Required documents for registration of a Trade representation office of a foreign person:
- Application Form (in PDF format)
- Official document for the registration of the foreign entity, issued by a competent organ as provided by its national legislation.
- Official document, indicating the persons representing and binding the foreign entity, issued by the competent organ as in the preceding paragraph.
- Resolution of the managing body of the foreign entity for the establishment of a representation office in the Republic of Bulgaria.
- Original of a power of attorney, attested by notary public, given by the person(s) under item 2 to the individual, authorized to register and manage the representation office in the Republic of Bulgaria, indicating the scope of granted powers. It is also possible to submit a certified true copy of the above-cited power of attorney.
- Original signature specimen(s) of the person(s) representing the Company in Bulgaria – by right or with power of attorney, attested by notary public or affixed on a special declaration form prepared by the BCCI before an authorized employee of BCCI Trade Register Bureau.
- Completed information card form after the pattern of the BCCI (PDF format)
- Document for the paid up fee for the registration, according to the Tariff of Rates of Services, provided by the BCCI./refer to the Tariff of rates – art.1, item 11/
The sum may be paid in cash at the cash desk of the Chamber or remitted to the BCCI bank account:
BIC: UNCRBGSF
IBAN: BG25 UNCR 7630 1000 3081 19
BANK “UNICREDIT BULBANK” 7, Sveta Nedelya Sqr., Sofia
If you would like to receive the decisions by the BCCI by post, kindly notify us about that and pay additional 6.00 BGN /VAT incl./ to the price of the service for postage expenses.
Requirements for the certification for authenticity and legalization of the documents:
After being issued by the respective competent organs under the national legislation of the foreign entity, the documents under item 2 and 3 have to be certified for authenticity by:
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the issuing country and the Consular Office of the Republic of Bulgaria in this country, or,
- The Consular Office of the issuing country in the Republic of Bulgaria, then by the Consular Department at the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria (in case the documents have not been certified in the issuing country), or,
- Another consular office, representing the interests of the issuing country in the Republic of Bulgaria (if it has no accredited office of its own in the country), and then certified by the Consular Department at the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria.
The documents under item s 5 and 6 , after being attested by notary public in the foreign country , have to be certified for authenticity in the above way as well .
After being certified for authenticity, the documents have to be translated by an authorized Bulgarian translator and legalized by the Consular Department at the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria .
If the documents are issued by a country member of the Convention Abolishing the Requirement for Legalization for Foreign Public Documents (The Hague Convention) and they bear an original apostille, they do not need any further certifications but should only be accompanied by a legalized translation into Bulgarian.
Contact number:
Tel. (+359 2) 8117 551, 8117 476, 8117 550
Fax: (+359 2) 987 32 09
E-mail: tradereg@bcci.bg , atakar@bcci.bg
