The first Law on measures and weights was adopted by the Bulgarian parliament in 1888 and thus the Bulgarian metrological service was established.

At present the Bulgarian Institute of Metrology(BIM)and the State Agency for Metrological and Technical Surveillance (SAMTS) are the institutions responsible for the implementation of governmental policy in the field of measurements. These two institutions carry out the activities in the field of metrology for providing traceability, accuracy and reliability of measurements in Bulgaria. Their responsibilities are laid down in the new Law on measurements in 2002 and its amendment in 2005.

1) Bulgarian Institute of Metrology (BIM)

 

Management:	Dr. Katerin Katerinov Acting President
Address:	21, "6 Septemvri" Str., 1000  Sofia, Bulgaria
Telephone:	+359 2 980 89 20
Fax:	+359 2 986 17 07
E-mail:	k.katerinov@sasm.orbitel.bg

 

The major objectives of BIM are focused on promoting the governmental policy in the field of metrology and on providing traceability, accuracy and reliability of measurements in Bulgaria. The main BIM activities are performed by the General Directorate "National Centre of Metrology" and General Directorate "Measures and Measuring Instruments".

 

General Directorate "National Centre of Metrology" (DG NCM) realises the BIM policy in the field of fundamental metrology

 

Management:	Mrs. Stefka Hristova General Director
Address:	52-b, G.M. Dimitrov blvd., 1125  Sofia, Bulgaria
Telephone:	+359 2 873 52 88
Fax:	+359 2 873 52 85
E-mail:	ncmdiv@sasm.orbitel.bg

 

The major activities of DG NCM include:

-         developing long-term program on elaboration and improvement of the national measurement standards;

-         development, maintenance and improvement of national measurement standards;

-         providing traceability of the national measurement standards to the international standards or to the standards of the Metric convention member-countries;

-         taking measures on assuring traceability of measurements in case if there is no approved national measurement standard or this standard is out of service;

-         organization and participation in international comparisons in order to determine the level of equivalence of national standards;

-         dissemination of units from the national measurement standards to the standards of lower level through calibration;

-         coordinating the activities of measurement standards’ keepers;

-         keeping the register of approved national measurement standards;

-         carrying out approval of software for processing measurement data;

-         certification of reference materials and coordination of implementation of the long-term policy on developing and maintaining certified reference materials;

-         keeping the register of certified reference materials and publishing this register in a special edition;

-         carrying out the activities on creating the conditions for mutual recognition of measurement standards in the framework of the Agreement (MRA) initiated by the CIPM;

-         participation in the work of CIPM, ЕURОМЕТ and COOMET technical committees.

 

General Directorate "Measures and Measuring Instruments" (DG MMI) realises the BIM policy in the filed of legal metrology

  

Management:	Mr. Ivan Machulekov General Director
Address:	52-b, G.M. Dimitrov blvd., 1125  Sofia, Bulgaria
Telephone:	+359 2 873 52 98
Fax:	+359 2 873 52 98
E-mail:	metrolog1@abv.bg

 

The major activities of DG MMI include:

-       carrying out type approval of legally controlled measuring instruments;

-       keeping the register of approved types of measuring instruments;

-       carrying out initial and subsequent verification of measuring instruments;

-       carrying out metrological expertise of measuring instruments;

-       participation in the work of OIML, WELMEC and COOMET technical committees;

-       carrying out calibration of measuring instruments;

-       carrying out type approval and initial and subsequent verification of gambling machines;

-       carrying out type approval and expertise of fiscal devices;

-       keeping the register of approved types of fiscal devices.

 

General Directorate "Measures and Measuring Instruments" is organized in a Control and Methodology Department and 6 regional departments.

 

2) State Agency for Metrological and Technical Surveillance (SAMTS)

 

Management:	Dr. Olga Manafova Acting President
Address:	21, "6 Septemvri" St., 1000  Sofia, Bulgaria
Telephone:	+359 2 988 32 31
Fax:	+359 2 986 17 07
E-mail:	mail@sasm.orbitel.bg

 

The major objectives of SAMTS are focused on promoting the state policy in the field of legal metrology, surveillance of products placed on the market and/or put into use subject to essential requirements, technical surveillance of high risk equipment, quality control of liquid fuels, designation of conformity assessment bodies.

 

General Directorate “Metrological Supervision”(DG MS) realises the SAMTS policy on metrological supervision in the field of legal metrology:

 

Management:	Mrs. Pavlina Danailova General Director
Address:	21, "6 Septemvri" St., 1000  Sofia, Bulgaria
Telephone:	+359 2 986 22 66
Fax:	+359 2 988 42 85
E-mail:	mesdevdiv@sasm.orbitel.bg

 

The major activities of General Directorate "Metrological Supervision" include:

-       observing the utilization of the measurement units under the Law on measurements;

-       supervision of manufacturers, importers, repairers and users of measuring instruments subject to legal control under the Law on measurements;

-       authorization and supervision of persons authorized for verification of measuring instruments;

-       restricting the putting on the market and/or into service of measuring instruments not complying with the requirements of the Law on measurements and respective directives; 

-       control of persons producing or importing prepackages or measuring container bottles;

-       restricting the putting on the market and/or into service of prepackages or measuring container bottles not complying with the requirements of the Law on measurements and respective directives;

-       registration of manufacturers, importers or repairers of fiscal devices;

-       registration of installers and repairers of tachographs;

-       licensing repairers of electronic taximeters with fiscal memory.

 

General Directorate "Metrological Supervision" is organized in a Control and Methodology Department and 12 regional departments.