Annual Report for the Public Administration 2004

procedure of the Commission for Protection of the Competition, the Ministry of the Foreign Affairs,
the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Justice, the National Statistics Institute and the municipal
administrations Antonovo, Beloslav, Varna, Dolni chflik, Novi Pazar, Polski Trambesh and Pravetz.
The Rules of procedure of 111 structures (60%) at central level and 71 (32%) at municipal
level remained unchanged in 2004.
The frequent amendments in the Rules of procedure are as a result of lack of clearly defined
strategic goals, transfer or closing of functions in accordance with commitments undertaken with
respect to the EU, necessity for the implementation of additional functions, necessity for additional
human resources, etc.
In most cases the amendments of the Rules of procedure is provoked by the necessity for
increasing the number of staff (27 structures at central level and 87 at territorial level) or because of
change in the structure (40 administrations at central level and 129 at territorial level).
Among the most frequent causes for amendments of the Rules of procedure is also the
application of the new legislation (29 administrations at central level and 30 at territorial level),
reduction of the number of staff (7 a central level and 22 at territorial level), implementation of
recommendations following the functional analysis carried out (12 at central level, among which the
Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Defence, Executive agency “Certification and Testing”,
Directorate General "Civil air traffic administration”, etc. and 5 at territorial level – the municipal
administrations Gorna Oriahovitza, Guliantzi, Dzebel, Lukovit and Maritza).
Because of the necessity to create a structural unit in realization of commitments undertaken
in relation to the EU, amendments in 8 structures at central level have been effected (State Agency
"State and и military reserves", the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Environment
and Waters, the Ministry of Transport and Communications, Executive Agency “Maritime
administration”, and the Regional Inspections for environment and waters in Burgas, Haskovo and
Shumen) and 7 structures at territorial level (municipal administrations Ardino, Guliantzi, Dospat,
Pazardjik, Septemvri, Silistra, Sozopol).
Among the reasons for the amendment of the Rules of procedure pointed out in the reports
of the administrative structures one can find also: enforcement of the requirements of the directives
for operational compatibility of EU in the field of railway transport (Executive Agency “Railway
administration”), optimization of the functions and the competences in view of the development of
the National plan for development of the Republic of Bulgaria (Executive Agency for economic
analyses and forecasts), undertaking the functions related to the collection of the local taxes and
fees for municipal waste from the Tax administration (municipal administration Veliki Preslav),
application and grant of ISO 9001-2000 certificate for quality of the administrative services (the
municipal administrations Ihtiman and Novi Pazar), optimization of the organizational connections in
the administration (municipal administration Tvarditza).
There are activities and functions that have been outsourced from 35 administrative
structures through the establishment of public state-owned or municipal enterprises (the Ministry of
Education and Science, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, the
municipal administrations batak, Vratza, Kostenetz, Teteven, etc.). Functions and activities have
been outsourced through the establishment of state owned enterprises in compliance with Artcle 62,
paragraph 3 of the Trade Law from the Ministry of Energy and Energy Resources, the National
Forest Service, the municipal administration Jakoruda, the Regional Inspection for the Environment
and Waters in Pleven.
Functions from 9 administrative structures have been outsourced through the granting of
their administration to persons from the private sector, branch or other non-governmental
organizations.
The Tax administration has assigned the administration of the local taxes and fees to the
municipal administrations. The State Agency “State and military reserve” has assigned the
safeguarding of part of its warehouses by signing a service contract. The Directorate “National
Park” - Gabrovo, the Commission for regulation of communications and the municipal
administrations Bozhurishte, Silistra and Shabla have transferred activities related to regulatory
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