CONDOMINIUM MANAGEMENT LAW 

    Promulgated, State Gazette No. 6/23.01.2009, effective 1.05.2009, amended and supplemented, SG No. 15/23.02.2010, amended, SG No. 8/25.01.2011, effective 25.01.2011, amended and supplemented, SG No. 57/26.07.2011, amended, SG No. 82/26.10.2012, effective 26.11.2012, SG No. 66/26.07.2013, effective 26.07.2013, SG No. 98/28.11.2014, effective 28.11.2014, amended and supplemented, SG No. 26/1.04.2016, amended, SG No. 43/7.06.2016, supplemented, SG No. 88/3.11.2017, effective 1.01.2022 (*), SG No. 21/9.03.2018, effective 9.03.2018, (*) amended, SG No. 98/27.11.2018, effective 1.01.2019, SG No. 17/26.02.2019, (*) SG No. 14/17.02.2021, effective 17.02.2021, amended and supplemented, SG No. 11/2.02.2023, effective 1.07.2024 __________ *Note: An update of the English text of this Act is being prepared following the amendments in SG No. 82/29.09.2023, effective 29.09.2023 

    Chapter One 

    GENERAL

    Section I 

    Subject of law

    Scope of the Act

    Art. 1. (Supplemented, SG No. 57/2011) This Act shall regulate public relations involving the management of common areas of buildings under condominium ownership arrangements and the rights and obligations of the owners, users and occupants of individual dwelling units or parts thereof. 

    Special mode of management of common areas

    Art. 2. (Supplement - SG No. 57 of 2011) (1) The management of the common parts of properties in condominium mode, built in a gated residential complex, is regulated by a written contract with notarization of the signature between the investors and the owners of individual objects. 

    (2) (Supplement - SG No. 57 of 2011) The contract under para. 1 shall be entered by the investor in the Registration Agency under the lot of each independent object and is countervailable to its subsequent acquirers.

    Exceptions

    Art. 3. (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011) The provisions of Art. 30, para. 3, Art. 31, para. 1 and Art. 32 of the Law on Property. 

    Determination of adjacent area

    Art. 4. (1) When restructuring neighborhoods with complex development and in cases where a building in condominium mode cannot be separated into a separate regulated land property in accordance with the Law on Territorial Planning, an adjacent area to the building is determined. 

    (2) In the cases under para. 1, the adjacent area is determined by the mayor of the municipality on his initiative or at the request of the interested persons in accordance with the procedure determined by an ordinance of the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works.

    (3) When determining the adjacent area, the mayor of the municipality issues an order, accompanied by a sketch, which defines the boundaries and purpose of the area.

    (4) The designated adjacent area is provided for maintenance and use by the respective condominium under conditions and according to the procedure determined by an ordinance of the municipal council.

    Section II 

    Rights and obligations of the owners, users and residents of independent objects or parts of them

    (Additional title - SG No. 57 of 2011)

    Rights of owners, users and occupants

    (Additional title - SG No. 57 of 2011)

    Art. 5. (Amended and supplemented - SG No. 57 of 2011) (1) Owners of individual units in a condominium building, hereinafter referred to as "owners", have the right to: 

    1. use the common parts of the building according to their purpose;
    2. participate in the management of the condominium.

    (2) (New - SG No. 57 of 2011) Users in a condominium building have the right under para. 1, item 1 and participate in the management of the condominium, with the exception of making decisions under Art. 11, para. 1, item 7 and item 10, letters "a", "b", "c", "d", "g" and "l", unless otherwise agreed between the owner and the user.

    (3) (New - SG No. 57 of 2011) When the owner and the user have not agreed otherwise and there is a disagreement between them, the owner participates in the voting.

    (4) (Previous para. 2 – SG No. 57 of 2011) Residents of a condominium building have the right under para. 1, item 1, as well as participate in the management of the condominium with an advisory vote.

    Obligations of owners, users and occupants

    (Additional title - SG No. 57 of 2011)

    Art. 6. (Amended and supplemented - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended and supplemented, No. 26 of 2016; amended and supplemented, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09. 2023) (1) Owners are required to: 

    1. (suppl. - SG No. 57 of 2011) do not prevent other owners, users and residents from using the common parts of the building;
    2. do not cause damage to other objects and common parts of the building;
    3. do not occupy common parts of the building;
    4. (supplemented - SG No. 57 of 2011) do not carry out activities or actions in their independent object or in a part of it that create anxiety for other owners, users and residents, greater than usual;
    5. (amend. - SG No. 26 of 2016) do not carry out repair activities in their independent site or part of it that lead to a deterioration of the design indicators of the characteristics of construction products, changed/replaced and/or originally inserted, as and/or activities to change premises, spaces or parts of them intended for general use, not to violate the architectural appearance, load-bearing capacity, stability of the building structure, fire safety or safe use of the building;
    6. fulfill the requirements of the relevant legal acts when raising animals in their private facilities and do not cause concern to their immediate neighbors;
    7. do not offend good manners;
    8. implement the decisions of the management bodies of the condominium;

    8a. (new - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) participate personally or by proxy in the decision-making of the general meeting; 

    1. (amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended and supplemented, No. 26 of 2016) pay the costs of repair, reconstruction, remodeling, major repair and major renovation of the common parts of the building, replacement of common installations or equipment and the contributions designated for the "Repair and Renewal" fund, in proportion to the common shares owned;
    2. (amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) pay the costs of management and the costs of maintaining the common parts of the building;
    3. observe sanitary and hygienic norms;
    4. (amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended and supplemented, No. 26 of 2016) provide access to their independent site or a part of it for carrying out the necessary research, design, measurement, construction and installation works related to maintenance, repair, reconstruction, remodeling, major repair or major renovation of common parts or other premises and to check the condition of the installations and the structural elements of the building;
    5. support the activities of the competent authorities when carrying out fire-fighting or emergency rescue activities inside and in the area of the building;
    6. compensate the damages caused to other objects in the building, when they are the result of repairing damages in their independent object or part of it;
    7. carry out the use of the common parts of the building according to the order defined in the regulations for the internal order;
    8. (amend. - SG No. 57 of 2011; amend., No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2023) submit a declaration according to a form for entry in the condominium register of the members of their households , of the residents, as well as of the animals they keep in the condominium and are subject to removal;
    9. (new - SG No. 26 of 2016) maintain the common parts of the building and their independent site in a technical condition that meets the basic requirements of Art. 169, para. 1 of the Territorial Planning Act; 
    10. (new - SG No. 26 of 2016) take care of the safe operation of all facilities and installations in the building; 
    11. (new - SG No. 26 of 2016) do not carry out activities in the common parts of the building, including on the facade, which violate their integrity and architectural appearance, the load-bearing capacity, the stability of the building structure, fire safety or the safe use of the building; 
    12. (previous item 17 – SG No. 26 of 2016) also perform other duties provided for in the regulations for the internal order.

    (2) (New - SG No. 57 of 2011) Users of independent objects in a condominium building have the obligations under para. 1, with the exception of those under para. 1, item 9, unless otherwise agreed between the owner and the user.

    (3) (Previous para. 2, amended - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2023) Residents of a building in condominium regime have the obligations under para. 1 with the exception of those under para. 1, items 9 and 16. 

    (4) (New - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) The owners are responsible for the obligations of the condominium according to the owned ideal parts of the common parts of the building. 

    Condominium book

    (Title amended - SG No. 57 of 2011)

    Art. 7. (Amended - SG No. 8 of 2011, in force from 25.01.2011; amended and supplemented, No. 57 of 2011; amended and supplemented, No. 26 of 2016 ; amended, No. 17 of 2019; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2023) (1) (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011; addendum, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2023) A book of condominium ownership shall be created, stored and maintained in every building or entrance to condominium regime. The condominium book can be in paper or electronic version in the form of an electronic document. 

    (2) (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011) The following shall be entered in the book: 

    1. the independent object - purpose and built-up area;
    2. the ideal parts of the site from the common parts of the building (in percentages);
    3. (supplemented - SG No. 26 of 2016) the owner's or user's first, middle and last name - for natural persons, and in cases where the owner or user is a legal entity or a sole trader - the name, BULSTAT or unified identification code (EIK), indicating the owner or user's e-mail for notification, if available;
    4. the first, middle and last name of the household members who live together with the owner and/or user;
    5. the time during which the persons under items 3 and 4 do not use the independent object;
    6. the first, patronymic and last name of the residents temporarily residing in the facility on an independent legal basis for more than 30 days, the date of entry and the date of de-registration;
    7. the rights and obligations agreed between the owner and the user regarding the management of the common parts of the building.

    (3) (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 82 of 2023, effective 31.12.2023) Each owner or user is obliged within 15 days of acquiring the right of ownership or use, as well as when renting out the independent object or entering into another legal relationship allowing the residence of third parties, to submit a declaration for entry in the condominium book of the data under para. 2. In the event of a change in the circumstances under para. 2, items 5 and 6, the owner or the user is obliged to submit a declaration to the management board (the manager) within the period according to the first sentence for entering the specified data. The declaration can be submitted to the electronic address of the management board (manager). 

    (4) (Amend. - SG No. 8 of 2011, in force from 25.01.2011; add., No. 57 of 2011; amend., No. 17 of 2019) Access to the data in the book have the management board (the manager), the control board (the controller), the owner regarding its data, as well as the bodies of the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, the municipal or regional administration and the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency, subject to compliance with the requirements for the protection of personal data.

    (5) (Repealed - SG No. 57 of 2011).

    (6) (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 82 of 2023, effective 31.12.2023) In a separate field of the condominium book, the chairman of the management board (the manager) enter the data submitted by each owner or user for the animals owned or taken for breeding in the specific independent facility, which are taken out in public places, and for dogs - and the number of the veterinary medical passport. 

    (7) (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 82 of 2023, effective 31.12.2023) The form of the declaration for entry in the condominium register and the specimen of the condominium register property with instructions for its creation, preservation and maintenance are approved by the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works. 

    (8) (New - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2023) The chairman of the management board (the manager) shall enter the data from the declaration provided to him under para. 3. 

    Chapter two 

    CONDOMINIUM MANAGEMENT

    Section I 

    General rules

    Scope of management

    Art. 8. (Supp. - SG No. 57 of 2011; Supp., No. 21 of 2018, in force from 09.03.2018) (1) (Supplement - SG No. 57 of 2011) The management covers the order and control over the use and maintenance of the common parts and the observance of the internal order in a building in condominium mode, as well as the control over the fulfillment of the obligations of the owners, users and the inhabitants. 

    (2) (Supplement - SG No. 21 of 2018, in force from 09.03.2018) When the building has more than one entrance, management can be carried out in each separate entrance. This management also covers the common parts of the building, adjacent to the independent objects at the respective entrance.

    Forms of management

    Art. 9. (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011) The forms of management of condominiums are a general meeting and/or an owners' association. 

    Section II 

    General meeting of owners

    Authorities

    Art. 10. Governing bodies are: 

    1. General Assembly;
    2. management board (manager).

    Powers of the general assembly

    Art. 11. (Amended and supplemented - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended and supplemented, No. 26 of 2016; amended, No. 88 of 2017, effective from 01.01.2020 ; amended and supplemented, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) (1) General Assembly: 

    1. adopts, amends and supplements internal rules;
    2. elects and dismisses members of the management board (manager), as well as the treasurer;
    3. elects and dismisses members of the control board (controller);
    4. (amended - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2024) adopts the annual budget for revenues and expenses and approves the annual reports of the management board (the manager) and the control board (the controller), as well as of the professional manager-trader, managing condominiums, entered in the register under Art. 47a, para. 1, item 1, in the cases in which management is assigned pursuant to Art. 19, para. 8; 
    5. (supplemented - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) determines the amount of cash contributions for management costs and costs for maintaining the common parts of the building;
    6. (repealed - SG No. 57 of 2011);
    7. determines the amount of cash contributions to the "Repair and renovation" fund;
    8. (amended - SG No. 26 of 2016) adopts a plan for carrying out repairs, reconstructions, alterations and other activities in the common parts of the building, including in accordance with the implementation of the prescribed measures in the technical passport, or other prescriptions of the competent authorities bodies, as well as approves the annual report of the management board (manager) on its implementation;
    9. accepts amendments to the repair plan when unforeseen costs are incurred;
    10. also makes decisions on: 

    a) incurring costs that are necessary or urgent for the maintenance or restoration of the common parts, for carrying out useful costs, as well as for determining the amount of costs for the implementation of the instructions in the technical passport;

    b) renting out or providing free use of common parts of the building subject to compliance with fire and emergency safety standards;

    in) (amended - SG No. 57 of 2011; addendum, No. 26 of 2016) major repair and/or major renovation of the building;

    d) undertaking preparatory actions for the establishment of a right of use, construction, upgrade, addition or change of purpose of common parts in compliance with the requirements of the current special legislation;

    e) placement of advertisements or technical equipment on the building;

    f) (suppl. - SG No. 57 of 2011) removal from the building of an owner, user or resident in accordance with the procedure of art. 45 of the Property Law for a certain period, but not longer than three years;

    g) (amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011) cases where this is provided for in normative acts in relation to water supply, electricity supply, heat supply, gas supply, sanitary and hygienic norms and the provision of other services;

    h) creation of access conditions in condominiums for people with disabilities;

    i) use of the common parts of the building and its adjacent area in case of disputes, as well as for compliance with the internal order and sanitary and hygienic norms;

    k) (repealed - SG No. 57 of 2011);

    l) (new - SG No. 57 of 2011) connection of the building to the heat transmission and gas supply network and for termination of the heat supply and gas supply in the condominium;

    m) (new - SG No. 57 of 2011) other issues related to the management of common areas;

    n) (new - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) use of revenues from placing advertisements or technical equipment on the building and/or renting out common parts of the building and/or from others sources for servicing credit obligations for the purpose of major repairs, and/or major renovations, and/or energy efficiency, and/or installations for renewable sources;. 

    1. (amended - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2024) may also adopt decisions on: 

    a) assigning the management of the common parts of the building to a professional manager-trader, managing condominiums, entered in the register under Art. 47a, para. 1, item 1, determining the scope of powers of the management board (manager), which can be assigned to these persons for implementation; 

    b) assigning the maintenance activities of the common parts to legal or natural persons; 

    1. (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011) may adopt a decision on the management of the common parts to receive: 

    a) credits for carrying out necessary or urgent repairs;

    b) credits for carrying out useful expenses;

    in) grants and subsidies;

    1. can adopt a decision to forgive financial obligations, as well as to postpone or reschedule their implementation;
    2. can authorize the management board (manager) to adopt a decision to carry out urgent repairs or expenses that cannot be postponed;
    3. (new - SG No. 26 of 2016) within the legally established deadlines for the preparation of a technical passport, adopts a decision to award the drawing up of a technical passport for the existing buildings and approves the contract with the contractor, accepts the report on the survey carried out and the evaluations made of the technical characteristics and the compiled technical passport of the building; 
    4. (new - SG No. 57 of 2011; previous item 15, No. 26 of 2016; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) determines the amount of remuneration the management board (the manager), the control board (the controller) and the treasurer; 

    16a. (new - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) the general meeting may decide not to pay expenses for the remuneration of the management board (manager), the control board (controller) and the treasurer , when they are owners, users or occupants. 

    1. (new - SG No. 88 of 2017, in force from 01.01.2020) may adopt a decision to submit an application to the municipality for the required number of receptacles for collecting household waste in connection with determining the fee for household waste ; 
    2. (new - SG No. 88 of 2017, in force from 01.01.2020) accepts the reference under Art. 67, para. 15 of the Law on Local Taxes and Fees for the number of property users in the condominium. 

    (2) The General Assembly cannot refuse to accept a decision to incur expenses that are necessary for the maintenance or restoration of the common parts of the building.

    (3) The general assembly is obliged to adopt regulations for the internal order in the condominium.

    (4) (Amend. - SG No. 57 of 2011) The adopted decisions of the general meeting are also binding on new owners, users and residents of independent objects in the condominium.

    (5) The Minister of Regional Development and Public Works issues a model regulation for the internal order.

    Initiative for convening the general meeting

    Art. 12. (Amended and supplemented - SG No. 57 of 2011) (1) The general assembly is convened at least once a year by: 

    1. the management board (manager);
    2. the control board (controller).

    (2) The general meeting can also be convened at the written request of owners who have at least 20 percent of common parts of the building.

    (3) The request under para. 2 goes to the management board (the manager), which convenes the general meeting within 10 days of receiving it.

    (4) (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011) When the management board (the manager) does not convene the general meeting within the period under para. 3, the general meeting is convened by the owners under para. 2 according to the procedure provided for in this law.

    (5) (New - SG No. 57 of 2011) A general meeting may be called by any owner or user in urgent cases or when more than one year has passed since the last general meeting.

    (6) (Previous paragraph 5, amended - SG No. 57 of 2011) In the case of a newly created condominium, the first general meeting is convened within 6 months of its creation by owners of independent objects who have at least 20 percent ideal parts of the common areas. When the general meeting is not convened within the specified period, it may be convened by any owner or user.

    Procedure for convening the general meeting of owners

    Art. 13. (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011; add., No. 26 of 2016; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) (1) (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011; addendum, No. 26 of 2016) The general meeting is convened by means of an invitation signed by the persons convening the general meeting, which is placed in a prominent and generally accessible place at the entrance of the building no later than 7 days before the date of the meeting, and in urgent cases – no later than 24 hours. The date and time of the placement must be noted on the invitation by the persons convening the general meeting, for which minutes are drawn up. The general meeting can be scheduled and held at the earliest on the eighth day after the date of placing the invitation, and in urgent cases - no earlier than 24 hours after it is placed. 

    (2) (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011; addendum, No. 26 of 2016) An owner or user who does not use his independent object or will be absent for more than one month, shall notify in writing the manager or the chairman of the management board, specifying an e-mail address and an address in the country to which invitations to convene a general meeting should be sent, as well as a telephone number.

    (3) (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011; supplemental, No. 26 of 2016) The notification under para. 2 for holding a general meeting can be carried out by verbal notification of the content of the invitation, which is certified by the signature of the persons convening the general meeting, or by sending the invitation to an address in the country, including by e-mail, if such are specified .

    (4) (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011; supplemental, No. 26 of 2016) When the person under para. 2 has not specified an e-mail address or an address in the country to which invitations for convening a general meeting, as well as a telephone number, can be sent, it is considered to have been notified of the convening of the general meeting in accordance with para. 1.

    (5) (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011) When the independent object is municipal or state property, the mayor of the municipality or the relevant body to which the management of the property is entrusted, notify in writing of the data under para. 2 the manager or the chairman of the management board. In this case, the provisions of para. 3 and 4.

    (6) (Repealed - SG No. 57 of 2011).

    (7) (Amend. - SG No. 82 of 2023, regarding the words "The invitation contains the agenda of the general meeting - the issues proposed for discussion, specific draft resolutions in case of absentee voting, the date, time and place of its holding, the deadline for conducting absentee voting and electronic address of the management board (manager)" in force from 31.12.2023, and regarding the words "which address must be entered in the register under Article 47a, paragraph 1, item 2" in valid from 31.12.2024) The invitation contains the agenda of the general meeting - the issues proposed for discussion, specific draft resolutions in case of absentee voting, the date, time and place of its holding, the deadline for conducting absentee voting and the electronic address of the managing director council (the manager), whose address must be entered in the register under Art. 47a, para. 1, item 2. 

    (8) Except in urgent cases, the general meeting cannot be convened in: 

    1. (repealed - SG No. 57 of 2011);
    2. days declared public holidays;
    3. days declared by the Council of Ministers as holidays.

    Representation in the general assembly

    Art. 14. (Amended and supplemented - SG No. 57 of 2011; Suppl., No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2023) (1) (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011; supplemental, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2023) An owner or user who cannot participate in the general meeting may authorize an adult member of his household who is entered in the condominium register or another owner to represent him. The authorization can be made orally at the same or at a previous meeting of the general meeting, which is reflected in the minutes of the meeting, or in writing, including in the form of an electronic document sent to the electronic address of the management board (manager). 

    (2) When the owners of the condominium are also the municipalities, the state or legal entities, the authorization is carried out respectively by the mayor, the regional governor, the relevant minister or the governing bodies of the legal entities.

    (3) (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011) An owner or user may authorize in writing another person to represent him, with a notarized signature or a lawyer with a written power of attorney.

    (4) (Supplement - SG No. 57 of 2011) One person may represent a maximum of three owners and/or users.

    (5) The participation of a proxy is reflected in the minutes of the general meeting, and a copy of the proxy is attached to it.

    Quorum for holding the general meeting

    Art. 15. (Amended and supplemented - SG No. 57 of 2011; Suppl., No. 26 of 2016; Amended and Suppl., No. 82 of 2023, effective from 29.09.2023. ) (1) (Add. - SG No. 57 of 2011; add., No. 26 of 2016; amend., No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) The General Assembly is held, if they are present in person or through representatives of owners of at least 51 percent of the common parts of the condominium, with the exception of the cases under Art. 17, para. 2, items 1 – 4 and 7. 

    (2) (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011; supplemental, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2023) If the meeting cannot be held at the time specified in the invitation due to lack of quorum under para. 1, the meeting is postponed for one hour, is held according to the previously announced agenda and is considered legal if no less than 26 percent of the common parts of the condominium are represented.

    (3) (New - SG No. 57 of 2011) When in the cases under para. 2 lacks the required quorum, the meeting is held the next day, and if it is a holiday or public holiday, on the next working day, at the time and place specified in the invitation under Art. 13, para. 1 for convening the general meeting. If the required quorum under para. 1, the meeting is held according to the previously announced agenda and is considered legal, no matter how many ideal parts of the common parts of the condominium are represented.

    (4) (New - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2023) When one natural or legal person is the owner of more than 51 percent of the common parts of the condominium, the general meeting is held, if the owners of at least 75 percent of the common parts of the condominium are present in person or through authorized representatives. 

    Conducting the general meeting

    Art. 16. (Amended and supplemented - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended and supplemented, No. 26 of 2016; amended and supplemented, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12. 2023) (1) (Supplement - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2023) The general meeting is held at a suitable place in the condominium, its adjacent area or at another place close to it. The general meeting can also be held in a mixed mode of work - in person and online via video conference, guaranteeing the establishment of the identity of the participating persons. The participation and voting of these members shall be noted in the minutes, as well as the ideal parts of the condominium that they represent, the number of the individual object, the way in which the persons voted - "for", "against" or "abstained", and the substance of their statements. 

    (2) The general assembly is presided over by the chairman or another member of the management board or by the manager.

    (3) The general assembly of owners cannot take decisions on issues outside the previously announced agenda, except in urgent cases.

    (4) Minutes are kept for the holding of the general meeting. The recorder is elected by a simple majority on the proposal of the chairman.

    (5) (Amended and supplemented, No. 26 of 2016; Supplement, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2023) The minutes contain the date and place of the general meeting, the agenda, the items persons and the ideal parts of the condominium, which they represent, the number of the independent object, the way in which the persons voted - "for", "against" or "abstained", list of declarations in case of absentee voting, their signature , the essence of the statements, proposals made and decisions adopted.

    (6) (Amended - SG No. 82 of 2023, effective from 31.12.2023) The minutes shall be drawn up within 7 days of the meeting and shall be signed by the chairman and the minute-taker. In case of absentee voting under Art. 17a, the protocol shall be drawn up within 7 days of the end of the voting period. The refusal to sign the protocol is noted in it. In the protocol, the method of voting on the decisions taken by those present at the meeting and those who voted in absentia shall be noted. 

    (7) (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 26 of 2016) The chairman of the management board (the manager) within the term under para. 6 places in a visible and generally accessible place at the entrance of the building a message about the preparation of the protocol. For placing the message, a protocol is drawn up by the chairman of the management board (the manager) and one owner, user or resident, indicating the date, time and place of placing the message. A copy of the minutes of the general meeting, certified with the inscription "True with the original", and the annexes to it are provided to the owners, users or residents, and in the cases under Art. 13, para. 2 is sent to the specified e-mail address or address in the country. When in the cases under Art. 13, para. 2 the person has not indicated an e-mail or an address in the country to which copies of protocols should be sent, he is considered to have been notified by placing the message. 

    (8) (Repealed - SG No. 57 of 2011).

    (9) (Amended and supplemented - SG No. 57 of 2011) Any member of the general meeting may challenge the content of the minutes, including the credibility of the decisions reflected therein. The challenge shall be made in writing to the management board (the manager) within 7 days of the announcement under para. 7, but no later than one month in cases where the owner, user or occupant is absent.

    (10) (New - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2023) The procedure for conducting a mixed mode of work of the general meeting - in person and online via video conference, is regulated in the rules for the internal order of condominiums . 

    Adoption of decisions by the general assembly

    Art. 17. (Amended - SG No. 15 of 2010; amended and supplemented, No. 57 of 2011; amended and supplemented, No. 26 of 2016; amended and supplemented, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) (1) In the general assembly, the owners have the right to vote, corresponding to the ideal parts they own from the common parts of the building. 

    (2) The general assembly of owners adopts decisions: 

    1. (amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011) for taking actions for upgrading and annexation, for establishing the right of use or the right of construction and for changing the purpose of the common parts - with 100 percent ideal parts of the common parts ;
    2. (amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011) for removal from the building of an owner or user in accordance with Art. 45 of the Property Law for a certain period, but not longer than three years - with a majority of not less than 75 percent of the ideal parts of the common parts, remaining after deducting the ideal parts of the owner or user; the owner or user to whom the decision refers does not participate in the vote; for the removal of a resident from the building, the decision is taken by a majority of not less than 75 percent of the ideal parts of the common parts;
    3. (amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011) for carrying out useful expenses and obtaining credits - with a majority of not less than 75 percent of common parts;
    4. (new - SG No. 57 of 2011) for the forgiveness of financial obligations, as well as for the postponement or rescheduling of their implementation - with a majority of not less than 75 percent of ideal parts of the common parts;
    5. (new - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended and supplemented, No. 26 of 2016; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) for major renovation , to carry out major repairs and to absorb funds from the funds of the European Union and/or from the state or municipal budget, grants and subsidies and/or own funds or other sources of financing - with a majority of not less than 51 percent ideal parts of the common areas;
    6. (new - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 26 of 2016; supplemental, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) for placing advertising or technical facilities on the building, to connect the building to the heat transmission, water supply, electricity and gas supply networks and to terminate the heat supply and gas supply in the condominium as well as to build charging points for electric vehicles - with a majority of more than 50 percent ideal parts of the total parts.
    7. (new - SG No. 26 of 2016; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023, and regarding the words "of a professional manager-trader entered in the register under Art. 47a , paragraph 1, item 1" in force from 31.12.2024) for the election of a management board (manager) of the condominium, as well as for assigning the powers of the management board (manager) or part of them to a professional manager- trader entered in the register under Art. 47a, para. 1, item 1, also for awarding activities for the maintenance of the common parts of the building to legal or natural persons who are not owners, with a majority of more than 50 percent of common parts of the common parts of the condominium; 
    8. (new - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) for the distribution of management costs and maintenance costs of the common parts of the condominium, taken by a majority of not less than 51 percent ideal parts of the common parts - for a decision under Art. 51, para. 9. 

    (3) Apart from the cases under para. 2 decisions are adopted by a majority, more than 50 percent of the presented ideal parts of the common parts of the condominium.

    (4) (New - SG No. 57 of 2011) When the ownership documents of the independent objects in condominium buildings do not indicate the corresponding ideal parts of the common parts of the building, for the purposes of this law the ideal parts for each independent object are defined as the ratio of the sum of the area of the independent object and the storage facilities attached to the object, divided by the sum of the area of all the independent objects and the attached storage spaces, and the number thus obtained is converted into a percentage.

    (5) (New - SG No. 57 of 2011) Pursuant to para. 4, the ideal parts of the common parts are determined based on the data presented by the owners or the information under Art. 23, para. 1, item 10, when: 

    1. the sum of the percentages of the ideal parts of the owners in the common parts of the building is not equal to 100;
    2. management takes place in each separate entrance, and the sum of the percentages of the owners' ideal parts of the common parts in the entrance is not equal to 100.

    (6) (New - SG No. 57 of 2011) The defined ideal parts in accordance with para. 4 and 5 are approved by a decision of the general meeting with a majority of not less than two-thirds of the independent objects in the building or the entrance. The General Assembly can refuse to approve the specified ideal parts only if an error has been made in the calculation.

    (7) (Amended - SG No. 15 of 2010; previous para. 4, fully amended, No. 57 of 2011) The general meeting with a majority of more than 50 percent of the ideal parts of the common parts can decide the following decisions to be accepted by a majority of more than half of the number of independent objects: 

    1. adopting, amending and supplementing the rules for the internal order;
    2. electing and dismissing the members of the management board (the manager) and the treasurer;
    3. electing and dismissing the members of the control board (controller);

    4.(suppl. - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) determination of the amount of cash contributions for management costs and costs for maintaining the common parts of the building;

    1. the creation of access conditions in condominiums for people with disabilities;
    2. use of the common parts of the building and its adjacent area in case of disputes, as well as for compliance with the internal order and sanitary and hygienic norms.

    Absentee voting for decisions

    Art. 17a. (New - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2023, and regarding the words "and the register under Art. 47a, paragraph 1, item 2, letter "b", in force from 31.12 .2024) (1) For the decisions under Art. 17, para. 2, items 3 – 6 and under Art. 33, para. 2, item 3, 4, item 5, with the exception of the decision to terminate the association, and item 6, absentee voting may also be held. 

    (2) Persons entitled to vote who will not be able to participate in a meeting of the general meeting in person or online may participate in absentee voting for decision-making. 

    (3) Absentee voting for decision-making takes place within 7 days after holding the general meeting, as the persons under para. 2 deposit a handwritten declaration before the management board (manager) on paper or electronically, signed with an electronic signature within the meaning of Art. 13 of the Law on electronic documents and electronic authentication services. The decision to hold absentee voting is made by the general meeting and is entered in the minutes of its holding. 

    (4) The declaration under para. 3 contains the date of the held general meeting, the three names, the ideal parts they represent, the number of the independent entity, the way in which each of the proposed draft decisions from the agenda is voted on - "for", "against" or "abstain" . The declaration is submitted within the period under para. 3. 

    (5) The declaration under para. 3 can be sent to the e-mail address of the chairman of the management board (manager) of the condominium only if the e-mail address is entered in the invitation under Art. 13, para. 7 and the register under Art. 47a, para. 1, item 2, letter "b". 

    Holding a joint general meeting

    Art. 18. (1) If there is a need to resolve an issue that is related to common parts of two or more condominiums, a joint general meeting can be held, for the participation of which the condominiums send an equal number of representatives. 

    (2) The joint general meeting is convened on the initiative of the management board (manager) of one of the condominiums and is held according to the general rules for holding a general meeting under this law.

    (3) Decisions are adopted by a two-thirds majority of those present.

    Management Board (Manager)

    Art. 19. (Amended and supplemented - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 26 of 2016; amended and supplemented, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023. ) (1) The executive body of the condominium is the management board (manager). 

    (2) A management board (manager) is elected for a term of up to two years.

    (3) The management board consists of an odd number of members, determined by a decision of the general meeting, but not less than three.

    (4) The members of the management board elect a chairman from among their members.

    (5) (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011) Members of the management board can be owners and users. As a member of the management board (manager), a person who lives in the building and is entered in the condominium book, as well as a person nominated by the representative of the legal entity or the sole trader, when independent objects are owned by legal entities or sole traders.

    (6) The mandate of a member of the management board (manager) may be terminated early in case of non-fulfilment of his duties only by a decision of the general meeting.

    (7) (Supp. - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) The amount of the remuneration of the members of the management board shall be determined by a decision of the general meeting ( the manager), the control board (controller) and the treasurer. 

    (8) (New - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended and supplemented, No. 26 of 2016; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023, and regarding the words "professional manager-trader entered in the register under Article 47a, paragraph 1, item 1" in force from 31.12.2024) By decision of the general meeting, taken by a majority of more than 50 percent of common parts of the condominium, the powers or part of them of the management board (manager) can be assigned to a professional manager-trader entered in the register under Art. 47a, para. 1, item 1. The assignment contract is approved by a decision of the general meeting, taken by a majority of more than 50 percent of the common parts of the condominium, and is concluded by a person authorized by the general meeting for a period of up to two years. A contract concluded for a longer period is considered to be concluded for two years, and a clause providing for the automatic renewal of the contract or its conversion into an indefinite period is considered invalid. During the term of the contract, the selected professional manager-trader, entered in the register under Art. 47a, para. 1, item 1, has the rights, duties and responsibilities of the management board (manager) under this law. 

    (9) (New - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2024) Within three months before the expiration of the contract under para. 8 the general assembly elects a new manager. When the general meeting does not elect a manager within the period under the first sentence, the contract under para. 8 is extended until the election of a new governor, but for no more than three months. 

    Duty to participate in management

    Art. 20. (Supplement - SG No. 57 of 2011) An owner or user may refuse to be a member of the management board (manager) or a member of the control board (controller) only in cases of permanent factual impossibility due to illness or long-term absence during the corresponding year, as well as in the case of a proposal for re-election. 

    Election of the management board (manager)

    Art. 21. (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, SG No. 26 of 2016) (1) Election of a new management board (manager) is held no later than the date of expiration of the mandate under Art. 19, para. 2. 

    (2) The management board (manager) continues to perform its functions until the election of a new management board (manager).

    (3) (Repealed - SG No. 57 of 2011).

    (4) (New - SG No. 26 of 2016) In the case of a newly created condominium, the election of a management board (manager) takes place within 6 months of the building being put into operation. 

    Board meetings and quorum

    Art. 22. (1) The Management Board meets at least once every three months and adopts decisions by a simple majority if two-thirds of its members are present. 

    (2) Minutes are drawn up for the meetings of the management board, which are signed by the members present.

    Powers of the management board (manager)

    Art. 23. (Amended and supplemented - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended and supplemented, No. 26 of 2016; amended and supplemented, No. 11 of 2023, in force from 01.07. 2024; amended and supplemented, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) (1) The management board (the manager): 

    1. organizes the implementation of the decisions of the general meeting;
    2. monitors compliance with the internal order in the condominium;
    3. (supplemented - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) keep all minutes of held general meetings on paper in original together with the annexes to them, the plans of the building and the executive drawings, the book for incoming and outgoing correspondence, the technical passport of the building, when there is one, the income and expenditure book together with the monthly reports and the relevant financial documentation, the audit book of the elevators and others on paper or in the format of an electronic document and others;

    3a. (new - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2023) provides a monthly report on the income and expenses in the condominium in a visible and generally accessible place at the entrance of the building; at the request of the owner, resident or user, the report is provided to an electronic address or on paper; the model of the report and instructions for its creation are approved by the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works; 

    1. (amended - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) prepares the annual budget for the management, maintenance and use of the common parts of the condominium and the annual plan for carrying out repairs, reconstructions, alterations and other activities in the building, as well as reports on their implementation, and organizes the implementation of the adopted annual budget of the condominium;
    2. represents the condominium in its relations with local authorities and other legal entities;
    3. (amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011) creates, stores and maintains a book of condominiums under Art. 7;
    4. (amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2024) notifies the municipal administration of the circumstances under Art. 47e, para. 1 and changes therein;

    7a. (new - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) organizes activities for the ongoing maintenance of the building, related to the security of occupancy; 

    1. (new - SG No. 57 of 2011) notifies in a timely manner, pursuant to Art. 13, para. 1, the owners, users and residents upon receipt of written notifications from the operating company, when the heat load of the building is reduced below 50 percent;
    2. (new - SG No. 57 of 2011) provides the information about the dogs entered in the register of condominiums to the relevant regional directorate for food safety and to the municipality within 30 days of the entry in the register of condominiums;
    3. (new - SG No. 57 of 2011) has the right to receive information from the Agency for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre or from the relevant municipality about the area of the independent object and the storage premises attached to it;
    4. (new - SG No. 57 of 2011) determines the ideal parts in accordance with Art. 17, para. 4 and 5 based on the data presented by the owners and/or the information under item 10;
    5. (new - SG No. 26 of 2016; suppl., No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2023) upon request, issues to the owners a model document on the presence or absence of obligations to the condominium ; 

    12a. (new - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) no later than 7 days before the date of expiry of the mandate under Art. 19, para. 2 convenes a general meeting to elect a management board (manager); 

    1. (previous item 8 - SG No. 57 of 2011; previous item 12, issue 26 of 2016) exercises other powers assigned to him by the general meeting.

    (2) (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 26 of 2016) The Management Board (the manager) reports annually and at the end of its mandate with a report to the general assembly. The report and minutes of the meetings of the management board are made public in accordance with Art. 16, paragraph 7.

    (3) (New - SG No. 57 of 2011) The chairman of the management board (the manager) represents the owners and users when performing all actions related to the ordinary management of the condominium. For actions to establish the right of use, construction, upgrade, addition or change of purpose of common parts, he represents the owners, if authorized by the general meeting.

    (4) (New - SG No. 57 of 2011) The chairman of the management board (the manager) represents the owners of the condominium before the court in the claims brought against them in connection with the common parts, and in the claims brought against the owner, user or resident , who does not fulfill a decision of the general meeting or his obligations under this law. In claims against third parties, in relation to the common parts, the chairman of the management board (manager) represents the owners, if authorized by the general meeting.

    (5) (New - SG No. 11 of 2023, in force from 01.07.2024) In the cases and under the conditions of para. 4 the chairman of the management board (the manager) also represents the owners in mediation proceedings. 

    (6) (New - SG No. 57 of 2011; previous para. 5, No. 11 of 2023, in force from 01.07.2024) Any owner may participate in the case in which the manager represents the owners.

    (7) (New - SG No. 57 of 2011; previous para. 6, No. 11 of 2023, in force from 01.07.2024; supplement, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 01.07 .2024) When a new management board (manager) is elected, the stored documents, as well as available cash, bank account and bank card data are transferred within 15 days from the date of entry of the newly elected management board (manager) in the register according to Art. 47a, para. 1, item 2, letter "b" with a protocol that is signed by the members of the previous management board (manager), by the members of the newly elected management board (manager), by the chairman of the control board (controller) and by the treasurer.

    Control Board (Controller)

    Art. 24. (Amended and supplemented - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) (1) (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011) By decision of the general meeting, a control board (controller) may be elected for a term of two years. 

    (2) The control board consists of an odd number of members, determined by a decision of the general meeting, but not less than three.

    (3) The members of the control board elect a chairman from among their members.

    (4) (Amended - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) The control board (the controller) has the right of access to the documentation of the condominium, supervises the activities of the management board (the manager) in the implementation of the budget and the decisions of the general meeting on the expenditure of the funds of the condominium.

    (5) (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) The control board (controller) inspects the cash register at least once a year and presents to the general meeting, a report on its results and a finding protocol, when a violation has been established. The inspection is carried out according to the procedure described in the rules for internal order in the condominium. When the condominium does not have a control board (controller), the general meeting appoints among the owners and users persons to carry out the inspection and report on its results.

    (6) The Supervisory Board meets at least once every 6 months and adopts decisions by a simple majority if two-thirds of its members are present. A protocol is drawn up for the meetings of the control board, which is signed by the members present. By decision of the general meeting, remuneration may be paid to the members of the control board (controller).

    (7) (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011) A member of the control board, controller or treasurer can be an owner or user who is not a spouse, a member of the household, not in a de facto conjugal relationship, in a family relationship straight line, silvered line up to the second degree and matchmaking up to the first degree with the other members of the control board, as well as with the members of the management board or with the manager.

    (8) The mandate of a member of the control board or the controller can be terminated early in case of non-fulfilment of his duties only by a decision of the general meeting.

    (9) (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) The control board (controller) shall submit a written report to the general meeting within one month before the end of his term. The report shall be provided for the information of each owner, user or resident by placing it in a prominent and generally accessible place at the entrance of the building and upon request.

    (10) (New - SG No. 57 of 2011) As members of the control board (controller) or treasurer, persons who live in the building and are entered in the condominium register may be elected and nominated by the owner, subject to compliance with the requirements of paragraph . 7.

    Section III 

    Homeowners Association

    Creation of an association of owners

    Art. 25. (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended and supplemented, No. 26 of 2016; amended and supplemented, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023 .) (1) (Amend. - SG No. 26 of 2016; addendum, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) For utilization of funds from the funds of the European Union and/or from the state or municipal budget, grants and subsidies and/or use of own and/or borrowed funds for the purpose of major repair and/or major renovation of buildings in condominium mode, the owners may establish an association. The association is a legal entity established in accordance with this law. 

    (2) (Amended - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) The association also carries out other activities related to the management and maintenance of the common parts of the condominium, including absorbing funds from other sources of financing, outside those under para. 1. 

    (3) In order to create the association, a founding meeting of the owners of independent objects in the building in condominium mode is convened. The association is created by owners representing not less than 67 percent of the common parts of the condominium.

    (4) (Amendment - SG No. 26 of 2016) An owners' association can be created for one or more than one entrance to the building or for several buildings in condominium mode, which have been implemented in connected development. In this case, the association is created by owners representing not less than 67 percent of the common parts of the owners of the common parts in the entrance (entrances or buildings). When the sum of the percentages of the ideal parts of the owners of the common parts in the entrance (entrances or buildings) is not equal to 100, the provisions of Art. 17, para. 5 and 6.

    (5) (Amended - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2024) The association is established only for the purposes of this law and is entered in the register under Art. 47a, para. 1, item 2, letter "a" according to the location of the building in condominium mode. The association is also entered in the BULSTAT register.

    (6) (Supplement - SG No. 26 of 2016) When during the year the association carries out activities only under para. 1 or does not carry out activities, does not apply the Law on Accounting and the Law on Statistics.

    (7) The funds under para. 1 and 2 are adopted after a decision of the general meeting of the association, and when the association does not include all owners of independent objects in the building or the entrance, the decision is also submitted for adoption by the general meeting of the owners in accordance with Art. 33, para. 4.

    (8) (New - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) The owners' association shall open a bank account for the collection of management costs and maintenance costs, as well as for the absorption of financing from those specified in para. 1 and 2 sources. 

    Procedure for convening a founding meeting

    Art. 26. (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011) (1) Each owner can request the convening of a founding meeting and propose a draft agreement for the establishment of the association. 

    (2) (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011) The founding meeting is convened by means of an invitation, which is placed in a visible and generally accessible place at the entrance of the building in accordance with the order of Art. 13.

    (3) The invitation contains the agenda, place, date and time of the meeting. The draft agreement on the establishment of the association is also attached to the invitation.

    Holding a founding meeting

    Art. 27. (Amended and supplemented - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 26 of 2016) (1) (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011) A founding meeting is held if the owners, representing no less than 67 percent of the common parts of the condominium, are present in person or through a representative, and when the association is established for a separate entrance - owners representing not less than 67 percent ideal parts of the common parts of the entrance. 

    (2) The authorization of a representative is carried out in accordance with Art. 14.

    (3) (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011) The founding meeting is chaired by the owner, elected by a majority of more than half of the presented ideal parts of the common parts under para. 1. At the proposal of the presiding officer, a reporter is also elected.

    (4) The Constituent Assembly: 

    1. adopts a decision to establish the association;
    2. (supplemented - SG No. 57 of 2011) determines the name of the association. The name of the association must necessarily contain the name of the settlement, full administrative address, and in cities with a regional division, the name of the association also contains the name of the region;
    3. adopts an agreement to establish the association;
    4. elects a management board (manager) and a control board (controller);
    5. may set a term for the association's existence.

    (5) (Supplement - SG No. 57 of 2011) Decisions under para. 4, items 1-3 and 5 are accepted unanimously by all owners under para. 1, and the decision under para. 4, item 4 is adopted by a majority of more than half of the owners under para. 1.

    (6) (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011; Amended, No. 26 of 2016) The minutes of the founding meeting and the adopted agreement on the establishment of the association shall be drawn up in one copy and signed by all members of the association or by their representatives.

    Agreement to create an association of owners

    Art. 28. (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011) (1) The agreement on the establishment of an association of owners determines: 

    1. the name of the legal entity and its address;
    2. (amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011) the subject of the association's activity, according to Art. 25, para. 1 or 2 and the term for which it is established;
    3. the order of adoption of decisions;
    4. the composition, mandate and work organization of the management board (manager) and control board (controller);
    5. other conditions that the owners agree on.

    (2) (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011) When the association has a subject of activity under Art. 25, para. 1, it is established for an indefinite period.

    (3) The Minister of Regional Development and Public Works approves a model agreement.

    Registration of the association

    Art. 29. (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011; add., No. 26 of 2016; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2024) (1) (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2024) The chairman of the management board (the manager) within 14 days of the founding meeting submits to the relevant municipal administration an application for entry of the association in the register under Art. 47a, para. 1, item 2, letter "a". 

    (2) To the application under para. 1 apply: 

    1. a list of owners participating in the association, with their three names and addresses in the condominium;
    2. (suppl. - SG No. 26 of 2016) a copy of the minutes of the founding meeting, certified by the inscription "True to the original" by the chairman of the management board (the manager);
    3. (supplemented - SG No. 26 of 2016) a copy of the adopted agreement, certified by placing the inscription "True to the original" by the chairman of the management board (the manager);
    4. notarized samples of the signatures of the persons representing the association.

    Transfer and termination of association membership

    Art. 30. (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended and supplemented, SG No. 26 of 2016) (1) (Supplement - SG No. 26 of 2016) In the event of a change of ownership of an independent object, membership in the association is transferred to the new owner, and the old owner is responsible for the obligations to the association that became due before the change of ownership, unless the change of ownership has not been agreed otherwise. 

    (2) (Amend. - SG No. 57 of 2011; Amend. No. 26 of 2016) An owner may not terminate his membership in the association in the event of an approved condominium project for the absorption of funds from the European Union and/or from the state or municipal budget, grants and subsidies or own funds for major repairs and/or major renovation of the building or parts of it.

    (3) (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011) Membership in the association may be terminated after the expiry of the warranty periods for the construction and installation works carried out under the project under para. 2 but not earlier than 5 years from their completion. Membership is terminated after submission of a written declaration with a notarized signature to the management board (manager).

    Bodies of the association

    Art. 31. (1) The bodies of the association are the general meeting, the management board (manager) and the control board (controller). 

    (2) The association is represented in its relations with local government bodies and other legal entities by the management board (manager).

    General meeting of the association

    Art. 32. (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011) (1) (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011) The general meeting of the association consists of all members of the association. Participation in the work of the general meeting can be done in person or through a representative. The authorization of a representative is carried out in accordance with Art. 14. 

    (2) (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011) One person can represent a maximum of three members of the association.

    (3) The General Assembly adopts decisions on concluding contracts with third parties, on changes to the agreement establishing the association and on its termination.

    (4) The provisions of section II apply to the other powers, the initiative, the procedure for convening and holding and the quorum of the general meeting.

    (5) A general meeting is held at least once a year.

    Adoption of decisions by the general assembly

    Art. 33. (Amended - SG No. 15 of 2010; amended and supplemented, No. 57 of 2011; amended and supplemented, No. 26 of 2016; amended and supplemented, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) (1) In the general meeting, the owners have the right to vote, corresponding to the owned ideal parts of the common parts of the building. 

    (2) The general assembly of the association adopts decisions: 

    1. (amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011) for taking actions for upgrading and annexing, for establishing a right of use or a right of construction and for changing the purpose of common parts - by all members of the association;
    2. (amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011) for removal from the building of an owner or user in accordance with Art. 45 of the Law on Property for a certain period, but not longer than three years - with a majority of not less than 75 percent of the presented ideal parts in the association, remaining after deducting the ideal parts of the owner or user; the owner or user to whom the decision refers does not participate in the vote; for the removal of an inhabitant from the building, the decision is taken by a majority of not less than 75 percent of the represented ideal parts in the association;
    3. (amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011) for carrying out useful expenses and for obtaining credits - with a majority of not less than 75 percent of the represented common shares in the association;
    4. (new - SG No. 57 of 2011) for forgiveness of financial obligations, as well as for postponing or rescheduling their implementation - with a majority of not less than 75 percent of the presented ideal parts in the association;
    5. (new - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 26 of 2016; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) for major renovation, for carrying out of major repairs and for the absorption of funds from the funds of the European Union and/or from the state or municipal budget, grants and subsidies, own funds or other sources of financing - with a majority of not less than 51 percent of the ideal parts of the total parts, and for termination of the association - not less than 67 percent of the ideal parts of the common parts; 
    6. (new - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 26 of 2016; supplemental, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) for placing advertising or technical facilities on the building, to connect the building to the heat transmission, water supply, electricity and gas supply networks and to terminate the heat supply and gas supply in the condominium, as well as to build charging points for electric vehicles - with a majority of more than 50 percent ideal parts of common areas.
    7. (new - SG No. 26 of 2016; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023, and regarding the words "for the election of a management board (manager), as well as for assigning the powers of the management board (manager) or of a part of them of a professional manager-trader entered in the register under Article 47a, paragraph 1, item 1" in force from 31.12.2024) for the election of a management board (manager) ), as well as for assigning the powers of the management board (manager) or part of them to a professional manager-trader entered in the register under Art. 47a, para. 1, item 1, with a majority of more than 50 percent of the ideal parts of the common parts;". 
    8. (new - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) for the distribution of management costs and maintenance costs of the common parts of the condominium, taken by a majority of not less than 51 percent ideal parts of the common parts - for a decision under Art. 51, para. 9. 

    (3) (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011) Apart from the cases under para. 2 decisions are adopted by a majority of more than 50 percent of the represented ideal parts of the owners in the association.

    (4) (Amended - SG No. 15 of 2010; fully amended, No. 57 of 2011) The decisions of the association are submitted for adoption by the general meeting of owners, when they relate to issues of the powers of the general meeting of the owners and not all owners of independent objects in the building or the entrance are members of the association. The board of directors (the manager) of the association convenes a general meeting of the owners in accordance with section II of this chapter. In this case, the members of the association participate in the general meeting of the owners or appoint a representative who votes with a share equal to the ideal parts with which the decision was made in the association.

    (5) (New - SG No. 57 of 2011) When the association is established by all the owners of independent objects in the building or the entrance, the general assembly of the association also has the powers of the general assembly of the owners.

    Management board (manager) of the association

    Art. 34. (Amended and supplemented - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended and supplemented, No. 26 of 2016; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023 ) (1) A management board (manager) is elected for a term of up to two years. 

    (2) The management board (the manager): 

    1. organizes the implementation of the decisions of the general meeting;
    2. represents the association in its relations with local authorities and other legal entities;
    3. (repealed - SG No. 57 of 2011);
    4. (repealed - SG No. 57 of 2011);
    5. (repealed - SG No. 57 of 2011);
    6. (repealed - SG No. 57 of 2011);
    7. (amended - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2024) declares for entry the changes in the circumstances subject to entry in the public register under Art. 47a, para. 1, item 2, letter "a";
    8. (amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2024) submit an application for registration in the BULSTAT register within 7 days after receiving certificate of registration of the association under Art. 47e, para. 8;
    9. (new - SG No. 26 of 2016) upon request, issues to the owners a document on the presence or absence of obligations to the association; 
    10. (previous item 9 – SG No. 26 of 2016) exercises other powers assigned to him by the general meeting.

    (3) The Management Board elects a chairman from among its members, who convenes and leads its meetings.

    (4) The provisions of section II apply to the number of members of the management board, the election of a new management board (manager), the holding of meetings and the quorum for them.

    (5) (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011) The owner or a person proposed by the owner who lives in the building and is entered in the condominium book can be elected as a member of the management board (manager). When independent objects are owned by legal entities or sole traders, a person proposed by them can be elected as a member.

    (6) The mandate of a member of the management board (manager) may be terminated early in case of non-fulfilment of his duties only by a decision of the general meeting.

    (7) (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) The General Assembly: 

    1. adopts a decision to determine the costs for the remuneration of the management board (manager) and the treasurer; 
    2. may decide not to pay costs for the remuneration of the board of directors (the manager) and the treasurer, except in the cases of para. 10. 

    (8) (Repealed - SG No. 57 of 2011).

    (9) (New - SG No. 57 of 2011) By decision of the general meeting of the owners and the association, the powers of the management board (manager), the control board (controller) and the treasurer can be assigned to the management board (manager), the control board (controller) and treasurer of the association.

    (10) (New - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended and supplemented, No. 26 of 2016; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023, and regarding the words "professional manager-trader entered in the register under Article 47a, paragraph 1, item 1" in force from 31.12.2024) By decision of the general meeting of the association, adopted by a majority of more than 50 percent of the presented ideals parts in the association, the powers of the management board (manager) can be assigned to a professional manager-trader entered in the register under Art. 47a, para. 1, item 1. The assignment contract is approved by a decision of the general meeting of the association, taken by a majority of more than 50 percent of the presented ideal parts in the association, and is concluded by a person authorized by the general meeting of the association for a period of up to two years . During the term of the contract, the selected professional manager-trader, entered in the register under Art. 47a, para. 1, item 1, has the rights, duties and responsibilities of the management board (manager) under this law. 

    (11) (New - SG No. 57 of 2011) When the association is established by all the owners of independent objects in the building or the entrance, the management board (the manager), the control board (the controller) and the treasurer of the association fulfill the powers of the management board (the manager ), the control board (controller) and the treasurer of the condominium.

    Control Board (Controller)

    Art. 35. (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended and supplemented, SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) (1) The control board (controller) is elected for a term of up to two years. 

    (2) The control board consists of an odd number of members, determined by a decision of the general meeting, but not less than three.

    (3) The members of the control board elect a chairman from among their members.

    (4) (Amendment - SG No. 57 of 2011) The control board (controller) supervises the activities of the management board (manager) on the implementation of the budget and the decisions of the general meeting on the expenditure of the association's funds.

    (5) The control board (controller) inspects the treasury at least once a year and presents a report on the results to the general meeting.

    (6) The Supervisory Board meets at least once every 6 months and adopts decisions by a simple majority if two-thirds of its members are present. A protocol is drawn up for the meetings of the control board, which is signed by the members present.

    (7) (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) A member of the control board (controller) and treasurer of the association can be an owner , who is not a spouse, a member of the household, is not in de facto conjugal cohabitation, in a relationship by direct line, by collateral line up to the second degree and by matchmaking up to the first degree with the other members of the control board, as well as with the members of the management board or with the manager of the association. The members of the control board (controller) are paid remuneration.

    (8) The mandate of a member of the control board (controller) may be terminated early in case of non-fulfillment of his duties only by a decision of the general meeting.

    (9) (Amendment - SG No. 57 of 2011) The control board (controller) shall submit a written report to the general meeting at the end of its mandate. The report is made available to any owner upon request.

    (10) (New - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) The General Assembly may decide not to pay expenses for remuneration of the control board (controller). 

    Termination of association

    Art. 36. (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011; add., No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) (1) The owners' association is terminated: 

    1. by decision of the general meeting;
    2. in case of destruction of the building or the separate entrance in the condominium regime;
    3. upon expiry of the term for which it was established;
    4. (amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011; addendum, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) when the share of the presented common shares falls below the required under Art. 25, para. 3 or 4 except in cases where credit has been used.

    (2) (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011; addendum, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) When a project for the utilization of funds under Art. 25, para. 1, the association may be terminated by a decision of the general meeting after the expiration of the warranty terms for the project for the completed construction and installation works, but not earlier than 5 years from their completion and repayment of the loan, if any has been used.

    (3) (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011) The management board (the manager) within 14 days of the occurrence of the circumstance under para. 1 submits an application to the municipal administration for deletion of the registration. In cases where the association is terminated by a decision of the general meeting, a copy of the decision certified by the chairman of the management board (manager) is attached to the application.

    (4) (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011) When all owners are members of the association, a general meeting of the owners shall be convened within two months of the termination of the association. The convening of the general meeting of owners is carried out in accordance with the procedure of Art. 12.

    Liquidation

    Art. 37. (1) Upon termination of the association, liquidation is carried out in accordance with the Law on Non-Profit Legal Entities. 

    (2) The liquidation is carried out by the chairman of the control board (controller).

    Section IV 

    Execution and control of the acts of the general assembly and of the management board (manager)

    Implementation of the decisions of the general assembly

    Art. 38. (Amended and supplemented - SG No. 57 of 2011) (1) (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011) The decisions of the general meeting shall be implemented within the terms specified therein. When the term has not been determined, the decisions are implemented within 14 days of their publication in accordance with Art. 16, paragraph 7. 

    (2) (Supplement - SG No. 57 of 2011) When an owner, user or resident does not comply with a decision within the specified period, the chairman of the management board (the manager) may submit an application for the issuance of an enforcement order in accordance with Art. 410, para. 1, item 1 of the Civil Procedure Code. A copy of the decision of the general assembly is attached to the application.

    (3) (Supplement - SG No. 57 of 2011) For the issuance of a writ of execution for the removal of an owner, user or occupant of an independent object or a part of it, a copy of the warning under Art. 45, para. 2 of the Law on Property.

    Preliminary performance

    Art. 39. The General Assembly may request prior implementation of a decision related to the expenditure of necessary repairs. 

    Revocation of a decision of the general assembly

    Art. 40. (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, SG No. 26 of 2016) (1) Any owner may request the annulment of an illegal decision of the general meeting. 

    (2) (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 26 of 2016) The application shall be submitted to the district court for the location of the condominium within 30 days of receipt of the decision pursuant to Art. . 16, paragraph 7.

    (3) The filing of the application does not suspend the execution of the decision, unless the court orders otherwise.

    Representation in court

    Art. 41. (Supplement - SG No. 57 of 2011) The owners or the association are represented before the court by the chairman of the management board (manager) or by a person authorized by them, according to the provisions of art. 23, para. 3 and 4. 

    Proceedings and powers of the court

    Art. 42. (1) The request is considered according to the procedure of the Civil Procedure Code. 

    (2) With its decision, the court upholds or cancels the decision of the general meeting.

    (3) The court's decision is subject to appeal in accordance with the Civil Procedure Code.

    Cancellation of the acts of the management board (manager)

    Art. 43. (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, SG No. 26 of 2016) (1) Any owner may request the annulment of an illegal act of the management board (manager). 

    (2) (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 26 of 2016) The application shall be submitted to the district court for the location of the condominium within 14 days of its receipt in accordance with Art. 16, paragraph 7.

    (3) The request is considered according to the procedure of the Civil Procedure Code.

    (4) The court upholds or annuls the act of the management board (manager).

    (5) The court's decision is final.

    Chapter Three 

    Unified information system of professional managers, associations of owners and condominiums

    (Title amended - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 26 of 2016; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2024)

    Register

    Art. 44. (Amended and supplemented - SG No. 57 of 2011; supplemented, No. 26 of 2016; repealed, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2024) 

    Powers of the municipal administration regarding entry in the register

    (Title amended - SG No. 57 of 2011)

    Art. 45. (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011; repealed, SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2024) 

    Contesting a denial of registration

    Art. 46. (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011; repealed, SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2024) 

    Registration certificate

    Art. 46a. (New - SG No. 57 of 2011; repealed, SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2024) 

    Duty to notify

    Art. 46b. (New - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended and supplemented, No. 26 of 2016; repealed, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2024) 

    Obligation to submit a report

    (Title amended - SG No. 57 of 2011)

    Art. 47. (Amended and supplemented - SG No. 15 of 2010; amended, No. 57 of 2011; repealed, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2024) 

    Unified information system

    Art. 47a. (New - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2024) (1) At the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, a unified information system is created and maintained in accordance with the requirements of the Law on Electronic Management and the applicable legislation, which unites two public centralized electronic registers: 

    1. register of professional condominium managers; 
    2. condominium register containing data on: 

    a) associations of owners on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria; 

    b) the management boards (managers) of buildings or separate entrances in condominium mode on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria. 

    (2) In the condominium register under para. 1, item 2, each municipal administration has authorized access to enter, update and delete data on the circumstances that are subject to entry. 

    (3) The collection, processing, storage and maintenance of the registers and the competent administrative authorities, which have the right to enter, update and delete the relevant data in the unified information system under para. 1, are carried out in accordance with the procedure determined by an ordinance of the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works. 

    Register of Professional Condominium Managers - Traders

    Art. 47b. (New - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) (1) The Minister of Regional Development and Public Works creates and maintains a register of professional condominium managers. Professional managers-traders are entered in the register, with the exception of natural persons - traders within the meaning of the Commercial Law or the legislation of a member state of the European Union, or of another state - a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, or of the Swiss Confederation, registered in accordance with this law, who intend to carry out condominium management activities on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria. Entry in the register under this law is a condition for carrying out the activity on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria. 

    (2) For the entry in the Unified Centralized Public Electronic Register, in the "Register of Professional Condominium Managers" section, as well as for the entry of a change of circumstances subject to entry, a fee is paid in an amount determined according to a methodology for determining the cost-oriented amount of fees and their expenditure, adopted by the Council of Ministers. The amount of the fee is regulated in a tariff approved by an act of the Council of Ministers. 

    (3) In order to be entered in the Unified Centralized Public Electronic Register, in the "Register of Professional Condominium Managers" section, natural persons registered as sole proprietors, members of the management body of the commercial company, as well as the unlimitedly liable partners in a limited or general partnership must meet the following requirements: 

    1. not have been convicted of an intentional crime of a general nature, unless they have been rehabilitated; 
    2. have not been members of a management or control body or unlimited partners in a company for which bankruptcy proceedings have been opened, or in a company terminated due to bankruptcy, in the last three years before the starting date of the insolvency or over-indebtedness determined by the court, if creditors remained unsatisfied; 
    3. not be deprived of the right to hold materially responsible positions; 
    4. are not included in the list under Art. 4b, item 3 of the Law on Measures Against the Financing of Terrorism; 
    5. not to have public obligations, with the exception of obligations under acts that have not entered into force, as well as rescheduled, deferred or secured obligations; 
    6. to have an assured administrative capacity of at least one person employed under an employment contract; 
    7. to have paid the fee under para. 2. 

    (4) In order to be entered in the register of professional managers of condominiums, individuals registered as sole proprietors or representatives of the commercial company submit an application on a form approved by the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, to which the following documents are attached: 

    1. declarations according to the model regarding the circumstances under para. 3, items 1 – 5; 
    2. a document certifying a paid fee under para. 2, unless it is paid electronically; 
    3. the circumstances under para. 3, items 1, 2, 5 and 6 are verified by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works. 

    (5) To the application under para. 4 traders registered under the legislation of another member state of the European Union, of another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, or of the Swiss Confederation, shall attach documents for certification of the specified in para. 3 circumstances, issued by a competent authority from the country in which they are established, accompanied by an official translation into Bulgarian. 

    (6) When the application or the documents attached to it are incomplete or do not certify the circumstances under para. 3, the authority under para. 1 notifies the trader within 14 days of receiving the application, providing a 14-day period for their removal from the moment of notification. If the irregularities are not remedied within the specified period, the authority under para. 1 terminates the registration proceedings and issues a refusal of registration. 

    (7) The Minister of Regional Development and Public Works issues a refusal to enter in the register of professional apartment property managers in the following cases: 

    1. when the applicant does not meet all or some of the requirements for entry in the register; 
    2. in the cases under para. 6. 

    (8) The refusal to register is subject to appeal in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Code. 

    Registration certificate

    Art. 47c. (New - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) (1) The Minister of Regional Development and Public Works enters in the Unified Centralized Public Electronic Register, in the section "Register of Professional Condominium Managers" and issues a certificate to the trader who submitted the application, with the exception of natural persons - traders within the meaning of the Commercial Law or the legislation of a country - a member of the European Union, or of another country - a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, or of the Swiss Confederation, within 30 days of receiving the application for registration based on the submitted application and the attached documents certifying the existence of the regulatory requirements, or from the moment the irregularities are removed in accordance with Art. 47b, para. 6. 

    (2) The registration under para. 1 is valid for up to 5 years, unless the circumstances under Art. 47d for deletion from the register of professional managers of condominiums. 

    (3) The data published in the register under Art. 47a, para. 1, item 1, are the following: 

    1. EIC/PIC; 
    2. company/name and legal form; 
    3. registered office, address of management and address for correspondence; 
    4. manager; 
    5. sole owner of the capital; 
    6. number and term of the issued certificate under para. 1. 

    (4) Within 15 days of receiving the certificate under para. 1 the professional manager-trader entered in the register under Art. 47a, para. 1, item 1, must conclude an insurance contract for "Professional Liability" insurance, which he must provide within 7 days from the conclusion of the contract to the body under Art. 47b, para. 1. 

    (5) The insurance under para. 4 is renewed annually without interruption, while the professional manager-trader entered in the register under Art. 47a, para. 1, item 1, exercises the activity of condominium management. 

    (6) The conditions and procedure for compulsory insurance of the persons under para. 1, including insurance coverage, excluded risks, minimum insurance sums and premiums, are determined by the regulation under Art. 47a, para. 3. 

    (7) The requirement to conclude a contract for "Professional liability" insurance for individuals does not apply to a person from a member state of the European Union, or from another state - a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, who is established on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria and has provided equivalent "Professional Liability" insurance or a guarantee in another European Union member state or in a country under the Agreement on the European Economic Area. 

    Deletion from the register of professional condominium managers

    Art. 47 years (New - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) (1) Traders entered in the register of professional condominium managers are deleted in the following cases: 

    1. if they cease to meet the requirements under Art. 47b, para. 3; 
    2. when, after issuing the certificate, it is established that the registration was made on the basis of data and/or documents that contain incorrect information; 
    3. on the basis of a request made by the registered trader to terminate the condominium management activity; 
    4. when committing systematic violations under this law; 
    5. upon initiation of bankruptcy or liquidation proceedings of the registered trader. 

    (2) For the circumstances under para. 1, items 1, 2 and 5, the authority under Art. 47b, para. 1 monitors ex officio, and for this purpose can demand the presentation of documents from the trader, as well as carry out inspections in the places where he carries out his activity. 

    (3) The mayor of the municipality or region has the obligation to notify the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works within 14 days after the entry into force of a penal decree issued by him or by an official authorized by him in accordance with this law. 

    (4) The persons who have been deleted on the basis of para. 1, cannot carry out condominium management activities. They can submit a new application for registration no earlier than 6 months from the date of deletion. 

    Registration of owners' associations on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria

    Art. 47d. (New - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2024) (1) Owners' associations are registered in the Unified Centralized Register of Condominiums, maintained by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, through the relevant municipality of the location of the condominium building. The municipal administration has an obligation to enter the information in the condominium register within 14 days after the registration of the association. 

    (2) The name of the association, the address, the term for which it was established, the subject of activity, the represented ideal parts in the association, the names, electronic addresses and administrative addresses of the members of the management board (manager) and the method of representation are entered in the register. 

    (3) When registering the owners' association in the Unified Register of Condominiums, the mayor of the municipality or an official authorized by him checks whether the requirements of this law are met. After carrying out the inspection, the mayor of the municipality or an official authorized by him enters the association in the Unified register of condominiums. 

    (4) When the authority under para. 3 found that the provided registration data do not meet the requirements of the law, he instructs the management board (manager) of the owners' association to remove the incompleteness or inaccuracies within 14 days. 

    (5) When the incompleteness or inaccuracies are not removed within the period under para. 4, the mayor of the municipality issues a reasoned refusal to register. The refusal is delivered to the management board (manager) of the owners' association immediately after its decision in accordance with the Code of Administrative Procedure. 

    (6) The refusal is subject to challenge before the administrative court at the location of the condominium within 7 days of its delivery. 

    (7) The complaint is filed through the mayor of the municipality, who sends it immediately to the court together with the attachments to it. It is considered according to the Administrative Procedure Code. 

    (8) After entry in the register under Art. 47a, para. 1, item 2, the municipal administration issues a certificate of registration of the association, in which the data under para. 2. 

    Registration of the management boards (managers) of buildings or separate entrances in condominium mode on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria

    Art. 47f. (New - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2024) (1) The management councils (managers) are entered in the Unified Centralized Register of Condominiums, maintained by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, through the relevant municipality of the location of the condominium building. The municipal administration has an obligation to enter the information in the condominium register within 14 days. In the register of condominiums, information is entered on all management boards (managers) of buildings or individual entrances in condominium mode or on a professional manager-trader elected in accordance with Art. 19, para. 8, the address of the condominium, the identifier of the building, the names of the members of the management board (manager) or of the professional manager-trader entered in the register under Art. 47a, para. 1, item 1, of the members of the control board (the controller) and the treasurer together with a copy of the minutes, contact telephone numbers, the electronic addresses of the members of the management board (the manager), the amount of the determined monthly contributions for the "Repair and renovation" fund and number of independent objects in the building. 

    (2) Upon entry into the Unified Centralized Register of Condominiums, the mayor of the municipality or an official authorized by him checks whether the requirements of para. 1. After carrying out the inspection, the management board (the manager) is entered by the mayor of the relevant municipality or by an official authorized by him in the register of condominiums maintained by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works. 

    (3) When the mayor or the person authorized by him finds that the data provided for registration is incomplete or inaccurate, he instructs the chairman of the management board or the manager to remove the incompleteness or inaccuracies within 14 days. When they are not removed within the specified period, the mayor of the municipality issues a reasoned refusal to register. The refusal is delivered to the chairman of the management board or to the manager of the condominium, or to the professional manager-trader, elected in accordance with Art. 19, para. 8, immediately and may be appealed in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Code. 

    (4) The municipal administration determines an identification code for the condominium, which remains unchanged after registration. The procedure for its determination is determined by the regulation under Art. 47a, para. 3 of the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works. 

    Chapter Four 

    MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND OVERHAUL OF COMMON PARTS

    (Title amended - SG No. 26 of 2016)

    General rules

    Art. 48. (Amended and supplemented - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 26 of 2016) (1) (Amend. in full - SG No. 57 of 2011; amend., No. 26 of 2016; add., No. 82 of 2023, effective from 31.12.2023) Repair, major renovation , reconstruction and remodeling of the common parts or replacement of common installations and equipment is carried out by decision of the general meeting of the owners. 

    (2) During renovations of the common parts, priority is given to construction-technical activities to bring the building in line with the measures and instructions in its technical passport.

    (3) (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 26 of 2016) The costs for repair, major renovation, reconstruction and remodeling of the common parts, for which a decision has been adopted at the general meeting of the owners, are distributed among the owners of independent objects in proportion to the common parts of the building owned by them.

    (4) (Amended - SG No. 26 of 2016) The decision to carry out repairs, major renovations, reconstruction and remodeling of the common parts between separate condominiums shall be adopted by the joint general meeting in accordance with the procedure of Art. 18.

    (5) For necessary repairs to common parts of the building, funds are allocated immediately by decision of the management board (manager). The general meeting approves the incurred expenses, which are certified by payment documents.

    (6) (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011; supplemental, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2023) Each owner can use his own funds, materials and/or labor to carry out the necessary repair of common parts of the building without a decision of the general meeting in cases where he notified the manager of the need for such, but he did not convene a general meeting within one month of the notification. The costs for carrying out the repair, incurred by the owner at his own expense, by decision of the general meeting, are reimbursed or deducted from the contributions due by him under Art. 50 upon presentation of documents certifying the payments.

    (7) (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011) If the expenses incurred by the owner are not reimbursed in accordance with para. 6, he has the right to bring a claim against the other owners.

    (8) (Amended and supplemented - SG No. 57 of 2011) For the maintenance of the common parts of the condominium, the owners, users and residents of independent objects make monthly contributions in the amount determined in the regulations for the internal order or by a decision of the general assembly.

    Carry out urgent repairs

    Art. 49. (Amended and supplemented - SG No. 26 of 2016) (1) In cases where the building or the separate entrance in the condominium regime needs urgent repair, with a decision of the management board (the manager), funds are immediately allocated from the fund under Art. 50. 

    (2) When in the fund under Art. 50 funds are missing or the funds are insufficient, the chairman of the management board (the manager) immediately convenes the general meeting in accordance with Art. 13, para. 1 to adopt a decision to raise funds for the repair.

    (3) If the general meeting is not convened or does not make a decision in accordance with para. 2, the chairman of the management board (the manager) or the interested parties notify the mayor of the municipality or the region of the circumstances under para. 1.

    (4) (Amended - SG No. 26 of 2016) The mayor of the municipality or region or an official authorized by him shall carry out an inspection and issue an order within one month of the notification under para. 3, which obligates the owners to carry out within a certain period the repairs under para. 1, but no later than three months. The order is communicated to the chairman of the management board (manager) and can be appealed to the administrative court at the location of the condominium.

    (5) (Supplement - SG No. 26 of 2016) When the order under para. 4 is not completed within the time limit or preliminary implementation is allowed under it, the urgent repair is carried out by the mayor of the municipality or region within three months from the expiration of the repair period under para. 4. In these cases, based on the order and the payment documents for the expenses incurred, a writ of execution is issued in favor of the municipality or region for the collection of the claim in accordance with the Civil Procedure Code.

    Repair and Renovation Fund

    Art. 50. (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) (1) The general assembly of the owners or of the association creates and maintains the "Repair and renovation" fund. 

    (2) The funds in the fund are raised by: 

    1. (amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011) monthly contributions from the owners in an amount determined by a decision of the general meeting according to the ideal parts of the individual owners in the common parts of the condominium, but not less than one percent of the minimum wage for the country. ;
    2. other sources.

    (3) (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) The funds in the fund are collected in a special purpose account, which is opened in the name of the condominium or the association.

    (4) The funds in the fund are spent on: 

    1. carrying out the activities under Art. 48, Art. 49 and for equipment;
    2. implementation of the measures and instructions from the technical passport of the building;
    3. other expenses determined by a decision of the general meeting.

    (5) The disposition of the funds from the account under para. 3 is carried out by the chairman of the management board (manager) based on a decision on their use adopted by the general meeting.

    Costs for management and maintenance of the common areas of the condominium

    (Title amended - SG No. 57 of 2011)

    Art. 51. (Amended and supplemented - SG No. 57 of 2011; Suppl., No. 26 of 2016; Amended and Suppl., No. 82 of 2023, effective from 29.09.2023. ) (1) (Amended and supplemented - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 26 of 2016; amended and supplemented, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2023. ) The costs of management and the costs of maintaining the common parts of the condominium are distributed equally according to the number of owners, users and occupants and members of their households, regardless of the floor on which they live. For an independent object, in which one resides for no more than 30 days within a calendar year, management costs and maintenance costs are paid in the amount that is determined for one owner, user or occupant. 

    (2) (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) Expenses under para. 1 or para. 9, item 1 for children under 6 years of age. 

    (3) (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011; repealed, SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023). 

    (4) (Amended - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) When, by decision of the general meeting of the owners or the association, there is a doorman in the building, the costs for him are distributed under the conditions and in the order of para. 1. 

    (5) (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011; add., No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) Owner, user or resident who exercises a profession or carries out activities in an independent object of the condominium, related to the access of outsiders, pays the costs of management and maintenance of the common parts in an amount from three times to five times the amount determined by a reasoned decision of the general meeting.

    (6) (Amended in full - SG No. 57 of 2011; supplemental, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) Owner, user or resident under para. 5 pays the costs of management and the costs of maintaining the common parts of the building in the amount under para. 1, when a separate entrance is provided for their independent objects.

    (7) (Amended and supplemented - SG No. 57 of 2011; Suppl., No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) Owners, users and residents who keep animals in the condominium, subject to removal, pay costs under para. 1 or para. 9, item 1 for electricity, water, heating, cleaning of the common areas and subscription service of the elevator for each animal in the same amount as for one inhabitant.

    (8) (New - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) The funds for management and the funds for maintaining the common parts of the condominium may be collected in an individual current account with a special purpose in the name of the condominium property. The funds are disposed of by the chairman of the management board (manager) based on a decision on their use adopted by the general meeting. 

    (9) (New - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) The costs of management and the costs of maintaining the common parts of the condominium may be allocated by decision of the general meeting of the owners or the association one of the following ways: 

    1. equally according to the number of owners, users and occupants and members of their households regardless of the floor they live on; the owner of an uninhabited independent object pays the maintenance costs in the amount as for one occupant; 
    2. according to the percentage of the ideal parts of the object from the common parts of the building, or 
    3. equally on a stand-alone object. 

    Technical passport

    Art. 52. (Amended - SG No. 82 of 2012, in force from 26.11.2012; amended, No. 26 of 2016) (1) For each condominium building, a technical passport is issued under the conditions and in accordance with the Law on Territorial Planning. 

    (2) The chairman of the management board (manager) is obliged to keep the technical passport indefinitely.

    (3) (Repealed - SG No. 26 of 2016).

    Implementation of the measures and instructions in the technical passport

    Art. 53. (1) The measures and instructions in the technical passport are mandatory for the owners of the independent objects. 

    (2) Within a period of three months from the issuance of the technical passport, the general meeting of the owners or the association adopts decisions regarding the implementation of the prescribed measures and instructions.

    (3) With the decisions under para. 2, the amount of the necessary funds, their distribution among the owners and the term for their collection are determined.

    Control over the implementation of the measures in the technical passport

    Art. 54. The mayor of the municipality or region exercises ongoing control over the staged implementation of the measures provided for in the technical passport. 

    Providing access

    Art. 54a. (New - SG No. 26 of 2016) (1) In case of a decision adopted by the general meeting of the owners and/or the owners' association to carry out activities under Art. 6, para. 1, item 12 and refusal to provide access by the owner to the independent object owned by him, the mayor of the municipality or the region or an official authorized by him performs an inspection and issues an order obliging the owner to provide the necessary access. The order is communicated to the owner and the chairman of the management board (manager) and can be appealed to the administrative court at the location of the condominium. 

    (2) The order under para. 1 is issued within a period of up to 1 month after a request has been submitted by the chairman of the management board (the manager), accompanied by a finding protocol for unsecured access, drawn up by the management board (the manager) and two owners. 

    (3) The execution of the order under para. 1 is carried out in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Code. 

    Chapter Five 

    ADMINISTRATIVE PENAL PROVISIONS

    Art. 55. (Supp. - SG No. 57 of 2011; Supp., No. 82 of 2023, effective from 29.09.2023) (1) (Supplement - SG No. 57 of 2011) An owner, user or occupant of a building or a separate entrance in a condominium regime who fails to fulfill an obligation under this law shall be fined from BGN 20 to BGN 100, when is a natural person, or with a property sanction of BGN 150 to 350, when it is a legal entity. 

    (2) (Supplement - SG No. 57 of 2011) An owner, user or occupant of a building or a separate entrance in a condominium regime, who violated the rules for the internal order in the condominium and created anxiety, greater than usual, for the other owners and/or users and residents, shall be punished with a fine of BGN 50 to BGN 150, when it is a natural person, or with a property sanction of BGN 200 to BGN 500, when it is a legal entity.

    (3) (New - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) An owner or user of a building or a separate entrance in a condominium regime who does not fulfill his obligations under Art. 7, para. 3, shall be punished with a fine of BGN 50 to BGN 250, in the case of an individual, or with a property sanction of BGN 100 to BGN 500, in the case of a legal entity. 

    (4) (New - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2024) A natural or legal person who manages a condominium in which he does not own property or has an established right of use, and is not entered in the register under Art. 47a, para. 1, item 1, or which continues to carry out such activity after deletion of the registration, shall be punished with a pecuniary sanction in the amount of BGN 500 to BGN 1,000, and in the case of a repeated violation of BGN 1,500 to BGN 2,000. 

    Art. 56. (Supp. - SG No. 57 of 2011; Suppl., No. 26 of 2016; Amended and Supp., No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2024) (1) A member of the management board (manager), a member of the control board (controller) who violates or does not fulfill his obligations under this law, if the committed does not constitute a crime, is punished with a fine of BGN 300 to BGN 1,000. 

    (2) (Amended - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2024) Chairman of the management board (manager) who does not declare for entry circumstances subject to entry in the register under Art. 47a, para. 1, item 1, as well as the changes therein, is punishable by a fine of BGN 100 to BGN 500.

    (3) (New - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2024) Chairman of a management board (manager) who did not submit a notification to the municipal or regional administrations according to Art. 47e, para. 1, shall be punished by a fine of BGN 50 to BGN 400.

    (4) (New - SG No. 26 of 2016) Chairman of the management board (manager) who does not fulfill his obligations under Art. 49, para. 1 – 3, shall be punished by a fine of BGN 500 to BGN 1,000. 

    (5) (New - SG No. 26 of 2016; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2024) When a professional manager-trader managing a condominium, entered in the register under Art. 47a, para. 1, item 1, which is assigned the powers of a management board (manager) in accordance with Art. 19, para. 8 and Art. 34, para. 10, violates or fails to fulfill the obligations he has under this law as a management board (manager), if the committed does not constitute a crime, shall be punished with a pecuniary sanction of BGN 1,000 to BGN 2,000. 

    Art. 56a. (New - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended and supplemented, No. 26 of 2016; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2024) (1) (Previous text of Art. 56a – SG No. 26 of 2016; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2024) For failure to fulfill the obligation under Art. 47e, para. 1 or under Art. 47e, para. 1 the mayor of the municipality or region is punished with a fine of BGN 100 to BGN 500. 

    (2) (New - SG No. 26 of 2016) For failure to fulfill the obligation under Art. 49, para. 4 or 5 the mayor of the municipality or region is punished with a fine of 300 to 700 BGN. 

    Art. 56c. (New - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2024) Professional manager-trader entered in the register under Art. 47a, para. 1, item 1, who does not fulfill his obligation under Art. 47c, para. 4, shall be punished with a pecuniary penalty of BGN 1,500 to BGN 2,000. 

    Art. 57. (Amended and supplemented - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended and supplemented, No. 26 of 2016) (1) (Amended and supplemented - SG No. 57 of 2011; Suppl., No. 26 of 2016) The establishment of violations is described in a protocol drawn up by the management board. When there is no elected management board in the condominium, the protocol is drawn up by the manager and two owners and/or users, and in case of refusal by the manager, the protocol is drawn up by three owners and/or users. The constitutive protocol contains data on the person who committed the violation, a description, time and date or period and place of the violation. 

    (2) (Amended and supplemented - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended and supplemented, No. 26 of 2016) In cases where violations committed by a member of the management board (manager) or of the control board, the protocol is drawn up by the control board. When there is no elected control board in the condominium, the protocol is drawn up by three owners and/or users.

    (3) (Supplement - SG No. 26 of 2016) The constitutive protocol is drawn up in three identical copies, one each for the chairman of the management board (the manager) or one of the owners who participated in its drafting, the offender and the municipal or regional administration. After drawing up the protocol, the chairman of the management board (manager) immediately provides it to the municipal or regional administration.

    (4) (Amended - SG No. 57 of 2011) The act establishing the violation is drawn up by the municipal or regional administration, and the penal decree is issued by the mayor of the municipality or region or by an official authorized by him.

    (5) (New - SG No. 57 of 2011) Acts establishing the violation under Art. 56a are drawn up by officials from the relevant regional administration, appointed by the regional governor, and the criminal decrees are issued by the regional governor or by an official authorized by him.

    (6) (Previous paragraph 5 – SG No. 57 of 2011) The establishment of violations, the issuance, appeal and execution of criminal decrees are carried out in accordance with the Law on Administrative Violations and Penalties.

    Art. 58. (New - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 31.12.2024) (1) Acts establishing violations under Art. 56c are composed of officials from the administration of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, designated by the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, and the penal decrees are issued by the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works or by an official authorized by him. 

    (2) The detection of violations, the issuance, appeal and execution of criminal decrees are carried out in accordance with the Law on Administrative Violations and Penalties. 

    ADDITIONAL PROVISION 

    • 1. (Amended and supplemented - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 82 of 2012, in force from 26.11.2012; amended and supplemented, No. 26 of 2016; amended . and add., No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) Pursuant to this law: 
    1. "Independent object in a condominium building" is a separate part of a building in condominium mode with an independent functional purpose.
    2. (amended - SG No. 82 of 2012, in force from 26.11.2012) "Adjacent area to a condominium building" is part of the territory of a land property with complex development, in which the building is built in condominium mode and which includes together or separately objects such as landscaped areas, playgrounds, parking spaces and others.
    3. (Amended - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) "Gated residential complex" is a complex, designated as a separate regulated land property, in which one or more residential buildings are built in condominium mode and other objects and facilities for common use by the owners, users and residents, subject to the requirements of controlled access for outsiders. 
    4. "Household" are two or more persons who live together in one independent object or in a part of it, in which they are registered at a permanent or current address, and have a common budget, regardless of the relationship between them.
    5. (suppl. - SG No. 57 of 2011) "Dwellers" are natural or legal persons who are not owners or users of independent objects in a condominium building, but reside in them on another legal basis.
    6. (new - SG No. 57 of 2011) "Users" are natural or legal persons who have a real right of use over someone else's property, an independent object in a condominium building.
    7. (previous item 6, addendum - SG No. 57 of 2011) "Immediate Neighbors" are the owners, users and occupants of independent objects that are located on the same floor, below or above the respective object.
    8. (previous item 7 – SG No. 57 of 2011) "Needs Repair" is an activity to bring the building, common parts, installations or parts of them into compliance with the legal requirements for the technical suitability of the building and installations, including the roofs, with a view to removing obstacles or inconveniences created for the normal use of the building and independent objects in her.
    9. (previous item 8, add. - SG No. 57 of 2011) "Urgent repair" is an activity to prevent the destruction of the building, its structural elements, common parts, installations or parts of them, as well as to remove significant damage and deformations, leading to danger to the life and health of the owners, users, residents and other persons, to causing damage to the environment and nearby buildings.
    10. (new - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, SG No. 26 of 2016) "Major Update" is a "major renovation" within the meaning of the Spatial Planning Act. 
    11. (previous item 9, fully amended - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) "Management Expenses" are the costs of consumables related to management, for the remuneration of the members of the management and control bodies and of the treasurer. 

    11a. (New - SG No. 82 of 2023, in force from 29.09.2023) "Maintenance Costs" are the costs of electricity, water, heating, cleaning, elevator subscription service and other costs necessary for the maintenance of the common parts of the building. 

    1. (previous item 10, add. - SG No. 57 of 2011; amended, No. 26 of 2016) "Utility Costs" are the costs that increase the value of the building during remodeling and repair of the common parts are not provided for by law and are outside the costs of necessary and urgent repairs and basic renovation.
    2. (previous item 11, amended - SG No. 57 of 2011) "Maintenance of Common Areas" is an activity aimed at keeping the common areas in good condition.
    3. (previous item 12 – SG No. 57 of 2011) "Remodeling of a common part of the building" is an activity in which the purpose of the object can be changed with or without the execution of construction and assembly works.
    4. (previous item 13, add. - SG No. 57 of 2011) "Prolonged Absence" is the absence of an owner, user or occupant without interruption, which lasts more than three months.
    5. (new - SG No. 57 of 2011) "urgent case" is the presence of facts or circumstances that create a prerequisite for the destruction of the building or of adjacent or nearby buildings, of their structural elements, common parts, installations or parts thereof or for such damage to the building or of adjacent or nearby buildings, of their structural elements, common parts, installations or parts of them, which prevents the normal use of the building or individual objects in it, as well as the presence of facts and circumstances leading to danger to the life and health of the owners, residents and other persons.
    6. (New - SG No. 26 of 2016) "Country Address" an address for correspondence in the Republic of Bulgaria indicated by the owner, user or resident, at which the owner, user or resident wishes to receive messages. The address in the country may be different from the current or permanent address. 
    7. (New - SG No. 26 of 2016) "Overhaul" is "major repair" within the meaning of the Spatial Planning Act 

    TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS 

    • 2. When a general meeting has not been held in a condominium for more than a year, the convening of such a meeting and its entry in the owner's book shall be carried out within 6 months of the entry into force of the law. 
    • 3. The mayor of the municipality or region, within three months of the expiration of the period under § 2, organizes the holding of general meetings and the election of management bodies in buildings in the condominium regime, where such meetings have not been convened and such bodies have not been elected due to a lack of initiative by the owners and occupants of the respective condominium. 
    • 4. (Amendment - SG No. 43 of 2016) The municipalities, on the territories of which there are buildings under the condominium regime, provide in the expenditure part of their budgets for the relevant year budget funds for financing the activities under Art. 49, para. 5. 
    • 5. For matters not regulated by this law, the Property Law shall apply. 
    • 6. In the Property Law (promulgated, SG No. 92 of 1951; amended, No. 12 of 1958, No. 90 of 1960, No. 99 of 1963, Nos. 26 and 27 of 1973, Nos. 54 and 87 of 1974, No. 55 of 1978, No. 36 of 1979, No. 19 of 1985, Nos. 14 and 91 of 1988, No. .38 of 1989, No. 31 of 1990, No. 77 of 1991, No. 33 of 1996, No. 100 of 1997, No. 90 of 1999, No. 34 and 59 of 2000, No. 32 of 2005, No. 46 and 105 of 2006, No. 24, 59 and 113 of 2007, No. 54 and 109 of 2008) the following are made amendments and additions: 
    1. In Art. 42 the words "or board of directors" are deleted.
    2. In Art. 43, para. 1 the words "three-quarters" are replaced by "half„.
    3. In Art. 45, para. 1 in the text before the letter "a" after the word "assembly" Is added "for a period of up to three years„.
    4. In Art. 46, para. 1 the words "the regulations under Art. 49" are replaced by "a separate law„.
    5. In Art. 47 in para. 1 and 2 the words "or the chairman of the management board" are deleted.
    6. Article 49 is repealed.
    • 7. The following amendments and additions are made to the Law on Energy Efficiency (SG, No. 98 of 2008): 
    1. In Art. 36, para. 1 and 3 after the words "Art. 19" Is added "para. 2„.
    2. In Art. 58: 

    a) the previous text becomes para. 1;

    b) para is created. 2: 

    "(2) Users of electricity, thermal energy and natural gas in buildings in condominium mode, who have established legal entities-associations of owners, in accordance with the Law on the Management of Condominiums, may apply for financing of projects to increase energy efficiency from the Energy Efficiency Fund."

    • 8. In the Law on Local Self-Government and Local Administration (promulgated, SG No. 77 of 1991; amended, Nos. 24, 49 and 65 of 1995, No. 90 of 1996, No. 122 of 1997 , No. 33, 130 and 154 of 1998, No. 67 and 69 of 1999, No. 26 and 85 of 2000, No. 1 of 2001, No. 28, 45 and 119 of 2002, No. 69 of 2003, Nos. 19 and 34 of 2005, Nos. 30 and 69 of 2006, Nos. 61 and 63 of 2007, Nos. 54 and 108 of 2008 d.) in Art. 44, para. 1 item 19 is created: 

    "19. provides assistance to condominiums and their management bodies under the conditions and in accordance with the Law on the Management of Condominiums."

    • 9. In the Territorial Planning Act (promulgated, SG No. 1 of 2001, No. 41 and 111 of 2001, No. 43 of 2002, No. 20, 65 and 107 of 2003, Nos. 36 and 65 of 2004, Nos. 28, 76, 77, 88, 94, 95, 103 and 105 of 2005, Nos. 29, 30, 34, 37, 65, 76, 79, 82, 106 and 108 of 2006, Nos. 41 and 61 of 2007, Nos. 33, 43, 54, 69, 98 and 102 of 2008) the following amendments and additions are made: 
    1. In Art. 22, para. 2 the word "mostly" is deleted, and after the word "gardens" put a comma and add "parking spaces or underground parking lots and playgrounds„.
    2. In Art. 38 is created para. 8: 

    "(8) In newly constructed buildings in the condominium regime with a building permit issued after the entry into force of the Condominium Management Act, in which it is envisaged that there will be more than ten independent objects, at least one common room shall be provided, which is used by the owners and residents of the buildings for domestic, sports and other service activities (room for meetings, for porter or security; for baby carriages, bicycles, mopeds and motorcycles, for storing equipment for cleaning the building and the area adjacent to it, washing machines, dryers and the like), located on the ground or first floor.'

    1. § 24a is created in the final provisions: 

    § 24a. Building permits issued until July 31, 2008 in districts with complex development, the implementation of which began until that date, retain their validity for the period for which they were issued. This provision does not abrogate the moratorium imposed by the Decision of the National Assembly on the imposition of a moratorium on the development of development zones intended for complex development (SG, No. 70 of 2008)."

    • 10. In the Law on Civil Registration (promulgated, SG No. 67 of 1999; amended, Nos. 28 and 37 of 2001, No. 54 of 2002, No. 63 of 2003, No. 70 and 96 of 2004, No. 30 of 2006, No. 48 and 59 of 2007, No. 105 of 2008) in Chapter Four, Section II, Art. 99a: 

    "Art. 99a. At one address, with the consent of the owner of a residential object, such a number of persons may be registered, which does not exceed more than three times the number of persons who can normally live in the respective object."

    • 11. By March 31, 2009, the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works shall issue the bylaws on the implementation of this law. 
    • 12. The implementation of the law is entrusted to the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works. 
    • 13. The law enters into force on May 1, 2009. 

    The law was adopted by the 40th National Assembly on January 13, 2009 and was stamped with the official seal of the National Assembly.

    Chairman of the National Assembly: Georgi Pirinski

    Transitional provisions to the LAW amending and supplementing the Law on the Management of Condominiums, (SG No. 15 of 23.02.2010) 

    • 4. The convening of a general meeting in the condominium, the entry in the owner's book and the submission of an application for entry in the register under Art. 44 shall be carried out by June 30, 2010. 
    • 5. The mayor of the municipality or region, within 6 months from the expiry of the period under § 4, organizes the holding of general meetings and the election of management bodies in the buildings in the condominium regime, when such meetings have not been convened. 
    • 6. The mayor of the municipality or region shall submit to the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works a report on the registered buildings and entrances in condominium mode within one month from the expiration of the period under § 5. 

    TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS to the LAW on the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency 

    (SG, No. 8 of 2011, in force from 25.01.2011)

    • 14. In the Condominium Management Act (promulgated, SG No. 6 of 2009; amended, No. 15 of 2010) in Art. 7, para. 4 the words "The National Veterinary Medical Service" are replaced by "The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency„. 

    Transitional and final provisions to the Law on Amendments and Supplements to the Law on the Management of Condominiums, (SG, No. 57 of 26.07.2011) 

    • 54. A new condominium book may not be created in a building or entrance in condominium mode, in which a book of owners was kept until the entry into force of this law. 
    • 55. The submission of notifications under Art. 46b shall be carried out within 6 months from the entry into force of this law. Notifications are not submitted when the buildings or individual entrances in condominium mode are entered in the register under Art. 44. 
    • 56. (1) The mayor of the municipality or region or the authorized official, within one year from the entry into force of this law, organizes the holding of general meetings and the election of management bodies in the buildings in the condominium regime, when no such meetings have been convened and no bodies have been elected. 

    (2) The mayor or an official authorized by him convenes the general meeting under para. 1 through an invitation that is placed in a visible and generally accessible place at the entrance of the building in the condominium and is published on the electronic page of the municipality or region.

    (3) If the meeting cannot be held due to lack of the necessary quorum under Art. 15, para. 2, the mayor of the municipality or region or an official authorized by him appoints a manager and treasurer from the list of owners or users living in the condominium within 14 days.

    (4) In case of non-fulfillment of the provisions under para. 1 – 3 the mayor of the municipality or region is punished with a fine in the amount of 50 to 500 BGN.

    (5) The acts for establishing the violations under para. 4 are composed of officials from the relevant regional administration, designated by the regional governor, and the criminal decrees are issued by the regional governor or by an official authorized by him.

    • 57. Associations registered before the entry into force of this law shall bring their activities in line with its requirements within one year of its entry into force. 

    Transitional and final provisions to the Law on Amendments and Supplements to the Law on Territorial Planning (SG No. 82 of 26.10.2012, effective from 26.11.2012) 

    • 146. The following amendments are made to the Condominium Management Law (promulgated, SG No. 6 of 2009; amended, No. 15 of 2010 and Nos. 8 and 57 of 2011): 
    1. In Art. 52, para. 3 items 2 and 3 are cancelled. 
    2. In § 1, item 2, the word "parking spaces" is replaced by "parking spots„. 

    Transitional and final provisions to the LAW amending and supplementing the Law on Territorial Planning 

    (SG, No. 66 of 26.07.2013, effective 26.07.2013)

    • 68. In the Condominium Management Law (promulgated, SG No. 6 of 2009; amended, No. 15 of 2010, No. 8 and 57 of 2011, No. 82 of 2012) throughout the words "the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works", "The Minister of Regional Development and Public Works" and "Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works" are replaced by "the Minister of Regional Development", "The Minister of Regional Development" and "Ministry of Regional Development„. 

    Transitional and final provisions to the LAW amending and supplementing the Law on Territorial Planning 

    (SG, No. 98 of 28.11.2014, in force from 28.11.2014)

    • 68. In the Condominium Management Act (promulgated, SG No. 6 of 2009; amended, No. 15 of 2010, No. 8 and 57 of 2011, No. 82 of 2012, No. 66 of 2013) everywhere the words "the Minister of Regional Development", "the Minister of Regional Development" and "Ministry of Regional Development" are replaced by "the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works", "the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works" and "Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works„. 

    Transitional and final provisions to the LAW amending and supplementing the Law on Public Finances 

    (SG, No. 43 of 07.06.2016)

    • 56. In the Condominium Management Act (promulgated, SG No. 6 of 2009; amended, No. 15 of 2010, No. 8 and 57 of 2011, No. 82 of 2012, No. 66 of 2013, No. 98 of 2014 and No. 26 of 2016) in § 4 of the transitional and final provisions the words "budget credits" are replaced by "budget funds„. 

    Transitional and final provisions to the LAW amending and supplementing the Law on Local Taxes and Fees 

    (SG, No. 88 of 03.11.2017, in force from 01.01.2020)

    • 19. In the Condominium Management Act (promulgated, SG No. 6 of 2009; amended, No. 15 of 2010, No. 8 and 57 of 2011, No. 82 of 2012, No. 66 of 2013, No. 98 of 2014 and No. 26 and 43 of 2016) in Art. 11, para. 1 items 17 and 18 are created: 

    "17. may adopt a decision to submit an application to the municipality for the required number of receptacles for collecting household waste in connection with determining the fee for household waste;

    1. accepts the reference under Art. 67, para. 15 of the Law on Local Taxes and Fees for the number of property users in the condominium." 

    Transitional and final provisions to the LAW on electronic communication networks and physical infrastructure 

    (SG, No. 21 of 09.03.2018, in force from 09.03.2018)

    • 10. In the Condominium Management Act (promulgated, SG No. 6 of 2009; amended, No. 15 of 2010, No. 8 and 57 of 2011, No. 82 of 2012, No. 66 of 2013, No. 98 of 2014, No. 26 and 43 of 2016 and No. 88 of 2017) in Art. 8, para. 2 sentence two is created: "This management also covers the common parts of the building adjacent to the independent objects at the relevant entrance." 

    Transitional and final provisions to the LAW amending and supplementing the Personal Data Protection Act 

    (SG, No. 17 of 26.02.2019)

    • 109. In the Condominium Management Act (promulgated, SG No. 6 of 2009; amended, No. 15 of 2010, No. 8 and 57 of 2011, No. 82 of 2012, No. 66 of 2013, No. 98 of 2014, No. 26 and 43 of 2016, No. 88 of 2017 and No. 21 and 98 of 2018 and No. 13 of 2019 .) in Art. 7, para. 4 the words "of the Law" are deleted. 

    Final provisions to the LAW amending and supplementing the Law on Mediation 

    (SG, No. 11 of 02.02.2023, effective from 01.07.2024)

    • 9. In the Condominium Management Act (promulgated, SG No. 6 of 2009; amended, No. 15 of 2010, No. 8 and 57 of 2011, No. 82 of 2012, No. 66 of 2013, No. 98 of 2014, No. 26 and 43 of 2016, No. 88 of 2017, No. 21 and 98 of 2018, No. 17 of 2019 . and No. 14 of 2021) in Art. 23 the following amendments and additions are made: 
    1. A new paragraph is created. 5: 

    "(5) In the cases and under the conditions of para. 4 the chairman of the management board (the manager) represents the owners also in a mediation procedure."

    1. The previous paras. 5 and 6 become para. 6 and 7.