BulgariaElectronic Communications Act, Article 242а(2), information on the accessibility features of the single European emergency number 112
In force.
An accessibility requirements rule binding private bodies.
What it requires
- If you carry out electronic communications as an undertaking, inform end-users duly of the existence and use of the single European emergency number 112 and of its accessibility features, including through initiatives aimed at persons travelling between Member States of the European Union and at users with disabilities (Art. 242а(2), first sentence; implements Directive (EU) 2018/1972, Art. 109(7)).
- Give that information in accessible formats covering different types of disability (Art. 242а(2), second sentence; implements Directive (EU) 2018/1972, Art. 109(7)).
- Microenterprises that provide interpersonal communications services without numbers are exempt from the requirements of this chapter other than Article 225, unless they also provide other electronic communications services, and tell end-users of the exception before the individual contract is concluded (Art. 242в(1) and (2)); a microenterprise is an enterprise within Article 3(3) of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Act, with average staff under 10 persons and an annual turnover or asset value not above EUR 2,000,000, except in the cases of Article 63(3) (paragraph 1 point 31е of the additional provisions).
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Penalty structure
Article 326а(3) imposes on an undertaking providing public electronic communications networks or services that commits a violation under Chapter Fourteen a property sanction of BGN 5,000 to 100,000 (EUR 2,556.46 to 51,129.19). That range applies since paragraph 19 of the Law published in State Gazette issue 99 of , which raised the ceiling from BGN 60,000 and removed the limit to Section III of Chapter Fourteen (change of provider); before it, a breach of the chapter's other duties for which no other penalty was provided fell under Article 335 (a fine of BGN 500 to 5,000, EUR 255.65 to 2,556.46, a property sanction of the same amount for a legal person or sole trader under Article 336). The Act states the amounts in leva, and the euro figures convert them at the official exchange rate of 1.95583 leva to the euro, which Article 11(2) of the Euro Introduction Act applies to amounts in leva from .
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- Currency
- EUR
- Fixed cap
- 51129.19
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
The Communications Regulation Commission, which controls the carrying out of electronic communications (Article 311(1))
What it reaches
Instrument type
an act of a legislature
Applicability criteria
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- Criteria
- an undertaking, that is a sole trader or legal person carrying out electronic communications under the Act (paragraph 1 point 50 of the additional provisions); Article 242а(2) names the undertakings together with state bodies and the emergency services ("Предприятията, държавните органи и службите за спешно реагиране")
- an undertaking that is not a microenterprise providing only interpersonal communications services without numbers: Article 242в(1) provides that "Изискванията по тази глава, с изключение на чл. 225, не се прилагат за микропредприятията, предоставящи междуличностни съобщителни услуги без номера, освен ако те предоставят и други електронни съобщителни услуги" (the requirements of this chapter do not apply to microenterprises that provide interpersonal communications services without numbers unless they also provide other electronic communications services); paragraph 1 point 31е of the additional provisions defines a microenterprise by Article 3(3) of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Act, which counts as one an enterprise with average staff under 10 persons and an annual turnover not above EUR 2,000,000 and/or asset value not above EUR 2,000,000 ("годишен оборот, който не превишава 2 000 000 евро, и/или стойност на активите, която не превишава 2 000 000 евро"), the two limbs joined by "и" (and); Article 4(9) of that Act provides that an enterprise is not an enterprise under Article 3 if 25 percent or more of its capital or of the votes in its general meeting is controlled, directly or indirectly, jointly or individually, by one or more state bodies ("едно предприятие не може да се смята за предприятие по чл. 3, ако 25 на сто или повече от капитала или от броя на гласовете в общото събрание се контролират пряко или непряко, заедно или поотделно от един или повече държавни органи"), and Article 4(1) counts the data of partner and linked enterprises
What this law does
Paragraph 344 of the additional provisions of the amending Law published in State Gazette issue 20 of 2021 states that it introduces the requirements of Directive (EU) 2018/1972. The 44th National Assembly adopted the amending Law on . State Gazette issue 20 of published the amending Law.
Article 242а(2) requires undertakings, state bodies and the emergency services to inform end-users duly of the existence and use of the single European emergency number 112 and of its accessibility features, including through initiatives aimed at users with disabilities. Article 242а(2) requires that information to be given in accessible formats covering different types of disability.
Paragraph 1 point 50 of the additional provisions defines an undertaking as any natural person who is a sole trader, or legal person, that carries out electronic communications under the conditions of the Act. Article 242в(1) disapplies the requirements of Chapter Fourteen, except Article 225, to microenterprises that provide interpersonal communications services without numbers, unless they also provide other electronic communications services.
Article 242в(2) requires those undertakings to inform end-users of the exception before the individual contract is concluded. Paragraph 1 point 31е of the additional provisions defines a microenterprise as an enterprise within Article 3(3) of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Act, except in the cases of Article 63(3).
Article 326а(3) imposes on an undertaking providing public electronic communications networks or services that commits a violation under Chapter Fourteen a property sanction of BGN 5,000 to 100,000. Paragraph 19 of the Law published in State Gazette issue 99 of 2025 deleted the words section III from Article 326а(3) and raised its ceiling from BGN 60,000 to BGN 100,000. State Gazette issue 99 of published that Law.
Until that amendment Article 326а(3) reached only a violation of Section III of Chapter Fourteen, and its ceiling was BGN 60,000. The Chair of the Commission or a member it expressly authorises issues the penal decrees (Article 337б(1)).
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