• Criminal Procedure Code
• Family Code
• Bar Act
• Child Protection Act
• Extradition and European Arrest Warrant Act
• Execution of Punishments and Detention in Custody Act and the Rules for the Implementation of Execution of Punishments and Detention in Custody Act
• Judiciary Act
• Legal Aid Act
• Ministry of Interior Act
• Social Services Act
• Ordinance No 8121з-433 of 16.03.2017 on the professional training of the staff of the Ministry of the Interior
• Ordinance No. 2 of 22.03.2010 on the conditions and procedure for medical care in places of deprivation of liberty
• Instruction No 8121з-78 of 24.01.2015 on the procedure for carrying out detention, the equipment of premises for housing detainees and the order in them in the Ministry of the Interior

Bulgaria has initially notified the implementation measures taken with respect to Directive (EU) 2016/800 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on procedural safeguards for children who are suspects or accused persons in criminal proceedings on 14.10.2019 in THEMIS / MNE (National Measures of Execution); last amendments were notified on 03.04.2024.

Ratification Law 55 (I)/2021

Act on Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters with Member States of the European Union

Code of Criminal Procedure

Code of Misdemeanour Procedure

Laws 322-329/2019

Law n ° 2019-222 of 23 March 2019 on 2018-2022 programming and reform for the justice system

Gesetz zur Stärkung der Verfahrensrechte von Beschuldigten im Jugendstrafverfahren vom 09.12.2019 (BGBl. I, 2146 ff.)

Entered into force with the amendments in the Criminal Procedure Law of the 27.09.2018.

https://likumi.lv/ta/id/302152-grozijumi-kriminalprocesa-likuma

Act XVIII of 2020

Code of criminal procedure

Law no. 33/2019, of May 22, which makes the thirty-third amendment to the Code of Criminal Procedure, approved by Decree-Law no. 78/87, of February 17

Act No. 218/2003 Coll., on Juvenile Justice (in consolidated version);

Act No. 141/1961 Coll., the Criminal Proceedings Code (in consolidated version);

Act No. 293/1993 Coll., on pretrial detention  (in consolidated version)

National Implementing Measures provided to the European Commission

Implementation has been completed by Act No. 203/2019 Coll.

• Act No 161/2018 amending Act No 300/2005, the Criminal Code, as amended, and amending certain acts
• Act No 300/2005, the Criminal Code, as amended (consolidated version as amended by 274/2017)
• National Implementing Measures provided to the European Commission

Code of Judicial Procedure, Law on Detention and the Ordinance on Preliminary Investigation

National Implementing Measures provided to the European Commission