Rules for Bulgaria
| Extension: | .bg |
| Country: | Bulgaria |
| Region: | Europe |
| [Local Presence] | |
| Local Presence required: | Yes if not EU resident + Switzerland |
| [Registration] | |
| Registration term: | 1 to 10 years |
| Sub-domains: | 0.bg to 9.bg, and a.bg to z.bg |
| IDN: | .бг (corresponding to .xn--90ae): the complete domain should be in cyrillic.any name composed of ASCII characters and/or numbers or characters in Cyrillic and/or digits, including the sign "-". When the LABEL is written in Cyrillic (IDN) it must contain only letters in Cyrillic and to include at least one letter which can be visually distinguished from the Latin alphabet (capital and/or small letters): б, г, д, ж, и, й, л, п, ф, ц, ч, ш, щ, ъ, ь, ю, я. |
| Domain length: | 3- 63 characters |
| Registration processing time: | within 24 hours |
| Company registration or VAT number: | Yes |
| Registrant indivdual or legal: | Yes |
| Admin contact individual: | Yes |
| Prior rights required: | No |
| Application form: | Yes |
| [Renewal] | |
| Renewal term: | 1 to 10 years |
| Late renewal: | 7 days |
| Restoration: | 23 days |
| Early deletion: | Yes |
| [Transfer] | |
| Procedure: | We need to create new documents in order update 1) email of authorization and 2) domain representative. If the company is within the EU, the documents need to be signed and sent by post to the registry (if outside of EU, they need to be notarized). A copy of an up-to-date company certificate is required as well. |
| Expiration date changes: | Yes +1 year from the date of completed transfer (remaining validity period is lost), we recommend to process transfer 2 weeks before expiration date. |
| Unlock domain | No |
| [Owner Change] | |
| Procedure: | The transfer of a DOMAIN NAME from one REGISTRANT to another shall take place after concluding a contract between the parties. The contract shall be certified by a Notary Public and sent to the REGISTRY, or signed with the digital signatures of both REGISTRANTS representatives, and then sent to the REGISTRY. |
| Documents required: | Yes |
| Registration date change: | No |
| [Other general considerations] | Conditions: 1) Companies from EU (+Switzerland) can register a .bg domain without POA. They need to sign an application form + company certificate and send them in original by post to the registry. 2) Registrants from other countries can register with a POA in our favour that must be notarized and legalized. 3) All Individuals (regardless of their country) must have their application form notarized and legalized or sign a POA in our favour that must be notarized and legalized We provide local presence service in order to avoid complexity of these requirements. |
| Whois | https://www.register.bg/tld_user_reg/app.pl?action_key=ac_c1p12d1_to_reports&frame_key=fr_c1p12_main_frame&lang=en |
| Terms and conditions | https://www.register.bg/tld_user_reg/app.pl?action_key=ac_c1p3d1_to_general_terms&frame_key=fr_c1p3_main_frame&lang=en |
| Dispute resolution | https://www.register.bg/tld_user_reg/app.pl?action_key=ac_c1p13d1_to_dispute&frame_key=fr_c1p13_main_frame&lang=en |