LAW OF NATIONAL STANDARDISATION
Prom. SG. 88/4 Nov 2005, amend. SG. 42/5 Jun 2009, amend. SG. 97/10 Dec 2010
Chapter two.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Art. 1. (1) This law shall provide the implementation of the activity on the national standardisation and the order for the creating, the structure and the activity of the Bulgarian institute for standardisation, called hereinafter "BIS".
(2) This law shall not be applied for standards developed and approved in enterprises, departments and branch organisations.

Art. 2. This law shall determine the interaction of the bodies of the executive power and BIS in connection with the procedure for announcing in the field of the standards for removal of the technical obstacles for the trade.

Art. 3. The activity on the national standardisation shall include:
1. the development of Bulgarian standards at national level, the accepting, the approval, the promulgation, the publishing and their dissemination.
2. participation in the development and voting for standards at European and international level, their introduction as Bulgarian standards, promulgation, publishing and dissemination.

Art. 4. (1) The Bulgarian standards shall be identified with alphabetical and numerical symbol. The alphabetical symbol shall consist of the letters BSS or combination of the letters BSS and other alphabetical symbols in the cases of introduction of European or international standards. The numerical symbol shall consist of the number of the standard and the year of approval or introduction.
(2) The symbols of para 1 cannot be used for other standards except the Bulgarian.
(3) The existence of certificate mark for compliance on the packing and/or the stamp of the product shall certify its compliance with the Bulgarian standards.
(4) The existence of only the symbols of para 1 without the certificate mark of para 3 shall not be proof of compliance of the product with the standard.

Art. 5. (1) The Bulgarian standards shall be voluntary applied.
(2) In a normative act containing technical requirements references to Bulgarian standards and/or parts of Bulgarian standards can be made only when with the normative act European law is introduced.
(3) The bodies of the executive power developing normative acts in which there is reference to Bulgarian standards and/or parts of them developed at national level shall coordinate the draft normative acts with BIS.
(4) The Bulgarian institute for standardisation shall implement announcement of the standards of para 3 in compliance with art. 35 – 38.
(5) A normative acts may refer to Bulgarian standards introducing European or international standards only when they have been introduced and published in translation into Bulgarian language observing the requirements of art. 57.

Chapter two.
STRUCTURE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE BULGARIAN INSTITUTE FOR STANDARDISATION
Art. 6. (1) The Bulgarian institute for standardisation shall be the national body for standardisation in the Republic of Bulgaria
(2) The Bulgarian institute for standardisation shall be corporate body with headquarters in Sofia.
(3) The Bulgarian institute for standardisation shall not distribute profit.

Art. 7. (1) The Bulgarian institute for standardisation shall implement its activity on the basis of the laws, the statutes and rules for work on national standardisation.
(2) The statutes of BIS shall provide its structure and management, the conditions for occurrence and termination of the membership, the rights and the obligations of the members as well as other issues connected with the subject of activity of BIS.
(3) The statutes of BIS shall be promulgated in State Gazette.

Art. 8. Members of BIS may be persons who wish to support the activity on the national standardisation and agree to observe the statutes of BIS from the following groups:
1. associations of employers, branch chambers, producers and traders;
2. ministries, agencies, commissions and administrative structures of the executive power created with a law or decree of the Council of Ministers;
3. scientific organisations, institutes and higher schools;
4. persons for assessment of the compliance, bodies for control, bodies for certification, laboratories for testing and/or calibration;
5. associations of the insurers, associations of the users, professional organisations and unions.

Art. 9. Bodies of BIS shall be:
1. the general meeting;
2. the management council;
3. the control council;
4. the executive director;
5. the technical councils;
6. the technical committees.

Art. 10. (1) The general meeting shall:
1. approve, amend and supplement the statutes;
2. accept and expel the members of BIS and determine the amount of the subscription fee;
3. elect and discharge the members of the management council and two of the members of the control council;
4. approve the budget of BIS and the statement for its fulfilment;
5. approve the report on the activity of BIS;
6. take also other decisions provided in the statutes.

Art. 11. (1) In the general meeting shall participate representatives of all members of BIS. The order for determining the representatives shall be provided in the statutes.
(2) Each member of BIS shall have right to one vote in the general meeting.

Art. 12. (1) The general meeting shall be regular and extraordinary. The regular general meeting shall be conducted every year at the headquarters of BIS.
(2) The regular general meeting shall be convened by the management council on its initiative or upon request of one third of the members of BIS.
(3) An extraordinary general meeting shall be convened on decision of the management council or upon written request by one third of the members of the general meeting.
(4) In the case of para 3 the management council shall convene an extraordinary general meeting in 14 days term of receiving the request. If the management council does not convene extraordinary general meeting in the term pointed out it shall be convened by the Sofia city court.
(5) The invitation for regular or extraordinary general meeting shall contain the agenda, the date, the hour and the place for its conducting and on whose initiative it is convened.
(6) The invitation shall be promulgated in State Gazette at least one month before the scheduled day.

Art. 13. The general meeting shall be lawful if more than half of all the members of BIS are present. Upon lack of quorum the meeting shall be postponed with one hour later at the same place and with the same agenda and it can be conducted however members appear.

Art. 14. The general meeting shall take decisions with simple majority of the present members unless other is provided for the decision on separate issues.

Art. 15. (1) Management bodies of BIS shall be the management council and the executive director.
(2) The management council shall consist of 15 members, in this number chairman.
(3) Each group of art. 8 shall have right to three members in the management council. The representatives of the groups of art. 8, items 1, 3, 4 and 5 who are members of the management council cannot be servants in the state administration.
(4) As members of the management council of BIS shall be elected persons who:
1. have not been members of management council or control body or unlimited liable partners in a company for which insolvency procedure has been opened or in a company terminated due to insolvency if unsatisfied creditors have remained;
2. (suppl. – SG 42/09) are not spouses or cohabitants or relatives of direct or lateral line up to third degree inclusive or by marriage up to third degree inclusive with other member of the management council;
3. have not been convicted for intentional unqualified crime.
(5) The chairman of the management council cannot implement other paid activity except scientific research and lecturing.

Art. 16. (1) The mandate of the management council shall be 5 years. The members of the management council may be re-elected without limitation.
(2) The mandate of a member of the management council shall be terminated ahead of time:
1. on submitting of resignation;
2. if he stops to meet a requirement of art. 15, para 4;
3. upon factual impossibility to fulfil his obligations during more than 6 months;
4. if he does not participate in more than two consecutive sessions of the management council without good reason;
5. (new – SG 42/09; amend. – SG 97/10, in force from 10.12.2010) at the entry into force of an act finding conflict of interests under the Law on the Prevention and Establishment of Conflict of Interests.
(3) At termination ahead of time of the mandate of a member of the management council at his place shall be elected other person as representative of the same group in the general meeting for the remainder of the mandate.

Art. 17. The management council shall:
1. propose to the general meeting changes in the statutes of BIS;
2. approve the rules for work on the national standardisation on proposal by the executive director;
3. elect the executive director and determine the amount of his remuneration;
4. organise the implementation of the activity of BIS and determine the priorities for work on the national standardisation;
5. propose to the general meeting the draft budget of the budget of BIS and the statement for its fulfilment;
6. dispose with the immovable properties of BIS observing the requirements of the statutes;
7. propose to the general meeting the report on the activity of BIS;
8. elect and discharge the members of the technical committees;
9. approve rules for financing the technical committees;
10. approve the system for assessment of the compliance with the requirements of the Bulgarian standards;
11. take decisions for participation of BIS in other organisations;
12. approve the programme for standardisation;
13. determine the remuneration of the chairman and the management council;
14. take other decisions provided in the statutes.

Art. 18. (1) The management council shall consider and resolve all issues included in its competence at sessions which are conducted at least once in a quarter.
(2) The management council shall be convened at sessions by the chairman of the management council or on initiative of one third of its members.
(3) The sessions shall be conducted if more than half of the members of the management council are present.
(4) The management council shall take its decisions with simple majority of all the members unless other is provided in the statutes for resolving separate issues.

Art. 19. The members of the management council shall receive remuneration for participation in a session equal to the minimum monthly salary for the country.

Art. 20. The executive director shall participate in the sessions of the management council having right to advisory voice.

Art. 21. (1) The chairman of the management council shall:
1. represent BIS;
2. organise the fulfilment of the decisions of the general meeting and of the management council ;
3. convene and chair the sessions of the management council and propose their agenda;
4. conclude the contract for management with the executive director ;
5. point out a member of the management council who is to chair the sessions of the council when he is absent;
6. resolve also other issues provided in the statutes.
(3) At absence the chairman of the management council shall authorise a member of the management council who shall sit for him.

Art. 22. The executive director shall be elected by the management council on proposal by its members for term of 5 years.

Art. 23. The executive director shall:
1. organise, manage the current activity of IS in compliance with the decisions of the management council and the statutes;
2. dispose with the chattels of BIS;
3. conclude and terminate the employment contracts with the employees of BIS;
4. work out annual report on the activity of BIS before the management council;
5. present statement on the fulfilment of the budget before the management council after statement of the control council;
6. approve the procedures for work on the national standardisation;
7. approve the national standards;
8. approve the national standardisation documents;
9. resolve also other issues provided in the statutes.

Art. 24. (1) The control council shall be a body for control of the financial activity of BIS.
(2) The control council shall consist of three members. The members of the control council cannot be members of the management council or employees of BIS.
(3) Two of the members of the control council shall be directly elected by the general meeting. These members cannot be employees in the state administration.
(4) One of the members of the control council shall be representative of the Ministry of Finance.

Art. 25. The control council shall:
1. follow the fulfilment of the budget of BIS;
2. follow the observing of the rules for financing the activity of the technical committees;
3. follow the lawfulness of the implemented expenses and upon establishing of breaches notify the management council and the executive director;
4. give statement on the budget of BIS and on its fulfilment;
5. propose to the general meeting the extent of the subscription fee of the members of BIS;
6. resolve also other issues provided in the statutes.

Art. 26. The members of the control council shall receive remuneration for participation in a session equal to the minimum monthly salary for the country.

Art. 27. The order for convening, the quorum, the voting and the taking of decisions by the control council shall be provided in the statutes.

Art. 28. The management of the activity for standardisation shall be implemented by:
1. technical council for standardisation in the non electro-technical field of activity;
2. technical council for standardisation in the field of electrical engineering, electronics, information technologies and telecommunications;
3. technical council for assessment of the compliance with the requirements of the Bulgarian standards.
(2) The number of the members of each technical council shall be determined in the statutes.
(3) The members of the technical councils shall be elected by the management council among recognised experts in the field of standardisation on proposal by the sector councils, the technical committees and the members of BIS.
(4) Each technical council shall elect among their members chairman who organises and manages its work.
(5) The technical councils may create sector councils for defined secors of economy.

Art. 29. (1) The technical councils shall:
1. take decisions for development, accepting and approval or introduction of Bulgarian standards;
2. take decisions for development, accepting and approval or introduction of Bulgarian standardisation documents;
3. create working groups for development and accepting or introduction of Bulgarian standardisation documents;
4. take decisions for creating and closing of technical committees;
5. pronounce decisions on disagreements occurred the technical committees on technical issues.
(2) The technical councils of art. 28, para 1, items 1 and 2 shall approve the programme for standardisation of BIS which includes the taken decisions of para 1, items 1 and 2 and follow its fulfilment.
(3) The technical council of art. 28, para 1, item 3 shall develop and maintain a system for assessment of the compliance with the requirements of the Bulgarian standards.

Art. 30. The rules for work and the procedures for work of the technical councils are provided respectively in the rules for work of art. 7, para 1 and in the procedures for work of art. 23, item 6.

Art. 31. (1) The technical committees for standardisation shall be working bodies of BIS who are responsible for defined fields of standardisation.
(2) The technical committees shall be created and closed by the technical councils.
(3) The participation in the technical committees shall be voluntary.

Art. 32. (1) The technical committees shall:
1. develop and approve drafts of Bulgarian standards and standardisation documents;
2. propose to the executive director the approval of the drafts of the Bulgarian standards and standardisation documents;
3. participate in the development of the European and the international standards and standardisation documents in the respective field and in their introduction as Bulgarian standards.
(2) The rules for work and the procedures for work of the technical committees are provided respectively in the rules for work of art. 7, para 1 and in the procedures for work of art. 23, item 6.

Chapter three.
ORGANISATION OF THE ACTIVITY FOR THE NATIONAL STANDARDISATION
Section I.
Subject of activity of the Bulgarian institute for standardisation
Art. 33. The Bulgarian institute for standardisation shall:
1. develop, approve and amend the rules and the procedures for work for the national standardisation;
2. work out methodical instructions for development of standards approved in departments, in sectors and in enterprises;
3. compile, approve and publish the programme for standardisation;
4. develop, accept and approve or introduce the Bulgarian standardisation documents;
5. disseminate Bulgarian standards, drafts of Bulgarian standards and standardisation documents;
6. disseminates drafts of European standards, international standards, foreign national standards and drafts of foreign national standards;
7. create and maintain data base for standards and standardisation documents;
8. create and maintain fund of national, international, European and foreign national standards and specialised library;
9. implement exchange of standards;
10. create system for assessment of compliance with the requirements of the Bulgarian standards;
11. organise courses, seminars, conferences and other forms of training and expanding the circle of participants in the activity for national standardisation;
12. publish official bulletin and catalogue of the Bulgarian standards;
13. publish the annual report on its activity.

Art. 34. The Bulgarian institute for standardisation shall represent the Republic of Bulgaria in the International Standardisation Organisation (ISO), the International Electro-technical Commission (IEC), the European committee for standardisation (CEN) and the European committee for standardisation in electric engineering (CENELEC).

Art. 35. The Bulgarian institute for standardisation shall work out the announcements which are provided in appendix No 3 of the Agreement for the technical obstacles in trade and present them in the Information centre of ISO/IEC in Geneva, Switzerland.

Art. 36. The Bulgarian institute for standardisation shall, through its information centre, answer to inquiries by interested persons from member countries of the World Trade Organisation as well concede information about standards which have been accepted or proposed for acceptance.

Art. 37. (1) The Bulgarian institute for standardisation shall inform the Commission of the European Union, the European organisations for standardisation and the national bodies for standardisation of the member countries of the European Union and upon request present the part of the programme for standardisation referring to accepting and amendment of national standards or of international standards which are not introduced equivalently.
(2) The Bulgarian institute for standardisation shall concede to the Commission of the European Union, the European organisations for standardisation and the national bodies for standardisation of the member countries of the European Union and upon request the drafts of the standards of para 1 and ensure opportunity to give statements and comments.

Art. 38. The Bulgarian institute for standardisation in compliance with the rules and the procedures for work for national standardisation shall observe the requirements pointed out in the rules for work of the European organisations for standardisation, for termination of the work for introduction of national standards which may influence the harmonisation at European level.

Section II.
Development, accepting and approval of Bulgarian standards
Art. 39. Individual and/or corporate body may present before BIS grounded proposal for development and approval of Bulgarian standard.

Art. 40. The proposal of art. 39 shall be motivated about:
1. the objectives achieved with the proposed standard;
2. economic factors;
3. financial and expert enduring;
4. opportunity for applying the standard for the objectives of assessment of compliance;
5. relation with other standards.

Art. 41. (1) The executive director of BIS shall present to the respective technical council the proposal of art. 39 received.
(2) After taking decision for development of assessment of compliance with the requirements of the Bulgarian standard the technical council shall assign its development to technical committee in the respective field of standardisation.
(3) In case the standard proposed for development is from field of standardisation in which there is no registered technical committee the technical council shall determine working group of experts which develops and accepts with consensus the draft assessment of compliance with the requirements of the Bulgarian standard.

Art. 42. (1) The technical committees shall accept the drafts of the Bulgarian standards after reaching consensus and propose them to the executive director for approval.
(2) Consensus shall be achieved at lack of objections on essential issues by the interested persons and by procedure trying to take account of the statements of all parties and to bring closer the not coinciding points of view.

Art. 43. The developed and accepted draft of Bulgarian standard shall be presented for approval to the executive director.

Art. 44. The Bulgarian standards shall enter into force after publishing of the symbols of art. 4, para 1 and their names in the official bulletin of BIS.

Art. 45. The order for the development, the accepting and the approval of the Bulgarian standards shall be provided in the rules for work and in the procedures for work for the national standardisation.

Section III.
Introduction of European and international standards as Bulgarian standards
Art. 46. The European and international standards shall be introduced in the Republic of Bulgaria only as Bulgarian standards.

Art. 47. (1) The European standards shall be introduced as Bulgarian standards:
1. by accepting, approval and publishing of identical text of the standard in Bulgarian language or in the official languages of the European organisations for standardisation; or
2. by confirming for applying as Bulgarian standards.
(2) The confirming for applying as Bulgarian standards shall be implemented by publishing of national site for confirmation or by announcing in the official bulletin of BIS.
(3) The introduction of European standards shall repeal the contradicting Bulgarian standards approved at national level.

Art. 48. International standard shall be introduced on initiative of the technical committees for standardisation on proposal by individuals and/or corporate bodies.

art. 49. The order for the introduction of the European and international standards as Bulgarian standards shall be provided in the rules for work and in the procedures for work for the national standardisation.

Section IV.
Development and approval or introduction of Bulgarian standardisation documents
Art. 50. (1) Bulgarian standardisation documents shall be standardisation documents developed and approved or introduced by BIS.
(2) The Bulgarian standardisation documents shall be identified wit h alphabetical and numerical symbol. The alphabetical symbol shall consist of the letters SD or combination of the letters SD and other alphabetical symbols in the cases of introduction of European or international standardisation documents. The numerical symbol shall consist of the number of the standardisation documents and the year of approval or introduction.
(3) The symbols of para 2 cannot be used for other standardisation documents except the Bulgarian.
(4) The Bulgarian standardisation documents shall be developed and approved or introduced by the order of sections II and III, without observing the principle of consensus of art. 42, para 2.

Section V.
Amending and repealing of Bulgarian standards and of Bulgarian standardisation documents
Art. 51. (1) The Bulgarian institute for standardisation shall implement periodical review for the actuality of the Bulgarian standards.
(2) The amending, re-working or revoking of Bulgarian standard or Bulgarian standardisation document shall be implemented in compliance with the rules for work for the national standardisation.

Section VI.
Copyrights and distribution rights
Art. 52. The Bulgarian institute for standardisation shall be the owner of the copyrights on the Bulgarian standards and the Bulgarian standardisation documents.

Art. 53. The Bulgarian institute for standardisation shall have the exclusive right to publish, reproduce, distribute and sell the Bulgarian standards and the Bulgarian standardisation documents.

Art. 54. The protection of the copyright of BIS on the Bulgarian standards and the Bulgarian standardisation documents shall be implemented by the order of the Law of copyright and related rights.

Chapter four.
PROPERTY AND FINANCING
Art. 55. The incomes in the budget of BIS shall be formed from:
1. subsidy from the state budget approved with the Law of the state budget of the Republic of Bulgaria for the respective year;
2. subscription fee of the members of BIS;
3. resources released for the introduction of standards, including standards to which refer normative acts containing technical requirements;
4. sale of standards and standardisation documents, rendering of services, conceding of certificate mark of compliance with the Bulgarian standards and training;
5. participation in European, international and other donor programmes;
6. donations from individuals and corporate bodies.

Art. 56. The subsidy from the state budget of art. 55, item 1, shall be spent for;
1. activities for administrative and technical servicing of the technical committees for standardisation for applying of the procedure for announcing of standards, for creating and maintaining of data base for standards and standardisation documents, for creating and maintaining of fund of national, international, European and foreign national standards and specialised library, for implementing of exchange of standards and for creating of system for assessment of compliance with the requirements of the Bulgarian standards.
2. payment of the subscription fee in the European and international organisations for standardisation (CEN, CENELEC, ISO and IEC), in which BIS represents the Republic of Bulgaria;
3. assistance for the fulfilment of all activities of BIS related to the obligations as full right member in the European (CEN and CENELEC) and the international (ISO and IEC) organisations for standardisation.

Art. 57. The introduction of European and international standards to which refer normative acts containing technical requirements shall be financed by the bodies of the executive power responsible for the development and the applying of these normative acts.

Additional provisions

§ 1. Within the meaning of this law:
1. "Standard" is a document compiled with consensus and defining for common and repeated applying of rules, basic directions or characteristics of activities or their results in order to be achieved optimal order in given combination of circumstances.
2. "Bulgarian standard" is a standard which is developed, accepted and approved by BIS and is generally accessible.
3. "National body for standardisation" is a body for standardisation recognised at national level and in the international and European organisations for standardisation.
4. "Foreign national standard" is a national standard approved by foreign national organisation for standardisation and generally accessible.
5. "European standard" is a standard which is approved by a European organisation for standardisation (CEN, CENELEC, ETSI) and is generally accessible.
6. "International standard" is a standard which is approved by an international organisation for standardisation (ISO, IEC, ITU) and is generally accessible.
7. "Standardisation documents" are documents accepted by the European and the international organisations for standardisation as technical specifications, technical reports, guides and working documents which are generally accessible.
8. "Field of standardisation" is a combination of mutually related products, processes or services which may be standardised.
9. "Identical introduction" is introduction of European or international standards where the form and the content of the standard being introduced are obligatory observed.
10. "Procedure for work for the national standardisation" is defined way of implementing the activity for the national standardisation in compliance with the rules for work for the national standardisation.
11. "System for assessment of compliance with the requirements of the Bulgarian standards" is a system, which has own rules for work and management, designated for implementing of voluntary assessment of compliance of products with the requirements of the Bulgarian standards.
12. "Certificate mark for compliance with the Bulgarian standards" is a certificate mark in the sense of the Law of the marks and the geographic symbols for the compliance of products with the requirements of the Bulgarian standards.
13. "Agreement for the technical obstacles in trade" is annex to the Marrakech agreement for establishing of the World Trade Organisation to which the Republic of Bulgaria is a party according to Protocol for accession of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Marrakech agreement for establishing of the World Trade Organisation, ratified with a law (SG 93/96) and entered into force for the Republic of Bulgaria.

Transitional and concluding provisions

§ 2. This law shall revoke the Law of national standardisation (prom. SG 55/99; amend. SG 108, 112/01, SG 13/02).

§ 3. The standards which have been approved or introduced by the order of the acting legislation before the entering in force of the law shall preserve their effect.

§ 4. The technical committees registered before the law enters into force shall preserve their status.

§ 5. (1) The first general meeting for establishing of BIS shall be conducted not later from the date of entering into force of this law.
(2) The chairman of the Bulgarian institute for standardisation existing by the date of promulgation of this law in State Gazette shall announce the fixing of the time of the first general meeting by publishing in at least national daily newspaper invitation for the interested persons of art. 8 at least 30 days before the date of conducting.
(3) In the invitation shall be pointed out the place, the date and the hour of conducting of the general meeting and the requirements for identification of the interested persons.
(4) The first general meeting shall have the following agenda:
1. accepting of statutes of BIS;
2. election of the management bodies.
(5) The general meeting may decide in the agenda to be included also other issues.

§ 6. (1) The Bulgarian institute for standardisation established with the revoked Law of national standardisation shall be closed.
(2) The Council of Ministers shall, till the entering of the law into force, on proposal of the Minister of Economy and Energy, determine a commission to implement the necessary actions for the liquidation of the Bulgarian institute for standardisation in two months term after the law enters into force.
(3) The expenses for the liquidation shall be for the account of the budget of the Ministry of Economy and Energy, in this number of BIS, for the respective year.
(4) The employment and the official legal relations with the employees of the closed Bulgarian institute for standardisation shall be arranged under the conditions of art. 328, para 1, item 1 of the Labour Code, respectively art. 106, para 1, item 1 of the Law of the civil servant.
(5) The archive, including the payroll lists for salaries, of the closed Bulgarian institute for standardisation shall be conceded to BIS.
(6) The Minister of Finance shall on proposal of the Minister of Economy and Energy implement the ensuing from the law correction of the budget of the Ministry of Economy and Energy for 2005 pursuant to art. 34, para 3 of the Law of the structure of the state budget.

§ 7. (1) The fund of Bulgarian standards and the chattels of the Bulgarian institute for standardisation shall be conceded to BIS established with this law.
(2) The Bulgarian institute for standardisation established with this law shall be legal successor of the rights over objects of intellectual property owned by the Bulgarian institute for standardisation.
(3) The Bulgarian institute for standardisation established with this law shall be legal successor of the membership relations of the Bulgarian institute for standardisation with the European (CEN and CENELEC) and the international (ISO and IEC) organisations for standardisation.

§ 8. The Council of Ministers shall till the law enters into force undertake actions for conceding of building to BIS established with this law.

§ 9. Art.s 37 and 38 shall enter into force from the date of accession of the Republic of Bulgaria to the European Union.

§ 10. The law shall enter into force 6 months after its promulgation in State Gazette except § 5, § 6, para 2 and 3, § 7 and § 8 which shall enter into force from the day of its promulgation.

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The law was passed by the 40th National Assembly on October 20, 2005 and is affixed with the official seal of the National Assembly.