Membership fee

Membership fees

DECISION № 5/2006 of the General Assembly (GA) supplemented by DECISION № 9/2009 of the GA, amended by DECISION № 7/2022 of the GA

Type of the membership/Group:

- BDS CORPORATE MEMBERS (NO PARTICIPATION IN THE WORK OF THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEES) - 350 BGN

- BDS MEMBERS WITH ACTIVE PARTICIPATION WITH EXPERTS IN THE WORK OF THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

Group 1 - Employer’s associations, branch chambers, producers and traders:

1. Employer’s associations and branch chambers - 300 BGN + к* х 300 BGN

2. Producers and traders:

• Micro enterprises 250 BGN + к* х 300** BGN
• Small enterprises 370 BGN + к* х 300** BGN
• Medium-sized enterprises 500 BGN + к* х 300** BGN
• Large enterprises 650 BGN + к* х 300** BGN
• Banks 700 BGN + к* х 700 BGN

Group 2 – Ministries, agencies, commissions and administrative structures of the Executive Authority, established by law or decree of the Council of Ministers - 400 BGN + к* х 300** BGN

Group 3 - Research organizations, institutes and universities - 400 BGN + к* х 300 BGN

Group 4 - Conformity assessment bodies, control bodies, certification bodies, laboratories for testing and/or calibration - 370 BGN + к* х 300** BGN

Group 5 – Insurers’ associations, consumer associations, professional organizations and unions - 250 BGN + к* х 300** BGN

- BDS MEMBERS WITH OBSERVER STATUS

Group 1 - Employer’s associations, branch chambers, producers and traders:**

1. Employer’s associations and branch chambers - 300 BGN + к* х 300** BGN

2. Producers and traders:

• Micro enterprises - 200 BGN + к* х 300 BGN
• Small enterprises - 320 BGN + к* х 300 BGN
• Medium-sized enterprises - 450 BGN + к* х 300 BGN
• Large enterprises - 600 BGN + к* х 300 BGN
• Banks - 650 BGN + к* х 700 BGN

Group 2 – Ministries, agencies, commissions and administrative structures of the Executive Authority, established by law or decree of the Council of Ministers - 350 BGN + к* х 300 BGN

Group 3 - Research organizations, institutes and universities - 350 BGN + к* х 300 BGN

Group 4 - Conformity assessment bodies, control bodies, certification bodies, laboratories for testing and/or calibration - 320 BGN + к* х 300 BGN

Group 5 – Insurers’ associations, consumer associations, professional organizations and unions - 200 BGN + к* х 300 BGN

Legend:

*к – number of Technical Committees

** – The amount of 300 (three hundred) BGN, determined as a payment to the Technical Committees for standardization, shall be reduced depending on the number of the Technical Committees with active participation as follows:

If к = 1÷5 – 300 BGN

If к = 6÷10 – 200 BGN

If к = 11÷20 – 150 BGN

If к ≥ 21 – 100 BGN

The membership fee is for one calendar year and should be paid by the end of the first quarter of the current year.

The newly admitted members pay membership fees in an amount calculated in proportion to the months for which they are actual members.