The Legal 500

(Recommendation CM/Rec (2011)7 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on a new notion of media)

The mergers (incl. takeovers) and de-mergers (spin-offs and splits) as well as the share transfers and business (going concern) transfers are regulated on a general level by the Commerce Act.

(Recommendation CM/Rec (2011)7 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on a new notion of media)

What is the relevant merger control legislation? Is there any pending legislation that would affect or amend the current merger control rules described below?

In Bulgaria inventions are protected through patents and utility models, which must be registered with the Bulgarian Patent Office. The applicable legal act concerning patent and utility models is Bulgarian law on the patents and the registration of utility models (prom. SG. 27/2 apr 1993), which implements the provisions of Directive 2004/48/EC of the European parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights.

1. General overview

I. General Rules The Bulgarian Public Procurement Act provides for several types of procedures that can be used by the procuring entities for the award of public contracts. Those procedures are:

Bulgaria’s legal framework and government policy is structured to actively attract foreign investment capital through a wide variety of incentives. The country is a member of the EU although not of the Eurozone.

Bulgaria by Yordan Naydenov & Nikolay Kolev BOYANOV & CO

On 29th September 2011, following a second-reading agreement with the European Parliament, The Council of the European Union approved a compromise text aimed at ensuring that food labels carry essential information in a clear and legible way.  

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