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Contracting Parties Bulgaria

Dates Signature: November 23, 2001 Ratification: April 7, 2005 Entry into force: August 1, 2005

Declarations, Reservations

Declaration dated September 9, 2005 and updated on June 21, 2010:
"In accordance with Article 35, paragraph 1, of the Convention, the Republic of Bulgaria declares that it designates the National Service for Combating Organized Crime under the Ministry of Interior to perform the functions of point of contact for the purpose of investigations concerning cybercrime:
Computer crimes and intellectual property division
Chief Directorate "Combating Organized Crime"
Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Bulgaria."

Declarations dated September 9, 2005:
1. "In accordance with Article 24, paragraph 7.a, of the Convention, the Republic of Bulgaria declares that it designates the Ministry of Justice as the Central Authority responsible for making or receiving requests for extradition, and the Supreme Cassation Prosecutor's Office as the Central Authority responsible for making and receiving requests for provisional arrest."
2. "In accordance with Article 27, paragraph 2.c, of the Convention, the Republic of Bulgaria declares that it designates the following Central Authorities responsible for sending and answering requests for mutual assistance:
– the Supreme Cassation Prosecutor's Office – in respect of requests for mutual assistance at the stage of pre-trial proceeding;
– the Ministry of Justice – in respect of requests for mutual assistance at the stage of the trial."

Reservation made upon ratification:
"In accordance with Article 14, paragraph 3, of the Convention, the Republic of Bulgaria reserves the right to apply the measures referred to in Article 20 only to serious offences, as they are defined by the Bulgarian Criminal Code."

 


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