Bulgaria
EU-level rules also apply — EU AI Act Article 4 requires providers and deployers, including law firms using AI systems, to take measures ensuring sufficient AI literacy since 2 February 2025. No Bulgarian bar competence rule naming AI was found.
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Bulgaria
Developingcivil lawupdated 2026-09-04researched 2026-09-04provisional
EU-level rules also apply — see the European Union record →
As of 4 September 2026 Bulgaria has no Supreme Bar Council, Supreme Judicial Council or CPDP guidance located on AI in legal practice. The EU AI Act applies directly, including Annex III justice classifications; Bulgarian national implementation remains unfinished, with BTA reporting only fundamental-rights bodies designated and high-risk oversight still pending.
As of 2026-09-04, Bulgaria has 3 binding rules, official guidance in 0 categories, 0 proposals and 0 positions set only by case law across the 20 categories in the map. Binding rules cover technological competence, horizontal AI statute, mandatory AI training. In 17 categories we found nothing; in 0 the position is not yet determined.
How to read this page
- Binding rule Binding rule means a rule in force from a court, statute, regulator or equivalent authority.
- Official guidance Official guidance means an official non-binding position from a judiciary, regulator, bar or public body.
- Proposed / consultation Proposed / consultation means a public bill, draft rule or consultation that is not yet in force.
- Set by case law Set by case law means no rule was found, but courts have set the position in decisions.
- Nothing found Nothing found means the category was checked and no rule, guidance, proposal or case-law position was found.
- Not yet determined Not yet determined means research did not establish a reliable position yet.
The rules, category by category
The EU AI Act applies directly in Bulgaria, including Annex III point 8 justice uses. National implementation is incomplete: BTA reported only fundamental-rights bodies designated and high-risk oversight, sanctions and coordination still pending.
EU AI Act Article 4 creates an AI-literacy duty for deployers; it is not a Bulgarian CLE rule. No mandatory bar AI training requirement was located.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No Supreme Bar Council AI guidance text was located. BTA reported in 2026 that the Justice Minister welcomed council efforts to regulate AI use by lawyers, but no public rule or draft was found.
No Supreme Judicial Council AI policy was found. The council publishes e-justice and case-processing updates, but no court AI deployment rule or guidance was located.
CPDP was checked as Bulgaria's data-protection authority. No AI-specific CPDP guidance for legal services or lawyers was located; GDPR and national data-protection rules apply generally.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
Official documents recorded for Bulgaria (0)
- No documents recorded yet; category sources link the official pages.
Court incidents on the record in Bulgaria
- Yichang District Court (Hubei)2026-07-21 Warning
Cite this page
SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Bulgaria" (updated 2026-09-04, AI-researched, provisional 2026-09-04), https://safelegalai.com/regulation/country/bg (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.
SafeLegalAI is a research publication by Cognesio LLP, not a law firm. Nothing here is legal advice, and no lawyer–client relationship arises from reading it. Rules change; always check the official document linked on each record and take advice on your own situation. Researched and drafted with AI assistance; verified against primary sources and edited by Cognesio LLP. The linked official documents are the record — our summaries are not the law and are not legal advice.
- EUR-Lex — Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Artificial Intelligence Act)
- BTA — Bulgaria still lacks high-risk AI oversight and sanctions under AI Act
- BTA — Justice Minister on Supreme Bar Council AI efforts
- European Commission AI Watch — Bulgaria AI strategy report
- European Commission — market surveillance authorities under the AI Act