On this page you will find the project acts, related to the Access to Information in Bulgaria, as well as comments and opinions by the team of AIP and other organizations.
| Proposed changes in the Penal Code /Oct. 10, 2003/ |
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The Council of Ministers introduced to Parliament amendments to the 1968 Penal Code of Bulgaria dealing with the unauthorised disclosure of State secrets Comments of Article 19, the Global Campaign for Free expression Available: Letter of Open Society Justice Initiative to the Bulgarian lawmakers Available: Article of prof. Alasdair Roberts, published in Dnevnik newspaper on Oct. 15 2003 Available: |
| Amending Act to the Access to Public Information Act |
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The Amending Act to the Access to Public Information Act Presented by a group of members of Parliament: Borislav Tsekov, Valentin Tserovski, Nikolai Buchkov, Rupen Krikoryan, Emil Koshlukov, Husein Chaush on 27.11.2001. The Amending Act was passed at first hearing by Parliament on May 08, 2003. Read the text of the amendments Available: The reasons of the presenters Available: And the opinion of the AIP team Available: |
Two drafts for the Law on the Protection of Information, Classified as State or Official secret
1. Proposed by Dimitarm Abajiev, Ivo Tsanev and Ekaterina Mihailova (PG
of UDF) on 26.07.2001
2. Approved by the Council of Ministers on 04.10.2001 and introduced in
Parliament on 16.10.2001
Leading comission - Comission for National Securty and Social Order
Read the opinion on the draft of our team and the memorandum of Article XIX - Global Campaign for Free Expression. Here you can also read Schedule I, containing the list of information classified as state secret, and the motives of the presenters of the draft, approved by the Council of Ministers.
The Law on the Protection of Information, Classified as State or Official secret was adopted by Parliament on April 24, 2002.
Two drafts for the Personal Data Protection Act
1. Introduced into Parliament by Nadejda Mihailova (PG of UDF) on 19.07.2001
2. Approved by the Council of Ministers and introduced in Parliament on
18.10.2001
Leading comission - Comission for National Securty and Social Order
Read the opinion of AIP on the draft acts and the Convention of Personal Data Protection with the Regard to Automatic Processing of Peronal Data.
The Personal Data Protection Act was adopted by Parliament on Dec. 21, 2001 and published in the State Gazette on Jan. 04, 2002
Bill on the Protection of the Environment,
Drafted by the Ministry of Environment and Water
Read the opinion of AIP on Chapter Two of the draft law, concerning the access to information.
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