GEOLOGY AND MINING LEGISLATION IN BULGARIA

1st International Scientific Conference - SGEM2001, www.sgem.org, SGEM2001 Conference Proceedings/ ISBN: 954-918181-2, June 3-9, 2001, 405- 410pp

ABSTRACT

The Ministry of Environment and Waters is responsible for the State policy and strategy
in the field of geology and prospecting, exploration and mining of the underground resources,
and the environmental protection on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria, the continental
shelf and the exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea.
The Ministry co-ordinate and assign the implementation of investment and other projects
for geological and geoecological studies of the country.
The Ministry with the other interested Ministries and state institutions develop and
propose to the Council of Ministers the state policy and strategy for encouraging the investments
in the prospecting, exploration and mining of the underground resources in view of the
sustainable development of the country and the national security.