EC opens seven new infringement cases against Bulgaria
The European Commission said on July 15 that it opened seven new infringement cases against Bulgaria for failing to notify the transposition of EU directives into national law.
In its latest infringements package, the EC said that it was sending letters of formal notice, the first stage in the infringement process, related to member states’ failure to implement the provisions of several directives whose deadlines expired in recent months.
The cases in question refer to EU’s new rules on labour migration (Single Permit Directive (EU) 2024/1233), protections from strategic lawsuits against public participation (Directive (EU) 2024/1069), roadside control of vehicles carrying dangerous goods (Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2025/1801), access to EU public capital markets (Listing Act Directive (Directive EU 2024/2811)), counterparty risk in derivative transactions performed by undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (EMIR Targeted Review Directive (Directive EU 2024/2994)), emergency procedures for product conformity assessment (Directive (EU) 2024/2749), and the Reception Conditions Directive (EU) 2024/1346, which ensures that all EU countries provide adequate and comparable living conditions for those seeking international protection.
The EC said that Bulgaria had two months to reply to the letters of formal notice and complete the transposition of EU rules in those areas, otherwise the Commission may decide to take the cases into the second stage of the infringement process by issuing a reasoned opinion.
(Entrance to the Berlaymont building, headquarters of the European Commission. Photo: EU Audiovisual Service)
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