EC refers Bulgaria to European Court of Justice over business register connection

The European Commission said on July 15 that it has decided to refer Bulgaria to the European Court of Justice for “failing to connect its national business register to the Business Registers Interconnection System (BRIS),” BNR reported on July 15.

The deadline for Bulgaria to do so was June 8, 2017 to connect to BRIS. Bulgaria’s failure to connect to BRIS makes it complicated for EU citizens, companies and professionals to obtain relevant information on Bulgarian companies, the EC said in a statement.

Furthermore, without BRIS, business registers cannot cooperate in cross-border mergers that involve Bulgarian companies or in procedures related to cross-border branches of Bulgarian companies, the EC said.