7th Aug 2019
774 Issuance of permits for the use of explosives and pyrotechnic articles by natural and legal persons registered as merchants and by non-profit legal entities
Legal grounds:
Law on Arms, Ammunition, Explosives and Pyrotechnic Articles, Art. 64, art. 65, Para 2
Authority issuing an individual administrative act:
Director of National Police General Directorate or an official authorized by him, or the head of the LPS of MoI
Reception of documents:
An administrative services desk
Issuing procedure and required documents:
The service related to the issuance of permits for use of explosives and pyrotechnic articles by natural and legal persons registered as traders and by non-profit legal entities with issued storage permits and without issued ones.
In the case of issued permit for storage of explosives and pyrotechnic articles:
In order to obtain a use permit, the person who has received a storage permit shall submit to the Director of the National Police General Directorate (GDNP) - for the territory of the whole country, respectively to the Head of the LPS of the Ministry of Interior at the place of use, an application accompanied by the following documents:
1. Copy of a work safety certificate for blasting work or a corresponding document under the national law of another Member State for the person or the staff to carry out the blasting operations;
2. List of employees to carry out blasting operations;
3. Document for paid fee at a rate determined by a tariff.
Without an issued permit for storage of explosives and pyrotechnic articles:
In order to obtain a permit for use of explosives and pyrotechnic articles, natural and legal persons registered as traders and non-profit legal entities registered under the national legislation of a Member State shall file an application with a UIC described, when they are registered under the Commercial Act or a certificate for entry in the register under the Non-Profit Legal Entities Act, or enclose a certificate for entry in the relevant register under the national law of the other Member State - in a legalized translation in Bulgarian, accompanied by:
1. A list of the manager(s) and/or the members of the management bodies and personnel who will carry out the blasting operations, accompanied by:
- if the manager, the managers or the members of the management bodies of the person are foreign nationals - a document certifying that the person concerned has not been convicted of a criminal offense of a general nature;
- an official document issued by a judicial authority or a corresponding document under the national law of the other state certifying that there are no criminal proceedings for general criminal offense against the person;
- a medical certificate from a medical establishment or a relevant document under the national legislation of the other state certifying that the person does not suffer from mental disorders.
- copy of a work safety certificate for blasting work or a corresponding document under the national law of another Member State for the personnel performing blasting operations;
2. A document for paid fee at a rate determined by a tariff.
Upon receipt of the application and documentation, GDNP, respectively LPS of the Ministry of Interior, shall evaluate the completeness and the correspondence of the submitted documentation with the requirements for issuing the respective permit and carry out an on-site inspection of the storage sites.
In case of incompleteness and/or inconsistency with the requirements, GDNP, respectively LPS of the Ministry of Interior, shall notify the applicant in writing and shall give instructions and a 30-day period for their removal.
If the deficiencies and/or inconsistencies found are not remedied within the given time limit, the procedure for issuing the authorization shall be terminated.
The Director of GDNP or the head of LPS of the Ministry of Interior shall check ex officio the following circumstances:
• whether pre-trial proceedings have been initiated for an intentional crime of a general nature against the natural person or the manager/managers and/or the members of the management bodies of the legal person;
• whether a notification under Art. 182, para. 2, item 2 or under Art. 221, para. 6 of the Tax and Insurance Procedure Code has been received;
• whether during the last three years two or more times have been placed in a sobering premises;
The director of the National Police General Directorate or an official authorized by him/her, respectively the head of the LPS of MoI, shall issue, or provide a motivated refusal to issue, a permit within a one-month period of the submission of the application.
The refusal is subject to appeal under the Administrative Procedure Code.
How to request the service:
1. Submitting application at the respective desk
2. Using an authorized courier service.
Request electronically:
There is no possibility of electronic submission
Validity:
5 years
Fee:
500 BGN in accordance with Tariff 4. Payment by bank transfer or ATM.
Control body:
Higher authority
Appeal:
As per the procedures of the Administrative Procedure Code.
Email for suggestions:
Receiving the service result:
1. At an administrative service desk
2. Through an authorized courier service
1784 Change of permits for use of explosives and pyrotechnic articles by natural and legal persons registered as merchants and by non-profit legal entities
Legal grounds:
Law on Arms, Ammunition, Explosives and Pyrotechnic Articles, art. 70, Para 4
Authority issuing an individual administrative act:
The director of National Police General Directorate or an official authorized by him, or the head of the LPS of MoI.
Reception of documents:
At an administrative services desk
Issuing procedure and necessary documents:
The person licensed for use of explosives and pyrotechnic articles shall notify the General Directorate National Police (GDNP), respectively the LPS of MoI, in case of:
- reconstruction of storage sites;
- changes in the employees who perform blasting;
- changes in the commercial registration or registration as a non-profit legal entity.
The person licensed to use explosives and pyrotechnic articles shall submit within 14 days of the change the related documents and a document for paid fee at a rate determined by a tariff.
Upon receipt of the application and documentation, GDNP, respectively the LPS, shall assess the completeness and the correspondence of the submitted documentation with the requirements for issuing the respective permit and shall conduct an on-site inspection on the storage sites, if necessary.
In case of incompleteness and/or discrepancies with the requirements, NPGD, respectively the LPS of MoI shall notify the applicant in writing and give instructions and a 30-day period for their removal.
If the deficiencies and/or inconsistencies found are not removed within the given time limit, the procedure for issuing the authorization shall be terminated.
The Director of GDNP or an official authorized by him/her, or the head of the LPS of MoI at the location of the storage sites shall reflect the change in the issued permit, in 14 days from the date of submission of the documentation.
How to request the service:
1. Submitting application at the respective desk
2. Using an authorized courier service.
Request electronically:
There is no possibility of electronic submission
Validity:
As per the use permit validity
Fee:
50 BGN in accordance with Tariff 4. Payment by bank transfer or ATM.
Control body:
Higher authority
Appeal:
As per the procedures of the Administrative Procedure Code.
Email for suggestions:
Receiving the service result:
1. At an administrative services desk
2. Through an authorized courier service
1319 Issuing of permits for use of pyrotechnic articles by natural persons
Legal grounds:
Law on Arms, Ammunition, Explosives and Pyrotechnic Articles, art. 65, Para 1
Authority issuing an individual administrative act:
The director of National Police General Directorate or an official authorized by him, or the head of the LPS of MoI.
Reception of documents:
At an administrative service desk
Issuing procedure and necessary documents:
In order to obtain a license for the use of pyrotechnic articles, Bulgarian citizens, nationals of other Member States residing on the territory of a Member State and third-country nationals residing on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria shall submit to the Director of the General Directorate National Police (GDNP) for the territory of the country, respectively to the head of the LPS of the Ministry of the Interior as per the place of their use, application in a standard form, accompanied by the following documents:
1. If the person is a foreign national - a document certifying that the person concerned has not been convicted of an intentional crime of a general nature;
2. An official document issued by a judicial authority or a relevant document under the national law of the other state certifying that the person has not been prosecuted in criminal proceedings for general crimes;
3. A medical certificate from a medical establishment or a relevant document under the national law of the other state certifying that the person does not suffer from mental disorders.
4. A copy of a work safety license for blasting work or a relevant document under the national legislation of another Member State;
5. Document for paid fee at a rate determined by a tariff.
Upon receipt of the application and documentation, GDNP, respectively LPS of the Ministry of Interior, shall evaluate the completeness and the correspondence of the submitted documentation with the requirements for issuing the respective permit and shall carry out an on-site inspection of the storage sites.
In case of incompleteness and/or inconsistency with the requirements, GDNP, respectively LPS of the Ministry of Interior, shall notify the applicant in writing and give instructions and a 30-day period for their removal.
If the deficiencies and/or inconsistencies found are not remedied within the given time limit, the procedure for issuing the authorization shall be terminated.
The Director of GDNP or the head of LPS of the Ministry of Interior shall check ex officio the following circumstances:
• whether pre-trial proceedings have been initiated for an intentional crime of a general nature against the natural person or the manager/managers and/or the members of the management bodies of the legal person;
• whether a notification under Art. 182, para. 2, item 2 or under Art. 221, para. 6 of the Tax and Insurance Procedure Code has been received;
• whether during the last three years two or more times have been placed in a sobering premises;
The director of the National Police General Directorate or an official authorized by him/her, respectively the head of the LPS of MoI shall issue, or provide a motivated refusal to issue, a permit within a one-month period of the submission of the application.
The refusal is subject to appeal under the Administrative Procedure Code.
How to request the service:
1. Submitting application at the respective desk
2. Using an authorized courier service.
Request electronically:
There is no possibility of electronic submission
Validity:
5 years
Fee:
200 BGN in accordance with Tariff 4. Payment by bank transfer or ATM.
Control body:
Higher authority
Appeal:
As per the procedures of the Administrative Procedure Code.
Email for suggestions:
Receiving the service result:
1. At an administrative service desk
2. Through an authorized courier service
994 Changes in permits for use of pyrotechnic articles by natural persons
Legal grounds:
Law on Arms, Ammunition, Explosives and Pyrotechnic Articles, art. 70, Para 4
Authority issuing an individual administrative act:
The director of National Police General Directorate or an official authorized by him, or the head of the LPS of MoI.
Reception of documents:
At an administrative services desk
Issuing procedure and necessary documents:
The person licensed to use pyrotechnic articles shall notify the General Directorate National Police (GDNP), respectively the LPS of the Ministry of Interior, in case of:
• Reconstruction of storage sites;
The person licensed to use explosives and pyrotechnic articles shall submit in 14 days of the change the documents related to it and a document for paid fee at a rate determined by a tariff.
Upon receipt of the application and documentation, GDNP, respectively the LPS of MoI, shall assess the completeness and the correspondence of the submitted documentation with the requirements for issuing the respective permit and shall conduct an on-site inspection, if necessary.
In case of incompleteness and/or inconsistencies with the requirements, GDNP, respectively the LPS of MoI, shall notify the applicant in writing and give instructions and a 30-day period for their removal.
If the deficiencies and/or inconsistencies found are not remedied within the given time limit, the procedure for issuing the authorization shall be terminated.
The Director of GDNP or an official authorized by him/her, or the head of LPS of MoI as per the location of the storage sites, in 14 days from the date of submission of the documentation shall reflect the change in the issued authorization.
How to request the service:
1. Submitting application at the respective counter
2. Using authorized courier service.
Request electronically:
There is no possibility of electronic submission
Validity:
As per the use permit validity
Fee:
20 BGN in accordance with Tariff 4. Payment by bank transfer or ATM.
Control body:
Higher authority
Appeal:
As per the procedures of the Administrative Procedure Code.
Email for suggestions:
Receiving the service result:
1. At an administrative services desk
2. Through an authorized courier service