Question for written answerP-002425-18to the CommissionRule 130Momchil Nekov(S&D)(2 May 2018)Subject: Commission procedure vis-à-vis Bulgaria via EU Pilot No 8135/2015/JUST

A Commission EU Pilot procedure (No 8135/2015/JUST) is currently ongoing vis-à-vis Bulgaria to assess how the national legislation on payment and enforcement orders is applied. Meanwhile, Parliament has been considering petitions Nos 63/2017 and 408/2017 concerning a number of provisions of the Bulgarian Code of Civil Procedure, and specifically the payment order procedure, which is incompatible with EU consumer protection law.

In this connection, two questions arise:

1.

The EU Pilot investigation process has been ongoing for more than three years: when is the Commission expected to conclude its assessment?

2.

Has the Commission taken into consideration, in preparing the report that it will issue on its assessment under EU Pilot No 8135/2015/JUST, letters from the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office specialist anticorruption unit?