Bulgaria - 2009 Party Law

Title Final Provisions (4)
Chapter Transitional and Final Provisions
Article

Final (4)

(1) Political parties registered as on the date of this law coming into effect shall, not later than June 30 2006, bring their charters in conformity with the requirements of this law.
(2) Proceedings for political parties started prior to the coming into force of this law shall be discontinued.
(3) Political parties registered with repetition of the designation or abbreviation of another party registered before them, as well as through the addition to them of words, letters, figures, numbers or other signs, shall be registered anew with another designation under the conditions and procedure of this law, within the term of par. 1.
(4) In the events of par. 3, where documents for registration anew are not submitted in time, the political party shall be dissolved by the court at the request of a prosecutor, and where a refusal for new registration has become effective - it shall be deleted ex officio by the court.
(5) Regional Directors and Mayors of municipalities shall cancel rent contracts for premises - State or municipal property, concluded with political parties, canceled per par. 4, within a term of one month of such dissolution.

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