REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA

Ministry of Health
Minister of Health
ORDINANCE
No. РД-01-314 of 1 June 2020
Pursuant to Articles 61(2), 63(4), (5) and (11) and 63c of the Health Act, Article 73 of the Code of
Administrative Procedure and in connection with the emergency epidemic situation declared by Council of
Ministers Decision No 325 of 14 May 2020 and the proposal of the Chief State Health Inspector to introduce
relevant measures on the territory of Bulgaria,

I HEREBY ORDER:
I. A temporary ban on entry in the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria shall be imposed and shall run as of
4 June 2020, as follows:
1. A temporary ban on entry in the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria shall be imposed on all
persons, irrespective of their nationality, using any and all border crossing points and any and all
means of transport (air, marine, rail, or road transport).
2. The ban referred to in point 1 shall not apply to:
(a) Bulgarian citizens, citizens of EU Member States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland or of a country that is a party to the Schengen Agreement (including
the Republic of San Marino, the Principality of Andorra, the Principality of Monaco and
the Vatican City State), the Republic of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro,
the members of the families of Bulgarian citizens and persons who are in an actual domestic
partnership with a Bulgarian citizen, persons with the status of permanent, long-term or
extended residence on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria and the members of their
families;
(b) medical professionals, medical researchers, social workers and their supervisors, where the
purposes of their travel relate to the discharge of their professional obligations;
(c) workers engaged in deliveries of medicinal products, medical devices, personal protection
equipment and medical equipment, including the latter’s installation and maintenance;
(d) transport staff engaged in international passenger transport and haulage, crew on aircraft
engaged in commercial air transport and other transport staff where necessary, including
crew on vessels and persons involved in the maintenance of said vessels;
(e) foreign officials (heads of state, government ministers, etc.) and the members of their
delegations, as well as diplomats, international organisation officials, military personnel,
security and public order personnel and humanitarian workers in the course of discharging
their professional obligations;
(f) persons traveling for humanitarian purposes;
(g) representatives of trade and economic investment activities and persons directly engaged
in: construction, maintenance, exploitation and safety of strategic and critical infrastructure
of the Republic of Bulgaria, engaged in the implementation of projects certified under the
Investment Promotion Act and in conducting analyses of potential investment projects and
other activities of importance to the economy of Bulgaria, where the capacity of said
persons is duly certified by the Minister of Economy or the relevant portfolio Minister,
including persons engaged in ship building and ship repair;
(h) seasonal workers in the spheres of agriculture and tourism;
(i) workers in border regions.
3. As an exception to the ban referred to in point 1, transit across the territory of the Republic of
Bulgaria may also be allowed to:
(a) citizens of EU Member States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
or of a country that is a party to the Schengen Agreement (including the Republic of San
Marino, the Principality of Andorra, the Principality of Monaco and the Vatican City State)
and their family members wishing to return to their country of residence;
(b) third-country nationals holding a long-term residence permit issued for another EU
Member State, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or a country that
is a party to the Schengen Agreement (including the Republic of San Marino, the
Principality of Andorra, the Principality of Monaco and the Vatican City State) and their
family members wishing to return to their country of residence;
(c) Serbian, Bosnian and Herzegovian, Montenegrin and Turkish nationals wishing to return
to their countries of citizenship.
4. Transit shall only be allowed where immediate departure from the territory of the Republic of
Bulgaria can be guaranteed.
5. All persons entering the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria from the Kingdom of Sweden, the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic
of Ireland, the Republic of Portugal, the Kingdom of Spain, the Republic of Malta and Italy, as
well as all third countries with the exception of the Republic of Serbia, Bosnian and Herzegovina
and Montenegro shall be placed under quarantine for 14 days at their homes or at the locations
which these persons had indicated as their places of residence, by decision of the Director of
respective Regional Health Inspectorate or a person duly authorised by him/her.
6. An exception to the requirement for placement under quarantine of the persons described in item
5 may be made for:
(a) Bulgarian citizens and citizens of EU Member-States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland or of countries that are parties to the Schengen Agreement (including
the Republic of San Marino, the Principality of Andorra, the Principality of Monaco and
the Vatican City State) who are persons described in item 2, letters “f” and “g”;
(b) bus drivers carrying out international transportation of passengers;
(c) truck drivers carrying out or completing international transportation of goods and cargoes.
(d) crew members of vessels who are Bulgarian citizens.
(e) persons described in item 2, letters “b”, “c”, “e”, and “i”, irrespective of their citizenship.
7. The relevant Regional Health Inspectorate shall provide the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with
information on any and all foreign nationals placed in quarantine (full name, date of birth, identity
document number, nationality).
8. The persons who are not quarantined and the persons transiting through the country’s territory
under item 3 shall submit to the border health control authorities a declaration in standard form –
Annex No. 1 – whereby they shall assume the obligation to observe the anti-epidemic measures
adopted on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria under an ordinance by the Minister of Health,
and shall declare that they are familiar with the risks associated with COVID-19.
9. Where drivers of heavy trucks transporting goods and cargo to be marketed in other countries are
allowed to transit across the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria but cannot leave its territory
owing to a ban imposed by a country neighbouring Bulgaria, a place at which the heavy truck and
its driver can stay until the relevant ban is lifted shall be designated by the Road Infrastructure
Agency (RIA).
10. The following special procedure shall apply to crew members on aircraft flying to and from public
airports on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria:
(a) crew members on an aircraft servicing a flight from the Republic of Bulgaria to the territory
 of another country which has not had a layover on the territory of said country, except when
on the tarmac (the apron position and the jet bridge) and where said layover was for the
purposes of mandatory pre-flight preparations, and landing again in the Republic of
Bulgaria shall not be subject to quarantine;
(b) crew members on an aircraft servicing a flight to the Republic of Bulgaria from the territory
of another country shall be allowed on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria only if they
do not leave the aircraft, except for the purposes of mandatory pre-flight preparations and
where the time before their next planned flight does not exceed their flight duty period
(FDP) but no more than twelve (12) hours;
(c) crew members on an aircraft servicing a flight to the Republic of Bulgaria to deliver said
aircraft for the purposes of technical maintenance and its subsequent return, where said
crew members are foreign nationals, shall be allowed on the territory of the Republic of
Bulgaria only if they do not leave the aircraft, except for the purposes of mandatory pre-
flight preparations and where the time before their next planned flight does not exceed their
flight duty period (FDP) but no more than twelve (12) hours;
(d) where a passenger aboard an aircraft that has landed on the territory of the Republic of
Bulgaria is found to display symptoms of COVID-19, the crew that provided services to
said passenger displaying symptoms of COVID-19 shall not be assigned to subsequent
flights and shall be placed in mandatory quarantine for a period of 14 days according to
instructions by the state health control authorities.

11. The Directors of the Regional Health Inspectorates repeal by order the issued prescriptions
for quarantine of the persons who have entered the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria from 20.05.2020 to
31.05.2020 inclusive, from Member States of the European Union other than those specified in item 5 and
from the Republic of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro in which the reason for quarantine
was not contact with a person with COVID-19.
II. Ordinance No. РД-01-288 of 1 June 2020 by the Minister of Health is hereby repealed.
III. This Ordinance shall enter into effect on 1 June 2020.
IV. This Ordinance shall be communicated to the Directors of Regional Health Inspectorates, the Minister
of Interior, the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, the Minister of Regional
Development and Public Works, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Economy for information
purposes and to ensure oversight over the implementation of the measures herein. It shall further be published
on the website of the Ministry of Health.
This Ordinance shall be subject to appeal before the relevant administrative court within one month of it being
published on the website of the Ministry of Health according to the procedure set out in the Administrative
Procedure Code.

[Signature]
KIRIL ANANIEV
Minister of Health
[Round stamp of the Ministry of Health]
 Annex No. 1 to Ordinance No. РД-021-285/29 May 2020

In connection with the COVID-19 pandemic declared by the World Health Organization,
I, Mr/Mrs.......................................................
(full name of the person)
hereby DECLARE that:
1. I do not have the symptoms of COVID-19.
2. I have not been placed under quarantine.
3. I am aware of the epidemiologic situation in the Republic of Bulgaria and of the risks associated
with COVID-19.
4. I undertake to observe the anti-epidemic measures for the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria
introduced by an ordinance or by ordinances of the Minister of Health.
5. I am traveling at my own risk.
6. Purpose of travel:
7. I hereby undertake to leave the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria without delay [this refers
only to persons transiting the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria].
8. I am liable for the provision of untrue data under the laws of the Republic of Bulgaria.

Contact data:
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