the Municipal Property Act.
(2) (amend. – SG 19/11, in force from 09.04.2011) The purpose of the farm lands necessary for construction and reconstruction of roads shall be changed by the order of the Preservation Of Agricultural Lands Act, and for forest territories - by the order of the Forestry Act.
(3) (amend., SG 6/04) Real estates within the urbanised territories shall be expropriated under conditions and by an order determined by law.
(4) (New - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) When a detailed development plan has entered into force, forest territories - private property are affected, after their expropriation for state need for construction of a national road network, the extraction and disposal of timber in these territories is carried out in accordance with the Forestry Act.
(5) (New - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) All fees for changing the purpose of the affected properties under para. 4 shall be at the expense of the investor of the site, for the construction of which the state need has arisen.

Art. 38. (1) Lands outside the borders of populated areas - property of individuals or corporate bodies can be used be used temporarily for needs related to the construction, the repair and the maintenance of the national and municipal roads under the conditions and by the order of the Obligations and Contracts Act.
(2) The temporary using of lands under para 1, which are farm lands, shall be settled under the conditions and by the order of the Preservation Of Agricultural Lands Act and the regulations for its implementation.
(3) (Amend. – SG 19/11, in force from 09.04.2011) The temporary using of forest territories under para 1 shall be settled under the conditions and by the order of the Forestry Act.
(4) For the temporary using of lands under para 1 the owner shall conclude contract with:
1. (amend. – SG 64/06; amend. – SG 69/08; amend. - SG 75/09; suppl. – SG 55/11, amend. - SG 30/16, in force from 15.04.2016) the Management Board of the Agency or an official from the agency – for the national roads;
2. the mayor of the respective municipality - for the municipal roads.
(5) The contract under para 4 shall determine the conditions and the term of using the land, the size of the rent and the due compensation, if so stipulated.
(6) The temporary using of lands under para 1 shall be admitted for a period of 5 years, upon which the lands restored according to their purpose shall be returned to the owner.

Art. 39. (1) During natural disasters and accidents when the traffic on the roads is disrupted and its restoration requires the construction of a detour road the lands for temporary using can be taken possession of before the start of the procedure under art. 38.
(2) (Amend. – SG 64/06, amend. - SG 69/08; amend. - SG 75/09) The temporary taking possession of lands in the cases under para 1 shall be carried out on the basis of a decision of the Management Board of the Agency, or an order of an official of the Agency authorized by the Management Board - for the national roads, and of the mayor of the municipality - for the municipal roads, owing compensation to the owners.

Art. 40. (1) The pecuniary compensations for expropriated or temporarily used lands shall be paid by the respective investor - for construction of a new road, or by the owner of the road - for reconstruction or repair of an existing road.
(2) (amend. – SG 64/06; amend. – SG 69/08; suppl. – SG 55/11, amend. - SG 30/16, in force from 15.04.2016, amend. - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) The compensations for the expropriated for the needs of the national roads real estates within populated areas under Art. 37, para 1 shall be paid by the Road Infrastructure Agency.
(3) (amend. – SG 19/11, in force from 09.04.2011) Compensations shall not be due for expropriation or temporary using of land - property of the state, for the needs of the national roads, with exception of forests and lands of the forest territories owned by the state, and of lands - municipal property, for the needs of municipal roads.
(4) (New - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) Properties - public municipal property, may be granted free of charge under Art. 43b of the State Property Act for construction of republican roads, on the basis of a detailed development plan that has entered into force.

Art. 41. The owners or the tenants of real estates located lower than the land road shall be obliged to provide normal functioning of the water leading facilities.

Art. 42. On lands adjacent to road sectors of intensive snow drifting can be located temporarily snow brake fences and facilities by the order of art. 38.

Chapter seven.
FINANCING
Art. 43. (1) The construction, the reconstruction, the repair and the maintenance of the republic and municipal roads shall be financed by resources of the state budget, of the budget of the municipalities, by gratuitously submitted resources and by loans of international financial institutions.
(2) The budget resources for financing the activities under para 1 shall be determined by the Act on the state budget for the respective year.

Art. 44. (amend. – SG 64/06) (1) (amend. – SG 69/08) The sources of financing of the Agency are:
1. subsidies from the state budget and transfers, estimated on a yearly basis in the Act on the State Budget of the Republic of Bulgaria for the respective year;
2. fees under art. 10 and art. 18, para 3, item 1;
3. interest;
4. donations, aid and other drawn-in resources from local and foreign individuals and corporate bodies.
5. other funds, set in a law or in an Act of the Council of Ministers.
(2) (amend. – SG 69/08) The amounts under Para 1 shall be spent for:
1. construction of a new road infrastructure;
2. operation, maintenance, repair and reconstruction of national roads;
3. (amend. – SG 69/08) administrative, business and other expenses, related to the Agency activity.

Art. 44a. (Revoked – SG 64/06)

Art. 44b. (new, SG 6/04) (1) (amend. – SG 69/08; amend. – SG 101/15, in force from 22.12.2015) The revenues from charges as per this Act shall enter revenues of the Agency budget.
(2) (revoked – SG 108/06, in force from 01.01.2007)
(3) (new – SG 64/06; revoked – SG 101/15, in force from 22.12.2015) 
Art. 44c. (new, SG 6/04; revoked – SG 101/15, in force from 22.12.2015)

Art. 44d. (new, SG 6/04; amend. – SG 64/06; revoked – SG 108/06, in force from 01.01.2007)

Art. 44e. (new, SG 6/04, amend. SG 88/05, revoked – SG 64/06)

Art. 44f. (new, SG 6/04; revoked – SG 64/06)

Art. 44g. (new, SG 6/04, revoked – SG 64/06)

Art. 44h. (new, SG 6/04, revoked – SG 64/06)

Art. 45. (revoked, SG 112/03)

Art. 46. (revoked, SG 112/03)

Art. 47. (revoked, SG 112/03)

Art. 48. (revoked, SG 112/03)

Art. 49. (amend. – SG 64/06; amend. – SG 69/08, previous tect of Art. 49 - SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018) Financed by the budget of the Agency shall be expenses in compliance with the following priorities:
1. payment of Bulgarian share holding for financing programmes pursuant to concluded international contracts party to which is the Republic of Bulgaria;
2. payment of the principal, interest and fees on loans granted by international financial institutions under item 1;
3. (amend. – 64/06; amend. – SG 69/08) acquittal of principal, interest and fees on internal loans received by the Agency;
4. (amend. – SG 69/08) construction, repair and maintenance of the national roads, including the locations of crossing the railroad network;
5. construction, repair and maintenance of the municipal roads;
6. research, design and scientific development under item 4 and 5;
7. national and municipal programmes for improvement of the road safety on the republic and municipal roads.
(2) (New - SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018) The means of fees under Art. 10, Para. 1, item 2 shall be spent in accordance with the principles laid down in Directive 1999/62/EC.

Art. 50. (1) (Amend. - SG 14/04; amend. – SG 64/06; amend. – SG 69/08, revoked - SG 75/09)
(2) (Amend. - SG 39/11) The construction, the repair and the maintenance of the municipal roads shall be funded by own budget resources, specific purpose subsidies of the central budget and by other resources.
(3) (New - SG 39/11) The municipalities shall fund programmes for improving the municipal road road safety.

Art. 51. The private roads shall be financed by resources of their owners.

Chapter eight.
ADMINISTRATIVE PENAL PROVISIONS
Art. 52. (1) (amend. - SG 43/08) Fined with 200 to 500 levs shall be the individuals who carry out or order the following activities within the range of the road:
1. cutting and uprooting of trees and bushes, grass mowing and fruit picking without permit of the administration managing the road;
2. cattle grazing and setting vegetation on fire;
3. movement of machines not cleaned from mud;
4. transportation of wet cargo moistening the roadway;
5. transportation of bulk cargo by vehicles, allowing their scattering;
6. placing and storing materials not related to the exploitation of the road;
7. tugging trees and other objects;
8. movement of chain vehicles, except for snow cleaning.
(2) (amend. - SG 43/08) For repeated violation under para 1 the fine shall be from 500 to 1000 levs.

Art. 53. (1) (amend. - SG 43/08; amend. - SG 39/11; amend. – SG 55/11) Fined with 1000 to 5000 levs, if the deed does not constitute a crime, shall be individuals who violate the provisions of art. 25, 26, Para 1, Item 1, Letters "c" and "d", Item 2, Para 2 and Para 5 and Art. 41 or who carry out or order the following activities:
1. inflicting damages or destruction of the roads, the road facilities and requisites of the road;
2. movement of extra large and heavy vehicles and cargo without permit of the owner or the administration managing the road;
3. scattering harmful substances dangerous for the people and for the environment;
4. carrying out, within the range of the road,:
a) activities threatening the road safety or using the roads for other purposes;
b) activities causing interruption, detour or stopping of the traffic;
5. carrying out, within the range of the road and the servicing zones, without permit of the administration managing the road:
a) (amend., SG 6/04; amend. - SG 39/11) construction and repair works on the roads;
b) laying on new and repair of existing telegraph, telephone, electric, rope and other lines, cables, product pipes, irrigation and other canals;
c) (revoked - SG 39/11)
d) (revoked - SG 39/11)
6. opening quarries at a distance less than 300 m from the axis of the road and not less than 1000 m from bridges, without the permit of the administration managing the road.
(2) (amend. - SG 43/08; amend. - SG 39/11) For repeated violation under para 1 the fine shall be from 2000 to 7000 levs.
(3) For violation under para 1, item 4 and 5 the administration managing the roads shall inform in writing the regional directorate of national construction supervision requesting the immediate stopping of the construction works under conditions and by an order determined by a law.

Art. 54. (1) (amend. - SG 43/08; amend. - SG 39/11) At offences according to art. 52 to corporate bodies and the individuals shall be imposed proprietary sanction from BGN 1 000 to 5 000, and offences under Art. 53 - in amount from BGN 3 000 to 8 000.
(2) (amend. - SG 43/08; amend. - SG 39/11) For repeated offence according to Art. 52 the proprietary sanction shall be in amount from BGN 2 000 to 7 000, and under Art. 53 - in amount from BGN 4000 to 12 000.
(3) The employer shall be jointly responsible with the employee for the damages caused by them.

Art. 55. (1) (Amend., SG 6/04; amend. - SG 43/08; amend. – SG 12/09, in force from 01.05.2009, suppl. - SG 11/17, in force from 31.01.2017, amend. - SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018, suppl. – SG, 60/19, in force from 30.07.2019, previous text of Art. 55, suppl. - SG 14/23, in force from 10.02.2023) The non-deposited charges as per Art. 10 and charges as per Art. 18 shall be collected by the local divisions of the National Revenue Agency together with the interests as per the Interest On Taxes, Fees And Other Similar State Receivables Act and by the order of the Tax-Insurance Procedure Code. Reimbursement of undue deposited charges under Art. 10, Para. 4 and 5 and Art. 18 shall be performed under the State Charges Act.
(2) (New - SG 14/23, in force from 10.02.2023) Unduly paid fees under Art. 10, Para. 1 and 2, Art. 10a, Para. 2 and Art. 10b, Para. 5, as well as unduly paid fines and property sanctions in the cases under Art. 179, Para. 3e, sentence four of the Road Traffic Act, shall be returned at the request of the interested party within 5 working days by bank transfer or at the cash desk in accordance with the procedure approved by the Management Board of the Road Infrastructure Agency.

Art. 55a. (new – SG 16/14) (1) A person who fails to state or states false data or circumstances in the declaration under Art. 26, para. 7, item 4 shall be punishable by a fine or a property sanction ranging from BGN 1000 to 3000, unless subject to a more severe punishment.
(2) In case of repeated violation under para. 1, the fine or penalty shall amount from BGN 2000 to 6000.

Art. 55b. (New - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) (1) A fine in the amount of BGN 500 shall be imposed on a person who performs a road safety audit without being entered in the register under Art. 36h1, para. 1.
(2) Road safety auditor, entered in the register under Art. 36h1, para. 1, who fails to fulfill an obligation under this law or under the ordinance under Art. 36b, para. 9, shall be punished by a fine in the amount of BGN 500 to 1000.
(3) In case of repeated violation under para. 1 or 2 the fine is in the amount of BGN 2 000 to 4 000.
Art. 55c. (New - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) (1) An official who fails to fulfill his obligation under Art. 36b, para. 7 for carrying out the procedures under Art. 36b, para. 1 items 2 - 5, shall be punished by a fine in the amount of BGN 500, if the act does not constitute a crime.
(2) In case of repeated violation under para. 1 the fine is in the amount of BGN 1 000.
Art. 56. (1) The establishing of offences, the issuance, the appeal and the fulfilment of the penalty decrees shall be carried out by the order of the Administrative Violations and Penalties Act.
(2) The offences shall be established by acts issued by:
1. (suppl. – SG 69/08; amend. – SG 82/09, in force from 16.10.2009) the officials from the Agency :Road Infrastructure" and from Agency "Customs" - for offences on the national roads;
1a. (new - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) the officials of the State Agency Road Safety - in case of non-fulfillment of obligations of the road safety auditors under this Act and the ordinance under Art. 36b, para. 9;
2. the officials appointed by the mayor of the municipality - for the offences on the municipal roads and upon request of the owner - for the private roads.
(3) The penalty decrees shall be issued:
1. (amend. – SG 64/06; amend. – SG 69/08, amend. - SG 75/09, suppl. - SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018) for the national roads - by the Chairperson of the Management Board of the Agency, or by an official of the Agency authorised by him, respectively by the Director of the Customs Agency, or an official of the Agency authorized by him;
1a. (new - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) for non-fulfillment of obligations of the road safety auditors under this Act and the ordinance under Art. 36b, para. 9 - by the Chairman of the State Agency Road Safety or officials authorized by him;
2. for the municipal and private roads - by the mayor of the respective municipality or by an official authorised by him.
(4) When the deed bears signs of crime, the file shall be sent to the prosecutor for instituting proceedings.

Art. 57. (1) For offence under art. 52, para 1 and under art. 53, para 1, besides the sanctions, the offender shall be obliged to remove the consequences from the offence within a definite period.
(2) (amend. – SG 59/07, in force from 01.03.2008) For failure to fulfil the requirements under para 1 the consequences shall be removed by the administration managing the roads for the account of the offender. For its receivables from the offender the administration may require issuing an order for immediate execution pursuant to the provisions of Art. 418 of the Civil Procedure Code on the grounds of an excerpt of its accounting records books.
(3) (new - SG 43/08) The value of the work carried out for elimination of the consequences of the infringement shall be established with accountancy documents and/or records of accounting papers.
(4) (new, SG 6/04; prev. text of Para 03 - SG 43/08) In carrying-out of activities set by This Act as special usage of roads without the road owner’s permission or the administration-managing-the road’s as well as in case of non-payment of the due fees the following penalties shall be imposed:
1. (suppl. - SG 43/08) in the case of construction work without permit simultaneously with applying para. 1 and 2 and art. 56 the owner or the administration managing the road with the assistance of the authorities of the Ministry of Interior shall block the access to the site or shall dismount the built advertising or other facility within the range of the road and the limiting construction line;
2. (amend. - SG 43/08) in the cases of building carried out without permit the administration managing the roads shall stop the access to the site or disassemble the facility;
3. (amend. and suppl. - SG 43/08) in the case of delaying the payment of the due annual fees as per art. 18 para 3 and the continuation of permitted special usage of the road the administration managing the roads shall withdraw the issued permit and, at the expense of the offender, shall cut off the access to the site or dismount the respective advertising or other facility;
4. (amend. – SG 64/06; amend. - SG 43/08; amend. – SG 69/08) the dismounted advertising and other facilities shall be stored in the regional road offices and if within one month from the dismounting they have not been looked for or the relations by the order of This Act have not been settled they shall become the possession of the Agency.
(5) (new - SG 43/08) The advertisement and other facilities disassembled and stored in the regional road administrations, if searched for within the term under Para 4, Item 4 shall be returned to the interested person after payment of the expenses for disassembling and storage and after payment of the specified sanction.

Art. 58. (revoked, SG 112/03)

Additional provisions

§ 1. In the context of This Act:
1. "Road" is the strip of ground surface which is specially adjusted for movement of vehicles and pedestrians and meets definite technical requirements.
2. "Ground bed" is a part of the surface within the range of the road located on which are: the roadway(s); the separation strips, the benches, the sidewalks, the separation and directing isles; the green areas; the roadside draining and protecting drenches; the slopes, and the other constructive elements of the road.
3. "Road facilities" are: the culverts, the bridges, viaducts, trestles, overpasses, underpasses, tunnels, support and decorative walls, fortifying and water outlet facilities and treatment stations.
4. (amend., SG 6/04) "Road facilities" are: the bases for maintenance of national roads; road signs; road marking; traffic lights; autonomous telephone stands; by-road plantings; emergency sites, by-road fountain and sites for short-term rest; energy supply and light equipment together with their adjoining land; protection fences; direction columns; snow-protection equipment;; protection fences and other technical means for organisation and regulation of traffic.
5. (amend., SG 88/00) "Boundary construction line" is the line determining the area on each side of the road, introducing a permit regime.
6. "Service zone" is the ground surface on the side of the end of the road range for using the real estates by their owners or by the persons possessing right of using.
7. "Public using of the roads" is the usual using of the roads for transportation of passengers and cargo by the generally acknowledged vehicles or for pedestrian walking.
8. (amend., SG 6/04) " Special use of roads" is the use of roads for transporting loads of abnormal weights or dimensions or for carrying-out of other activities within the range of the road and the service areas such as: building and exploitation of by-road objects and road connexions to them as well as of road assistance and of road connexions to them; building and exploitation of advertising devices; building of new and repair of existing underground and above-ground line and independent equipment and their exploitation within the range of the road; temporary use of parts of the road lane and land within the range of the road by other persons.
9. "Roadside service complexes" are all ground surfaces, in the vicinity of the road, together with the buildings and facilities for servicing the travellers and vehicles located on them, as well as plots for recreation, camping sites, motels, gas stations, public catering establishments, shops, stations for technical services for vehicles and stations for vehicles in distress on the road.
10. "Support station for maintenance" is an adherent terrain out of the range of the road, used by the administrations of the road departments in fulfilment of the activities related to the maintenance of the national roads.
11. "Construction of the roads" is an activity related to the creation of new material assets, including the study, design and construction of new or reconstruction of existing roads.
12. "Reconstruction of roads" is an activity on the expansion and modernisation of the existing material assets, including the entire reconstruction of the roads and of the road facilities, retaining the basic direction of the existing track.
13. "Repair of the roads" is an activity on the restoration or improvement of the transport and exploitation qualities of the roads and their bringing in compliance with the requirements of the traffic.
14. "Maintenance of the roads" is an activity on providing the necessary conditions for a uninterrupted, safe and comfortable traffic through the year, protection of the roads against early wearing, guarding and protection of the roads, keeping technical account of the roads.
15. "Road activity" includes the construction, the repair and the maintenance of the roads, as well as the activities on the creation and the updating of the normative basis, the fee policy and the scientific servicing of the roads.
16. "Repeated" is the offence when it has been committed within one year from the enactment of the penalty decree by which the offender has been punished for an offence of the same kind.
17. (new, SG 88/00) "Stabilised banquette" is a banquette with a cover not allowing grass growing.
18. (new - SG 43/88) "concession toll" means a toll levied by a concessionaire under a concession contract
19. (new - SG 43/88, suppl. – SG 105/18, in force from 01.01.2019) "vehicle of the ‘EURO 0’, ‘EURO I’, ‘EURO II’, ‘EURO III’, ‘EURO IV’, ‘EURO V’, "EURO VI", ‘EEV’ category" means a vehicle that complies with the emission limits set out in Annex 2;
20. (new - SG 43/88, amend. - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) "trans-European road network" means the road network defined in Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network and repealing Decision No 661/2010/EU.
21. (new - SG 39/11) "infrastructure project" means a project for the construction of new road infrastructure or a substantial modification (reconstruction, thorough repair/rehabilitation) to the existing network which affects the traffic flow.
22. (new - SG 39/11, repealed - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021)
23. (new - SG 39/11, repealed - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021)
24. (new - SG 39/11, repealed - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021)
25. (new - SG 39/11, amend. - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) "early operation" means the required technological time of up to six months after entry of the road into operation in order to assess the design characteristics under operation conditions.
26. (new - SG 39/11, amend. - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) "ranking of high accident concentration sections" means a method to identify, analyse and rank sections of the road network which have been in operation for more than three years and upon which a number of fatal accidents in proportion to the traffic flow have occurred;
27. (new - SG 39/11, amend. - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) "safety level classification" is an assessment of sections of the existing road network in categories depending on the objectively determined safety of the design characteristics of the road - the built-in safety;
28. (new - SG 39/11, repealed - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021)
29. (new - SG 39/11, amend. - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) "road safety" means the entirety of design and operation characteristics of the road infrastructure ensuring safety of all participants in the traffic.
30. (new - SG 39/11) "persons or families raising children with permanent disabilities up to 18 years of age and before graduating form their secondary education, but not later than 20 years of age" means:
a) a parent/parents (foster parent/parents);
b) a family of relatives or close friends or an adoptive family that accommodates children as set out in Art. 26 of the Child Protection Act;
c) a fiduciary or trustee in the cases where both of the parents are unknown, deceased or deprived of parental rights.
31. (new - SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018) "Paid road network" is a system of roads and sections thereof, for which a vignette fee or a toll is collected in order to use it, and which have been designated as such by the Council of Ministers under the procedure of Art. 10, Para. 3.
32. (new - SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018, amend. - SG 60/19, in force from 30.07.2019) "Declared toll data" is a structured, standardized information determined by the entity collecting tolls for his toll collecting region, containing data for unique area identifier/unique charging object identifier, geographic reference point, list of points used in the data elements of the area description, rules for charging, toll segment (s) into which the vehicle entered for which a toll is due, tariff information for each individual toll segment, registration number, vehicle category, date and time, etc.
33. (new - SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018) "Person Collecting Road Fees" is a legal subject assigned to operate with the Electronic System For Collection Of Road Fees under Art. 10, Para. 1, and to establish and collect the relevant tolls using this system.
34. (new - SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018, amend. – SG 105/18, in force from 01.01.2019) "Fuel Card" is a non-cash payment card for fuel and other goods and services related to road transport, as well as for tolls.
35. (new - SG 60 2019, effective from 30.07.2019) "Tol segment" is a separate part of a road or road section of the paid road network, individually identified with an identification number and direction of movement, for entry in which a toll is payable according to the length of the toll segment and determined in the tariff under Art. 10, Para. 6 rate for the respective road or road section.

§ 1a. (New - 23/21, in force from 19.03. 2021) This Act introduces provisions of Directive (EU) 2019/1936 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 amending Directive 2008/96/EC on road infrastructure safety management (ОВ, L 305/1 of 26 November 2019).
§ 2. (revoked, SG 112/03)

Transitional and concluding provisions

§ 3. This Act revokes the Act on Roads (prom., SG No 93 of 1969; amend., No 37 of 1978, No 35 of 1996, No 87 of 1997, No 33 and 147 of 1998 and No 61 of 1999).

§ 4. In § 7, item 4 of the transitional and concluding provisions of the Local Government and Local Administration Act (prom., SG, No 77 of 1991; amend., No 24, 49 and 65 of 1995, No 90 of 1996, No 122 of 1997, No 33, 130 and 154 of 1998 and No 67 of 1999) the words "the local" are replaced by "the municipal".

§ 5. In art. 2, para 1, item 5 of the Municipal Property Act (prom., SG No 44 of 1996; amend., No 104 of 1996, No 55 of 1997, No 22 and 93 of 1998 and No 23, 56, 64, 67, 69 and 96 of 1999) the words "the local" are replaced by "the municipal".

§ 6. Closed down is Fund "National road network" established by the Act on the fees for the liquid fuel" and for the National Fund for Protection of the Environment. The available resources shall be transferred from Fund "National road network" to the budget of the Executive Agency "Roads".

§ 7. The following amendments are introduced to the Act on the fees for the liquid fuel for Fund "National road network" and for the National Fund for Protection of the Environment (prom., SG, No 16 of 1996; amend., No 104 of 1996, No 51 and 87 of 1997, No 147 of 1998 and No 26 and 61 of 1999):
1. The title is changed to "Act on the fees for the liquid fuel for the National Fund for Protection of the Environment".
2. The following amendments are introduced to art. 1:
a) para 1 is revoked;
b) para 3 is amended as follows:
"(3) Thirty percent of the fees collected according to this Act in the National Fund for Protection of the Environment shall be spent for the mountain regions, expediently, for financing ecological projects.";
c) para 4, 4a and 6 are revoked.
3. Art. 3 and 4 are amended as follows:
"Art. 3. The producers and importers of liquid fuel shall charge fees which shall be deposited in the National Fund for Protection of the Environment on:
1. the unleaded gasoline - amounting to 24 levs per ton;
2. the diesel fuel - amounting to 14 levs per ton;
3. fuel oil and black oil with over 1 percent of sulphur - amounting to 22 levs per ton;
4. the lead gasoline as follows:
a) gasoline A-91 - amounting to 37 levs per ton;
b) gasoline A-98 - amounting to 48 levs per ton;
5. the industrial gas oil - amounting to 13 levs per ton.

Art. 4. (1) The producers of gasoline, diesel fuel, industrial gas oil, fuel oil and black oil with over 1 percent of sulphur shall charge the fees under This Act for the quantities realised by them in the country.
(2) The importers of liquid fuel under para 1 shall deposit in the National Fund for Protection of the Environment or shall secure the fees under This Act before their customs registration.
(3) The customs bodies shall exercise the control under para 2.
(4) The producers of liquid fuel shall carry out deliveries only upon payment by the buyers of the fees to the accounts of the National Fund for Protection of the Environment.
(5) The buyers of liquid fuel under para 1 shall deposit, prior to the delivery, the due fees to the accounts of the National Fund for Protection of the Environment."
4. Art. 7 and 8 are amended as follows:
"Art. 7. (1) The act for establishment of the administrative offences shall be issued by officials appointed by the Minister of Environment and Waters.
(2) The penalty decree shall be issued by the Minister of Environment and Waters or by an official authorised by him.
(3) The issuance of the acts, the issuance, the appeal and the fulfilment of the penalty decrees shall be carried out by the order of the Administrative Violations and Penalties Act.

Art. 8. The collected fees and proprietary sanctions according to art. 6, para 2 shall be deposited in the National Fund for Protection of the Environment."
5. Paragraph 3 of the transitional and concluding provisions is amended as follows:
"§ 3. The Council of Ministers shall adopt ordinance for the raising, spending and management of the resources of the National Fund for Protection of the Environment."

§ 8. In the State Property Act (prom., SG, No 44 of 1996; amend., No 104 of 1996, No 55, 61 and 117 of 1997, No 93 and 124 of 1998, No 67 of 1999, No 9 and 12 of 2000) in art. 34, para 1 is amended as follows:
"(1) The interested establishment shall extend a motivated proposal to the Minister of Finance and to the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works for expropriation of the real estate. The regional governor at the location of the real estate shall give opinion, within 14 days, on the justification of the request."

§ 9. The following amendments and supplements are introduced to the Protection of Farm Lands Act (prom., SG, No 35 of 1996; amend., No 14 of 2000):
1. Para 6 is created in art. 20:
"(6) For construction of new roads the procedure for determining a track and for change of the purpose of the agricultural lands can begin upon issuance of a positive decision on EIA taken on the grounds of a preliminary report for EIA."
2. Para 4 is created in art. 24:
"(4) For construction of new national roads, in the presence of an approved general construction plan or parcel plan the proposal for change of the purpose of agricultural lands can be presented simultaneously with the proposal for approval of the final track under art. 19."

§ 10. The following supplements are introduced to the Environment Protection Act (prom., SG, No 86 of 1991; corr., No 90 of 1991; amend. and suppl., No 100 of 1992, No 31 and 63 of 1995, No 13, 85 and 96 of 1997, No 62 of 1998, No 12 and 67 of 1999):
1. In the appendix to art. 20, para 1, item 1 "Projects subject to environmental impact assessment (EIA) according to chapter four":
a) in item 26.1 after the words "Construction of" is added "new";
b) in item 26. 2 after the words "Construction of" is added "new".
2. Para 3 is created in art. 23a:
"(3) For construction of roads the competent body shall organise discussion on only the results from the preliminary report for environmental impact assessment."

§ 11. (Amend. – SG 64/06; amend. - SG 75/09; amend. - SG 66/13, in force from 26.07.2013; amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014, amend. - SG 14/20) The implementation of the Act is assigned to the Minister of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications, and the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works.

§ 12. The Council of Ministers shall adopt regulation and ordinances for the implementation of the Act within 6 months from its enactment.
The Act was adopted by the 38th National Assembly on March 2000 and was affixed with the official seal of the National Assembly.
Chairman of the National Assembly:
Yordan Sokolov

Additional provisions
(SG 9/03)
§ 3. The Act under art. 10, para 4, as well as the respective changes in the Local Taxes and Fees Act and the Road Traffic Act shall be adopted by September 30, 2003.

§ 4. Within three years from the introduction of the fee under art. 10, para 3 the size of the fee for the motor vehicles registered in the countries - members of the European Union and in the Republic of Bulgaria shall be equalised.

§ 5. The Act shall enter into force on the day of its promulgation in the State Gazette with exception of para 3 and 4 of art. 10 which shall enter into force on January 1, 2004.

Transitional and concluding provisions
(SG 6/04, amend. – SG 64/06; suppl. – SG 105/06)
§ 15. From April 1, 2004, for driving on national roads or road sections by transport vehicles as per art. 10a, para. 7, item 1 with Bulgarian or foreign registration only the charges as per art. 10 para. 2-5 can be collected, with the exception of the charges for using road facilities.

§ 16. From April 1, 2004, for driving on national roads or road sections by transport vehicles as per art. 10a para. 7, item 2 with Bulgarian or foreign registration only the charges as per art. 10 para. 2-5 can be collected with the exception of the charges for using road facilities.

§ 17. From January 1, 2005 for driving on national roads or road sections of transport vehicles as per art. 10a, para. 7, item 3 with Bulgarian or foreign registration only the charges as per art. 10 para. 2-5 can be collected with the exception of the charges for using road facilities

§ 18. Vignette charges shall be paid for all transport vehicles cited in This Act with Bulgarian or with foreign registration as follows:
1. From April 1, 2004 a vignette charge (annual, monthly, weekly) shall be introduced for all transport vehicles as per art. 10a para. 7, item 1 and 2.
2. From January 1, 2005 a vignette charge (annual, monthly weekly) shall be introduced for all transport vehicles as per art. 10a para. 7 item 3.
3. (suppl. – SG 105/06) From January 1, 2007 a daily vignette charge shall also be introduced for all transport vehicles as per art. 10a, para. 7, items 1 and 2.

§ 19. By January 1, 2005, instead of the vignettes envisaged in This Act substitute certifying documents on paper issued by Executive Agency "Roads" by an order set by the ordinance as per art. 10 para. 7.

§ 20. (amend. – SG 64/06) By January 1, 2007 the control on meeting the obligation for driving the transport vehicles with foreign registration on national roads after paying vignette charge shall be implemented only at the border control checkpoints by the specialised units of Fund "Road infrastructure of the Republic".

§ 21. The road facilities under art. 10, para 4 are those which have been constructed and commissioned after January 1, 2004.

§ 22. The provision of art. 10, para 4 of § 2 shall not apply for Danube bridge Rousse-Gyurgyu.

§ 23. The Council of Ministers, at a proposal of the Minister of Finance shall introduce the changes to the budget of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works and the budget relations of the central budget with the budgets of the municipalities for 2004, ensuing from the amendments of This Act.

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

§ 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 CONCESSIONS ACT
(PROM. - SG 36/06, IN FORCE FROM 01.07.2006)

§ 23. The Act shall enter into force from the 1st of July 2006, except for art. 42, para 3 and art. 58, para 4, which shall enter into force from the date of accession of the Republic of Bulgaria to the European Union.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACT
(PROM. - SG 64/06)

§ 30. Subject to closing is the Fund "Road infrastructure of the Republic" – second degree administrator of budget credits with the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works. The available funds of the closed Fund "Road infrastructure of the Republic" shall be transferred to the budget of the Fund "Road infrastructure of the Republic", established with This Act.

§ 31. (1) The Fund "Road infrastructure of the Republic" is the assign of the assets, liabilities, rights and obligations of the reformed Executive Agency "Roads" under the balance sheet and the financial statement as of the date of entering of This Act into force.
(2) Labour law relations with employees in the transformed Executive Agency "Roads" shall be regulated under the conditions and following the procedure of Art. 123 of the Labour Code.
(3) Official legal relations with the employees in the transformed Executive Agency "Roads" shall be transformed into labour ones within 14 days after entering into force of This Act. The acquired by them ranks and unused leaves shall be kept.
(4) The transformation of official legal relation into labour one shall be done on the grounds of a written application, submitted within three days after acceptance of a notification, that the employee has been appointed at a position, determined to be occupied under labour law relation according to an approved jobs schedule.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE LAW OF THE STATE BUDGET OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA FOR THE YEAR 2007
(PROM. – SG 108/06, IN FORCE FROM 01.01.2007)

§ 106. The law shall enter in force from the 1st of January 2007, except for § 103 and 104, which shall enter in force from the date of its promulgation in the State Gazette.

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.

Additional provisions
TO THE ACT ON AMENDMENT AND SUPPLEMENTATION OF THE LAW ON THE ROADS
(PROM. - SG 43/08)

§ 16. This Act shall implement the requirements of Directive 1999/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 1999 on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures, amended by Directive 2006/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE ROADS ACT
(PROM. - SG 43/08)

§ 17. The Council of Ministers shall determine the fees under Art. 10a, Para 10 for transport vehicles under Art. 10a, Para 7, Items 1 and 2, compliant with ecological category "EURO III", "EURO IV", "EURO V", "EEV" and higher, but not later than 2010.
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§ 22. Paragraph 4 regarding Art. 10c shall enter into force from 1 January 2009.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE ROADS ACT
(PROM. - SG 69/08)

§ 32. The Fund "National road Infrastructure", secondary administrator of budget credits at the Minister of Finance shall be closed. The available funds of the closed Fund "National road Infrastructure" shall be transferred to the budget of National Agency "Road Infrastructure", created under This Act.

§ 33. (1) National Agency "Road Infrastructure" shall be a successor of the assets, debts, rights and obligations of the Fund "National road Infrastructure" closed under This Act according to the balance and account at the date of entry into force of This Act.
(2) The employment relations with the employees of the closed Fund "National road Infrastructure" shall be arranged under the order of Art. 123 of the Labour Code.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE CODE OF TAX INSURANCE PROCEDURE
(PROM. - SG 12/09, IN FORCE FROM 01.05.2009; SUPPL. SG 32/09)

§ 68. (suppl. – SG 32/09) The Act shall enter into force from 1 May 2009, except for § 65, 66 and 67, which shall enter into force from the date of promulgation of the Act in the State Gazette, and § 2 – 10, § 12, item 1 and 2 with reference to par. 3, § 13 – 22, § 24 – 35, § 36, par. 1 – 4, § 37 – 51, § 52, item 1 – 3, item 4, item "a", item 7, item "f"- with reference to par. 10 and 11, item 8, item "a", item 9 and 12 and § 53 – 64, which shall enter into force from 1 January 2010.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE HEALTH ACT
(PROM. - SG 41/09, IN FORCE FROM 02.06.2009)

§ 96. The Act shall enter into force from the day of its promulgation in the State Gazette, except for:
1. paragraphs 3, 5, 6 and 9, which shall enter into force from 1 January 2009;
2. paragraphs 26, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 65, 66, 69, 70, 73, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 88, 89 and 90, which shall enter into force from 1 July 2009;
3. paragraph 21, which shall enter into force from 1 June 2010.

ACT ON AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE ROADS ACT
(PROM. – SG 75/2009)
§ 28. Anywhere in the Act, the words "the Minister of Transport" shall be replaced by "the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications".

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE ROADS ACT
(PROM. – SG 75/2009)
§ 29. (1) The appropriations from the budget of the National Road Infrastructure Agency to the Council of Ministers, transformed by this Act, shall be transferred to the budget of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works.
(2) The Road Infrastructure Agency with the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works is the legal successor of the assets, liabilities, rights and obligations, including the rights and obligations under the contracts signed by the National Road Infrastructure Agency with the Council of Ministers on the balance sheet and the report at the date of entry into force of this Act.
(3) The employment relationships with the employees and workers in the National Road Infrastructure Agency with the Council of Ministers shall be settled under the conditions and by the order of Art. 123 of the Labour Code, with the exception of those under Para. 4.
(4) The employment relationships with the workers and employees of the "Road Fees and Permits" Directorate at the National Road Infrastructure Agency at the Council of Ministers shall be terminated under the conditions and by the order of Art. 328, Para. 1, item 2 of the Labour Code from the entry into force of the amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Customs Agency.

§ 30. The powers of the Supervisory Board, of the Executive Director and the Deputy Executive Directors of the National Road Infrastructure Agency at the Council of Ministers shall cease as of the date of entry into force of this Act.

Concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACT
(PROM. - SG 82/09, IN FORCE FROM 16.10.2009)

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

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR ACT
(PROM. – SG 93/09, IN FORCE FROM 25.12.2009)

§ 100. This Act shall enter into force one month after its promulgation in the State Gazette except § 1, 2, 21, 36, 39, 41, 44, 45, 50, 51, 53, 55, 56, 57, 59, 62, 63, 64, 65, 70 and 91, which shall enter into force from the day of its promulgation.

Transitional provisions
TO THE FORESTRY ACT
(PROM. - SG 19/11, IN FORCE FROM 09.04.2011)

§ 42. This Act shall enter into force one month after its promulgation in the State Gazette, except for:
1. paragraph 3, § 9, Para 9 – 11 and § 16, Item 41, which shall enter into force from the day of promulgation of the Act in the State Gazette.
2. Art. 14, Para 1, Item 2, Art. 115, Para 1, Item 2, Art. 116, Para 2, Art. 183, Para 2, Item 3 and Art. 249, Para 5, Item 3, which shall enter into force from 1 January 2016.

Additional provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE ROADS ACT
(PROM. - SG 39/11)

§ 16. This Act shall implement the requirements of Directive 2008/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on road infrastructure safety management (OJ L 319/59 of 29 November 2008).

§ 17. The requirements and procedures under This Act related to safety management of the road infrastructure shall not apply to tunnels upon the national roads which are part of the trans-European road network on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria, specified in Ordinance No 1 on the Minimum Safety Requirements in Tunnels upon the National roads Coinciding with the Trans-European Road Network on the Territory of the Republic of Bulgaria (prom. - SG 34/07; amend. - SG 58/07 and SG 102/08).

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE ROADS ACT
(PROM. - SG 39/11)

§ 18. The provision of § 11 regarding art. 36d shall enter into force from 1 July 2012.

§ 19. The ordinance referred to in Art. 36e, Para 3 shall be adopted within three months from entry into force of This Act.

§ 20. The ordinance referred to in Art. 36g, Para 3 shall be adopted within 6 months from entry into force of This Act.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE ROADS ACT
(PROM. - SG 55/11; AMEND. – SG 101/15, IN FORCE FROM 22.12.2015)

§ 11. (1) The head of the Managing board of Operational program "Transport" and the Managing Director of National company "Strategic Infrastructure Projects" shall sign an operative agreement for the implementation of projects financed from the Operational program "Transport", Cohesion fund and the European fund of regional development of the European Union after inclusion of the company as a beneficiary under the Operational program "Transport".
(2) The rights and obligations of Agency "Road infrastructure" for preparation and construction of "Struma" highway, of the pending part of "Hemus" highway in the part from the town of Yablanitsa to the crossing northern than Shumen with the road I-7 "Romanian border – o.p. Silistra – o.p. Shumen – Varbitsa – o.p. Yambol – Lesovo – Turkish border" and of "Cherno more" highway shall be transferred to Agency "Road infrastructure" of National company "Strategic Infrastructure Projects" within one month after signing of the operative agreement referred to in par. 1.
(3) (revoked – SG 101/15, in force from 22.12.2015)

§ 12. Within one month after signing of the operative agreement referred to in § 11, par. 1 Agency "Road infrastructure" shall submit to the company the entire available documentation for the projects referred to in Art. 28b, par. 1.

§ 13. Agency "Road infrastructure" and National company "Strategic Infrastructure Projects" shall prepare, adopt and submit to the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works for approval their draft programs within three months after entering of This Act into force.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT ON THE STATE BUDGET OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA FOR 2012
(PROM. – SG 99/11, IN FORCE FROM 01.01.2012)

§ 100. This Act shall enter into force from 1 January 2012, except for § 76, which shall enter into force from 15 December 2011.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE CIVIL SERVANTS ACT
(PROM. - SG 38/12, IN FORCE FROM 01.07.2012)

§ 84. (In force from 18.05.2012) Within one month from the promulgation of the Act in the State Gazette:
1. the Council of Ministers shall bring the Classifier of Administration Positions in compliance with this Act;
2. the competent authorities shall bring the statutory rules of the respective administration in compliance with this Act.

§ 85. (1) Legal relations with the persons from administrations under the Radio and Television Act, the Independent Financial Audit Act, the Electronic Communications Act and the Financial Supervision Commission Act, Act on Access to and Disclosure of the Documents and Announcing Affiliation of Bulgarian Citizens with the State Security Service and the Intelligence Services of the Bulgarian Popular Army, Confiscation by the State of Proceeds of Crime, Act on Prevention and Findings of Conflict of Interests, Code of Social Insurance, Health Insurance Act, Agricultural Producers Assistance Act and the Roads Act shall be regulated under the terms and following the procedure of § 36 of the Transitional and Final provisions of the Act Amending and Supplementing the State Servant Act (SG 24/06).
(2) By the act appointing the civil servant shall be:
1. awarded the minimum rank for the position occupied defined in the Classifier of Administration Positions, unless the civil servant has a higher rank;
2. determined the individual basic monthly salary.
(3) The funds additionally needed for insurance installments of the persons referred to in para 2 shall be provided within the costs for salaries, remuneration and insurance installments of the budgets of the respective budget credit spending units.
(4) The Council of Ministers shall carry out the changes required in the extra-budgetary account of State Fund Agriculture according to this Act.
(5) The managing bodies of the National Insurance Institute and the National Health Insurance Fund shall carry out the changes requires according to this Act in the respective budgets.
(6) Unused leaves under employment relationships shall be retained and may not be compensated by cash benefits.

§ 86. (1) Within one month from entry into force of this Act the individual basic monthly salary of the employee shall be determined in such a manner as to ensure that the said salary, reduced by the tax due and the mandatory insurance installments at the expense of the insured person, if they were due, is not lower than the gross monthly salary received hitherto, reduced by the mandatory insurance installments due at the expense of the insured person, if they were due, as well as by the tax due.
(2) The gross salary under para 1 shall include:
1. the basic monthly salary or basic monthly remuneration;
2. bonuses paid regularly along with the basic monthly salary or basic monthly remuneration due, which are related solely to the hours worked off.

§ 87. The Act shall enter into force from July 1, 2012 except for § 84, which shall enter into force from the date of its promulgation in the State Gazette.

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

§ 54. (1) The National Police Chief Directorate established by this Act shall be the legal successor of the assets, liabilities, rights and obligations of Chief directorate "Criminal Police" and of Chief directorate "Security Police".
(2) Legal representation in pending disputes of Chief directorate "Criminal Police" and Chief directorate "Security Police" shall be performed by the director of National Police Chief Directorate

§ 55. By the time of entry into force of this Act all official and employment legal relationships of civil servants and employees at Chief directorate "Criminal Police" and of Chief directorate "Security Police" shall be transformed into official and employment relationships of civil servants and employees at National Police Chief Directorate.

§ 56. Secondary legislation acts issued prior to the entry into force of this Act shall be implemented till the respective new acts have been issued, inasmuch as they do not contradict the present Act.
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§ 57. Length of service, acquired under the Civil Servant Act and the Labour Code under § 64 of the Transitional and Final provisions of the Ministry of Interior Act (SG 93/09) shall be deemed as employment with one and the same employer, respectively appointment authority.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE ROADS ACT
(PROM. - SG 47/12)

§ 5. Permits for advertising facilities without a fixed term issued prior to the entry into force of this Act shall be valid for a period of up to 5 years from the date of entry into force of this Act.

§ 6. (1) Pending proceedings initiated by applications/requests for permits for special use of the road for the purpose of building roadside service complexes and road link thereto within the servicing zones of the highway shall be completed under the terms which were in force prior to the entry into force of this Act.
(2) Permits for use of roadside service complexes within the servicing zones of the highways in relation to which prior to the entry into force of this Act there have been issued for permits for special use of the road for the purpose of building roadside service complexes and road link thereto shall be granted under the terms which were in force prior to the entry into force of this Act.

§ 7. The Council of Ministers shall adopt the amendments in the Ordinance under Art. 18, para 5 in 6 months term from the entry into force of this Act.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT
(PROM. – SG 53/12, IN FORCE FROM 13.07.2012)

§ 35. This Act shall enter into force from the day of its promulgation in the State Gazette, except for the following provisions:
1. Art. 10, para 3 and 6, Art. 11, para 1, Art. 19, para 5, Art.38, para 4 and Art.39, para 3, which shall enter into force in two years time from the entry into force of the Act;
2. Art.33, para 4 and Art.34, which shall enter into force from January 1, 2013;
3. Art.49, para 8, which shall enter into force from January 1, 2015.

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 on 1 January 2014 with the exception of § 115, which enters into force on January 1, 2013, and § 18, § 114, § 120, § 121 and § 122, which came into force on 1 February in 2013.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT ACT
(PROM. – SG 66/13, IN FORCE FROM 26.07.2013)

§ 56. In the Roads Act the following amendments shall be made:
2. In the rest of the texts of the Act the words “the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works”, “the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works” and “Minister of Regional Development and Public Works” shall be replaced respectively by “the Ministry of Regional Development”, “the Minister of Regional Development” and “Minister of Regional Development”.

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

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE ROADS ACT
(PROM. – SG 16/14)

§ 5. This Act transposes the provisions of Art. 1, paragraph 2, Art. 7a of Directive 2011/76/ES of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2011 amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures (OJ, L 269/1 of 14 October 2011).

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

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

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE FOR PROTECTION ACT
(PROM. SG 61/15, IN FORCE FROM 01.11.2015)

§ 15. The Act shall enter into force from 1st of November 2015.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACCOUNTANCY ACT
(PROM. SG 95/15, IN FORCE FROM 01.01.2016)
§ 29. This Act shall enter into force from 1st of January 2016, with the exception of Art. 48 – 52, which shall enter into force from 1st of January 2017.
Concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE ROADS ACT
(PROM. – SG 101/15, IN FORCE FROM 22.12.2015)
§ 21. The Act shall enter into force from the date of its promulgation in the State Gazette.
Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING THE ROADS ACT
(PROM. - SG 30/16, IN FORCE FROM 15.04.2016)
§ 6. Terminated shall be the activity of the state enterprise National Company "Strategic Infrastructure Projects" from the day of entry into force of this Act.
§ 7. (1) The employment relations with the employees of the dissolved state enterprise National Company "Strategic Infrastructure Projects" shall be regulated under the conditions of Art. 328, para. 1, item 1 of the Labour Code, where the provisions of Art. 123 of the Labour Code shall not apply.
(2) The Minister of Regional Development and Public Works shall take appropriate actions to remove the dissolved state enterprise National Company "Strategic Infrastructure Projects" from the Commercial Register and to terminate the management contracts of board members within one month from the entry into force of this act.
(3) The powers of the Executive Director and of the Board members of the dissolved state enterprise National Company "Strategic Infrastructure Projects" shall be terminated from the date of entry under par. 2.
§ 8. All assets, liabilities, the archive and other rights and obligations of the dissolved state enterprise National Company "Strategic Infrastructure Projects" shall pass onto the "Road Infrastructure"Agency.
§ 9. (1) The resources at the disposition of the dissolved state enterprise National Company "Strategic Infrastructure Projects" shall be reimbursed through a transfer to the budget of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works.
(2) The Minister of Regional Development and Public Works shall make changes to the budget of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works pursuant to Art. 112, para. 3 of the Public finances Act at the expense of the unutilized amount from the planned transfer for 2016 for the dissolved state enterprise National Company “Strategic Infrastructure Projects”.
§ 10. The Council of Ministers to undertake pursuant to Art. 79 and Art. 81, para. 2 of the Act on the State Budget of the Republic of Bulgaria for 2016 the ensuing from the application of § 5, 6, 7 and 8 of this act changes in indicators under Art. 22, para. 1, Section II "EXPENSES", item 1.1 and para. 3 of the Act on the State Budget of the Republic of Bulgaria for 2016. 
§ 11. As of the day of entry into force of this Act, the available information and original documentation, related to the sites under the revoked Art. 28b - "Hemus" highway, "Struma" highway and "Black Sea" highway - as well as other sites and all projects, financed under the Operational Programme "Transport" 2007-2013 and the Operational Programme "Transport and transport infrastructure" 2014 to 2020, and in electronic form also, shall be given to officials authorized by the Chairperson of the Management Board of the "Road infrastructure" Agency within one month from the entry into force of this Act.
§ 12. The "Road Infrastructure" Agency shall provide the maintenance of updated information on the progress of all procedures, opened by the dissolved state enterprise National Company "Strategic Infrastructure Projects".
§ 13. Within one month from the entry into force of this Act, officials authorized by the Executive Director of the dissolved state enterprise National Company "Strategic Infrastructure Projects" shall give to officials authorized by the Chairperson of the Management Board of the "Road Infrastructure" Agency all correspondence on applications and open procedures, related to the sites under the revoked Art. 28b - "Hemus" highway, "Struma" highway and "Black Sea" highway - which have not been completed. Following the transfer of correspondence, the procedures which begun before the entry into force of this Act shall be completed by the "Road Infrastructure" Agency.
§ 14. The due payments at the time of entry into force of this Act shall be administered by the "Road Infrastructure" Agency. 
§ 15. The properties - state property and the movable property of the dissolved state enterprise National Company "Strategic Infrastructure Projects" shall be used by the "Road Infrastructure" Agency to fulfill the Agency’s functions until placing them within the terms and conditions of the State Property Act.
§ 16. The Head of the Managing Authority of Operational Programme "Transport" 2007-2013 and the Head of the Managing Authority of Operational Programme "Transport and Transport Infrastructure 2014-2020" and the Chairperson of the Management Board of the "Road Infrastructure" Agency - Manager of the beneficiary shall sign an Agreement on the realization of the projects, financed by the Operational Programme "Transport" 2007 - 2013 and Operational Programme "Transport and Transport infrastructure 2014 - 2020", the Cohesion Fund and the European regional development Fund of the European Union, whose beneficiary is the dissolved state enterprise National company "Strategic infrastructure projects”.
§ 17. The administrative and judicial proceeding, instituted but pending until the entry into force of this act, related to the sites under the revoked Art. 28b, shall be completed by the "Road Infrastructure” Agency.
§ 18. The cost involved in the termination of activity of the state enterprise National Company "Strategic Infrastructure Projects", including the compensations under the Labour Code, shall be at the expense of the budget of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works.
§ 19. 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 CORPORATE INCOME TAX ACT
(PROM. - SG 75/16, IN FORCE FROM 01.01.2016)
§ 19. This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2016, except for:
1. paragraph 13 para. 2, item 2, which shall enter into force on the 1st of the month following the date of its promulgation in the State Gazette;
2. paragraphs 2, 8, 9, 10, 17 and 18, which shall enter into force from the date of its promulgation in the State Gazette.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE ROADS ACT
(PROM. - SG 11/17, IN FORCE FROM 31.01.2017)
§ 8. This Act shall enter into force from the day of its promulgation in the State Gazette, except for § 3, item 1 regarding Art. 10a, Para. 3, first and third sentences in the part "quarterly", sentence four in the part "three months", as well as for the one-year validity period of the annual vignette from the day of its purchase, and item 4 regarding para. 14, which shall enter into force from January 1, 2018.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE CONCESSIONS ACT
(PROM. - SG 96/17, IN FORCE FROM 02.01.2018)
§ 41. The Act shall enter into force within one month from its promulgation in the State Gazette with the exception of:
1. Article 45, Para. 5, which enters into force within 12 months of the promulgation of the Act in the State Gazette;
2. Article 191, Para. 2-5, Art. 192 and 193, which shall enter into force on 31 January 2019.
Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE ROADS ACT
(PROM. - SG 80 OF 2018, IN FORCE ON 28.09.2018, AMEND. – SG 105/18, IN FORCE FROM 01.01.2019, AMEND. AND SUPPL. – SG, 60/19, IN FORCE FROM 30.07.2019)
§ 17. The Council of Ministers shall bring into compliance with this Act the instruments of its implementation within two months of the Act’s entry into force.
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§ 19. The Road Infrastructure Agency shall suspend the issuance of annual vignette stickers for road vehicles with a total technically permissible mass over 3.5 tonnes from the entry into force of this Act.

§ 19a. (New, SG, 60/19, effective from 30.07.2019) The charging of road vehicles with a total technically permissible maximum mass exceeding 3.5 tons with the charge under Art. 10, Para. 1, item 2 - toll, shall apply from the day, following the day of promulgation in the State Gazette of a decision of the Council of Ministers, at the proposal of the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, but no later than March 1, 2020.
§ 20. (Amend. – SG 105/18, in force from 01.01.2019) (1) (Amend. – SG, 60/19, in force from 30.07.2019) Until the charging of the fee under Art. 10, Para. 1, item 2, road vehicles with a total technically permissible maximum mass above 3,5 tons shall pay the fee under Art. 10, Para. 1, item 1 - vignette fee for monthly, weekly or daily electronic vignette.
(2) (Amend. – SG, 60/19, in force from 30.07.2019) Until the application of charging of the fee under Art. 10, Para. 1, item 2:
1. in order to reduce the harmful impact on the environment from the vehicles, the lower fees shall be paid for the road vehicles under Art. 10a, Para. 7, items 1 and 2, which correspond to the ecological category "EURO III", "EURO IV", "EURO V", "EEV" and higher, defined in the tariff under Art. 10, Para. 6;
2. the vehicles under Art. 10a, Para. 7, items 1 and 2 which correspond to the ecological category "EURO 0", "EURO I", "EURO II", as well as the vehicles for which the ecological category under item 1 can not be demonstrated, shall pay the total amount of the toll fees under Art. 10, Para. 6;
3. the right to pay the lower toll fee under item 1 for the vehicles under Art. 10a, Para. 7, items 1 and 2 which correspond to category "EURO III", "EURO IV", "EURO V", "EEV" and higher, shall be demonstrated by presenting an original or a notarized copy of the registration certificate of the motor vehicle - Part I, when in item V9 it is entered in words "EURO/EURO III, IV, V" or "EEV", and/or with a certificate of conformity under the Resolution СЕМТ/СМ(2001) 9 Final, Resolution СЕМТ/СМ(2005) 9 Final, Resolution ITF/TMB/TR(2008)12 and a valid roadworthiness certificate. Provided that the EURO/EURO category of the vehicle is not entered in the registration certificate and it does not have a valid certificate of conformity, all road vehicles with a date of initial registration after 30 September 2001 shall be deemed to comply with at least the "EURO III" category, and may benefit from the right to a lower toll fee as per item 1.

§ 21. As of the entry into force of this Act, paper vignette stickers for all types of road vehicles shall be validated (punched) upon purchase, and shall be valid from the date of validation (punching).

§ 22. (Amend. – SG 105/18, in force from 01.01.2019, amend. – SG, 60/19, in force from 30.07.2019) From the entry into force of this Act, the annual vignette fee paid for road vehicles with a total technically permissible maximum mass over 3,5 tons shall be valid until expiry of its validity, where in this case toll shall not be due.

§ 23. (Amend. - SG 60/19, in force from 30.07.2019) From the day, following the day of publication of the decision of the Council of Ministers under § 19a in the State Gazette, but not later than March 1, 2020 for crossing the paid road network of road vehicles with a total technically permissible maximum mass exceeding 3.5 tons with Bulgarian or foreign registration, only the fees under Art. 10, para. 1, item 2 shall be collected.

§ 24. (Amend. – SG 105/18, in force from 01.01.2019, amend. – SG, 60/19, in force from 30.07.2019) The owners or users of any road vehicle with a total technically permissible maximum mass up to or equal to 3.5 tonnes, who have purchased a paper vignette sticker which expires after January 1, 2019, shall retain their right to use the paid road network until the expiry date of the paper vignette sticker. Owners or users of any road vehicle with a total technically permissible maximum mass over 3,5 tonnes, who have purchased a paper vignette sticker whose validity expires after 1 January 2019, shall reserve their right to use the paid road network until the expiry date of the paper vignette sticker.

§ 25. (Amend. – SG 105/18, in force from 01.01.2019, amend. – SG, 60/19, in force from 30.07.2019) For the period from 1 January 2019 to the application of charging with the charge under Art. 10. Para. 1, item 2, in case any road vehicle with a total technically permissible maximum mass over 3,5 tons is found travelling on the paid road network, for which no vignette fee has been paid, and for which no compensation fee is paid under Art. 10, Para. 2, the minimum toll fee due for such use, within the meaning of Art. 10a, Para. 2, shall be the weekly vignette fee due for the respective road vehicle.

§ 26. The owner and the user of the road vehicle shall be obliged not to remove the part of the vignette sticker glued on the vehicle glass until the date of its expiry.

§ 27. (Repealed, - SG, 60/19, in force from 15.07.2019)

§ 28. (Repealed, - SG, 60/19, in force from 15.07.2019)

§ 29. (Repealed, - SG, 60/19, in force from 15.07.2019)
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§ 33. This Act shall enter into force on the day of its promulgation in the State Gazette, with the exception of:
1. paragraph 1, item 1, § 3 and 16, which shall enter into force on 16 August 2019;
2. (amend. – SG 105/18, in force from 01.01.2019) paragraph 2, which shall enter into force on 1 January 2019, with the exception of Art. 10a, Para. 1, 6 and 7 which shall enter into force in respect of road vehicles with a total technically permissible maximum mass over 3,5 tonnes from 16 August 2019;
3. paragraph 32, which shall enter into force within 9 months of the promulgation of the act in the State Gazette, except for item 1, letter "a" - regarding Art. 7b, Para. 2 for mobile video surveillance devices and Art. 7b, Para. 4, and item 5 - regarding Art. 95a, Para. 2, Art. 95b, item 2 and Art. 95c, which shall enter into force within 18 months of the promulgation of the act in the State Gazette.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACT
(PROM. – SG 105/18, in force from 01.01.2019)
§ 22. This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2019, with the exception of:
1. Paragraph 21, item 1, letter “c”, which shall enter into force on 1 March 2019;
2. Paragraph 4, item 2 regarding Art. 139, Para. 7, § 10 concerning Art. 167, Para. 3a and § 14, item 2 regarding Art. 179, Para. 3a, 3b, 3d and 3g, which shall enter into force on 16 August 2019;
3. Paragraph 14, item 1 regarding Art. 179, Para. 3 in respect of road vehicles with a technically permissible maximum laden mass over 3,5 tonnes, which shall enter into force on 16 August 2019;
4. Paragraph 8, item 2, letter “c”, which shall enter into force on 1 May 2019.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT, AMENDING AND SUPPLMENTING THE ROADS ACT
(PUBL. – SG, 60/19, IN FORCE FROM 30.07.2019).
§ 8. (Effective from 16.08.2019) (1) Until the charging of the fee under Art. 10, Para. 1, item 2, the amount of vignette fees for motor vehicles with a total technically permissible maximum mass exceeding 3,5 tons shall not exceed the following maximum amounts for infrastructure charges in Euro, including the administrative costs, determined on an annual basis, as follows:

 	Maximum of 3 axes	Maximum of 4 axes	
EURO 0	1407	2359	
EURO I	1223	2042	
EURO III	1065	1776	
EURO III	926	1543	
EURO IV and less polluting	842	1404	

(2) Charges for the use of the infrastructure of road vehicles with a total technically permissible maximum mass exceeding 3,5 tons shall be proportional to the duration of use and shall be valid for a day, a week and a month. The monthly amount shall not be higher than 10 percent of the annual amount, the weekly amount shall not be higher than 5 percent of the annual amount, and the daily amount shall not be higher than 2 percent of the annual amount.
(3) The maximum daily charge for the use of road infrastructure by vehicles with a total technically permissible maximum mass exceeding 3,5 tons shall be EUR 12.
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§ 10. The Act shall enter into force on the day of its promulgation in the State Gazette, except for:
1. Para. 1, item 1, § 2, § 8 and § 9, item 3, which shall enter into force on 16 August 2019;
2. Para. 7, item 7, which shall enter into force from 15 July, 2019.
Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE ROADS ACT
(PROM. - 23/21, IN FORCE FROM 19.03. 2021)
§ 24. (1) The requirements under Art. 36e, para. 1, items 1, 2 and 3 shall not refer to the road safety auditors, who at the time of entry into force of this law have received certificates for professional qualification.
(2) The road safety auditors, who at the time of entry into force of this law have been issued certificates for professional qualification, shall be entered in the register under Art. 36h1, para. 1 by order and in term, determined in the ordinance of art. 36b, para. 9.
(3) The road safety auditors, who at the time of entry into force of this Act have been issued certificates for professional qualification, may perform their activity under the current procedure until the establishment of the register under Art. 36h1, para. 1.
§ 25. The first determination of the scope under Art. 36b, para. 6 regarding the list of the roads, included and excluded from the scope of the procedures under art. 36b, para. 1, shall be reported to the European Commission by 17 December 2021.
§ 26. Providing access to the unified electronic platform under Art. 36m, para. 1 shall be carried out within two years from the entry into force of this Act.
§ 27. The first comprehensive road safety assessment shall be carried out by 31 December 2024 and on the basis of its results the State Agency for Road Safety shall submit to the European Commission a report on the classification of road network safety by 31 October 2025.
§ 28. Within 6 months from the entry into force of this Act the Council of Ministers shall adopt the ordinance under Art. 36b, para. 9.
§ 29. The ordinance under Art. 36e, para. 3 shall be applied until the entry into force of the ordinance under Art. 36b, para. 9, insofar as it does not contradict this Act.
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§ 34. The Act shall enter into force on the day of its promulgation in the State Gazette, with the exception of § 18 - regarding Art. 36l, para. 3, which enters into force one year after the promulgation of the Act in the State Gazette, and § 33, which enters into force on 6 April 2021.
Concluding provisions
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE ROADS ACT
(PROM. - SG 14/23, IN FORCE FROM 10.02.2023)
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§ 6. The act shall enter into force on the day of its promulgation in the State Gazette, with the exception of:
1. paragraph 1, item 1 regarding Art. 10, Para. 2a - 2e, which enters into force on August 1, 2023;
2. paragraph 2, item 3 regarding Art. 10a, Para. 4a - 4c, which enters into force on June 1, 2023;
3. paragraph 3, item 2 regarding Art. 10b, Para. 7 - 9, which enters into force on January 1, 2024;
4. paragraph 5, item 2, letter "a" regarding Art. 179, Para. 3e, sentence four and item 4, letter "b" regarding Art. 189g, Para. 3a, which enters into force on January 1, 2019.

Transitional and concluding provisions
TO THE ACT ON THE STATE BUDGET OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA FOR 2023
(PROM. - SG 66/23, IN FORCE FROM 01.01.2023)
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§ 46. The Act enters into force on January 1, 2023, with the exception of:
1. paragraph 1, para. 3 and 5, § 25, para. 3 - 7, § 27 and 28, which enter into force on August 1, 2023;
2. paragraph 3, § 29, item 1 and § 30, which enter into force on July 1, 2023;
3. paragraph 4, § 29, item 2, letter "a" and letter "b", regarding para. 10, § 33 and 38, which enter into force from the day of its promulgation in the State Gazette;
4. paragraph 7, items 1 and 2, § 8 and § 26, item 3, which enter into force on September 1, 2023;
5. paragraph 7, item 3, § 14, item 9, § 26, item 4, § 27, item 8 and § 40, which enter into force on December 1, 2023;
6. paragraph 13, § 14, items 7 and 8, item 10 regarding Art. 182d, items 11, 12, 13 and item 19, letter "a", § 15, 21, 22, 23, 34, 35, 36 and 37, which enter into force three days after its promulgation in the State Gazette ;
7. paragraph 14, items 1, 3, 4 and 5, item 6, letters "a" - "c" and "e" - "n" and item 16 and § 29, item 2, letter "b " regarding para. 11, which shall enter into force on October 1, 2023;
8. paragraph 14, item 2, item 10 regarding Art. 182a - 182d, items 14, 15, 17, 18 and item 19, letter "b", § 17, 18 and 20, which enter into force 9 months after its promulgation in the State Gazette";
9. paragraph 14, item 6, letter "d", § 24, items 3 - 9 and item 10, letters "a" - "d", § 25, para. 1 and 2 and § 26, items 1 and 2, which enter into force on January 1, 2024;
10. paragraph 19, which enters into force 8 months after its promulgation in the State Gazette;
11. paragraph 32, which enters into force on January 1 of the second year following the publication of the results of the population and housing census in the Republic of Bulgaria in 2021.

Appendix No. 1 to Art. 10, Para 1, Item 1
(new - SG 43/08, amend. - SG 89/17, revoked - SG 80/18, in force from 28.09.2018)
Appendix No. 2 to § 1, Item 19
(New - SG 43/08, amend. – SG 105/18, in force from 01.01.2019)
 
Ecologic categories of the motor	
vehicles	
Vehicle EURO 0	
 
Mass of	Mass of	Mass of	
Carbon
Oxide	Carbon
Hydrogens	Nitrogen
Oxides	
(CO),	(HC),	(NOx),	
g/kWh	  g/kWh	g/kWh	
 
12,3	 
2,6	 
15,8	

Vehicle EURO I and II	
 
 	Mass of	Mass of	Mass of	Mass of	
 	Carbon	Carbon	Nitro-	Dust	
 	Oxide	Hydro-	gen	Particles	
 	(СО),	gens	Oxides	(PT),	
 	       g/kWh	(HC),	(NОx),	g/kWh	
 	 	g/kWh	g/kWh	 	
Vh	 	 	 	 	
"EURO I"	4,9	1,23	9,0	0,4(1)	
Vh	 	 	 	 	
"EURO II"	4,0	1,1	7,0	0,15	

 (1) Coefficient 1,7 shall apply to emission restrictions of dust particles in engines of power 85 kW or less.  

Vehicles "EURO III" / "EURO IV"/ "EURO V"/ "EURO VI" / "EEV"
The specific mass of the carbon oxide, the total mass of the carbon hydrogens, the nitrogen oxides and the dust particles, the opacity of the exhaust gas and the number of dust particles must not exceed the following values: (1)	
 
 	Mass of
Carbon
Oxide
(СО),
g/kWh	Mass of
Carbon
Hydro-
gens
(HC),
g/kWh	Mass of
Nitro-
gen
Oxides
(NOx),
g/kWh	Mass of
Dust
Particles
(PT),
g/kWh	Exhaust
gas,
m(-1)	Number
of
particu-
late
matter #/kWh	
EURO
III	 
2,1	 
0,66	 
5,0	 
0,10(2)	 
0,8	 	
EURO	 	 	 	 	 	 	
IV	1,5	0,46	3,5	0,02	0,5	 	
EURO	 	 	 	 	 	 	
V	1,5	0,46	2,0	0,02	0,5	 	
EURO
VI	 
1,5	 
0,13	 
0,4	 
0,01	 
 	 
8 x 1011	
 
EEV	 
1,5	 
0,25	 
2,0	 
0,02	 
0,15	 	
    (1) The specific mass of the carbon monoxide, the total mass of hydrocarbons, of the oxides of nitrogen and of the particulates shall be determined through the ESC test for the “EURO III”, “EURO IV”, “EURO V” and “EEV” categories, and through WHSC test for the category “EURO VI”.
The opacity of the exhaust gas shall be determined by the ELR test for the categories "EURO III", "EURO IV", "EURO V" and "EEV".
The number of particulate matter shall be determined by the WHSC test for the "EURO VI" category.
For the categories EURO III, EURO IV, EURO V and EEV, one testing cycle shall consist of a sequence of points determined at the testing, where each point shall be determined on the basis of speed and turning couple, when the engine is in established regime of work (ESC testing) or in non-established working conditions (ETC and ELR tests).
(2) 0,13 for engines of working volume of the cylinder of less than 0,7 dm3, and the nominal frequency of rotation shall exceed 3000 min-1.

Relevant acts of European legislation
DIRECTIVE 1999/62/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 17 June 1999 on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures
REGULATION (EEC) No 1108/70 OF THE COUNCIL of 4 June 1970 introducing an accounting system for expenditure on infrastructure in respect of transport by rail, road and inland waterway
REGULATION (EEC) No 2598/70 OF THE COMMISSION of 18 December 1970 specifying the items to be included under the various headings in the forms of accounts shown in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1108/70 of 4 June 1970