Issue of permits for industrial testing of explosives, blasting works devices and equipment under development

№ 2204 of the Administrative Registry

Issue of permits for industrial testing of explosives, blasting works devices and equipment under development

Legal grounds - Labour Code – Article 276 (1), Order № 294 of 28.12.1996 of the Minister of Labour and Social Policy and Article 9 of Appendix № 2 to Article 8 of the Rules on Health and Safety in Working with Explosives.

Applicants: Natural and legal persons.

Contact information and working hours of the Administrative Services Centre at the Central Office of GLI EA:

  1. Address: 3 Knyaz Al. Dondukov Blvd., Sofia
  2. Working hours: All workdays from 09:00 to 17:30
  3. Phone number: 070017670 (the line is open all workdays from 09:00 to 17:30)
  4. E-mail: info@gli.government.bg
  5. Detailed information about the Administrative Services Centre may be found at: https://www.gli.government.bg/en/node/11316

Documents required:

  1. Request for issuing of a permit for industrial testing of explosives, blasting works devices and equipment under development (GLI EA template);
  2. Industrial Testing Report;
  3. Approved standardisation document (the explosives standardisation documents must be approved by the Ministry of Internal Affairs);
  4. Declaration according Article 39 (1) of the Administrative Procedures Code stating that the competency certificate of the developer has not been revoked by the control bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Standard application forms may be downloaded at: https://www.gli.government.bg/bg/node/6349

  1. Request for issuing a permit for industrial testing of explosives, blasting works devices and equipment under development of permits for authorisation of explosives, blasting works devices and equipment.

How to apply - The service qualifies as a third level electronic administrative service (two-way electronic communication).

  1. Online by the Secure Electronic Delivery System of the State e-Government Agency – To use this option, the applicant or their authorised representative must be a registered user of the Secure Electronic Delivery System of the State e-Government Agency. The request and the accompanying documents must be sent to the GLI EA registered user at the Secure Electronic Delivery System of the State e-Government Agency. If an authorised representative electronically signs the service request form, a copy of a power of attorney must also be attached. The system automatically registers the application form, and the applicant receives a confirmation of receipt containing the file registration number and registration date. All service requests submitted after 16:30 are registered on the following working day.
  2. Submit a service request in writing - The signed service request and the supporting documentation may be submitted in hard copies at the Administrative Services Centre during working hours. The service request is registered in the GLI EA information system, and the applicant receives the file registration number and registration date.
  3. Submit a service request by post or a licensed postal operator – The signed service request and the supporting documentation may be submitted in hard copies by post or a licensed postal operator addressed to the GLI EA: 3 Knyaz Al. Dondukov Blvd., Sofia.

Internal Administrative Service Process:

The file is forwarded for processing to an officer at Directorate General "Labour Inspection".  The officer reviews the documentation provided and drafts a decision to issue a permit or a refusal to issue a permit. The Executive Director's decision is signed and provided to the applicant by the means they requested in the application form.

How to receive the individual administrative act - The decision is sent to the applicant by the means they requested in the application form, which may be any of the following:

  1. Receive it online at the Secure Electronic Delivery System of the State e-Government Agency.
  2. Receive it at the e-mail address specified in the application form.
  3. Receive it by post or a licensed postal operator at a postal address specified in the application form.
  4. Receive it on-site at the Administrative Service Centre of the Labour Inspectorate Directorate.

Processing times: 7 days

Period of validity of the document/the individual administrative act - according to the period specified in the permit.

Service Fees/Prices: The service is provided free of charge.

Authority exercising control over the activities of the service provider: Minister of Labour and Social Policy

Subject area covered by the service/scheme: health and safety at work

Email Address for Service Proposals - Service Proposals can be made through:

• E-form for feedback: https://www.gli.government.bg/en/form/contact

• e-mail of the Agency: info@gli.government.bg