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MEMBER INFORMATION

Bulgaria and the WTO

This page gathers key information on Bulgaria's participation in the WTO. Bulgaria has been a member of WTO since 1 December 1996. As of 1 January 2007 it is a member State of the European Union (more info). All EU member States are WTO members, as is the EU (until 30 November 2009 known officially in the WTO as the European Communities for legal reasons) in its own right.

National site
Ministry of Economy and Energy
(This site is selected by the Bulgarian delegation)

Trade Statistics
WTO Statistics Database

News back to top

Accession to the WTO back to top

Principal accession documents
(Working Party report, protocol of accession, General Council decision)
All official documents relating to the accession process > help

Goods schedules and tariff data back to top

Bulgaria’s existing goods schedules will be revised in due course as a result of its entry into the European Union.

Get tariff data — includes explanations of bound and applied rates, the HS system and related jargon
See the goods schedules gateway for explanations and background
Bulgaria's goods schedules (zip format, 209KB)

Tariff profile: See the tariff profile for the European Communities

Services schedules and MFN exemptions back to top

Bulgaria’s existing services schedules will be revised in due course as a result of its entry into the European Union.

help on reading a services schedule
services database (opens new window)
You can use this database to retrieve the services schedule for a Member, or to compare services commitments across Members. The database does not include data on current negotiations.
all commitments and exemptions on services. Provides the original official documents from Bulgaria. Not consolidated (i.e. first documents may be amended/substituted by subsequent documents).
Services profile

Trade Policy Reviews of Bulgaria back to top

See the TPR gateway for explanations and background
Since becoming a member of the EU Bulgaria is also included in TPRs of the EU/EC.

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Bulgaria TPR documents > search > help
European Communities TPR documents > search > help

Dispute cases involving Bulgaria back to top

Since becoming a member of the EU Bulgaria is also included in dispute settlement cases of the EU/EC.

Place your mouse over a dispute number in the table below to see the title of the dispute. Click on the dispute number to go to a page giving detailed information for that dispute.

See the dispute settlement gateway for explanations and background.

Notifications from Bulgaria back to top

Notifications submitted by the European Union (formerly European Communities) are valid for all EU members. However, occasionally individual EU members notify certain measures which are specific to their country only. These are included below.

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Agriculture (Document code G/AG/N/BGR/*) > search
Antidumping (Document code G/ADP/N/* and BGR) > search
Balance of payments (Document code WT/BOP/N/*) > search
Customs valuation (Document code G/VAL/N/* and BGR) > search
Government procurement (Document code GPA/* and keyword varies) > search
Import licensing (Document code G/LIC/N/* and BGR) > search
Information technology products (Document code varies) > search
Intellectual Property Rights (see TRIPS below)
Regional trade Agreements (Document code WT/REG* and N) > search
Rules of origin (Document code G/RO/N/*) > search
Safeguards (Document code G/SG/N/* and BGR) > search
Sanitary and phytosanitary measures (Document code G/SPS/N/BGR/*) > search
Services (Document code S/C/N/*) > search
State trading enterprises (Document code G/STR/N/* and BGR) > search
Subsidies and countervailing measures (Document code G/SCM/N/* and BGR) > search
Technical barriers to trade notifications under the TBT Agreement can be found under the TBT gateway
Textiles notifications can be found by Article under the textiles gateway
Trade and development (Document code WT/COMTD/N/*) > search
Trade-related investment measures (Document code G/TRIMS/N/* and BGR) > search
TRIPS notifications can be found by Article under the TRIPS gateway

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