Reform Of Enforcement And Order For Payment Proceedings / Реформата В Изпълнителното И В Заповедното Производство

On 1 July 2025, the provisions of the Civil Procedure Code (CPC) regulating the new provisions in Chapters Thirty-Six 'Issuance of a Writ of Execution' and Thirty-Seven 'Order for Payment Proceedings' came into force, after the original date was postponed by one year. Also on 1 July 2025, the amendments to Regulation No. N-2 of 18 February 2020, issued by the Minister of Justice, came into force. These amendments approved the new forms for orders of payment and applications for orders of payment, as well as other documents used in order for payment proceedings.

Shortly after the new provisions came into force, Article 410(5) of the CPC was amended (see §13 of the Act amending and supplementing the Civil Procedure Code, SG No. 55, 08/07/2025). This amendment clarifies who is obliged to submit an electronic application for an order for payment by removing the reference to other CPC provisions. Regarding the filing of applications by persons represented by a lawyer,