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03.12.2008

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Directorate - Internationally Controlled Trade and Security
Ivelina Bahchevanova
12 Al.Batenberg Str.,
Sofia
tel. +359 2 940 7771; +359 2 940 7030
i.bahchevanova@mee.government.bg

Euro-Atlantic Integration and International Security

BASIC DOCUMENTS. LEGISLATION

National Documents. Annual Programs/Reports

# National Program for Preparation and Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria to NATO (summary, DOC 20KB)

# National Program for implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on their Destruction (contents, DOC 21KB)

Legislation

# Law on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and on the Control on Toxic Chemical Substances and their Precursors (DOC 113KB, Bulg.)

# Ordinance on Quality Management for Military and Special Production (Bulg.)

# Guidance and Forms on Codification for Special Production - Items of Production, Specific Manufacturers and Traders (Bulg.)

INTERGOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURES

# OCM No.99/17.03.1997 set out a mechanism coordinating the activities related to the preparation and accession of the Republic of Bulgaria to the North Atlantic Alliance and established the Intergovernmental Committee on NATO Integration (ICNI ) (DOC 23KB)

# Co-chairpersons of ICNI are the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Defence (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defence)

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND
INITIATIVES FOR COLLECTIVE SECURITY

Nord Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

# Prague Summit Declaration, 21 November 2002 (DOC 42KB)

# NATO Membership Action Plan (NATO document, DOC 72KB)

# Washington Summit Documents, April 1999 (PDF 546KB)

# Report on Options for Confidence and Security Building Measures, Verification, Non-proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament, 14 December 2000 (PDF 100KB)

# STANAG 4107/AQAPs

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

# Controlled Chemical Substances Lists classified by:
            CAS-RN-Index-Name (DOC 214KB)
            CAS-RN-Common-Name (DOC 139KB)
            CAS-RN-Name-Formula (DOC 292KB)

Stability Pact in SEE

# Stability Pact and Bulgaria

United Nations (UN)

# Initiatives for Disarmament and Non-proliferation of Arms and Dangerous Substances

# Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on their Destruction - The Ottawa Convention (PDF 31KB)

# Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction (PDF 382KB)

Western European Union (WEU)

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

CHRONOLOGY

# The NATO Chronology 1945-2000 (PDF 409KB)

# Arms Control Chronology 1925-2001 (PDF 483KB)

NEWS

THE INVITATION

OFFICIAL PORTRAIT 19+7

EUROPE AFTER PRAGUE

BULGARIA AND NATO

# NATO Heads of State and Government have formally invited Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to Accession Talks with NATO. The decision was announced at the opening session of a two-day Summit meeting in Prague, 21 and 22 November 2002.

# Bulgaria was elected for two-year membership term in the UN Security Council, starting 1 January 2002.

ONGOING EVENTS
ANNOUNCEMENTS

# Fourth programming and review cycle according to the NATO Membership Action Plan is underway. Ministry of Economy is responsible for economic issues of the Annual National Programme 2002-2003.

Participation of the Ministry of Economy within the Individual Partnership Programme between NATO and Bulgaria, 2003:

# NATO/EAPC/SCEPC/IPC - Industrial Planning Committee (IPC), EAPC format - Regular Meetings;

# Participation in Ad Hoc Group meetings, EAPC format. The Ad Hoc Group was set up by IPC and was given the task to prepare a special Handbook on planning models and preparedness measures implemented by EAPC countries. Bulgaria (the Ministry of Economy in compliance with his competency) was appointed to coordinate the work on a specific chapters of the Handbook;

# NATO/EAPC/SCEPC/FAPC - Food and Agriculture Planning Committee (FAPC), EAPC format - Regular Meetings;

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