BulgariaРешение № 398 на Министерския съвет (Council of Ministers Decision No. 398), Fundamental-Rights Authorities under Article 77 of the AI Act
Council of Ministers Decision No. 398 of (Решение № 398 на Министерския съвет от 18.06.2025 г.) protocol 25.28, Article 77(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689
An AI governance rule binding government bodies.
As of .
What it requires
- This Decision identifies the Bulgarian authorities that protect fundamental rights, including the right to non-discrimination, in relation to high-risk AI systems listed in Annex III to the AI Act; the duties of an AI developer or deployer come from the AI Act itself.
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria; Central Election Commission; Commission for Protection against Discrimination; Commission for Personal Data Protection; Consumer Protection Commission; State Agency for Child Protection; General Labour Inspectorate Executive Agency, each within its statutory powers.
What this law does
Decision No. 398 of the Council of Ministers is headed as determining national authorities for the protection of fundamental rights, including the right to non-discrimination, under Article 77 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689. The Council of Ministers' portal records the Decision as number 398 of 2025, issued on and published on , on the proposal of the Ministry of Electronic Governance, with Article 77(2) of the Regulation as its legal basis.
The Ministry of Electronic Governance stated on that by the Decision the Council of Ministers determined the national authorities for the protection of fundamental rights, including the right to non-discrimination.
Under point 1 of the Decision, as the Ministry stated it, the authorities are those that supervise or ensure compliance with the duties under Union law protecting fundamental rights, including non-discrimination, in relation to the use of the high-risk AI systems listed in Annex III to the Regulation.
The Ministry named the Ombudsman, the Central Election Commission, the Commission for Protection against Discrimination, the Commission for Personal Data Protection, the Consumer Protection Commission, the State Agency for Child Protection and the General Labour Inspectorate Executive Agency, each acting within its statutory powers.