2023-04-18 18:36:00
GERB and “Continuing the Change – Democratic Program” have reached an agreement on a draft legislative program containing 30 bills. This is understood from a document distributed to the media, which indicates the priorities of the two coalitions for the first working session of the 49th National Assembly.
The announcement comes just a few hours following the joint briefing of representatives of the working groups of GERB and “Continuing the change – Democratic Bulgaria”, at which it was understood that an agreement had been reached on who would be the speaker of the parliament. Read more here.
The main priorities are related to the National Plan for Recovery and Sustainability, the admission of Bulgaria to Schengen and the Eurozone. It is understood from the list of bills that anti-money laundering laws and the Insurance Code have been agreed. The topic of accountability and the search for responsibility by the Prosecutor General, as well as the division of the Anti-Corruption Commission into two, are other priority pieces of legislation.
After a meeting in the parliament, representatives of GERB and the new coalition agreed on a common position
A change to the Constitution is also planned, but it is not specified what exactly.
“Dnevnik” publishes the envisaged legislative program of GERB and “We continue the change – Democratic Bulgaria” for the first working session of the parliament:
I. Bills related to the implementation of the reforms provided for in the NATIONAL PLAN FOR RECOVERY AND SUSTAINABILITY:
• BILL TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE
– Entry into force of legislative amendments to guarantee the effectiveness of criminal proceedings. Increasing the accountability and responsibility of the Prosecutor General in order to effectively fight corruption and organized crime and protect the rights of citizens.
• ANTI-CORRUPTION BILLS
– Structural and organizational reform in the anti-corruption system; splitting the commission into two and giving it investigative functions;
• BILL TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT LAW
– Strengthening control, competition and transparency and reducing the corruption risk, limiting the practice of subcontracting under in-house procedures;
• INDIVIDUAL INSOLVENCY BILL
• BILLS TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE COMMERCIAL LAW
– Strengthening the bankruptcy procedure;
– The creation of a new company that would give greater flexibility to business in Bulgaria.
• BILL TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE LAW ON THE JUDICIARY
– Strengthening the role of the Inspectorate at the High Judicial Council for the prevention and counteraction of corruption in the judiciary.
• BILL TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE LAW ON ENERGY (After drafting by the Ministry of Energy)
– Development of definition and criteria for “energy poverty” for households.
– Regulation of the regime for the liberalization of the market, dropping the quotas on the regulated market and the financing of energy efficiency projects.
• DRAFT LAWS TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE LAW ON WATER, THE LAW ON ENERGY AND THE LAW ON CONCESSIONS (After drafting by the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works)
– Development of the use of geothermal energy in Bulgaria for the production of electricity and heat.
• BILL TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE LAW ON THE PURITY OF ATMOSPHERIC AIR
• BILL TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE LAW ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
• BILL TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE LAW ON ENERGY FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES
• BILL TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE LAW ON ELECTRONIC GOVERNANCE
– Registry reform to develop the potential of e-government to improve the business environment.
• BILL TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE CONDOMINIUM MANAGEMENT LAW
– Facilitating and increasing the efficiency of investments in energy efficiency of multi-family residential buildings.
• BILL FOR PROMOTING ELECTRIC MOBILITY (After drafting by the Council of Ministers)
– A comprehensive long-term vision for sustainable national and urban electromobility and connectivity.
• BILL TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE LAW ON WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE (After drafting by the Council of Ministers)
– Introduction of uniform conditions for service quality and efficiency criteria that must be met by all plumbing operators and their application to all operators on the territory of the country.
• BILL TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE LAW ON VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (After drafting by the Ministry of Education and Science)
– Modernized regulatory framework in the field of professional education and training.
• BILL TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE LAW ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (After drafting by the Ministry of Education and Science)
– Creation of conditions for full and effective policy coordination in all phases of the preparation and implementation of measures related to the achievement of the leading goals in scientific research, innovation and growth.
• BILL TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE LAW ON CLIMATE CHANGE LIMITATION (After drafting by the Council of Ministers)
– Regulation of the National Fund for decarbonization;
II. Bills related to the admission of the Republic of Bulgaria to Schengen and admission to the Eurozone:
• BILL TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE LAW ON MEASURES AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING (After drafting by the Council of Ministers)
– the strengthening of the anti-money laundering framework according to the Action Plan with measures to address the subsequent commitments of the Republic of Bulgaria following joining the Currency Mechanism II.
• BILL TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE INSURANCE CODE (After drafting by the Council of Ministers)
• BILL TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE LAW ON THE BULGARIAN NATIONAL BANK (After drafting by the Council of Ministers)
• BILL FOR ADOPTION OF THE EURO (After drafting by the Council of Ministers)
III. Other important bills for the country
• BILL TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE LAW ON PROTECTION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
• BILL TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE CRIMINAL CODE
– Changes related to convictions once morest Bulgaria issued by the European Court of Human Rights
• BILL TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE LAW ON ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION
– Transposition of Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on open data and the re-use of public sector information.
• BILL TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE LAW ON BULGARIAN CITIZENSHIP
• BILL TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE SOCIAL SECURITY CODE
– The reduction of the number of days in which the compensation for temporary incapacity for work is paid by the employer-insurer, from three to two.
• BILL TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE AGRICULTURE CHAIN MANAGEMENT LAW
– Strengthening border control, by limiting the possibility of mandatory border laboratory control being performed by other entities, other than the laboratories of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency, in objects of importance to national security.
• BILL TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE LAW ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BLACK SEA COAST
– Adoption of measures to limit the development of the Bulgarian Black Sea coast;
• BILL TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE FAMILY CODE
– Changes in the adoption regime and the right of access to information regarding the origin of persons;
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