On September 27, 2010, the Bulgarian police officials, in cooperation with the Business Software Alliance (BSA) representatives, seized a computer with unlicensed software, during their inspection of the company "R" OOD, which sells computers with preinstalled business software in the town of Blagoevgrad, southwestern Bulgaria.

A draft law amending the Electronic Communications Act was published for public consultation on 15 December 2023.

In a recent decision (Decision No. 911 of 09.10.2025, the “Decision”), the Bulgarian Commission on Protection of Competition (the “CPC”) set out important conclusions regarding the distinction between product...

December 2018 – Last week, the Bulgarian competition authority fined A1, the Bulgarian subsidiary of Telekom Austria, a total of BGN 804,340

In 2022 the Bulgarian Commission on Protection of the Competition ("CPC") delivered a decision where it sustained its understanding...

In the last decade, Bulgaria has joined the worldwide frenzy for craft beer. Dozens of small brewers have emerged, bringing new flavors, quality ingredients, techniques, and of course...

A new Law for the provision of digital content and digital services and for the sale of goods (the "Law") entered into force on 1st January 2022 in Bulgaria.

In light of that trend, the competent authorities pay more attention on such alternative advertising channels.

In July 2018, following an in-depth investigation and in a rather hasty and controversial decision, the Commission on the Protection of Competition ("CPC")

In July 2018, following an in-depth investigation and in a rather hasty and controversial decision, the CPC prohibited the acquisition of the largest media conglomerate in Bulgaria, Nova Broadcasting Group AD...

The Communications Regulation Commission has announced its position on distance sale and standard terms contracts agreed under the Electronic Communications Act.

Bulgaria's Council of Ministers has opened public consultations on proposed amendments to the Ordinance on the conditions, rules and procedure for regulating and registering the prices of...

The Bulgarian Commission on Protection of the Competition (CPC) recently provided again its interpretation on the definition of "misleading advertising".

Earlier this year, the Bulgarian Supreme Administrative Court (the "SAC") had the chance to evaluate the misleading potential of an advertisement of a Bulgarian cryptocurrencies...

Directive (EU) 2019/2161 as regards the better enforcement and modernisation of Union consumer protection rules (the "Omnibus Directive") was implemented...

In a recent legislative update in the Bulgarian Gambling Act, major changes to regulations governing organisers of gambling games and activities and gambling advertisements...

The latest round of additions to Bulgaria's blacklist of unlicensed gambling sites has added a total of ten domains in the latest update, taking the total number of sites to be blocked in Bulgaria to 323, since the introduction of the blacklist in June last year.

September 2024 – As we have previously reported, just a few months ago Bulgaria introduced major changes to the regulations governing organisers of gambling games and activities...

Only the price, effectively applied for a period of at least one month, can be used as a reference price in the announcement of a discount offer in Bulgaria.

On July 8th, 2025, the Council of the EU adopted a decision pursuant to which Bulgaria was admitted as a member of the Eurozone as of January 1st, 2026.