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IP/N/1/BGR/I/3  
 
22 December 2022  
(22-9718)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
 
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
BULGARIA : REGULATION OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS NO. 102 OF 30 MAY 2022  
FOR THE REPEAL OF LEGISLATIVE ACTS OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS  
Notifying Member  BULGARIA  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title REGULATION OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS NO. 102 OF 30 MAY 2022 FOR 
THE REPEAL OF LEGISLATIVE ACTS OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS  
Subject matter  Industrial property (general)  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2022/IP/BGR/22_8897_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[X] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/BGR/1    
(Regulation of the Council of Ministers No.  137 of  15 July 1993 on Industrial 
Property Representatives. Amendments published in State Gazette 
No. 86/1994 and 41/1997  and  
Regulation of the Council of Ministers No.  214 of 10 October 1994 on 
Amendments to  Regulation No. 137 of 15 July 1993 on Industrial Property 
Representatives ) 
 
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
Regulation No. 137 of 15 July 1993 (now repealed) adopted an Ordinance on industrial property 
representatives. The Ordinance was superseded/repealed by Reg. No. 161 of 2017, which was in 
turn repealed on 3 June 2022 by Regulation 102. The relevant provisions have been incorporated in 
the Act on patents and registration of utility models in Chapter eight "b" Industrial property 
representatives.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  3 June 2022  
Other date    IP/N/1/BGR/19 •  IP/N/1/BGR/I/3  
 
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Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  25 August 2022  
Other information   
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Patent Office  
International Cooperation and Projects Directorate  
52 B, Doctor G.M. Dimitrov Boulevard  
Sofia 1040  
Bulgaria  
 
Telephone:   +359 2 970 14 68  
Telefax:   +359 2 873 52 58  
Email:   services@bpo.bg  
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  