Bulgarian Justice Minister Georgi Georgiev conferred in Brussels with Declan Costello and Johannes Luebking, who are responsible for the Resilience and Recovery Plan (RRP) reforms in Bulgaria at the European Commission, Georgiev’s Ministry said in a press release on Thursday.
The sides discussed a package of draft amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code required for the third RRP payment to Bulgaria, which should ensure the effectiveness of criminal proceedings. The revisions introduce explicit grounds for a reversal of a prosecutorial warrant terminating a criminal proceeding and broaden the scope of a judicial review of a termination or suspension of prosecutorial investigation.
The draft legislation, prepared by the Justice Ministry in recent months, has already been adopted on first reading by the National Assembly. It also regulates victims’ right to move for an acceleration of a criminal proceeding even before charges are brought and a possibility to split cases in the trial phase, executing judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. The idea is to speed up investigations and prevent the termination of court proceedings in criminal cases by prescription.
The European Commission expects the provisions to be passed as soon as possible.
Another item on Georgiev’s agenda with the European Commission officials was the honouring of the commitment to enact regulation of lobbying by a draft Governance Transparency and Integrity Act, which has already been finalized.
The Justice Minister also conferred with Javier Zarzalejos, Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE). They discussed reforms in the field of rule of law. The Spanish MEP was familiarized with Criminal Procedure Code revisions introducing additional protection for elderly and vulnerable users of social services. Zarzalejos assessed Bulgaria’s efforts to boost protection for vulnerable persons as exceedingly serious and officered assistance in the form of good practices from various EU Member States in this area, the press release says. Package of Criminal Procedure Code Revisions Related to Recovery and Resilience Plan Discussed in Brussels THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-10-16 17:41:26 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law