# Bulgaria

- **Record type**: Jurisdiction profile
- **Short name**: Bulgaria
- **ISO code**: BG
- **Type**: country
- **Region**: Europe / Eastern Europe

## In brief

Bulgaria has 1 recorded AI policy instrument, none of them binding. EU AI Act applies; AI concept to 2030 (2020) as policy. Regulators include Министерство на електронното управление (Ministry of e-Government), Комисия за защита на личните данни. Every record here links to its official source and states its verification status.

## Overview

Bulgaria applies the EU AI Act and adopted a "Concept for the development of artificial intelligence in Bulgaria until 2030" in December 2020, coordinated by the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications (now the Ministry of e-Government). The Commission for Personal Data Protection is the data-protection authority; AI Act authority designation is in progress.

## Regulatory status

EU AI Act applies; AI concept to 2030 (2020) as policy.

## What is binding and what is guidance

Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: Concept for the development of AI until 2030.

## Regulators

- Министерство на електронното управление (Ministry of e-Government) — Digital and AI policy — https://egov.government.bg/
- Комисия за защита на личните данни — Data-protection authority — https://www.cpdp.bg/

## How to use this profile

- Start from the EU AI Act record for obligations; use this page for the national authorities, penalties and strategy.
- Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
- Check national data-protection, employment and consumer law that applies to AI systems regardless of the AI Act.

## Official sources

- Concept for the development of artificial intelligence in Bulgaria until 2030 — Council of Ministers of Bulgaria — https://egov.government.bg/

## Instruments recorded for this jurisdiction (1)

- **Концепция за развитието на изкуствения интелект в България до 2030 г.** — National strategy, Adopted, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/bulgaria-ai-concept-2030
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/bulgaria-ai-concept-2030.md

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/bulgaria
- **Official source**: https://egov.government.bg/
- **Source document**: Concept for the development of artificial intelligence in Bulgaria until 2030
- **Published by**: Council of Ministers of Bulgaria
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: low
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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