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Bulgaria Free zones

Index cards realized by the University of Reims, France Conception: F. Bost Data collected by F. Bost and D. Messaoudi Map and layout: S. Piantoni WFZO Index cards -

Year of promulgation of the first text Official Terms for Free Zones of law concerning the Free Zones Free Zones 1987

Possibility to be established as Exact number of Free Zones Free Points 6 No

Table of contents

Free Zones...... 4 General information...... 4 List of operating Free Zones...... 5 Contacts...... 8 Free Zones Web sites selection...... 9

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Drobeta- Turmu Sererin

Bucharest Craiova

Constanta Free Zone Plc

Free Zone Ruse

SERBIA Varna

Free Zone Dragoman

Sofia BULGARIA

Free Zone Bourgas Plc

Free Zone Plc

Free Zone MACEDONIA

TURKEY

GREECE Tekirdag

Thessaloniki

FREE ZONES IN BULGARIA 50 km International borders Elevations (meters) Cities 0 200 500 1000 Free Zones

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FREE ZONES

General information Official definition “Free zones are special areas within the customs territory of the Community. Goods placed within these areas are free of import duties, VAT and other import charges. Free zone treatment applies to both non-Community and Community goods. Non-Community goods stored in the zone are considered as not yet imported to the Customs territory of the Community whereas certain Community goods stored in free zones can be considered as already exported. On importation, free zones are mainly for storage of non-Community goods until they are released for free circulation. No import declaration has to be lodged as long as the goods are stored in the free zone. Import and export declara- tions have only to be lodged when the goods leave the free zone. In addition, there may be special reliefs available in free zones from other taxes, excises or local duties. These will differ from one zone to another. The free zones are mainly a service for traders to facilitate trading procedures by allowing fewer customs formalities.

Types of free zones: • Control type I free zones have a perimeter fence so that goods placed there, which is supervised by customs, are automatically under this regime. • The rules for control type II free zones are essentially the same as those governing customs warehouses. This means that, unlike with traditional-style free zones, the goods are subjected to a declaration in order to be able to benefit from the arrangement”.

Source: http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/customs-procedures/what-is-importation/free-zones_en

Official Bulgarian definition: • Article 2. Free zones shall be established to encourage the business initiative for manufacturing of goods, ren- dering of services, commercial and other activities necessary for the diversification and increase of exports. • Article 3. A free zone shall be a delimited part of the territory of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria, where the pursued economic activities shall be exempted from taxation with customs duties. • Article 4. Zones may be established in sea or river harbours, at international airports, at transport-shipment centers, along major transport highways, as well as in individual industrial and other economic regions. Source: Decree No. 2242 on Free Zones (Title amended, SG No. 15/1998) - https://www.google.fr/?gws_rd=ssl#q=Decree+- No.+2242+on+Free+Zones+

Number of free zones 6 (6 Control Type I Free zones). Cf. E.U definition.

Number of active compa- No information nies in Free Zones

Main sectors of activity Organization of manufacturing of goods and rendering of services on modern technical and technological levels, intended for export; loading, unloading and transport handling of uncustomed goods, imported with designation for export; warehousing and storage of imported uncustomed goods, intended for export; handling of uncustomed goods for export (sorting, marking, packing, packaging, etc.); commercial activities, agency and intermediary activities; providing supplies to vessels and other means of transport, carrying out inter- national shipments; banking, lending and other financial operations, insurance and reinsurance of property.

Total job numbers No information

Distribution of investors No information

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Exports and sales No information

Free zones contribution No information to the national economy

Corporate Tax and Incen- Corporate Tax in Bulgaria is 10 %. tives Duty free import and export of goods, machines and equipment, raw materials, etc.; Exemption from VAT, local taxes and fees; Investments guarantee and double taxation agreements in force; Leasing out manufacturing halls and warehousing facilities; Establishment of enterprises with 100% foreign capital on the territory of the Zone or of joint-ventures with no restrictions in share participation for foreign and local companies; All activities and transactions in the zone could be done by companies regis- tered in accordance with the Bulgarian Commerce Act as well as any other national legislation; Exemption from import-export formalities, avoiding bureaucracy.

Free Zone law Decree No. 2242 on Free Zones (Title amended, SG No. 15/1998) Promulgated State Gazette No. 55/17.07.1987, amended, SG No. 4/13.01.1989, SG No. 84/1.10.1993, amended and supplemented, SG No. 26/26.03.1996, amended, SG No. 15/16.02.1998 (effective 1.01.1999) - amended 89/3.08.1998, amended and supplemented, SG No No. 153/23.12.1998 (effective 1.01.1999), amended, SG No. 53/22.06.2004 (effective 1.01.2005), supplemented, SG No. 113/28.12.2004 (effective 1.01.2005) Text in Bulgarian: УКАЗ № 2242 за свободни зони (Загл. изм. - ДВ, бр. 15 от 1998 г.)

https://www.google.fr/?gws_rd=ssl#q=Decree+No.+2242+on+Free+Zones+

List of operating Free Zones Name Location Surface area Contacts Observations

Free Along the 155 000 sq.m. Free Zone Bourgas Free Zone Bourgas was found with a Zone Bulgarian 50 000 sq.m. Plc 8000 Bourgas 5, Government Decree in 1989. It is a joint Bourgas Black Sea terrain; to- Trapezitsa stock company with 43 shareholders – Port Plc coast. gether with 3 Street. P.O.Box 154 Bourgas, Bourgas Municipality, several railwaysidings Customs House banks and insurance companies; main 500m each; of Bourgas 8000 shareholder being the Bulgarian Ministry of separate point Bourgas Finance which proves to be a guarantee for of access; 1, Kniaz Alexander a successful performance of the contracts. 20 000 sq.m Batenberg Street Headquarter of the company are situated intended for in Bourgas. The Zone is managed by 6 construction of Tel: +359 56 876121, trustee Board of Directors and appointed buildings and +359 56 876122 by the Board Executive Director: Mr. Vassiliy facilities- Fax: +359 56 844188, Skripka. 20 000 sq.m. +359 56 847205 terrain; 7 000 sq.m. intended Email: mburgas@ for construc- unacs.bg tion of building and facilities; www.freezonebour- aside main gas.com road. http://www.freetra- dezone-bourgas.com/

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Free Located on 308 627 m² Free Zone Vidin Plc Owners: National Company Industrial Zone two borders 3700 Vidin North Zones. Vidin Plc – land with Administrative Industrial The Free zone Vidin is in operation since and building : 450 Zone Customs 1992 with a modern closed warehouse river with m². Production House of Lom spreading on an area of 7,300 sq.m. and Romania and logistic 3600 Lom 44, Duna- housing 3,000 sq.m. of open stores, techni- halls up to vska Street cal infrastructure and modern telecommu- 2600 m² Tel: +359 971 66800, nications. Total built up +359 971 66801 area: 7450 m² Fax: +359 971 66801 Open war- Email: customs.lom@ ehouses: 203 d4200.customs.bg 000 m². http://www.investbg. government.bg/en/ destinations/vidin- free-zone-14-c36. html

https://www. mzv.sk/docu- ments/10182/13375/ NCIZ+Presen- tation+-+Vi- din+-+13-09-2012. pdf/ee95f56b-9f73- 4798-ae04-be6b- 7520de63

Free Plovdiv - Free Zone Plovdiv Joint Stock Company. Zone Plc Plovdiv Customs House of Plovdiv Free Zone offers a wide range of ser- Plc Plovdiv vices to the companies that use the Zone as 4004 Plovdiv 32, a centre for their commercial activity: pro- Kuklensko Shose duction, trade and warehousing; assembly, Street disassembly; packing, repackaging, labe- Tel: +359 32 606231, ling; secretarial services; modern telecom- +359 32 606275 munications; conference halls and offices, Fax: + 359 32 906240 which can be offered to the customers; Email: delovodstvo. technical control; loading, discharging, plovdiv@d3999. stacking and other services; bank; cleaning customs.bg services; maintenance and repair of the infrastructure of the Zone; parking http://www.bcci. bg/zones/index. php?zone=151

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Free Northeast At present Rousse Free Zone Rousse Free Zone, established in 1988, is the Zone Bulgaria. there are built- 117001983, Bulgaria, largest and most developed in Bulgaria. Rousse 800 m to the up areas on 7003 Rousse, Activities: / Free East of Da- the surface of 71 Blvd., Warehousing and storage of goods. The Zone nube Bridge 370 235 sq.m. p.o.box 107, clients of Rousse Free Zone can expand Ruse connecting On its territory Tel.: +35982880-800, and optimize their warehouse and logistic Bulgaria and are situated +35982831-113, network through establishment of distribu- Romania. 29 industrial E-mail: trade@free- tion centers on the territory of the Zone. 67 km. to buildings with zone-rousse.bg Trans-shipment operations - Rousse Free Bucharest, total build-up Zone has its own railroad and road ap- the capital area of 30 000 Customs House of proaches that provide entrance and exit of of Romania; sq.m., there Rousse different cargo to and out from its territory. 300 km. to are 20 000 7004 Rousse The Zone has excellent technical equipment , the sq.m. of open 117, Lipnik Blvd. and facilities for performing of trans-ship- capital of storage areas, Tel: +359 82 816202, ment operations. Bulgaria;200 parking lots, +359 82 816203 Mooring and bunkering of river vessels km. from trans-shipment Fax: +359 82 816262 Truck scale: Rousse Free Zone has also truck Varna, major railroad station, Email: msa@d4000. scale for measuring of heavy duty trucks sea port of depot for light- customs.bg up to 60 t. and with capability of control Bulgaria. oil petroleum measuring of the axle load. products, gas Services: station and Completion of transport and customs docu- administrative ments necessary before the customs points. building suited Reservation and return of licenses for inter- for the needs national freight transport. of its clients. Representation before the Customs point “Free Zone” in terms of entering and remo- http://www. ving goods. freezone-rousse. Assistance in issuing, reissuing and authen- bg/zone/admin/ tication of certificates of origin of goods. uploads/files/ Consulting on different regulations and le- RFZ_presenta- gislation in force in the Republic of Bulgaria. tion_2014%20 (ENG)%20 (short).pdf

Free 2 km to the 70 000 m² Customs House of Owners: National company industrial zones Zone border with Svilengrad EAD. Svilen- . 50 6500 Svilengrad Ka- Free Zone Svilengrad offers a wide range grad m to railway pitan Petko Voivoda of services to the companies that use the connections Quarter 4, Asen Iliev Zone as a Centre for their commercial with Street activity: assembly, disassembly; packing, and Greece. Tel: +359 379 73000 repackaging, labeling; secretarial services; Access to Tel./Fax: +359 379 modern telecommunication equipment; the Pan-Eu- 73030 conference halls and offices, which can be ropean Email: tmu.msa@ offered to the customers; technical control; transport d3100.customs.bg as a customs agent offers representation corridor № before the Customs authorities, transport, IV, connec- Customs House of forwarding, insurance and arrangement of ting Europe Svilengrad other administrative procedures and for- with Turkey. 6500 Svilengrad malities; loading, discharging, stacking and Kapitan Petko Voivo- other services; bank; show-room; cleaning da Quarter services; maintenance and repair of the 4, Asen Iliev Street infrastructure of the Zone; parking. Tel: +359 379 73000 Tel./Fax: факс +359 379 73030 Email: tmu.msa@ d3100.customs.bg

http://www.bcci. bg/zones/index. php?zone=150

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Free Situated - Free Zone Dragoman Logistics activities. Zone close to 2210 Dragoman Drago- the Bulga- 16, Zahari Stoianov man rian-Serbian Street Customs border (EU House Stolichna border) 1202, Sofia 84, Veslets Street Tel: +359 2 9859 4652 Fax: +359 2 931 0697 Email: mo@5999. customs.bg

Customs House Stolichna 1202, Sofia 84, Veslets Street Tel: +359 2 9859 4652 Fax: +359 2 931 0697 Email: mo@5999. customs.bg Sources: http://www.dtirz.com/zones/zones-overview/ and others

Contacts National Customs Agency ‘ «47 Sofia 1202 Bulgaria Department «Information and Public Relations» Phone: +3592/9859 4210 - Fax: +3592/4061 - Email: [email protected]

Ministry of Economy 8, Slavyanska Str., Sofia 1052, Bulgaria Tel.: +359 2 9407001 - Fax: +359 2 987 2190; +359 2 981 9970 - E-mail: [email protected] InvestBulgaria Agency 31 Aksakov Street Sofia 1000, Bulgaria Tel.: (+359 2 ) 985-5500 Fax: (+359 2 ) 980-1320 - E-mail: [email protected]

Customs House of Bourgas 8000 Bourgas 1, Kniaz Alexander Batenberg Street Tel: +359 56 876121, +359 56 876122 - Fax: +359 56 844188, +359 56 847205 - Email: [email protected]

Free Zone Vidin Plc 3700 Vidin North Industrial Zone Customs House of Lom 3600 Lom 44, Dunavska Street Tel: +359 971 66800, +359 971 66801 - Fax: +359 971 66801 - Email: [email protected]

Customs House Stolichna 1202, Sofia 84, Veslets Street Tel: +359 2 9859 4652 - Fax: +359 2 931 0697 - Email: [email protected]

Customs House of Plovdiv 4004 Plovdiv 32, Kuklensko Shose Street Tel: +359 32 606231, +359 32 606275 - Fax: + 359 32 906240 - Email: [email protected]

Customs House of Rousse 7004 Rousse 117, Lipnik Blvd. Tel: +359 82 816202, +359 82 816203 - Fax: +359 82 816262 - Email: [email protected] 8 WFZO Index cards - Bulgaria

Customs House of Svilengrad 6500 Svilengrad Kapitan Petko Voivoda Quarter 4, Asen Iliev Street Tel: +359 379 73000 - Tel./Fax: факс +359 379 73030 - Email: [email protected]

National Customs Agency Rakovski 47 Sofia 1202 Bulgaria Department Information and Public Relations Tel.: +3592/9859 4210 - Fax: +3592/4061 - Email: [email protected]

Free Zone Vidin Bulgaria Vidin 3700 North industrial area Tel.: +359 94 602 060 - Fax: +359 94 602 046 - E-Mail: [email protected]

Free Zone Ruse Bulgaria 7003 Rousse 71 Tutrakan Blvd., PO Box 107 Tel.: +359 82 831111, +359 82 831113 - Fax: +359 82 831112 - Email: [email protected]

Free Zone Svilengrad Svilengrad 6500 district, Tel.: +359 897 479 407 / +359 885 614 922 - Email: [email protected]

Free Zones Web sites selection • http://www.freetradezone-bourgas.com/ • http://www.freezone-rousse.bg/index.php?setlang=en • http://www.customs.bg/en/page/16 • http://freezonevidin.bg/en • http://nciz.bg/en/ • http://www.bcci.bg/zones/index.php?zone=151 • http://www.healyconsultants.com/bulgaria-company-registration/free-zones/ • https://www.export.gov/article?id=Bulgaria-Foreign-Trade-Zones

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