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Who, how and when issues certificates |
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• End-User Certificate;
If the consigner’s country requires from the Bulgarian consignee an end-user certificate for arms, it is issued in 3 copies according to a sample – Annex No. 14 of the Regulation on implementation of Export Control on Arms and Dual-use Items and Technologies (the Regulation), as follows:
1. by the Ministry of Defense – where the arms are intended for the needs of the armed forces;
2. by the Ministry of Interior – where the arms are intended for the needs of this ministry;
3. by other state authorities, which use items of the List of Arms in compliance with the functions that they are intended for.
The first copy of the certificate is given to the applicant, the second is sent to the Interministerial Commission, and the third remains with the respective issuing authority. The first copy is designed for the authorities of export control of the consigner’s country and is given by the applicant of the foreign consigner.
If the consigner’s country requires issuance of an end-user certificate for arms different from that according to the sample – Annex No. 14, the state authorities may issue such a documents in compliance with the provisions of the Regulation.
To obtain an end-user certificate, the licensed applicant shall submit the following documents to the respective authority:
1. an application to obtain a certificate according to a sample – Annex No. 16;
2. a copy and a certified Bulgarian translation of a document by the foreign consigner, or a copy and a certified translation of a contract, certifying the need for issuance of the certificate;
3. a copy and a certified Bulgarian translation of a document, issued by a competent authority of the consigner’s country, certifying his eligibility to perform the export;
Exception: In case that according to the national legislation of the country the document under article 3 is not issued, the applicant shall submit to the respective authority a written statement by the exporter and a certified Bulgarian translation for this effect.
Obligation: In case that the certificate is not submitted to the competent authorities of the consigner’s country within 6 months of its date of issue, the consignee shall return the original certificate to the authority that has issued it.
• International Import Certificate;
If the consigner’s country requires from the Bulgarian consignee an international import certificate for arms, it is issued in two copies according to a sample – Annex No. 15 of the Regulation, by the Interministerial Commission for Export Control and Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.
The International Import Certificate for arms is issued by the Interministerial Commission on the basis of an import license for arms, issued by the Interministerial Commission. The first copy is designed for the authorities of export control of the consigner’s country and is given by the applicant of the foreign consigner.
To obtain an international import certificate, the licensed applicant shall submit the following documents to the respective authority:
1. an application to obtain a certificate according to a sample – Annex No. 16 of the Regulation;
2. a copy and a certified Bulgarian translation of a document by the foreign consigner, or a copy and a certified translation of a contract, certifying the need for issuance of the certificate;
3. a copy and a certified Bulgarian translation of a document, issued by a competent authority of the consigner’s country, certifying his eligibility to carry out the export;
Exception: In case that according to the national legislation of the country no such document, certifying his eligibility to carry out the export, is issued, the applicant shall submit to the respective authority a written statement by the exporter and a certified Bulgarian translation for this effect.
Obligation: In case that the certificate is not submitted to the competent authorities of the consigner’s country within 6 months of its date of issue, the consignee shall return the original certificate to the authority that has issued it.
• Delivery Verification Certificate;
If the consigner’s country requires a delivery verification certificate for arms, in the customs processing of the goods, the importer shall submit to the customs authorities at the competent customs agency, a filled-in delivery verification certificate in 3 copies according to a sample – Annex No. 17 of the Regulation on implementation of the Law, and a copy of the respective import license.
The applicant obtains a form - Annex No. 17 of the Regulation from the Interministerial Commission after submission of an application for issuance of a delivery verification certificate for arms according to a sample - Annex No. 16 of the Regulation.
The delivery verification certificate submitted is certified by the customs authorities with the competent customs agency, who have authorized the respective customs regime. The first copy of the certificate is given to the importer, the second one is sent within 15 workdays of the date of certification to the head office of the Customs Agency at the Ministry of Economy and Energy, and the third remains with the head office of the Customs Agency. |
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