20th Jan 2020
1068 Issuing of permits for the storage of firearms and their ammunition by natural persons
Legal grounds:
Law on Arms, Ammunition, Explosives and Pyrotechnic Articles, Art. 79, Para 1
Authority issuing an individual administrative act:
The director of National Police General Directorate or an official authorized by him/her, or the head of the LPS of MoI.
Reception of documents:
At an administrative services desk
Issuing procedure and necessary documents:
In order to obtain a storage permit, the person authorized to acquire firearms and ammunition for them shall submit to the Director of the General Directorate National Police (GDNP), respectively to the Head of the LPS of the MoI per the permanent address, a standard application and a document for a fee paid 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 deficiencies 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 checks 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 General Directorate National Police or an official authorized by him/her, respectively the head of the LPS of MoI, shall issue, or shall 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 an application at a desk;
2. Through an authorized courier service;
3. Electronically.
Request electronically:
Through the portal for electronic administrative services of the Ministry of Interior: https://e-uslugi.mvr.bg
The means for electronic identification, through which electronic administrative services are requested in the MoI portal, is a Qualified Electronic Signature, issued by а certification services provider licensed by the Communications Regulations Commission.
Validity:
5 years
Fee:
20 BGN according to Tariff 4. Bank payment, ATM or via https://e-uslugi.mvr.bg.
Control body:
Higher authority
Appeal:
By the order of the Administrative Procedure Code.
Email address for suggestions: [email protected]
Receiving the service result:
1. At an administrative services desk;
2. Through an authorized courier service.
675 Change of permits for storage of firearms and ammunition by natural persons
Legal grounds:
Law on Arms, Ammunition, Explosives and Pyrotechnic Articles, art. 86, 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 authorized to store firearms and ammunition shall notify the General Directorate National Police (GDNP), respectively the LPS of the Ministry of Interior when:
• changing the permanent address;
• acquiring a firearm.
The person who has received a storage permit shall submit in 14 days of the change the documents related to it and a document for a fee paid 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 the 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 General Directorate National Police 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 an application at the respective desk;
2. Through an authorized courier service;
3. Electronically.
Request electronically:
Through the portal for electronic administrative services of the Ministry of Interior: https://e-uslugi.mvr.bg
The means for electronic identification, through which electronic administrative services are requested in the MoI portal, is a Qualified Electronic Signature, issued by а certification services provider licensed by the Communications Regulations Commission.
Validity:
As per the validity of the storage permit
Fee:
5 BGN according to Tariff 4. Bank payment, ATM or via https://e-uslugi.mvr.bg.
Control body:
Higher authority
Appeal:
By the order of the Administrative Procedure Code.
Email address for suggestions: [email protected]
Receiving the service result:
1. At an administrative services desk;
2. Through an authorized courier service.
942 Issuance of permits for storage of firearms and ammunition for them by natural and legal persons registered as traders, by cultural organizations under the Protection and Development of Culture Act and by non-profit legal entities
Legal grounds:
Law on Arms, Ammunition, Explosives and Pyrotechnic Articles, art. 79, art. 80
Authority issuing an individual administrative act:
The director of National Police General Directorate or an official authorized by him/her, or the Head of LPS of MoI.
Reception of documents:
At an administrative services desk
Issuing procedure and necessary documents:
In case of issued permit for acquisition of firearms and ammunition:
In order to obtain a storage permit, the person authorized to acquire firearms and ammunition for them shall submit to the Director of the General Directorate National Police (GDNP), respectively to the head of the LPS of the Ministry of Interior as per the location of the storage site, a model application and a document for the fee paid at a rate determined by a tariff.
In cases without a permit for acquisition of firearms and ammunition:
This relates to persons who have premises for storing firearms and ammunition for them.
In order to obtain a storage permit, a person shall submit to the Director of General Directorate National Police (GDNP), respectively to the Head of the LPS of the Ministry of the Interior as per the location of the storage site, an application, including UIC when registered under the Commercial Law, or apply a certificate of entry in the respective register under the national legislation of the other Member State - in a legalized translation into Bulgarian and submit the following documents:
1. Authorization for use of the sites or another substituting document, issued under the Spatial Development Act;
2. Document certifying the legal basis for the use of the sites;
3. Passport for the storage of firearms and their ammunition;
4. A copy of a contract with a person performing private security activity;
5. Copy of employment contract, qualification certificate, if the person is a foreign citizen - a document certifying that the person has not been convicted of a criminal offense of a general nature, an official document issued by a judicial authority or a relevant document under the national legislation of the other State, stating that there is no criminal proceedings against the person for a criminal offense of a general nature, a medical certificate from a medical establishment or a relevant document under the national legislation of another state certifying that the person does not suffer from mental disorders of the following categories of employee:
- the warehouse manager;
- employees who supervise compliance with labor safety rules when dealing with weapons and ammunition;
- specialists who keep records of the shipment of products.
6. Managers shall enclose also:
- 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 relevant document under the national law of other state certifying that the person has no criminal proceedings for a criminal offense of a general nature,
- medical certificate from a medical establishment or a corresponding document under the national legislation of the other country certifying that the person does not suffer from mental disorders.
7. Document for paid fee at a rate determined by a tariff.
In order to obtain a firearms storage permit, cultural organizations under the Culture Protection and Development Act and those under the national law of another Member State who do not have permission to acquire and wish to hire firearms, shall submit to the Director of GDNP, respectively to the head of the LPS of the Ministry of the Interior as per the location of the storage site, a model application stating:
• Unified Identity Code (UIC) when registered under the Commercial Code or a certificate for entry in the register under the Non-Profit Legal Entities Act, or a certificate for entry in the relevant register under the national law of the other Member State - in a legalized translation in Bulgarian ;
• address of the storage premises;
• valid reason for issuing the authorization;
• name and address of the landlord;
• type and quantity of firearms.
The application shall be accompanied by:
1. Copy of a contract for performing security activities using signal-security system;
2. Document for paid fee at a rate determined by a tariff.
Upon receipt of the application and documentation, GDNP, respectively RD 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 manage 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 General Directorate National Police 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 an application at the respective desk;
2. Through an authorized courier service;
3. Electronically.
Request electronically:
Through the portal for electronic administrative services of the Ministry of Interior: https://e-uslugi.mvr.bg
The means for electronic identification, through which electronic administrative services are requested in the MoI portal, is a Qualified Electronic Signature, issued by а certification services provider licensed by the Communications Regulations Commission.
Validity:
5 years
Fee:
300 BGN according to Tariff 4. Bank payment, ATM or via https://e-uslugi.mvr.bg.
Control body:
Higher authority
Appeal:
By the order of the Administrative Procedure Code.
Email address for suggestions: [email protected]
Receiving the service result:
1. At an administrative services desk;
2. Through an authorized courier service.
1540 Change of permits for storage of firearms and ammunition for them by natural and legal persons, registered as traders, by cultural organizations under the Protection and Development of Culture Act and by non-profit legal entities
Legal grounds:
Law on Arms, Ammunition, Explosives and Pyrotechnic Articles, art. 86, Para 4
Authority issuing an individual administrative act:
The director of National Police General Directorate or an official authorized by him/her, or the Head of the LPS of MoI.
Reception of documents:
At an administrative services desk
Issuing procedure and necessary documents:
The person who has been authorized to store firearms and ammunition for them shall notify the General Directorate National Police (GDNP), respectively the LPS of the Ministry of Interior when:
• changing the address of objects for storing firearms and ammunition for them;
• in case of change of the commercial registration/registration as a non-profit legal entity;
• when acquiring a weapon.
The person who has been authorized to store firearms and ammunition for them, shall submit in 14 days of the change, the documents related to it, and a document of paid fee at a rate determined by a tariff.
Upon receipt of the documents, GDNP, respectively the LPS of the Ministry of Interior, shall assess the completeness and the correspondence of the submitted documents with the requirements for issuing the permit and, if necessary, shall conduct an on-site inspection of the storage sites.
In case of incompleteness and/or inconsistency with the requirements, GDNP respectively the LPS of the Ministry of Interior shall inform 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 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 LPS as per the location of the storage sites, in 14 days of the filing date of the documentation shall reflect the change in the issued storage permit.
How to request the service:
1. Submitting an application at the respective desk;
2. Through an authorized courier service;
3. Electronically.
Request electronically:
Through the portal for electronic administrative services of the Ministry of Interior: https://e-uslugi.mvr.bg
The means for electronic identification, through which electronic administrative services are requested in the MoI portal, is a Qualified Electronic Signature, issued by а certification services provider licensed by the Communications Regulations Commission.
Validity:
As per the validity of the storage permit
Fee:
30 BGN according to Tariff 4. Bank payment, ATM or via https://e-uslugi.mvr.bg.
Control body:
Higher authority
Appeal:
By the order of the Administrative Procedure Code.
Email address for suggestions: [email protected]
Receiving the service result:
1. At an administrative services desk;
2. Through an authorized courier service.