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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.

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

  

Trade Statistics
Trade profile


News  back to top

 

Accession to the WTO back to top

  

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.

  

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 Members’ transparency toolkit

  

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