Which Bulgarian controlled-export documents apply to your supply?

Identify what is supplied before choosing the application

The 2024 compilation describes export, transfer, transit and technical-assistance regimes under Regulation 2021/821. Establish the actual item, software, technology or assistance, destination, participants, end user and intended use. Not every manual is controlled, but a “brand licence” label does not clear a technical supply.

Check whether a general authorisation or another route applies before assuming an individual or global national application is appropriate. A paid order is not authorisation: establish any required permission and its conditions before making the covered supply.

Sources: Bulgarian Ministry responsible for export control: Articles 1, 33–35: Regulation 2021/821 and distinct export/transfer/technical-assistance scope Bulgarian Ministry of Economy, Investments and Industry, Administrative Register: Applicant registration; individual/global application packet; end user; technical documents; 2026 forms Bulgarian Council of Ministers / State Gazette: Sections 2,22–24,29–32; complete amendment read

Match the documents to the actual authorisation route

The register describes applications by persons with the relevant registration. Its document list includes application and authorisation forms, end-user/end-use or import-certificate evidence, the contract or order, transaction participants and their activity rights, and manufacturer technical information with origin/acquisition evidence. Treat that list as a starting point, not a complete current application.

The July 2026 amendment changes the technical-document requirements and adds route-specific internal-compliance and large-project requirements. The large-project route has its own packet, including project description and participant evidence; specified substitute declarations are permitted where the relevant country’s law does not issue the named official document. Confirm the route before deciding which evidence is needed.

Required foreign-language documents must have a certified Bulgarian translation. The amendment defines certification by the translator’s name and signature; it does not add a universal notarisation requirement. It also removes the separate paid-fee-document requirement when payment is electronic. That is an evidence exception, not a fee waiver.

Sources: Bulgarian Ministry of Economy, Investments and Industry, Administrative Register: Applicant registration; individual/global application packet; end user; technical documents; 2026 forms Bulgarian Council of Ministers / State Gazette: Sections 2,22–24,29–32; complete amendment read

The older EU reference is reconciled; the fee amount is not

Regulation 2021/821 Article 31 repeals Regulation 428/2009 and directs old references to the new regulation using the correlation table. It preserves the relevant older provisions for export-authorisation applications made before 9 September 2021. The final July 2026 Bulgarian decree also replaces 428/2009 references throughout the implementing text with 2021/821.

The June 2026 statutory amendment renamed the responsible ministry, and the July decree follows that name change. The live register still links forms under the ministerial order of 21 May 2026, including 38/39 and 40/41. Use the current form for the applicable route rather than treating the older register wording as an alternative legal framework.

No fee amount is verified from the mixed descriptions. These specific amendments were read; they do not amount to a complete survey of later national law or the current control list.

Sources: European Parliament and Council; official copy hosted by Bulgarian export-control ministry: Article 31; Annex VI correlation Bulgarian National Assembly / State Gazette: Section 57 and final sections 93–94 Bulgarian Council of Ministers / State Gazette: Sections 2,22–24,29–32; complete amendment read Bulgarian Ministry of Economy, Investments and Industry, Administrative Register: Applicant registration; individual/global application packet; end user; technical documents; 2026 forms Bulgarian Ministry responsible for export control: Articles 1, 33–35: Regulation 2021/821 and distinct export/transfer/technical-assistance scope