site.btaParliament Overturns Presidential Veto on Energy Act Amendments

Parliament on Friday overturned, 133-49, a presidential veto on amendments to the Energy Act.

The head of State argued in his reasons that, without disputing the need to align domestic legislation to the commitments assumed by Bulgaria to the EU, the full liberalization of the electricity market for household users by 2026, envisaged by the law, does not provide for protection of energy-poor and vulnerable users which EU law enables and requires.

Also, the law has moved away from the objectives of the social State and has been adopted without an accompanying impact assessment.