THE NEW BULGARIAN ENERGY FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES ACT AND ITS PROPOSED AMENDMENT

摘要

On April 21, 2011, the Bulgarian Parliament approved the new Energy from Renewable Sources Act (the ERSA, or the New Law), which was promulgated in State Gazette No.35 on May 3, 2011. The ERSA was adopted in an attempt to transpose the provisions of Directive 2009/28 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 23, 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77 and 2003/30; it lays down the framework on energy from renewable sources.