By a Decision of the 6 April 2012, the Administrative Court Sofia City (ACSC) (in Bulgarian) repealed the refusal by the director of the National Customs Agency to provide information whether there are excise customs warehouses other than those of “Lukoil Bulgaria”, where measuring instruments under Ordinance № 3 of 19.02.2012 “on the specific requirements and the control exercised by the customs authorities on the measurement of excisable goods” are not installed; which companies operate those warehouses; the list of companies and number of points without installed measuring instruments.
The court held that the requested information directly affects the transparency and accountability of the National Customs Agency, and therefore there is an overriding public interest in its provision.
The request was filed in September 2011 by the Chief Editor of Republika daily Petio Blaskov.
With a Decision No. 5915 as of 26.04.2013(in Bulgarian), the Supreme Administrative Court upheld the decision of the ACSC reaffirming in their judgment that there is an overriding public interest in the disclosure of the requested information.