BulgariaAccessibility Requirements for Products and Services Act, duties of manufacturers and authorised representatives, conformity assessment, CE marking and EU declaration of conformity
DV br. 31/2025 chl. 7 do 17 ot Zakon za iziskvaniyata za dostapnost na produkti i uslugi (Закон за изискванията за достъпност на продукти и услуги)
In force since .
An accessibility requirements rule binding public and private bodies.
What it requires
- If you are a manufacturer, ensure the product is designed and produced in line with the applicable accessibility requirements of Article 4 (Art. 11(1); implements Directive (EU) 2019/882, Art. 7(1)).
- Draw up the technical documentation under Annex 3, which sets out the applicable requirements and lists the harmonised standards and technical specifications applied in whole or in part, and carry out, or have carried out, the internal production control conformity assessment of Annex 3 (Arts. 7 and 11(2); Annex 3; Directive (EU) 2019/882, Art. 7(2)).
- Where the assessment shows compliance, draw up the EU declaration of conformity in the form of Annex 4, state in it which accessibility requirements are the subject of an exception under Article 3, keep it up to date, and have it translated into Bulgarian when the product is placed on the Bulgarian market (Arts. 8(1) to (4) and 11(3); Annex 4).
- By drawing up the declaration, you take responsibility for the product's compliance with the Act (Art. 9).
- Affix the CE marking visibly, legibly and indelibly on the product or its data plate, or on the packaging and accompanying documents where that is not possible, before the product is placed on the market (Art. 10(3) and (4)).
- Keep the technical documentation and the EU declaration of conformity for five years after the product is placed on the market (Art. 11(4)).
- Apply procedures that keep series production in conformity, taking account of changes in the design or characteristics of the product and in the harmonised standards or technical specifications by reference to which conformity is declared (Art. 12; Directive (EU) 2019/882, Art. 7(4)).
- Mark each product with a type, batch or serial number or other identifying element, and with your name, registered trade name or trade mark and a single postal address, on the packaging or in an accompanying document where size or nature does not allow it on the product (Art. 13).
- Supply the product with instructions and safety information in Bulgarian that are clear, understandable and intelligible, and label it accordingly (Art. 14).
- If you consider or have reason to believe that a product you placed on the market does not conform, take at once the corrective action to bring it into conformity or withdraw it; where it fails the accessibility requirements of Article 4, inform at once the market surveillance authorities and the competent authorities of the Member States where it was made available, with details of the non-conformity and the action taken; keep a register of non-conforming products and of complaints (Art. 15).
- On a reasoned request of a market surveillance authority or of a competent authority of another Member State, give all information and documentation needed to show conformity, on paper or electronically, in Bulgarian or a language the authority understands, and in Bulgarian within the time set for administrative or administrative penal proceedings; cooperate in any action to remove the non-conformity (Art. 16).
- If you appoint an authorised representative, do so in writing; the mandate may not cover the duties of Article 11(1) or the technical documentation, and must at least require the representative to keep the technical documentation and EU declaration available to the authorities for five years, to provide information on a reasoned request and to cooperate on corrective action (Art. 17).
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Penalty structure
Article 73(1) to (3) punish a manufacturer or importer that places on the market or puts into service a product that does not meet Article 4, whose conformity was not assessed under Article 7, or that carries the CE marking or an EU declaration without an assessed conformity, and Article 74(1) one with no technical documentation, EU declaration or other required document, each with a fine of BGN 1,000 to 5,000 (EUR 511.29 to 2,556.46) or a property sanction of BGN 5,000 to 25,000 (EUR 2,556.46 to 12,782.30); for a repeat breach a fine of BGN 2,000 to 10,000 (EUR 1,022.58 to 5,112.92) or a property sanction of BGN 10,000 to 50,000 (EUR 5,112.92 to 25,564.59). Article 74(2) (documentation or declaration that does not meet the Act): a fine of BGN 1,000 to 5,000 (EUR 511.29 to 2,556.46) or a property sanction of BGN 5,000 to 20,000 (EUR 2,556.46 to 10,225.84); repeat, BGN 2,000 to 10,000 (EUR 1,022.58 to 5,112.92) or BGN 10,000 to 50,000 (EUR 5,112.92 to 25,564.59). Article 75(1) (no CE marking): BGN 150 to 1,000 (EUR 76.69 to 511.29) or BGN 500 to 4,000 (EUR 255.65 to 2,045.17); repeat, BGN 300 to 2,000 (EUR 153.39 to 1,022.58) or BGN 1,000 to 8,000 (EUR 511.29 to 4,090.34). Article 75(2) (CE marking affixed in breach of Article 10): BGN 150 to 800 (EUR 76.69 to 409.03) or BGN 250 to 2,000 (EUR 127.82 to 1,022.58); repeat, BGN 300 to 1,600 (EUR 153.39 to 818.07) or BGN 500 to 4,000 (EUR 255.65 to 2,045.17). Article 76(1) (a manufacturer's declaration or other document whose content does not meet the Act, if the act is not a crime): BGN 250 to 1,000 (EUR 127.82 to 511.29) or BGN 1,000 to 5,000 (EUR 511.29 to 2,556.46); repeat, BGN 500 to 2,000 (EUR 255.65 to 1,022.58) or BGN 2,000 to 10,000 (EUR 1,022.58 to 5,112.92). Articles 77 to 79 (no identifying element, no name and address, no Bulgarian instructions and safety information): BGN 200 to 1,000 (EUR 102.26 to 511.29) or BGN 750 to 2,500 (EUR 383.47 to 1,278.23); repeat, BGN 400 to 2,000 (EUR 204.52 to 1,022.58) or BGN 1,500 to 5,000 (EUR 766.94 to 2,556.46). Article 80 (documents not kept under Article 11(4)): BGN 500 to 1,000 (EUR 255.65 to 511.29) or BGN 5,000 to 10,000 (EUR 2,556.46 to 5,112.92); repeat, BGN 1,000 to 2,000 (EUR 511.29 to 1,022.58) or BGN 10,000 to 20,000 (EUR 5,112.92 to 10,225.84). Article 85 (any other breach concerning products): BGN 200 to 1,000 (EUR 102.26 to 511.29) or BGN 1,000 to 5,000 (EUR 511.29 to 2,556.46); repeat, BGN 400 to 2,000 (EUR 204.52 to 1,022.58) or BGN 2,000 to 10,000 (EUR 1,022.58 to 5,112.92). A repeat breach is one committed within one year of the entry into force of the penal decree that punished the same kind of breach (paragraph 1(1) point 21 of the additional provisions). Paragraph 3 of the final provisions halves each amount for breaches committed up to . The Act states every amount in leva; since Article 11(2) of the Euro Introduction Act reads each as an amount in euro at the official exchange rate of 1.95583 leva to the euro, rounded to the cent (Articles 12 and 13 of that Act), and the euro figures in brackets are that conversion. The cap shown is the repeat property sanction of Articles 73 and 74, BGN 50,000 in the text, converted. The Chair of the State Agency for Metrological and Technical Supervision or officials he authorises issue the penal decrees (Article 90(2)).
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- Currency
- EUR
- Fixed cap
- 25564.59
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
The Chair of the State Agency for Metrological and Technical Supervision (DAMTN), through the agency's market surveillance bodies, is the market surveillance authority for the products in Article 2(1) (Article 34(1))
What it reaches
Instrument type
an act of a legislature
Applicability criteria
- As of
- Combinator
- All of
- Criteria
- a product listed in Article 2(1): a consumer general purpose computer hardware system or its operating system, a payment terminal, an ATM, ticketing machine, check-in machine or interactive self-service information terminal, consumer terminal equipment with interactive computing capability used for electronic communications services or for access to audiovisual media services, or an e-reader ("Този закон се прилага за следните продукти")
What this law does
Article 11(1) requires a manufacturer placing a product on the market to ensure that it is designed and produced in line with the applicable accessibility requirements of Article 4. Article 11(2) and (3) require the manufacturer to draw up the technical documentation, carry out the conformity assessment of Annex 3, draw up the EU declaration of conformity and affix the CE marking.
Article 11(4) requires the manufacturer to keep the technical documentation and the EU declaration of conformity for five years after the product is placed on the market. Article 8(2) requires the EU declaration of conformity to state which accessibility requirements are the subject of an exception under Article 3.
Article 8(4) requires the EU declaration of conformity to be translated into Bulgarian when the product is placed or made available on the Bulgarian market and was not drawn up in Bulgarian. Article 12 requires the manufacturer to apply procedures that keep series production in conformity. Article 13 requires the manufacturer to mark the product with an identifying element and with its name, registered trade name or mark and postal address.
Article 14 requires the manufacturer to supply the product with instructions and safety information in Bulgarian. Article 15 requires the manufacturer to take corrective action at once on a product it considers or has reason to consider non-conforming and to inform the market surveillance authorities. Article 17 lets the manufacturer appoint an authorised representative in writing but bars delegating the duties of Article 11(1) and the drawing up of the technical documentation.
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