Bulgaria - 2009 Party Law

Title Article 15
Chapter Chapter Two. Establishment, Registration and Activity of Political Parties
Article

15

(1) A political party shall be registered in the register of political parties with the Sofia City Court.
(2) A political party shall be registered in Court following a written application by the party's body, which represents it according to the charter, submitted within a term of three months from the date of holding the constituent meeting.
(3) In order to be registered political parties shall submit in Court:
1. a declaration of association;
2. minutes of the constituent meeting;
3. charter of the party;
4. a list containing the names, PIN, permanent address and own-hand signature of not less than 500 members - founders of the party, citizens with voting rights in accordance with the Bulgarian legislation;
5. declarations of individual membership per art. 11;
6. notarized specimens of the signatures of those representing the political party;
7. a list containing the names, PIN and permanent address of not less than 2500 members;
8. notarized declaration by the leadership of the political party about the authenticity of documents per it. 3, 4 and 7;
9. certificate of uniqueness of the name.
(4) The document per par. 3, it. 9 shall be issued by the Sofia City Court in a procedure thereby established.

Categories - External oversight (Subject of monitoring)
- External oversight (Type of authority)
- Extra-parliamentary party (Internal procedures)
- Extra-parliamentary party (Membership organization)
- Extra-parliamentary party (Registration reqs.)
- Secondary legislation (Secondary legislation)
Source Kindly provided by Marcin Walecki, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Organization for Security and Co-Operaton in Europe (OSCE)