Darzhaven vestnik: ofitsialno izdanie na Republika Bulgaria State Gazette — the Official Journal of the Republic of Bulgaria
Published by: Narodno sabranie na Republika Bulgaria (National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria)
1, Alexander I Square, 1169 Sofia
Bulgaria
Tel. +359 293939
Fax +359 29813131
E-mail: infocentre@parliament.bg
Website: http://www.parliament.bg
Official journal / legal gazette
In Bulgaria there is a single official journal, which is divided into an offcial section containing legislation and a non-official section with legal notices and other official texts; see point 1.2 for details.
First edition
28 July 1879
First online edition
3 May 2005 (contents of the official section only-titles of the included material)
Since 1 July 2008, the equivalent of the paper edition (PDF) and the texts of all materials in the current edition, as well as the register of all materials received by the editorial have been available.
Paper edition
Darzhaven vestnik:
ofitsialno pechatno izdanie na Republika Bulgaria — ofitsialen razdel Price
BGN 144 (EUR 74) annual subscription Legally binding
Online edition
http://dv.parliament.bg Available texts
From 3 May 2005: summary of the official section From 1 July 2008: PDF files of the current edition and all texts of the Darzhaven vestnik Access and price
Free
Official section (Ofitsialen razdel): all legislative acts, international treaties and agreements, parliamentary decisions, decrees, regulations and rules of the Council of Ministers, decrees of the president, decisions of the Constitutional Court, decisions of the Supreme Administrative Court, rules, ordinances and instructions of ministers and normative acts of other state bodies.
Non-official section (Neofitsialen razdel): individual administrative acts of ministers and heads of state and municipal bodies; notifications and announcements of ministries, other departments, academies, high schools and research institutes, municipalities; notices: calls for tender, competitions, legal subpoenas and announcements; invitations to corporate general meetings, etc.
Legal basis
The legal bases for the publication of legislation are:
the law on the state gazette (Zakon za „Darzhaven vestnik“) of 7 November 1995, published in Darzhaven vestnik No 89 of 6 October 1995; latest amendments to the law establishing the online edition of the Darzhaven vestnik were adopted on 31 January 2008 and published in Darzhaven vestnik No 16 of 15 February 2008;
Rules of procedure of the National Assembly;
Internal rules of procedure of the Administration of the National Assembly.
Legally binding
Paper edition
Financing
Subscription revenue, publication fees and state budget
The legal bases for the publication of legislation are:
the law on the state gazette (Zakon za „Darzhaven vestnik“) of 7 November 1995, published in Darzhaven vestnik No 89 of 6 October 1995; latest amendments to the law establishing the online edition of the Darzhaven vestnik were adopted on 31 January 2008 and published in Darzhaven vestnik No 16 of 15 February 2008;
Rules of procedure of the National Assembly;
Internal rules of procedure of the Administration of the National Assembly.
Format description
PDF, HTML
Authenticity
A chain of trust (both the sender and receiver are known) is used as a measure for guaranteeing the integrity of the workflow and the authenticity of the (electronically) published text. The requirements of the law on the state gazette (Zakon za „Darzhaven vestnik“) are met.
Archiving
No legal provisions for the archiving of gazette editions and the materials published at http://dv.parliament.bg in general exist. The editorial has uploaded the gazette editions up to and including 1989, and the materials – up until 2003.
Access via N-Lex
(see Annex 2)
N-Lex has not yet established access to the online edition of the Darzhaven vestnik (spring 2009).
