REPUBLIC OF BULGARIAMinistry of Health
Minister of Health

ORDER
30.6.2021

X РД-01-547/30.06.2021
document
registered by:Signed by: Ivo Cvetan ov Manchev

Pursuant to Art. 61, para. 2, Art. 63, para. 4, 5 and 11 and Art. 63c of the Health Act,
Art. 73 of the Administrative Procedure Code, and in connection with Decision № 426 of theCouncil of Ministers of 26 May 2021 on extending the term of the extraordinary epidemic
situation announced by Decision № 325 of the Council of Ministers of 14 May 2020 , extended
by Decision № 378 of the Council of Ministers of 12 June 2020, Decision № 418 of the Councilof Ministers of 25 June 2020, Decision № 482 of the Council of Ministers of 15 July 2020,
Decision № 525 of the Council of Ministers of 30 July 2020, Decision № 609 of the Council of
Ministers of 23 August 2020, Decision № 673 of the Council of Ministers of 25 September 2020,
Decision № 855 of the Council of Ministers of 25 November 2020, Decision № 72 of the Councilof Ministers of 26 January 2021 and Decision № 395 of the Council of Ministers of 28 April
2021 and a proposal by the Chief State Health Inspector

ORDER:
I. I introduce the following temporary control measures regarding the entry of persons
arriving from other countries on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria, as of 01.07.2021 to
31.07.2021, according to an assessment of the spread of COVID-19 in the respective country
according to criteria and placing the countries in color zones as follows:
1. Criteria for assessing the spread of COVID-19 in the respective country:

1.1. 14-day morbidity rate - the total number of newly registered cases of COVID-19
in the last 14 days per 100 000 population in the respective country;
1.2. weekly positivity of the conducted laboratory tests - relative share in % of thepositive samples in the country in relation to all conducted PCR tests and rapid antigen tests for
SARS-CoV-2 infection during the last week (last 7 days);
1.3. level of testing in the country - number of tests conducted for SARS-CoV-2
infection per 100 000 people in the last week (last 7 days);
1.4. identification of a variant of SARS-CoV-2 identified as a “variant of concern”(VOC);
1.5. lack of sufficient information about the country, periodic updating of information
or a reliable source of information.
2. Color zones:
2.1. Green zone:- if at the time of assessment, the 14-day morbidity rate per 100 000 population islower than 75 per 100 000 population and the weekly positivity of the laboratory tests
conducted is higher or equal to 4%; or-

if at the time of assessment, the 14-day morbidity rate per 100 000 population is

between 75 and 200 per 100 000 population and the weekly positivity of the laboratory tests
conducted is less than 4%.
2.2. Orange zone:- if at the time of assessment, the 14-day morbidity rate per 100,000 population is
between 75 and 200 per 100 000 population and the weekly positivity of the laboratory tests
conducted is higher or equal to 4%; or- if at the time of assessment, the 14-day morbidity rate per 100 000 population is
between 200 and 500 per 100,000 population.
2.3. Red zone:- if at the time of assessment, the 14-day morbidity rate per 100 000 population ishigher than or equal to 500 per 100 000 population; or- lack of sufficient information on the country, periodic updating of information
or a reliable source of information, or if the level of the tests conducted is lower than 300
samples per 100 000 population; or- if a “variant of concern” of SARS-CoV-2 is spreading in the respective country,
taking into account the sequencing volumes and their level of transmission.
3. The list of countries by color zones is given in Annex № 1. The list is determinedon the basis of information published by the European Center for Disease Prevention andControl (ECDC) - for the Member States of the European Union and the European Economic
Area (EU and EEA), by the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control Atlanta, USA - for all countries and the spread of “variants of concern”, and in cases of absenceof data or inconsistencies in the data, official information can be collected through the data
published on the websites of the national health authorities. The list is reviewed at least once aweek and, if necessary, updated on Monday, and may be updated more frequently if theepidemic situation in the country deteriorates. The updated list takes effect from 00.00 p.m. thenext day.
3.1. The information under item 3 is monitored and prepared by the National Center for
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases.
4. Temporary control measures for persons arriving from EU and EEA Member States
and the Swiss Confederation, according to color zones:
4.1. Green zone - permitted on the territory of the country upon presentation of a valid
EU digital COVID certificate for vaccination, for recovery from the illness or for conducted
testing, or of a similar document containing the same data as the EU digital COVID certificate,such as:4.1.1. in the absence of a valid EU digital COVID certificate or of a similar
document containing the same data as the EU digital COVID certificate, the person shallbe quarantined for 10 days at home or other accommodation where they have indicatedthat they will reside, with a recommendation issued by the Director of the respective
Regional Health Inspectorate or a deputy director authorized by him;
4.1.2. the Director of the respective Regional Health Inspectorate may revoke theissued order for quarantine upon submission by e-mail of a document showing a negative
result from a polymerase chain reaction test conducted within 24 hours of entering thecountry to prove COVID-19 or by a rapid antigen test as specified in Annex № 2. The
recommendation shall be removed within 24 hours upon presentation of the document
showing a negative test result.

4.2. Orange zone – permitted on the territory of the country only upon presentation ofa valid EU digital COVID certificate for vaccination, for recovery from the illness or for
conducted testing, or of a similar document containing the same data as the EU digital COVID
certificate. At least 5 percent of all persons entering from orange-zone countries are ought to betested for COVID-19 with a rapid antigen test.
4.3. Red zone – not permitted on the territory of the country.
5. Temporary anti-epidemic measures for persons arriving from non-EU and EEA
countries and the Swiss Confederation:
5.1. All persons arriving from non-EU and EEA countries and the Swiss Confederationand not falling under item 5.2. shall be considered to arrive from orange zones and are permitted
to the territory of the country only upon presentation of a valid EU digital COVID vaccination
certificate, for recovery from the illness or for a test conducted, or of a similar document
containing the same data as the EU digital COVID certificate.
5.2. Red zone – not permitted on the territory of the country.
6. Exceptions to the measures under items 4 and 5 are permitted, as follows:
6.1. Persons arriving from the countries of red zones are permitted on the territory of
the country upon presentation of a valid EU digital COVID certificate for vaccination or forrecovery of the illness or of a similar document containing the same data as the EU digital
COVID certificate, and at the same time presenting a negative result of conducted a polymerase
chain reaction test for COVID-19, which are:a) medical professionals, medical researchers, social workers and their supervisors,when the purpose of the journey is related to the profession they are exercising;b) workers involved in the supply of medicinal products, medical devices and personal
protective equipment, medical equipment, including its installation and maintenance;c) officials (heads of state, members of governments, etc.) and members of theirdelegations, as well as diplomats, members of the administrative and technical staff of foreign
missions, employees of international organizations, military personnel, members of the security
services and the public order and humanitarian workers in the performance of their duties, as wellas members of their families;d) persons traveling for humanitarian reasons within the meaning of § 1, item 16 of theadditional provisions of the Law on Foreigners in the Republic of Bulgaria;e) representatives of the trade, economic and investment activities and persons directly
involved in the implementation of projects certified under the Investment Promotion Act,analyzes of projects of potential investors and other activities relevant to the economy of thecountry, as well as the members of their families, certified by a letter from the Minister of
Economy; persons directly involved in the construction, maintenance, operation and safety ofthe strategic and critical infrastructure of the Republic of Bulgaria, as well as persons engaged
in shipbuilding and ship repair, as well as members of their families, certified by a letter from
the Minister responsible for the respective activity. The letter of the respective Minister shallbe submitted to the border control authorities;f) seasonal agricultural and tourism workers;g) persons traveling for educational purposes as well as persons participating in
examination boards, provided that the examination cannot be conducted remotely in anelectronic environment;h) organizers and participants in international sports competitions - for the time of therespective sports event, athletes from abroad coming to the country for a certain trial period;
athletes and coaches from abroad arriving in the country to participate in training camps, family
members of foreign athletes and coaches, holders of Bulgarian long-stay visa (type "D" visa),
certified by a letter from the Minister of Youth and Sports, which indicates the names of thepersons and the place (address) of their residence in Bulgaria. The letter shall be submitted tothe border control authorities;i) foreign citizens, for receiving a decree under the Bulgarian Citizenship Act for
acquired Bulgarian citizenship, certified by a letter of the Ministry of Justice;j) organizers and participants in international cultural events - for the time of therespective cultural event, certified by a letter from the Minister of Culture, in which the namesof the persons and the place (address) of their residence in the Republic of Bulgaria are
indicated. The letter shall be submitted to the border control authorities.
6.2. Except for the cases under item 6.1, on the territory of the country, persons arrivingfrom countries from red zones shall be permitted with the approval of the Minister of Healthor a Deputy Minister authorized by him on the basis of a motivated written proposal of therespective ministry, when required by particularly important specific reasons, as specific antiepidemic measures specified in the approval shall be applied to these persons.

7. On the territory of the country are permitted, without the need to present documents
for COVID-19, persons who are:а) bus drivers and stewards engaged in the international carriage of passengers;b) truck drivers who perform or complete international transport of cargo and goods
upon entering the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria;c) members of the crews of vessels and the persons engaged in the maintenance of thevessels, who upon entering the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria perform their official duties;d) members of the crew of an aircraft operating flights to and from airports for public
use on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria and the persons engaged in maintenance of
aircraft;e) frontier workers (persons living in the Republic of Bulgaria and traveling daily or atleast once a week to a Member State of the European Union, the Republic of Turkey, theRepublic of Serbia or the Republic of Northern Macedonia, for the purpose of pursuing anactivity as an employee or as self-employed person, as well as persons who live in the indicatedcountries and travel daily or at least once a week to the Republic of Bulgaria for the purpose of
exercising activity as an employed or as a self-employed person);f) pupils and students living in the Hellenic Republic, the Republic of Turkey, theRepublic of Serbia, the Republic of Northern Macedonia and Romania and traveling daily or atleast once a week to the Republic of Bulgaria for study purposes, as well as pupils and students
living in the Republic of Bulgaria and travel daily or at least once a week to the Hellenic
Republic, the Republic of Turkey, the Republic of Serbia, the Republic of Northern Macedonia
and Romania for educational purposes;g) persons passing in transit through the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria, in thecases when the immediate departure on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria can be
guaranteed;h) children under the age of 12;i) persons arriving from countries with which the Republic of Bulgaria has reached anagreement for free passage on a reciprocal basis, in accordance with Annex № 1.
8. Bulgarian citizens and persons with permanent, long-term or continuous residence
status on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria and members of their families who do notpresent a document under item 4 or 5 or arrive from a country in the red zones shall bequarantined for 10 days in the home or other accommodation where the person has indicated thathe/she will reside, with a recommendation issued by the Director of the respective Regional
Health Inspectorate or a Deputy Director authorized by him.
9. The Director of the respective Regional Health Inspectorate may revoke the issued
recommendation for placing under quarantine the persons under item 8, upon presentation of adocument showing a negative result from a polymerase chain reaction test conducted within 24hours of entry into the country to prove COVID. - 19 or by a rapid antigen test as specified in
Annex № 2. The recommendation shall be removed within 24 hours upon presentation of the
document showing a negative test result.
10. Persons, with the exception of those under item 7, shall be permitted to the territoryof the Republic of Bulgaria only through the following Border Checkpoints (BCs): Burgas
Airport Border Checkpoint; Varna Airport Border Checkpoint; Plovdiv Airport Border
Checkpoint; Sofia Airport Border Checkpoint (Terminal 1 and Terminal 2); Border Checkpoint"Port of Burgas"; Border Checkpoint “Port of Varna”; Vidin Border Checkpoint; Vrashka
Chuka Border Checkpoint; Durankulak Border Checkpoint; Gueshevo Border Checkpoint;
Zlatarevo Border Checkpoint; Ilinden Border Checkpoint; Kalotina Border Checkpoint;
Kapitan Andreevo Border Checkpoint; Kapitan Petko Voivoda Border Checkpoint; Kulata
Border Checkpoint; Lesovo Border Checkpoint; Makaza Border Checkpoint; Malko Tarnovo
Border Checkpoint; Oltomantsi Border Checkpoint; Oryahovo Border Checkpoint; Ruse
Border Checkpoint; Stanke Lisichkovo Border Checkpoint and Somovit-Nikopol Border
Checkpoint.
11. The Road Infrastructure Agency shall determine the place where the truck and thedriver must stay until the relevant ban is lifted in cases where the drivers of trucks transportingcargo and goods destined for other countries, due to a ban by a border state of the Republic of
Bulgaria, cannot leave the country.
12. When a passenger with COVID-19 is found on board of an aircraft that has landedon the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria, the cabin crew members who served the passenger
with COVID-19 shall not be planned for the next flight, and are respectively quarantined for aperiod of 10 days with a prescription issued by the director of the respective regional healthinspection or by his deputy director.
13. By the purposes of this order:
13.1. The "State (territory) from which the person arrives" shall mean the state(territory) - the starting point of their departure, regardless of the stay associated with their transit
through other countries during their movement.
13.2. “Valid EU COVID vaccination certificate” or a similar document shall mean adocument for a completed vaccination course against COVID-19. The completion of a
vaccination course is considered to be the administration of an appropriate number of doses of a
vaccine against COVID-19 listed in Annex № 3 and the expiry of a 14-day period from the dateof administration of the last dose. The combination of one dose of Vaxzevria/AZD1222 with one
dose of Comirnaty/BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine) is also considered to be acompleted vaccination course. The document must contain the names of the person written in
Latin, according to the identity document with which he is traveling, date of birth, date on which
the last received dose of COVID-19 vaccine was given, serial number of the dose, and the total

number of doses in vaccines that are given twice, the trade name of the vaccine against COVID19, the name of the manufacturer/holder of the marketing authorization, the country of issue andthe name of the issuing competent authority and, for the EU certificate – including its unique
identifier.
13.3. “Valid EU COVID certificate for recovery from the illness” or a similar document
shall mean a document showing a positive result of a conducted polymerase chain reaction test
or a rapid antigen test for COVID-19 - for persons who have recovered from COVID-19 valid
for the period from the 11th to the 180th day, as of the date of the conducted test entered in the
document. The document must contain the names of the person, written in Latin, according to
the identity document with which they travel, date of birth, date of the first positive result of
NAAT test (for EU certificate) or rapid antigen test (for similar to the certificate of EU
document) and a positive result, details of the medical institution that conducted the test (name,address or other contact details) or of the issuing authority, name of the laboratory/medical
institution that conducted the test, the authority that issued the certificate/document, the country
in which the test was conducted, and for the EU certificate – including its unique identifier.
13.4. “Valid EU COVID test certificate” or a similar document shall mean a document
showing a negative result from a polymerase chain reaction test conducted up to 72 hours before
entry into the country or a negative result from a rapid antigen test conducted up to 48 hours
before entry into the country from the date of sampling entered in the document. The document
must contain the names of the person written in Latin, according to the identity document withwhich they travel, date of birth, type of test, written in Latin method (PCR or RAT) and negative
result (Negative), date and time of collection of the testing sample, trade name and manufacturerof the test (mandatory for rapid antigen tests), name of the laboratory/medical institution that
conducted the test, the country in which the test was conducted and authority that issued thecertificate/document, and for the EU certificate -including its unique identifier.

II. Order № РД-01-416 of 04.06.2021, supplemented with Order № РД-01-467/
14.06.2021 and Order № РД-01-498/;15.06.2021 are revoked.
III. The order enters into force on July 1, 2021.
IV. The Order ought to be published on the website of the Ministry of Health.

The order is subject to appeal within one month from the publication on the website of
the Ministry of Health, in front of the relevant administrative court under the Administrative
Procedure Code.

X Stoicho Katsarov

DR. STOICHO KATSAROVMinister of HealthAnnex № 1 to items I, 3 and 7

List of countries by color zones and countries with passing on a reciprocal basis

Green zone:
Austria, Germany, Estonia, Iceland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Slovakia,
Hungary, Finland, Croatia, Greece, Denmark, Italy, Slovenia, France, Norway, Republic of San
Marino, Principality of Andorra, Principality of Monaco, Vatican City State.

Orange zone:
All countries outside of the green and the red zone.

Red zone:
India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Brazil, Republic ofSouth Africa, Republic of Botswana, United Republic of Tanzania, Seychelles, Republic ofNamibia, Republic of Zambia, Republic of Tunisia,, Oman, Malaysia, the Mongolian People’s
Republic, the Republic of Colombia, the Republic of Chile, the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,
the Republic of Argentina, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay, thePlurinational State of Bolivia, the Republic of Peru, the Republic of Costa Rica, the Republicof Guatemala, Belize, the Republic of El Salvador, the Republic of Cuba and the Dominican
Republic.

Countries with which the Republic of Bulgaria has reached an agreement on freepassage on a reciprocal basis:
Romania, Czech Republic.

Annex № 2 to items I, 4.1.2 and 9

Test name
COVID-VIRO® Rapid antigen test COVID19
Panbio™ COVID-19 Ag Rapid Test
Flowflex SARS-CoV-2
Antigen Rapid TestAESKU.RAPID SARS-CoV-2
AMP Rapid Test SARS-CoV-2 Ag
Novel Coronavirus 2019- nCoV Antigen Test
(Colloidal Gold)
COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test
SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Test Kit(Colloidal Gold immunochromatography)
BIOSYNEX COVID-19 Ag BSS
CerTest SARS-CoV-2 CARD TEST
Coretests COVID-19 Ag Test
DIAQUICK COVID -19 Ag
Cassette
GENEDIA W COVID-19 Ag
Wondfo 2019-nCoV Antigen Test (Lateral
Flow Method)
COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test Kit
Coronavirus Ag Rapid Test Cassette (Swab)
HUMASIS COVID-19 Ag test
COVID-19 Antigen Rapid
Test (Colloidal Gold)
QuickProfile™ COVID-19
ANTIGEN Test
LumiraDx SARS-CoV-2 Ag Test
MEDsan® SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Test
Rapid SARS-CoV-2 Antigen
Test Card
NADAL COVID -19 Ag Test
PCL COVID19 Ag Rapid FIA
Sofia 2 SARS Antigen FIA
BIOCREDIT COVID-19 Ag - SARS-CoV 2
Antigen test
SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid
Test
COVID-19 Antigen Rapid
Test Kit (Swab)
STANDARD F COVID-19 Ag FIA
STANDARD Q COVID-19 Ag Test
SARS-COV-2 Antigen test Kit (colloidal
gold)

Test manufacturer
AAZ-LMB
Abbott Rapid Diagnostics
ACON Laboratories, IncAESKU.DIAGNOSTI CS GmbH &Co, KG A
AMEDA Labordiagnostik GmbH
Beijing Hotgen Biotech Co., Ltd.
Hangzhou AllTest Biotech Co., Ltd
Beijing Lepu Medical Technology
BIOSYNEX SA
CerTest Biotect S.L.
Core Technology Co., ltd
DIALAB GmbH
Green Cross Medical Science Corp
Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech Co.,Ltd
Hangzhou Clongene Biotech Co.,
Ltd.
Healgen Scientific Limited
Humasis Co. Ltd
Joinstar Biomedical Technology
Co. Ltd
LumiQuick Diagnostics Inc.
LumiraDX
MEDsan GmbHMP Biomedicals
nal von minden GmbH,PCL Inc
Quidel Corporation
Rapigen Inc
Roche (SD BIOSENSOR)
Safecare Biotech
Hangzhou Co
SD BIOSENSOR, Inc.
SD BIOSENSOR, Inc.
Shenzen UltraDiagnostics BiotecCo.

SARS-CoV-2 Ag Diagnostic
Test Kit (Colloidal Gold)
CLINITEST Rapid COVID-19 Antigen TestTODA CORONADIAG Ag
Rapid SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Test card
Coronavirus Ag Rapid Test Cassette (Swab)

Shenzhen Watmind Medical Co.,Ltd
Siemens Healthineers
TODA PHARMA
Xiamen Boson Biotech Co
Zhejiang Orient Gene Biotech Co.
LtdAnnex № 3 to item I, 13.2

Commercial name of thevaccine according to the
EU marketing
authorization/WHO list

Name ofmanufacturer/marketing
authorization holder

Comirnaty/ (/ BNT162b2
Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19
vaccine)Vaxzevria/ AZD1222- / AZD1222
COVID-19 VACCINE
Moderna / mRNA-1273
Janssen / Ad26.COV2.S- / Covishield(ChAdOx1_nCoV-19)- / SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine(Vero Cell), Inactivated(lnCoV)- / SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine(Vero Cell), Inactivated(lnCoV)- / Sputnik V(GamCOVID-VacComponent I
Gam-COVID-Vac
Component II)

BioNTech Manufacturing GmbH/

Pfizer-Biontech

Completedvaccination scheme

2 doses

AstraZeneca AB
SK Bioscience Co Ltd

2 doses
2 doses

MODERNA BIOTECH

2 doses

Janssen-Cilag International NV

1 doseSerum Institute of India

2 doses

Sinopharm / BIBP1

2 dosesSinovac Biotech Ltd.

2 doses

The Gamaleya National Center of
Epidemiology and Microbiology

2 doses