Archives State Agency

Тази система е създадена в рамките на проект "Подобряване качеството на комплексното административно обслужване, чрез въвеждане на електронни услуги за предоставяне на специализирани услуги на потребителите на архивна информация – администрацията, физически и юридически лица чрез надграждане на съществуващата информационна система на държавните архиви (ИСДА)", в изпълнение на договор за предоставяне на безвъзмездна финансова помощ по ОПАК № 13-32-5/24.02.2014 г.

Service Description

Service Provider: ДА "Архиви" , UIC/BULSTAT 000697600

Issuing reader's card

Legal grounds

  • Art. 4 of the Regulation for the procedure of use of the National Archival Fonds' records;
  • Art. 18-19 of the Rules for the procedure and the organization of the archival records' use in the “Archives” State Agency;

Specification

The reader’s card is issued after payment for a term of 1, 6 or 12 months for using archival records, grants access to the reading rooms of all archives in the structure of the “Archives” SA and relieves the customer of the payment of state tax for submitting request. The reader’s card is personal and cannot be used by another person.

Competent authority

“Central State Archives” Directorate, “State Military Historical Archives” Directorate – Veliko Tarnovo and the “State archives” departments.

Submitting requests for issuing

  • at desk;
  • via licensed post operator;
  • electronically;

Necessary documents

If the applicant has the right to use a concession, it is necessary to provide documents proving right of concession in issuing a reader’s card. New reader’s card will be issued after exhausting the possibility for reissuing or if the card is lost.

Receiving the service product

  • at desk;
  • electronic notification;
  • via post/currier service on the declared correspondence address;
  • via post/currier service on a different address;
  • via post/currier service to a mail box;

Fees and service payment

  • Submitting application on a form - BGN 5,00;
  • Issuing a reader’s card:
    1. For one month – 1 item – BGN 5,00;
    2. For six months – 1 item – BGN 6,00;
    3. For one year – 1 item – BGN 10,00;
  • Reissuing in case of loss or damage - BGN 5,00. (Concessions do not apply);
The following concessions of the service’s fees are available:
  • for pupils and teachers, students, PhD student, scientific workers of the system of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and other scientific institutes, university lecturers from Bulgaria and abroad and employees in other archival institutions in Bulgaria – 50%;
  • people with disabilities – 50%;
  • retirees – 50%;
  • individuals who have donated records to the state and their direct descendants – free copies of the donated records and free reader’s card;

For up to date information you may check the Quick Links section, the pages Fees for the fees collected by the “Archives” SA and Service charges, provided by the “Archives” SA.

Payment method

  • at desk;
  • bank payment;
  • online via bank card and virtual POS terminal;

Term for providing the service

One day after the service payment.

Internal service proceedings

  • Following the successful registration of the application in the records management system of the “Archives” SA the applicant receives notification on the provided email address, containing information about: unique registration identification (URI) number of the application in the records management system of the “Archives” SA, the date of the application registration and unique numerical access code. With this information the applicant can track the progress on his or her document in section “Service status” in the “Archives” SA electronic services portal;
  • The following steps in the process of application processing are detailed in the Law on the National Archival Fonds (LNAF), the Regulation for the procedure of use of the National Archival Fonds' records and the Rules for the procedure and the organization of the archival records' use in the “Archives” State Agency.
  • Note: If the application is incomplete (text not properly completed or lack of information for issuing reader’s card), the applicant shall be notified with instruction to fix the problem within three days (art. 30 of the Administrative Procedural Codex).

Service outcome

Issued reader's card.