After the adoption of the Act on the protection of whistleblowers (“The Act”) on 27 January 2023 and its entry into force on 4 May 2023 the Commission for Personal ...

Mediation is an alternative way of assisting disputing parties by a mediator, the aim of which is to reach an agreement between the disputing parties and settle the relationship between ...

The EDPB has released a Data Protection Guide to assist small business owners in their direction to be more data protection compliant. The Guide targets to elevate attention of the ...

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Stay up to date with the latest developments in data protection regulations. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has recently released updated Guidelines (Version 2.0) on personal data breach notification ...

A Bill for an Act on the protection of whistleblowers – persons who report breaches and publicly disclose information, (“The Act”) has been brought to the Parliament for consideration more ...

With the development of technologies more and more terms enter our everyday lives and sometimes it gets hard to define them or to distinguish the similar ones from each other. ...

Corporate Income Tax Act The act amending the Corporate Income Tax Act was adopted on the 6th December 2022 by the Parliament. The main changes are the following: In article ...

Sustainable practices related to increasingly pronounced climate changes enter our daily lives and are accordingly reflected in our legislation. In this area is the Ordinance № РД-02-20-3 of 9 November ...

On the 3rd of November 2022 the government approved a bill on personal insolvency. The European commission insists on its approval so that Bulgaria could receive financial help from the ...

The Council of Ministers adopted an Ordinance on terms and conditions for issuing, extending and revoking a certificate for a high-tech and/or innovative project called the “Startup Visa” (the “Ordinance”). ...

On 19.10.2022, a bill to amend and supplement the Labour Migration and Labour Mobility Act (LMMA) was submitted to the National Assembly for consideration and vote at first reading. It ...

Energy is a field where change and development come quickly. That can be seen clearly by the fact that three new Bills concerning it have been submitted before the National ...

The word “entrepreneur” is used more and more frequently, but at present there is still no regulation in our current legislation that gives a definition for the notion or regulates ...

On 10th of November 2022 the bill suggesting amendments in the Electronic Commerce Act has been brought to the parliament. A new frame for e-commerce was established with the adoption ...

On 24.10.2022 the bill of the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law has been brought to the parliament. The bill is an act of transposition of Directive ...

On 28.10.2022 the bill, suggesting changes in the Law on foreigners in the Republic of Bulgaria has been brought to the parliament. The bill aims to provide more effective procedure ...

With the new Bill for an Act amending and supplementing the Commerce Act, approved with Decision No 755 of 11 October 2022 of the Council of Ministers, it is aimed ...

A big part of the changes envisioned by the Bill for an Act amending and supplementing the Commerce Act, approved with Decision No 755 of 11 October 2022 of the ...

On 27.10.2022, a bill to amend and supplement the Civil Procedure Code (CPC) was submitted to the National Assembly for consideration and vote at first reading. It aims at speeding ...

In the interpretative decision No. 6/2022 of the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC), the SAC decided that the tax administration is not competent to officially recognize an employment contract, disguised as ...

Regulation at EU level Legal frameworks at national level exist for crowdfunding in some Member States. Given the differences in national regulations, a barrier currently exists for a number of ...

IFLR1000 is a guide to the world’s leading financial and corporate law firms and lawyers For a consecutive year Ilieva, Voutcheva & Co. was ranked among notable law firms in ...