ACCORDING TO A DECISION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COURT SOFIA – CITY THE CENTRAL REGISTER FOR NGOs IN PUBLIC BENEFIT WITH THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE SHOULD NOT DENY REGISTRATIONS OF NGOs IF THEY MISS THE TERMS POINTED IN THE LAW

In the beginning of 2009, the Administrative court – Sofia city gave judgment the Central Register (CR) for NGOs in public benefit with the Ministry of Justice (MJ) shall not deny registration when NGOs had missed the following terms:

1. The term under par. 12 from the Transitional provisions of the Law for Amendments (SG: 79, 2006) in the Law on Non-Profit Legal Entities (LNPLE) – this is the additional term of one year given to the NGOs in public benefit that did not register in the CR with MJ and which term expired in October, 2007;
2. The term under art. 38 (3) LNPLE – this is the term of two months for registration of newly established NGOs.

 

In practice this means that the NGOs that had missed the terms mentioned above are still legally obliged to submit the registration documents before the CR with the MJ, and the CR is obliged to look through the registration documents and not to deny because of the expiry of the term.