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1 Social Insurance Code (Title, am. SG, iss. 67 in 2003) Promulgated, State Gazette, No. 110/ (effective ); modified by Judgment No. 5 of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Bulgaria dated , promulgated, SG No. 55/ ; amended and supplemented, SG No. 64/ ; amended, SG No. 1/ ; amended and supplemented, SG No. 1/ (effective ); amended and supplemented, SG No. 10/ (effective ); amended and supplemented, SG No. 45/ (effective ), SG No. 74/ (effective ), supplemented, SG No. 112/ , amended and supplemented, SG No. 119/ (effective ), supplemented, SG No. 120/ , amended and supplemented, SG No. 8/ (effective ), supplemented, SG No. 42/ , amended and supplemented, SG No. 67/ , amended, SG No. 95/ , amended and supplemented, SG No. 112/ (effective ), amended, SG No. 114/ , amended and supplemented, SG No. 12/ , amended, SG No. 21/ (effective ), supplemented, SG No. 38/ , amended and supplemented, SG No. 52/ (effective ), SG No.53/ (effective ), SG No. 69/ (effective ), SG No. 70/ (effective ), amended and supplemented, SG No.112/ (effective ), amended, SG No. 115/ (effective ), amended and supplemented, SG No. 38/2005, amended, SG No. 39/2005,No. 76/ (effective ), amended and supplemented, SG No. 17 of February 24, 2006; amend. SG. 30/11 Apr 2006, amend. SG. 34/25 Apr 2006, amend. SG. 56/11 Jul 2006, amend. SG. 57/14 Jul 2006, amend. SG. 59/21 Jul 2006, amend. SG. 68/22 Aug 2006, corr. SG. 76/15 Sep 2006, amend. SG. 82/10 Oct 2006, amend. SG. 95/24 Nov 2006, amend. SG. 102/19 Dec 2006, amend. SG. 105/22 Dec 2006, amend. SG. 41/22 May 2007, amend. SG. 52/29 Jun 2007, amend. SG. 64/7 Aug 2007, amend. SG. 77/25 Sep 2007, amend. SG. 97/23 Nov 2007, amend. SG. 100/30 Nov 2007, amend. SG. 109/20 Dec 2007, amend. SG. 113/28 Dec 2007, amend. SG. 33/28 Mar 2008, amend. SG. 43/29 Apr 2008, amend. SG. 67/29 Jul 2008, amend. SG. 69/5 Aug 2008, amend. SG. 89/14 Oct 2008, amend. SG. 102/28 Nov 2008, amend. SG. 109/23 Dec 2008, amend. SG. 23/27 Mar 2009, amend. SG. 25/3 Apr 2009, amend. SG. 35/12 May 2009, amend. SG. 41/2 Jun 2009, amend. SG. 42/5 Jun 2009, amend. SG. 93/24 Nov 2009, amend. SG. 95/1 Dec 2009, amend. SG. 99/15 Dec 2009, amend. SG. 103/29 Dec 2009, amend. SG. 16/26 Feb 2010, amend. SG. 19/9 March 2010, amend. SG. 43/8 Jun 2010, amend. SG. 49/29 Jun 2010, amend. SG. 58/30 Jul 2010, amend. SG. 59/31 Jul 2010, amend. SG. 88/9 Nov 2010, amend. SG. 97/10 Dec 2010, amend. SG. 98/14 Dec 2010, amend. SG. 100/21 Dec Subject Article 1. (Supplemented, SG No. 1/2002, amended, SG No. 67/2003) This Code shall regulate the social relations concerning: 1. public social insurance against general sickness, employment injury, occupational disease, maternity, unemployment, old age and death; 2. supplementary social insurance, which includes: (a) supplementary compulsory retirement insurance against old age and death; (b) (Am. SG, iss. 56 in 2006) supplementary voluntary retirement insurance in funds for supplementary voluntary retirement insurance against old age, disablement and death and in funds for supplementary voluntary retirement insurance under occupational schemes against old age; (c) supplementary voluntary unemployment and/or vocational-training insurance.
2 PART ONE PUBLIC SOCIAL INSURANCE (Title amended, SG No. 67/2003) CHAPTER ONE GENERAL PROVISIONS Scope of Social Insurance Article 2. (1) (Prev. text of Art. 2 SG, No. 109 in 2008) Public social insurance shall provide benefits, allowances and pensions for: 1. temporary disability; 2. temporarily reduced working capacity; 3. disablement; 4. maternity; 5. (New, SG No. 1/2002) unemployment; 6. (Prev. Item 5, SG No. 1/2002) old age; 7. (Prev. Item 6, SG No. 1/2002) death. (2) (New, SG No. 109/2008, effective ) Those who are subject to public social insurance shall insure themselves in: 1. the Common Disease and Maternity Fund - in respect of common disease and maternity, which shall include insurance regarding temporary incapacity to work, temporarily reduced working capacity or maternity; 2. the Pensions Fund - against disability due to common disease, old age or death; 3. the Employment Injury and Occupational Diseases Fund - against employment injury or occupational diseases, which shall include disability, death, temporary incapacity to work and temporarily reduced working capacity due to an employment injury or an occupational disease; 4. the Unemployment Fund - against unemployment. (3) (New, SG No. 109/2008, effective ) Regarding persons insured under Article 4(1), the amounts of insurance contributions to be made shall be those specified for the Common Disease and Maternity Fund, the Pensions Fund, the Employment Injury and Occupational Diseases Fund and the Unemployment Fund. (4) (New, SG No. 109/2008, effective ) Regarding persons insured against employment injury and occupational diseases, the amounts of the insurance contributions to be made shall be those specified for the Employment Injury and Occupational Diseases Fund. (5) (New, SG No. 109/2008, effective ) Regarding persons insured against disability due to common disease, old age or death, the amounts of the insurance contributions to be made shall be those specified for the Pensions Fund. of: Social Insurance Principles Article 3. Public social insurance shall be implemented on the basis of the principles 1. compulsory compliance and universal coverage of the social insurance; 2. solidarity of the insured persons;
3 3. non-discrimination of the insured persons; 4. social dialogue in management of the social insurance system; 5. fund organization of the social insurance resources. Insured Persons Article 4. (1) (Amended, SG No. 109/2008, effective ) The following persons shall be compulsorily insured against common disease and maternity, disability due to a common disease, old age or death, employment injury and occupational diseases, and unemployment under this Code: 1. (Supplemented, SG No. 119/2002, amended, SG No. 68/2006, No. 99/2009; No. 49/2010; No. 100/2010) the factory and office workers hired to work for more than five working days, or 40 hours, within a calendar month, regardless of the nature of the work, the mode of pay, and the source of funding, with the exception of the persons under Art. 4a, para 1; the persons included in the From Social Welfare to Employment Programme and the Maternity Support Programme shall not be insured against unemployment, if it is envisaged so in the relevant programme; 2. the civil servants. 3. (New, SG No. 74/2002, amended, SG No. 105/2006, supplemented, SG No. 109/2008, effective ) the judges, prosecutors, investigating magistrates, public enforcement agents, recording magistrates, and judicial officers as well as the members of the Supreme Judicial Council and the inspectors of the inspectorate with the Supreme Judicial Council; 4. (Amended, SG No. 64/2000, prev. Item 3, SG No. 74/2002, amended, SG No. 119/2002, SG No. 68/2006, No.113/2007, No. 43/2008, No. 25/2009, 35/2009) the servicemen under the Republic of Bulgaria Defence and Armed Forces Act, the civil servants under the Ministry of Interior Act and the Implementation of Penal Sanctions and Detention in Custody Act, the civil servants under the State Agency for National Security Act, as well as the persons referred to in Article 69 (5); 5. (Amended, SG No. 1/2002, prev. Item 4, SG No. 74/2002) the cooperative members, who perform work and receive remuneration at the co-operative; the co-operative members, who work at the co-operative without entering into an employment relationship, shall not be insured against unemployment; 6. (Prev. Item 5, SG No. 74/2002) the persons who work under a second contract of employment or under and additional contract of employment; 7. (Prev. Item 6, SG No. 74/2002, supplemented, SG No. 105/2006) the contractors under contracts for management and control of commercial corporations, the sole traders, the unincorporated associations, as well as the trustees in bankruptcy and the liquidators; 8. (New, SG No. 112/2003; am. No. 100/2010) persons performing work and receiving income from elective office, with the exception of the persons under Items 1, 5 and 7, as well as the ministers holding a spiritual title of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and other registered denominations under the Religious Denominations Act. 9. (New SG, iss. 59 in 2010, effective ) Post-graduate students who receive remuneration under a contract of training for the acquiring of speciality from the nomenclature of specialities, determined under the procedure of Art para 1 of the Health Law. (2) (Amended, SG No. 64/2000, SG No. 1/2002; No. 100/2010 effective ) Factory and office workers, hired to work by a single employer for not more than five working days (40 hours) within a calendar month or hired to work by multiple employers with each of them for not more than five working days (40 hours) within a calendar month, shall be compulsorily insured against disablement, old age and death and against employment injury and occupational disease.
4 (3) (Declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Bulgaria in respect of the part extending the range of compulsorily insured persons under this legal text to working pension recipients, judgment promulgated SG No.55/2000) The following persons shall be compulsorily insured against disablement by general sickness, against old age and against death: 1. persons registered as practitioners of a liberal profession and/or a skilled craft; 2. (Supplemented, SG No. 105/2006) persons performing work as sole traders, owners or partners in commercial corporations and natural persons who are members of unincorporated associations; 3. (Declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Bulgaria, judgment promulgated SG No. 55/2000) doctoral candidates, unless insured against retirement on different grounds; 4. (Amended, SG No. 64/2000, SG No. 112/2003) registered agricultural producers and tobacco growers; 5. (Amended, SG No. 64/2000, supplemented, SG No. 119/2002; No. 99/2009) persons who perform work without entering into an employment relationship and who receive a monthly remuneration equal to or exceeding one minimum wage after deducting from it the operating expenses, unless insured on different grounds during the relevant month; 6. (New, SG No. 119/2002) persons who perform work without entering into an employment relationship and who are insured on different grounds during the relevant month, regardless of the amount of the remuneration received. (4) (Amended, SG No. 64/2000, supplemented, SG No. 1/2002, amended, SG No. 109/2008, effective ) The persons referred to in Items 1, 2 and 4 of Paragraph (3) may, at the discretion thereof, be furthermore insured against common disease and maternity. (5) (New, SG No. 64/2000, amended, SG No. 10/2002) Persons who are placed in a job abroad by a Bulgarian job placement intermediation service may be insured against disablement by general sickness, against old age and against death on a contributory income of their choice, which may not be less than the minimum and more than the maximum monthly amount of the contributory income as fixed by the Public Social Insurance Budget Act. (6) (New, SG No. 64/2000; am. No. 99/2009) Persons under para 3, Item 1, 2, 4 6 who have been granted a pension shall be insured at their discretion. (7) (New, SG No. 113/2007, amended, SG No. 109/2008, SG No. 100/2010 effective ) The spouse of an official working in a diplomatic mission on a long-term basis, for the period of his/her stay abroad during the overseas mandate, may be insured, at their own desire and expense, for disability due to a general disease, for old age or death on the minimum amount of the contributory income for self-insured persons laid down by the Public Social Insurance Budget Act, if not insured on different grounds or according to the legislation of the accepting state pursuant to an acting international treaty, to which the Republic of Bulgaria is a party. (8) (New SG No. 100/2010 effective ) Doctoral candidates can insure themselves at their own wish and for their own account for disability due to a general disease, for old age or death on the minimum amount of the contributory income for self-insured persons laid down by the Public Social Insurance Budget Act, if not insured on different grounds (9) (New, SG No. 1/2002, prev. para 7, supplemented, SG No. 113/2007, prev. para 8; am. No.100/2010 effective ) The procedure for insurance of self-insured persons, of persons working without entering into an employment or civil-service relationship, of the persons referred to in para 7 and 8 and of persons placed in a job abroad by a Bulgarian employer or through the intermediation of a Bulgarian organization, shall be regulated by the
5 Council of Ministers on a motion by the National Social Security Institute. Insuring Seafarers Article 4a. (New SG 99/09, effective ) (1) Seafarers shall obligatory be insured entirely for their own account for common disease and maternity, disability due to common disease, old age, death, employment injury and occupational disease on the grounds of a selected monthly income between the minimum and the maximum amount of the contributory income of the self-insured persons, laid down by the Public Social Insurance Budget Act for the respective year. (2) The persons under para 1 may, if they wish, insure themselves also for unemployment entirely at their own expense on the grounds of a selected monthly contributory income between the minimum and the maximum amount of the contributory income of the self-insured persons, laid down by the Public Social Insurance Budget Act for the respective year. (3) The persons under para 1 shall deposit social insurance contributions in amounts, specified for the Pensions Fund, Common Disease and Maternity Fund, Unemployment Fund and Employment Injury and Occupational Disease Fund, in the following manner: 1. (Am. SG 98/10, effective ) 17,8 % for Pensions Fund as regards to persons born before 1 January 1960, and regarding persons working under Work Category I or II conditions 20,8 %; 2. (Am. SG 98/10, effective ) 12,8 % for Pensions Fund as regards to persons born after 31 December 1959, regarding persons working under Work Category I or II conditions 15,8 %; 3. 3,5 % for Common Disease and Maternity; 4. 1 % for Unemployment Fund; 5. 1,1 % for Employment Injury and Occupational Diseases Fund. (4) The persons under para 1 may not define the final amount of the contributory income from employment relationship as seafarers. (5) (Am. SG, No. 100/2010 effective ) The procedure for insuring the persons under para 1 and 2 shall be regulated by an act of the Council of Ministers as per Art. 4, para 8. (6) In those cases where persons under para 1 receive income also from activities as per Art. 4, the social insurance contributions shall be deposited on the total amount of their contributory income, however not more than the maximum monthly amount of the contributory income, as follows: 1. income from activities of the persons referred to in Art. 4, para 1 and 2; 2. the contributory income as seafarers; 3. contributory income as sole traders, owners or associates in trade or unincorporated associations or in unincorporated companies which carry out activity as freelancers or craftsmen, registered agricultural producers and tobacco-growers. 4. income from activity in non-employment relationship; (7) The social insurance contributions of persons referred to in para 1 shall be deducted from their gross remuneration for the respective month and shall be deposited by the employer upon their payment. Social insurance contributions from advance payments shall not be deducted unless in those cases where for the respective month only an advance payment has been paid. If remunerations are accrued, however not paid up, or are not accrued, the social insurance contributions shall be deposited by the employer till the end of the month following the month during which the labour activity has been carried out.
6 Social Insurance Contributors Article 5. (Amended, SG No. 105/2005, supplemented, SG No. 109/2008, effective ) A social insurance contributor shall be any natural person, legal person or unincorporated association, as well as any other organization obligated by law to make social insurance contributions for other natural persons. The state shall participate in insurance through a transfer to the Pensions Fund, the amount and procedure whereof shall be determined in Article 21, Item 5. (2) (Amended and suppl. SG 109/08, effective ) A self-insured person shall be a natural person obliged to make insurance contributions for his/her own account. The state takes part in the insurance of the self-insured persons by transfers in the Pensions Fund in amounts and following procedures specified in Art. 21, item 5. (3) (New, SG 67/03, amend. - SG 105/05, effective ) The registration of the insurers and the self-insured persons in the National Social Security Institute shall be carried out officially on the basis of the information in the register and the database of the National Revenue Agency under Art. 80, para 1 of the Tax-and Social Security Procedure Code. (4) (Amended SG 1/02; prev. para 3 - SG 67/03, amended SG 112/2004, amended - SG 105/05) The insurers, the insurance funds, the self-insured persons and the employers shall periodically present to the National Revenue Agency data about: 1. (Suppl. SG 105/06, SG 99/09, in force from ) the contributory income, the insurance contributions for the state public insurance, Teachers Retirement Fund, the health insurance and the supplementary obligatory retirement insurance, installments for the Secured Receivables of the Workers and Employees Fund, the days of insurance and contributions to the Factory and Office Workers' Guaranteed Claims Fund and tax under the Income Taxes on Natural Persons Act: separately for each person subject to social insurance; 2. (Amended and supplemented SG 105/06) declaration regarding the amounts due in contributions for public social insurance, health insurance, supplementary compulsory retirement insurance, the Teachers Pension Fund, contributions to the Factory and Office Workers' Guaranteed Claims Fund and tax under the Income Taxes on Natural Persons Act. (5) (Prev. para 4, am. SG, No. 67/2003, No.112/2003, canceled No. 105/2005) (6) (Prev. para 5, am. SG No. 67/2003, supplemented, No. 38/2005, amended, SG No. 105/2005, SG No. 100/2006) The content, time limits, manner and procedure for submission and storage of the declarations under para 4 shall be laid down in an ordinance issued by the Minister of Finance, agreed with the Governor of the National Social Security Institute. The data under para 4 shall be used for calculation and granting of the pensions, cash benefits and allowances. (7) (Prev. para 6; suppl. - SG No. 67/2003, amended, SG No. 38/2005) The social insurance contributor shall be obligated to issue, free of charge, documents concerning contributory service and contributory income: 1. in the event of termination of employment or civil-service relationships: within 30 days after termination of the legal relationship; 2. upon request by the insured person or a representative thereof: within 14 days after the request. (8) (New SG 1/02; prev. para 7 - SG 67/03, amend. - SG 105/05, suppl. SG 105/06, amend. SG 99/09, effective ) The National Revenue Agency shall submit to the National Social Security Institute the data of para 4, item 1 concerning income from insurance contributions, data contained in the notifications under Art. 62, par. 3 of the Labour Code and the information on the opened and closed bank accounts of the contributors and the selfinsured persons under Art. 25, par. 1 from the National Revenue Agency Act. The order of
7 presenting the information shall be determined by an instruction, issued jointly by the Governor of the National Social Security Institute and the Executive Director of the National Revenue Agency. (9) (New, SG No. 1/2002, prev. para 8, SG No. 67/2003; cancelled SG 105/2005)) (10) (New, SG No. 38/2005, supplemented, SG No. 104/2005, effective ) In the event of discontinuance of the activity of social insurance contributors which have no legal successors, the payrolls shall be delivered to the competent local division of the National Social Security Institute, unless another procedure for their keeping has been provided for by law. Employment contracts (orders of appointment), orders of reappointment, orders of use of unpaid days over 30 working days, orders of termination of employment or civil-service relationship shall be attached to the payrolls. Where the discontinuance of the activity of the social insurance contributor is effected under a judgment of court on expungement, the availability of the certificate on delivery of the payrolls, issued by the local division of the National Social Security Institute, shall be a mandatory condition for delivery of the judgment. (11) (New, SG No. 38/2005, effective ) The National Social Security Institute shall create and maintain an information system of the payrolls delivered according to the procedure established by Paragraph (10). Data from the said information system shall be used for calculation and granting of the pensions and cash benefits. (12) (New, SG No. 105/2006) The Governor of the National Social Security Institute shall issue an instruction on the terms and procedure for receipt and storage of the documents covered under Paragraph (10). (13) (New SG 19/10) Every six months the Executive Director of the National Revenue Agency shall draw up and submit to the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and to the Supervisory Board of the National Social Security Institute information of the amount of the collected social insurance payments, the tendencies and the measures undertaken for collecting them. Social Insurance Contributions and Contributory Income Article 6. (Amended and supplemented, SG No. 64/2000, amended, SG No. 1/2002) (1) (Amended, SG No. 112/2004, SG No. 104/2005, SG No. 77/2007, SG No. 109/2008, effective ) The amounts of insurance contributions shall be paid to the public social insurance funds as follows: 1. (Am. SG, No. 99/2009; No. 98/2010 effective ) 17,8 percent for the Pensions Fund - for those born before 1 January 1960, and 20.8 per cent for those working under the conditions of Work Category I and II and those covered by Article 4(1), Item 4, as well as for investigating officers under the Judiciary System Act; 2. (Am. SG, No. 99/2009; No. 98/2010 effective ) 12,8 percent for the Pensions Fund - for those born after 31 December 1959, and 15,8 percent for those working under the conditions of Work Category I and II and those covered by Article 4(1), Item 4, as well as for investigating officers under the Judiciary System Act; percent for the Common Disease and Maternity Fund; 4. one percent for the Unemployment Fund; 5. between 0.4 and 1.1 percent for the Employment Injury and Occupational Diseases Fund, as provided for by the Public Social Insurance Budget Act for the relevant year by main types of economic activities. (2) (Supplemented, SG No. 105/2006; No. 99/2009 effective ) The income on which social insurance contributions are due shall include all remunerations, including such that are charged but unpaid, and other income from work. The Public Social Insurance Budget Act shall determine:
8 1. the maximum monthly amount of the contributory income during the calendar year; 2. (Am. SG, No. 98/2010 effective ) the minimum monthly amount of the contributory income during the calendar year for self-insured persons, determined according their chargeable income for the activities as a self-insured person; 3. (new, SG No. 119/2002) the principal economic activities and occupation groups for which minimum monthly contributory income is introduced for the calendar year by activity and group of occupations, as well as the minimum contributory income for them. (3) (Amended, SG No. 119/2002, SG No. 112/2003, supplemented, SG No. 105/2006; SG No. 99/2009; No. 98/2010 effective ) Social insurance contributions for factory and office workers and for persons under Items 7, 8 and 9 of Article 4 (1) herein shall be due on the received, including the charged and unpaid, gross monthly remunerations, or the uncharged monthly remunerations, but on not less than the minimum contributory income under Item 3 of Paragraph (2), and with regard to the persons for whom a minimum contributory income is not specified the minimum monthly salary for the country and not more than the maximum monthly amount of the contributory income. Social insurance contributions for factory and office workers and for persons under Items 5, 7, 8 and 9 of Article 4 (1) and Items 5 and 6 of Article 4 (3) herein shall be divided between the social insurance contributors and the insured persons in the following ratio: 1. for 2000 and 2001: 80 to 20; 2. for : 75 to 25; 3. for 2005: 70 to 30; 4. for 2006: 65 to 35; 5. (Amended, SG No. 105/2006) for 2007: 65 to 35; 6. (Amended, SG No. 105/2006) for 2008: 60 to 40; 7. (Amended, SG No. 105/2006, SG No. 109/2008, effective ) as of 1 January 2009 the insurance contribution to the Common Disease and Maternity Fund and the Unemployment Fund shall be distributed at a ratio of 60:40; 8. (New, SG No. 105/2006, amended, SG No. 109/2008, No. 99/2009; No. 98/2010 effective ) as of 1 January 2011 the insurance contribution to the Pensions Fund for those born before 1 January 1960 shall be distributed as follows: a) 7,9 percent at the expense of the insured person and 17,8 percent at the expense of the self-insured person; b) 9,9 percent at the expense of the social insurance contributor, and in the case of those working under Work Categories I and II conditions 12,9 percent; 9. (New, SG No. 109/2008, amended, No. 99/2009; No. 98/2010 effective ) as of 1 January 2011 insurance contributions to the Pensions Fund for those born after 31 December 1959 shall be distributed as follows:
9 a) 5.7 percent at the expense of the insured person and 12,8 percent at the expense of the self-insured person; b) 7.1 percent at the expense of the social insurance contributor, and in the case of those working under the conditions of Work Category I and II percent. (4) (Amended, SG No. 119/2002, SG No. 109/2008, effective ) The remuneration for those covered by Article 4(3), Items 5 and 6, based on which insurance contributions are due, shall be determined after subtracting therefrom the operating expenses determined according to the Income Taxes on Natural Persons Act. (5) (Amended and supplemented, SG No. 74/2002, supplemented, SG No. 119/2002, SG No. 105/2006) Social insurance contributions for persons under Items 2, 3 and 4 of Article 4 (1) herein shall be due on the received, or the charged but unpaid gross monthly remunerations under such relationships, but on not more than the maximum amount of the contributory income, and shall be for the account of the state budget or the judiciary budget, respectively. (6) (Suppl. SG No. 99/2009 effective ) Social insurance contributions to the Employment Injury and Occupational Disease Fund, except of the contributions for the persons under Art. 4a, para 1 shall be paid at the expense of the social insurance contributors. (7) (Suppl. SG, No. 105/2006; am. SG No. 99/2009 effective ) Social insurance contributions for persons under Items 1, 2 and 4 of Article 4 (3) herein shall be paid at the expense of the insured persons and shall be due in advance: on a monthly contributory income between the minimum and the maximum monthly amount of the income determined by the Public Social Insurance Budget Act for the respective year; (8) (Supplemented, SG No. 119/2002, SG No. 105/2006, amended, SG No. 109/2008, effective ) The final amount of the monthly contributory income for the persons referred to in Paragraph (7) shall be determined for the period during which work was performed in the preceding year, based on the data declared in a statement with the annual tax return under the Income Taxes on Natural Persons Act and may not be less than the minimum monthly contributory income or more than the maximum monthly contributory income. The final insurance contributions shall be due by the insured persons based on the annual contributory income, as determined for the Pensions Fund within the time limit for submission of the return. The annual contributory income shall be determined as the difference between the declared or determined by an effectuated certificate of audit pursuant to the Tax and Social Security Procedure Code taxable income for carrying out the respective labour activity determined by a final inspection certificate pursuant to the Tax-insurance Procedure Code, and the sum of the incomes, for which advance insurance payments have been made. Where a person declares in the tax return for the previous year income received in return for activities performed in previous years, or a higher or lower taxable income has been defined by an effectuated certificate of audit pursuant to the Tax and Social Security Procedure Code, such person shall also file an adjustment statement regarding the contributory income for the relevant year. (9) (Amended, SG No. 112/2003) Registered agricultural producers and tobacco growers, producing unprocessed plant and/or animal production, shall not determine a final amount of their contributory income for this activity. Social insurance contributions for such persons may be paid from funds for supporting agricultural producers according to a procedure established by the Council of Ministers.
10 (10) For persons receiving income from activities on grounds different from Article 4 herein, contributions shall be paid on the sum total of their contributory incomes, but on not more than the maximum monthly amount of the contributory income as follows: 1. (Amended, SG No. 109/2008, effective ) income from activities of those covered by Article 4(1) and (2); 2. (Amended, SG No. 112/2003, supplemented, SG No. 109/2008, effective ) contributory income as sole traders, owners of, or partners in, commercial or in unincorporated entities, practitioners of liberal professions and/or skilled crafts, and registered agricultural producers and tobacco producers; 3. income from work performed without an employment relationship. (11) (Supplemented, SG No. 109/2008, effective ) Social insurance contributions in the amount for the Pensions Fund, as determined according to the procedure established by Paragraphs (3), (4) and (5), respectively, shall be charged on resources for social expenses allocated permanently or periodically to persons under Article 4 (1) and (2) in cash or in kind. (12) Social insurance contributions at the expense of the social insurance contributors may not be deducted from the remuneration of the insured persons. Such remuneration may not be reduced by the amount of the said contributions. (13) The elements of the remuneration, as well as the income on which social insurance contributions are paid, shall be determined by an act of the Council of Ministers on a motion by the National Social Security Institute. (14) (New, SG No. 119/2002) The schedule under Paragraph (8) of the annual tax return under the Personal Income Tax Act shall be endorsed by the Minister of Finance and the Governor of the National Social Security Institute. Social Insurance Contributions and Contributory Income of Persons, Sent on a Business Trip in Other EU Member State, in Other Member State of the Agreement on the European Economic Area, or in the Swiss Confederation Article 6a. (New, SG No. 45/2002; canceled No. 105/2005; new SG No. 19/2010 effective ) (1) The social insurance contributions for the workers and officials sent on a business trip pursuant to Art. 121, para 3 of the Labor Code shall be due on the received, including the charged and unpaid, gross monthly remunerations, or the uncharged monthly remunerations, as well as other income from labor activities in the host Member State and in Bulgaria, but on not less than the minimum wage rates in the host Member State and on not greater than the maximum monthly amount of the contributory income according to Art. 6 para 2, Item 1. (2) The social insurance contributions for the persons of para 1 shall be due at the amounts according to Art. 6, para 1 and shall be allocated between the contributors and the insured persons in accordance with Art. 6 para 3. Procedure for Remittance of Social Insurance Contributions (Title amended, SG No. 1/2002) Article 7. (1) (Amended, SG No. 1/2002) The public social insurance contributions, which are paid for the account of the social insurance contributors, shall be remitted simultaneously with the payment of the remuneration due or of a part of the said remuneration. (2) (Amended, SG No. 1/2002, supplemented, SG No. 109/2008, effective ) The social insurance contributions paid at the expense of the insured persons under Article 4 (1) and (2) herein shall be remitted upon payment of the remuneration due. (3) (New, SG No. 105/2006; am. SG No. 99/2009 effective ) Where the
11 remunerations are charged but are not paid, or are not charged, the social insurance contributor shall remit the social insurance contributions referred to in Paragraphs (1) and (2) not later than the end of the month following the month during which the labor was expended. (4) (Amended, SG No. 1/2002, prev. para 3, SG No. 105/2006) The contributions for self-insured persons shall be remitted in person or through contribution payment centers on or before the 10th day of the month succeeding the month wherefore the said contributions are due. (5) (New, SG No. 64/2000, amended, SG No. 112/2003, prev. para 4, SG No. 105/2006, canceled SG No. 99/2009 effective ) (6) (New, SG No. 1/2002, prev. Para (5), SG No. 105/2006; amend. SG No. 99/2009 effective ) Social insurance contributions for persons working without entering into an employment relationship shall be remitted by the social insurance contributor by the 10th day of the month succeeding the month in which the remuneration is paid. (7) (New, SG No. 1/2002, amended, SG No. 105/2005, SG No. 34/2006, prev. para (6), SG No. 105/2006) Employers, social insurance contributors, self-insured persons and contribution payment centres shall remit the compulsory social insurance contributions to the relevant account of the competent territorial directorate of the National Revenue Agency through the respective banks, a licensed postal operator or the divisions thereof, using the single identification code. (8) (New, SG No. 1/2002, amended, SG No. 104/2005, effective , prev. Paragraph (7) and supplemented, SG No. 105/2006) Social insurance contributors shall remit social insurance contributions each month separately by making transfers from their accounts to the respective account of public social insurance and supplementary compulsory retirement insurance upon payment or charging of labour remunerations, including advance payments. The social insurance contributions due on payments upon termination of the insurance or upon leave other than the regular payment of wages or advance payments shall be remitted together with the first succeeding social insurance contributions due. (9) (New, SG No. 1/2002, supplemented, SG No. 104/2005, effective , prev. Paragraph (8), SG No. 105/2006) Banks shall allow withdrawal of money for payment of labour remunerations, including advance payments, as well as of cash benefits, and of other payments from the public social insurance, only after submission of a payment order or another document certifying transfer of social insurance contributions and a declaration by the social insurance contributor to the effect that the social insurance contributions due on such amounts for public social insurance, for health insurance and for supplementary compulsory retirement insurance have been remitted. (10) (New, SG No. 1/2002; prev. para 9, SG No. 105/2006) Social insurance contributors who or which do not hold a bank account shall remit social insurance contributions in cash at banks and post office branches and stations to the respective account of the public social insurance and supplementary compulsory retirement insurance. (11) (New, SG No. 1/2002; prev. para 10, SG No. 105/2006) The portion of social insurance contributions which is for the account of the insured persons under Article 6 (3) herein shall be remitted upon payment of their remunerations and shall not be deducted from advance payments with the exception of cases when only advance payment has been made for the respective month. Contribution Payment Centers Article 8. (1) (Amended, SG No. 64/2000, SG No. 104/2005, effective , SG No. 105/2005, SG No. 105/2006) The social insurance contributors and the self-insured persons may establish contribution payment centres, which shall be registered at the territorial
12 directorate of the National Revenue Agency. Contribution payment centres shall perform the social insurance of their members. Social insurance contributors who or which are members of such contribution payment centres and who or which hire up to fifty factory or office workers may perform the social insurance of the said workers, as well as the social insurance of persons working for the said contributors without entering into an employment relationship, through such contribution payment centres. (2) (Amended, SG No. 64/2000) Contribution payment centers shall perform the social insurance of persons under Paragraph (1) by means of: 1. (Amended, SG No. 64/2000, SG No. 1/2002, SG No. 105/2005, amended and supplemented, SG No. 105/2006) collecting and remitting, within the time limits established by statute, the contributions due for public social insurance, for supplementary compulsory retirement insurance, for health insurance, and the contributions to the Factory and Office Workers' Guaranteed Claims Fund to the respective accounts of the National Revenue Agency; 2. (Amended, SG No. 105/2006) presenting the documents required for payment of the cash benefits and allowances under public social insurance to the competent local division of the National Social Security Institute; 3. executing and keeping the documents related to the social insurance of the members of the contribution payment centre. (3) (Supplemented, SG No. 105/2005, effective ) The manner and procedure for establishment and functioning of contribution payment centres shall be regulated by an act of the Council of Ministers on a motion by the National Social Security Institute, in consultation with the National Revenue Agency. Contributory Service Article 9. (Amended and supplemented, SG No. 64/2000, amended, SG No. 1/2002) (1) (Amended, SG No. 119/2002, supplemented, SG No. 112/2004) Contributory service shall be calculated in hours, days, months, and years. The following shall count as contributory service: 1. (Amended and supplemented, SG, No. 99/2009, effective ) the time during which persons under Item 1 of Article 4 (1) and Article 4 (2) herein have worked full time according to the statutory hours of work applicable to the said persons, if contributions have been remitted or are due on the remuneration received, charged or unpaid, as well as on the uncharged remuneration, but not less than the minimum contributory income under Item 3 of Article 6 (2) herein for the respective occupation; where the person has worked part time, the contributory service shall count in proportion to the statutory hours of work; 2. (Amended, SG, No. 100/2010, effective ) the time for which contributions have been remitted or are due on not less than the national minimum wage, for persons under Items 5 and 9 of Article 4 (1) and Item 5 of Article 4 (3) herein; where the remuneration of persons under Items 5 and 9 of Article 4 (1) herein, on which contributions have been remitted, is less than the national minimum wage, the contributory service shall count in proportion; 3. (Amended, SG No. 112/2003) the time for which contributions have been remitted or are due on an amount not less than the minimum contributory income under Item 3 of Article 6 (2) herein for persons under Items 7 and 8 of Article 7 (1) herein; 4. (Supplemented, SG No. 99/2009, effective ) the time for which the due contributions have been remitted by self-insured persons and by the persons under Art. 4a, para 1; 5. (New, SG No. 108/2008, am. No. 99/2009, effective ) the time during which
13 persons under Items 1 to 4 of Article 4(1) and Article 4(2) herein for whom no minimum contributory income has been determined under Item 3 of Article 6(2) have worked full time according to the statutory hours of work applicable to such persons, if the insurance contributions due on the remuneration received, charged and unpaid, as well as the uncharged remuneration, but on not less than the minimum national salary, have been paid; where the person has worked part time, the insured length of service shall count in proportion to the statutory hours of work applicable to such person, if insurance contributions on the relevant proportionate part of the minimum salary have been paid or are due. (2) The following periods shall also count as contributory service without making social insurance contributions: 1. (Amended, SG No. 52/2004) the periods of paid and unpaid child-care leave; 2. the periods of paid and unpaid leave for temporary disability and of pregnancy and child-birth leave; 3. the periods of unpaid leave up to 30 days during one calendar year; 4. the periods during which the person has received unemployment benefits. 5. (New, SG No. 105/2006, amended, SG No. 109/2008) the period during which the selfinsured persons, who are insured against disability due to common disease, old age or death, and in respect of common disease and maternity, have received cash benefits for temporary disability, pregnancy and child-birth and child-care and the periods of temporary disability, pregnancy and child-birth and of child-care during which they were not entitled to cash benefit. (3) The following time shall furthermore count as contributory service: 1. (Amended, SG No. 119/2002; suppl, SG No. 99/2009) the time during which persons under Items 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Article 4 (1) and Art. 4a(1) herein have not worked due to wrongful barring or suspension from work; social insurance contributions for any such period shall be remitted for the account of the social insurance contributor, and for the persons under Art. 4a(1) by their employer, on the last gross remuneration if the person has not been insured; if the person has been insured on different grounds, the social insurance contributions shall be remitted on the difference between the last gross remuneration and the contributory income for the period, if this income is lower; 2. (Amended, SG No. 119/2002, suppl., SG No. 99/2009, effective ) the time during which persons under Items 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Article 4 (1) and Art. 4a(1) herein have been unemployed due to dismissal admitted as wrongful by the competent authorities: from the date of the dismissal until the reinstatement of the said persons to work; social insurance contributions for any such period shall be remitted for the account of the social insurance contributor, and for the persons under Art. 4a(1) by their employer, on the last gross remuneration if the person has not been insured; if the person has been insured, the social insurance contributions shall be remitted on the difference between the last gross remuneration and the contributory income applicable for the period, if this income is lower; 3. the time during which a person dismissed by reason of detention by the authorities has become unemployed as a result of that, when he or she has not been prosecuted, or has been acquitted, or the criminal proceedings have been terminated, or the penal sanction of deprivation of liberty imposed has been admitted as unfounded according to the established procedure owing to the fact that the person did not commit the act or that the act committed does not constitute a criminal offence; social insurance contributions for any such period shall be remitted for the account of the executive budget on the last gross remuneration; 4. the time during which the occupational rehabilitee has not worked because the social insurance contributor has not provided suitable work as prescribed by the health authorities; social insurance contributions shall be remitted for any such period for the account of the social insurance contributor on the benefit due;
14 5. (Amended, SG No. 99/2009, effective ) the time during which the person has received a benefit for the time he or she has been unemployed under the Labour Code, the Civil Servants Act and the Higher Education Act; social insurance contributions for this time shall be remitted on the benefit received; the social insurance contributions for factory and office workers shall be in the ratio under Items 8 and 9 of Article 6 (3) herein. (4) The contributory service under Items 1 to 4 of Paragraph (3) shall count in accordance with the work category under which the person has been employed prior to the wrongful barring or suspension from work, dismissal, serving the penal sanction of deprivation from liberty and the time during which the occupational rehabilitee has not worked, if this is more favorable for the person. (5) The social insurance contributions under Paragraph (3) shall be at the rates for the Pensions Fund and for supplementary compulsory retirement insurance. (6) (Amended, SG No. 41/2009, effective ) The time during which a parent (an adopter) or a spouse has taken care of disabled persons whose working capacity has been permanently reduced/type and degree of disability exceeding 90 per cent and who are in need of constant attendance, due to which the former were not insured or did not receive a pension, shall likewise count as contributory service at retirement. At retirement, social insurance contributions for the period counting as contributory service shall be remitted by the state budget at the rate for the Pensions Fund on the national minimum wage applicable at the date of granting of a pension (7) The period of conscription or peacetime alternative service and the time during which a non-working mother has taken care of a child until attainment of the age of three years shall count as contributory service at retirement. Social insurance contributions for such periods shall be remitted at the rate for the Pensions Fund for the account of the executive budget on the minimum wage applicable at the date of granting of the pension. (8) The time during which the persons have worked full time under a contract of employment shall count as contributory service at retirement in a ratio of four years for five years of Work Category III, if this is more favorable for the persons, subject to the condition that: 1. the said work was performed under a supplementary or second contract of employment at a daytime working time of not less than three hours; 2. (Supplemented, SG No. 109/2008, effective ) the said persons have performed work as sole traders, owners or partners in commercial or in unincorporated entities; 3. the said persons have practiced a liberal profession and/or a skilled craft. (9) Practice of any of the activities covered under Paragraph (8) by civil servants shall count as contributory service, upon compliance with the provisions of the Civil Servants Act. (10) The contributory service under Paragraphs (8) and (9) shall count solely for the purpose of acquiring entitlement to contributory-service and retirement-age pension under Article 68 herein. (11) (New, SG No. 119/2002) The procedure and manner for calculation of contributory service shall be established by an ordinance of the Council of Ministers on a motion by the National Social Security Institute. Recognition of Contributory Service Upon Remittance of Social Insurance Contributions by the Persons Article 9a. (New, SG No. 100/2010, effective ) (1) As a contributory service upon retirement shall be recognized the period of education of the persons who have completed higher or college education, if they remit for their own account social insurance
15 contributions calculated on the minimum social insurance income for the self-insured persons, determined by the Public Social Insurance Budget Act as of the date of the contributions remitting. As contributory service shall be recognized the time for which the contributions were remitted, but for not more than the period of education envisaged by the curriculum of the completed specialty. (2) As a contributory service upon retirement shall also be recognized the period for which the persons have attained the age according to Art. 68 para 1, but who are 5 years short of contributory service for acquiring the right to pension under Art. 68, para 1, and social insurance contributions were remitted, calculated on the minimum contributory income for the self-insured persons determined by the Public Social Insurance Budget Act as of the date of the contributions remitting. (3) The remitting of the social insurance contributions under para 1 and 2 shall be made through bank. (4) With regard to acquired contributory service according to para 2, the right to pension arises as from the date of remittance of the social insurance contributions. (5) Where social insurance contributions have been remitted under para 2 for periods of education less than 5 years, the person has the right to remit social insurance contributions under para 2 for the difference to 5 years. (6) The social insurance contributions under para 1 and 2 shall be entirely for the account of the persons and shall be at the rate determined for Pensions Fund for those born before 1 January 1960, at the date of the contributions remitting. Commencement, Duration, Suspension and Termination of Social Insurance (Title amended, SG No. 100/2010, effective ) Article 10. (Amended and supplemented, SG No. 64/2000, amended, SG No. 1/2002; supplemented, SG No. 99/2009, effective ) (1) (Prev. text of Art. 10 SG, No. 100/2010, effective ) Social insurance shall commence on the day the persons start the performance of work under Article 4 or Article 4a, para 1 herein and for which social insurance contributions are remitted or due and shall continue until termination of the said work. (2) (New, SG No. 100/2010, effective ) Social insurance shall be suspended in the periods which are not recognized as contributory service, regardless that the work under Article 4 or Article 4a, para 1 is not terminated. Social Insurance Entitlement of Persons Insured against General Sickness and Maternity, Disability through General Sickness, Old Age or Death, Employment Injury and Occupational Diseases, and Unemployment (Title amended, SG No. 109/2008, effective ) Article 11. (1) (Amended, SG No. 109/2008, effective ) Persons insured against general sickness and maternity, disability through general sickness, old age or death, employment injury and occupational diseases, and unemployment shall be entitled to: 1. cash benefits for: (a) temporary disability through general sickness, employment injury and occupational disease, for sanatorium and resort treatment and urgent medical examination or test, quarantine, suspension from work prescribed by the health authorities, attendance of a sick person or a quarantined family member, urgent accompanying of a sick family member for
16 medical examination, tests or treatment, as well as for care of a healthy child suspended from a children's establishment due to a quarantine at the establishment or of the child; (b) occupational rehabilitation upon working capacity temporarily reduced by general sickness, employment injury or occupational disease; (c) occupational rehabilitation by reason of pregnancy and nursing; (d) pregnancy and child-birth; (e) child-care; 2. cash allowances for: (a) disablement by general sickness, where there are no grounds for granting a pension; (b) preventive care and rehabilitation; (c) technical aids related to the impairment; 3. (New, SG No. 1/2002) unemployment benefits; 4. (Prev. Item 3, SG No. 1/2002) pensions for: (a) contributory service and retirement age; (b) disablement by employment injury or occupational disease; (c) disablement by general sickness. (2) (Amended, SG No. 1/2002) Upon the death of the insured person, his or her spouse, children and parents shall be entitled to a lump-sum allowance to an aggregate amount equal to two minimum wages and to a survivor pension. (3) (New, SG No. 1/2002, amended, SG No. 67/2003) The cash allowance for disablement by general sickness, where the insured person does not have the required contributory service for granting of a general-sickness invalidity pension, shall amount to a 60-day benefit for temporary disability determined according to Article 41 herein. Social Insurance Entitlement of Persons Insured against Employment Injury and Occupational Disease (Title amended, SG No. 1/2002) Article 12. (1) (Amended, SG No. 1/2002) Persons insured against employment injury and occupational disease shall be entitled to: 1. cash benefits for temporary disability through employment injury or occupational disease, sanatorium treatment, urgent medical examination, medical tests and/or treatment; 2. cash benefits for preventive care and rehabilitation; 3. employment-injury or occupational-disease invalidity pension; 4. amounts for technical aids related to the impairment. (2) (Amended, SG No. 1/2002) In case of death of the insured person, caused by the employment injury or the occupational disease, his or her spouse, children and parents shall be entitled to a lump-sum benefit amounting to two minimum wages and to a survivor pension. Social Insurance Entitlement of Persons Insured against Disablement by General Sickness, Old Age and Death (Title amended, SG No. 1/2002) Article 13. (1) (Amended, SG No. 1/2002) Persons insured against disablement by general sickness, old age and death, shall be entitled to: 1. general-sickness invalidity pension; 2. contributory-service and retirement-age pension; 3. cash allowances for technical aids related to the impairment.
17 (2) (Amended, SG No. 1/2002) Upon the death of the insured person, his or her spouse, children and parents shall be entitled to a lump-sum allowances to an aggregate amount equal to two minimum wages and to a survivor pension. Social Insurance Entitlement of Persons Insured against General Sickness and Maternity Article 13a. (New, SG No. 109/2008, effective ) Persons insured against general sickness and maternity shall be entitled to: 1. cash benefits for: (a) temporary disability through general sickness, for sanatorium and resort treatment and urgent medical examination or test, quarantine, suspension from work prescribed by the health authorities, attendance of a sick person or a quarantined family member, urgent accompanying of a sick family member for medical examination, tests or treatment, as well as for care of a healthy child suspended from a children's establishment due to a quarantine at the establishment or of the child; (b) occupational rehabilitation upon working capacity temporarily reduced by general sickness; (c) occupational rehabilitation by reason of pregnancy and nursing; (d) pregnancy and child-birth; (e) child-care; 2. cash allowances for: (a) disablement by general sickness, where there are no grounds for granting a pension; (b) preventive care and rehabilitation; (c) technical aids related to the impairment; Social Insurance Entitlement of Persons Insured against Unemployment Article 13b. (New, SG No. 109/2008, effective ) Those insured with the Unemployment Fund shall be entitled to unemployment cash benefits. Cash Allowances for Preventive Care and Rehabilitation Article 13c. (New, SG No. 105/2006, prev. Article 13a, SG, No. 109/2008, effective ) (1) (Amended, SG No. 109/2008, effective ) Persons insured against general sickness and maternity and/or employment injury and occupational diseases shall be entitled to cash allowances for preventive care and rehabilitation, provided insurance contributions on their behalf were made or are due to be made for a period of 6 calendar months preceding the month in which the preventive care and rehabilitation activities are performed. The period of 6 calendar months also includes the duration: 1. of paid and unpaid leave of absence for child-care; 2. of paid and unpaid leaves of absence for temporary disability and for pregnancy and childbirth; 3. of unpaid leave of absence of up to 30 business days in any given calendar year; 4. of the period in which self-insuring persons who insure themselves against general sickness and maternity have received cash benefits for temporary disability, pregnancy and childbirth and child-care and the periods of temporary disability, pregnancy and childbirth and child-care during which they were not entitled to benefits.
18 (2) The requirement for remitted or due social insurance contributions for a period of six calendar months under Paragraph (1) shall not apply to persons with disabilities resulting from an employment injury or occupational disease sustained. (3) Entitlement to the allowances referred to in Paragraph (1) shall furthermore vest in the persons receiving a personal invalidity pension if they have not attained the age referred to in Article 68 (1) to (3) herein and if they are not insured. (4) The conditions for enjoyment and payment of cash allowances for preventive care and rehabilitation to the persons referred to in Paragraphs (1) and (3), as well as the procedure for selection of legal persons as providers of such activity, shall be established by an ordinance of the Supervisory Board of the National Social Security Institute. Working Capacity Evaluation Article 14. (Supplemented, SG No. 1/2002, canceled, SG No. 70/2004). Working Capacity Evaluation Authorities Article 15. (Canceled, SG No. 70/2004). Appealing of Decisions of Evaluation Authorities Article 16. (Canceled, SG No. 70/2004). Entry into Effect of Decisions Article 17. (Canceled, SG No. 70/2004). CHAPTER TWO FINANCIAL STRUCTURE Social Insurance Funds Article 18. (1) (Prev. text of Article 18, SG No. 112/2004) Public social insurance resources shall be allocated in: 1. a Pensions Fund; 2. (New, SG No. 1/2002) a Non-Work-Contingent Pensions Fund; 3. (Prev. Item 2, SG No. 1/2002) an Employment Injury and Occupational Disease Fund; 4. (Prev. Item 3, SG No. 1/2002) a General Sickness and Maternity Fund; 5. (New, SG No. 1/2002) an Unemployment Fund. (2) (New, SG No. 112/2004; canceled, No. 109/2008). Budget of Funds Article 19. (1) (Supplemented, SG No. 1/2002) The National Assembly shall pass a Public Social Insurance Budget Act which shall include a consolidated budget of public social insurance, the budgets of the funds under Article 18 herein and the budget of the National Social Security Institute, and shall be effective for a period of one calendar year. (2) The draft Public Social Insurance Budget Act shall be prepared by the National Social Security Institute and shall be presented to the Council of Ministers for coordination together with the draft State Budget Act. The Ministry of Finance shall provide the National Social Security Institute with the requisite indicators for elaboration of the draft public social insurance budget after adoption of the macroeconomic framework of the state budget.
19 (3) The draft Act under Paragraph (2) shall be elaborated according to a complete budget classification for the state budget. (4) (Amended, SG No. 112/2003) The Public Social Insurance Budget Act shall provide for a general reserve of the funds under Article 18 herein, established through deductions at a rate established in the Public Social Insurance Budget Act, on the basis of a social insurance technical plan. Revenue from principal under deficit deeds shall also be credited to the said reserve. (5) The draft Public Social Insurance Budget Act shall be debated by the National Assembly simultaneously with the draft State Budget Act. (6) In case the public social insurance budget is not adopted by the National Assembly until the beginning of the budget year, social insurance revenues shall be collected and social insurance expenditures shall be incurred in accordance with the effective statutory instruments, and up to one-twelfth of the expenditures provided for in the budget for the preceding year shall be expended monthly on maintenance of the National Social Security Institute authorities. National Social Security Institute Budget Article 20. (1) (Amended, SG No. 112/2004) The budget of the National Social Security Institute shall be part of the consolidated budget of public social insurance and shall be elaborated by items of the budget classification. (2) (Amended, SG No. 1/2002, SG No. 112/2003; SG No. 112/2004; SG No. 104/2005) The resources in the budget of the National Social Security Institute shall originate from: 1. a percentage of the revenue from social insurance contributions to the Pensions Fund, the General Sickness and Maternity Fund, the Employment Injury and Occupational Disease Fund, Unemployment Fund and the Non-Work-Contingent Pensions Fund; 2. proceeds from receivables ascertained by orders and audit deficit deeds and the interest on such receivables; 3. proceeds from fines, pecuniary penalties and penalty interest; 4. a percentage of the revenues of Guaranteed Claims of the Factory and Office Workers Fund for the activities under Article 13 of the Act on Factory and Office Workers' Claims Guaranteed in the Event of Their Employer's Bankruptcy; 5. proceeds from the sale of social insurance cards, payment records and standard forms endorsed by the Governor of the National Social Security Institute; 6. proceeds from fees for certification of transcripts of documents issued by the National Social Security Institute; 7. proceeds from fees for issuance of certificates; 8. income and revenue from property and non-tax revenue; 9. the proceeds under deficit deeds drawn up by the control authorities of the National Social Security Institute; 10. loans; 11. subsidies (transfers) from the executive budget; 12. (New, SG No. 113/2007, canceled, SG No. 109/2008, effective ).
20 (3) (Effective ; supplemented, SG 112/2004; amended SG No. 104/2005; supplemented SG No. 113/2007) The expenditures and transfers of the budget of the National Social Security Institute shall be allocated for: 1. maintenance of the activities concerning public social insurance and the Act on Factory and Office Workers' Claims Guaranteed in the Event of Their Employer's Bankruptcy; 2. capital expenditures for acquisition of tangible fixed assets and overhaul related to the overall activity of the National Social Security Institute; 3. settlement of obligations under loans; 4. (New, SG No. 113/2004; canceled SG No. 109/2008, effective ) (4) (Amended, SG No. 104/2005) The percentages under Items 1 to 4 of Paragraph (2) shall be determined by the Public Social Insurance Budget Act. (5) The expenditures under Paragraph (3) shall be endorsed by the Supervisory Board of the National Social Security Institute on a motion by the Governor. (6) (New, SG No. 104/2005, amended, SG No. 109/2008, effective ) The revenue referred to in Items 2 to 9 of Paragraph (2) herein shall be credited as revenue from own sources to the budget of the National Social Insurance Institute. (7) (New, SG No. 104/2005, amended, SG No. 109/2008, effective ) The resources referred to in Items 2 to 8 of Paragraph (2) herein and 15 per cent of the resources referred to in Item 9 of Paragraph (2) herein shall be charged and expended solely on upgrading the qualifications and on incentives for the employees under terms and according to a procedure established by the Governor of the National Social Security Institute. Pensions Fund Revenues Article 21. (Amended, SG No. 112/2004) The resources of the Pensions Fund shall be raised from: 1. social insurance contributions from social insurance contributors, insured persons and self-insured persons; 2. social insurance contributions and revenue as provided for by other laws for social insurance against disablement by general sickness, old age and death; 3. (Amended, SG No. 1/2002, SG No. 67/2003, effective ) amounts from the state budget intended for performance of social insurance of persons under Items 2 and 4 of Article 4 (1) and Article 9 (6) herein and amounts from the judiciary budget for persons under Item 3 of Article 4 (1) herein; 4. (Amended, SG No. 1/2002, SG No. 112/2004) transfers from the executive budget intended for: (a) social insurance contributions in the cases provided for in this Code; (b) (Amended, SG No. 112/2004) subsidies provided for in the Public Social Insurance Budget Act for the relevant year; (c) (Canceled; SG No. 109/2008) 5. (Canceled, SG No. 112/2004; new, SG No. 109/2008, effective ); transfers from the executive budget amounting to 12 percent of the sum of the contributory income of all insured persons for the calendar year; 6. (Canceled, SG No. 112/2003); 7. fees, as determined by a rate schedule by the Council of Ministers; 8. interest and dividends; 9. donations and bequests; 10. (Canceled SG No. 1/2002); 11. other sources.
Health Insurance Act Promulgated, State Gazette, No. 70/19.06.1998, amended, SG No. 93/11.08.1998, SG No. 153/23.12.1998, effective 1.01.1999, SG No. 62/9.07.1999, SG No. 65/20.07.1999, amended and supplemented,