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Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of
wild fauna and flora 31992L0043
Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds
31979L0409
Directive 83/129/EEC concerning the importation into Member States
of skins of certain seal pups and products derived therefrom
31983L0129
Directive 1999/22/EC relating to the keeping of wild animals in zoo
31999L0022
Law on Biological Diversity (State Gazette No 77/2002);
Regulation No 6 on the minimal requirements and criteria for keeping of wild animals in zoos (SG 105/2003);
Regulation EC/338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and
flora by regulating trade therein 31997R0338
- Law on Biological Diversity (State Gazette No 77/2002);
- Customs Act (State Gazette No 15/1998, as amended in 2000);
- Regulation No.4 on the conditions and order for issuance of permits for introduction of non-native or reintroduction of native animal and plant species into the nature. (SG 65/2003)
- Regulation No.5 on the conditions and order for the elaboration of action plans for animal and plant species. (SG 73/2003)
- Regulation No 8 on the order and conditions for issuance of permits for exceptions from the prohibitions stipulated within the Law on Biological Diversity for the animal and plant species listed in Annex 3, animal species listed in Annex 4, all bird species, not listed in Annex 3 and Annex 4 and for the use of non-selective devices, methods and means for capture and killing listed in Annex 5. (SG 4/2004)
Regulation EEC/3254/91 on the use of leghold traps
31991R3254
Hunting and Game Protection Act (State Gazette No 78/2000).
Regulation 348/81/EEC on common rules for import of whales or other
cetacean products 31981R0348
International Agreements and Conventions:
- Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats
(the Bern Convention) - ratified on 25.01.1999, in force for Bulgaria
since 01.05.1991 (State Gazette № 23/1995);
- Convention on Biological Diversity - ratified on 29.02.1996, in force
for the Republic of Bulgaria since 16.07.1996 (State Gazette No 19/1999);
- Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl
Habitat (The Ramsar Convention) - ratified, in force for the Republic
of Bulgaria since 24.01.1976 (State Gazette No 56/1992);
- The Republic of Bulgaria is a party to and successfully implements
the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Fauna and Flora (The Washington Convention, CITES) - ratified in 1990,
in force for the Republic of Bulgaria since 16.04.1991 (State Gazette
No 6/1992);
- Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
- signed, ratified and in force for the Republic of Bulgaria since 1976
- Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
(The Bonn Convention) - ratified on 03.08.1999, in force for the Republic
of Bulgaria since 01.11.1999 (State Gazette No 16/2000)
- he Republic of Bulgaria took part in the adoption and signing of the
following agreements on the protection of migratory species:
- Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean
Sea and contiguous Atlantic Area - ratified and promulgated in the State
Gazette No 87/1999;
- Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds
- ratified by law - State Gazette No 87/1999; promulgated in the State
Gazette No 16/2000, in force since 01.02.2000;
- Agreement on the Conservation of Bats in Europe - ratified by law
- State Gazette No 69/1999; Promulgated in the State Gazette No 16/2000,
in force since 09.12.2000
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