BG (Bulgaria)

Property	Value
A standardized code according to an ISO standard, e.g. ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 for regions. ISO code	BG
Language-specific name. Monolingual name	Bulgarie (fr), Bulgaria (bg), Bulgaria (en), 保加利亚 (zh), Bulgarien (de)
Language-specific short name. Monolingual short name	България (bg), Bulgarie (fr), Bulgaria (en), 保加利亚 (zh), Bulgarien (de)
The offical langauge of a country. Official language	bg
Language used in a country, beside the administrative languages. other language	en, fr
Continent a country belongs to. Part of	Europe

Regions

Region (controlled vocabulary)	A standardized code according to an ISO standard, e.g. ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 for regions. ISO code	Language-specific name. Monolingual name	Language-specific alternative, i.e. non-official, name. Alternative name
BG-01 (Blagoevgrad Province)	BG-01	Blagoevgrad (fr), Blagoevgrad Province (en), Oblast Blagoewgrad (de), Област Благоевград (bg), 布拉格耶夫格勒州 (zh)
BG-02 (Burgas Province)	BG-02	Bourgas (fr), Burgas Province (en), Oblast Burgas (de), Област Бургас (bg), 布爾加斯州 (zh)	Burgas (en)
BG-03 (Varna Province)	BG-03	Oblast Warna (de), Varna (fr), Varna Province (en), Област Варна (bg), 瓦爾納州 (zh)
BG-04 (Veliko Tarnovo Province)	BG-04	Oblast Weliko Tarnowo (de), Veliko Tarnovo (fr), Veliko Tarnovo Province (en), Област Велико Търново (bg), 大特爾諾沃州 (zh)
BG-05 (Vidin Province)	BG-05	Oblast Widin (de), Vidin (fr), Vidin Province (en), Област Видин (bg), 維丁州 (zh)
BG-06 (Vratsa Province)	BG-06	Oblast Wraza (de), Vratsa (fr), Vratsa Province (en), Област Враца (bg), 弗拉察州 (zh)	Vratza (en)
BG-07 (Gabrovo Province)	BG-07	Gabrovo (fr), Gabrovo Province (en), Oblast Gabrowo (de), Област Габрово (bg), 加布羅沃州 (zh)
BG-08 (Dobrich Province)	BG-08	Dobrich Province (en), Dobritch (fr), Oblast Dobritsch (de), Област Добрич (bg), 多布里奇州 (zh)	Dobrich (en)
BG-09 (Kardzhali Province)	BG-09	Kardjali (fr), Kardzhali Province (en), Oblast Kardschali (de), Област Кърджали (bg), 克爾賈利州 (zh)	Kardzhali (en)
BG-10 (Kyustendil Province)	BG-10	Kyoustendil (fr), Kyustendil Province (en), Oblast Kjustendil (de), Област Кюстендил (bg), 丘斯滕迪爾州 (zh)	Kyustendil (en)
BG-11 (Lovech Province)	BG-11	Lovech Province (en), Lovetch (fr), Oblast Lowetsch (de), Област Ловеч (bg), 洛維奇州 (zh)	Lovech (en)
BG-12 (Montana Province)	BG-12	Montana (fr), Montana Province (en), Oblast Montana (de), Област Монтана (bg), 蒙塔納州 (zh)
BG-13 (Pazardzhik Province)	BG-13	Oblast Pasardschik (de), Pazardjik (fr), Pazardzhik Province (en), Област Пазарджик (bg), 帕扎爾吉克州 (zh)	Pazardzhik (en)
BG-14 (Pernik Province)	BG-14	Oblast Pernik (de), Pernik (fr), Pernik Province (en), Област Перник (bg), 佩爾尼克州 (zh)
BG-15 (Pleven Province)	BG-15	Oblast Plewen (de), Pleven (fr), Pleven Province (en), Област Плевен (bg), 普列文州 (zh)
BG-16 (Plovdiv Province)	BG-16	Oblast Plowdiw (de), Plovdiv (fr), Plovdiv Province (en), Област Пловдив (bg), 普羅夫迪夫州 (zh)	Regiunea Plovdiv (ro)
BG-17 (Razgrad Province)	BG-17	Oblast Rasgrad (de), Razgrad (fr), Razgrad Province (en), Област Разград (bg), 拉兹格勒州 (zh)
BG-18 (Ruse Province)	BG-18	Oblast Russe (de), Roussé (fr), Ruse Province (en), Област Русе (bg), 魯塞州 (zh)	Ruse (en)
BG-19 (Silistra Province)	BG-19	Oblast Silistra (de), Silistra (fr), Silistra Province (en), Област Силистра (bg), 錫利斯特拉州 (zh)
BG-20 (Sliven Province)	BG-20	Oblast Sliwen (de), Sliven (fr), Sliven Province (en), Област Сливен (bg), 斯利文州 (zh)
BG-21 (Smolyan Province)	BG-21	Oblast Smoljan (de), Smolyan (fr), Smolyan Province (en), Област Смолян (bg), 斯莫梁州 (zh)
BG-22 (Sofia City Province)	BG-22	Sofia City Province (en), Sofia-Stadt (de), Sofia-ville (fr), Област София (bg), 索菲亞市州 (zh)	Sofia-City (en)
BG-23 (Sofia Province)	BG-23	Oblast Sofia (de), Sofia (fr), Sofia Province (en), Софийска област (bg), 索菲亞州 (zh)	Obwód sofijski (pl), Sofiyska oblast (ru)
BG-24 (Stara Zagora Province)	BG-24	Oblast Stara Sagora (de), Stara Zagora (fr), Stara Zagora Province (en), Област Стара Загора (bg), 舊扎戈拉州 (zh)
BG-25 (Targovishte Province)	BG-25	Oblast Targowischte (de), Targovichté (fr), Targovishte Province (en), Област Търговище (bg), 特爾戈維什特州 (zh)	Targovishte (en)
BG-26 (Haskovo Province)	BG-26	Haskovo Province (en), Khaskovo (fr), Oblast Chaskowo (de), Област Хасково (bg), 哈斯科沃州 (zh)	Haskovo (en)
BG-27 (Shumen Province)	BG-27	Choumen (fr), Oblast Schumen (de), Shumen Province (en), Област Шумен (bg), 舒門州 (zh)	Shumen (en)
BG-28 (Yambol Province)	BG-28	Oblast Jambol (de), Yambol (fr), Yambol Province (en), Област Ямбол (bg), 揚博爾州 (zh)	Jambol (de), Yambol (en)

Legal forms

Legal form	Name	Main abbreviation	description	Category
BG_0297 (CDQ)	Акционерно дружество (АД) (bg)	AD (bg)		Company Limited by Guarantee
BG_0761 (CDQ)	Aktsionerno druzhestvo sus spetsialna investitsionna tsel (bg)	ADSITz (bg)		Institution
BG_2503 (CDQ)	Subiratelno druzhestvo (bg)	SD (bg)		Government Agency
BG_2656 (CDQ)	Limited (bg)	Limited (bg)		Limited Partnership
BG_3569 (CDQ)	Командиртно дружество (КД) (bg)	KD (bg)		Public Limited Company
BG_3721 (CDQ)	Дружество с ограничена отговорност (ООД) (bg)	OOD (bg)		Public Limited Company
BG_3867 (CDQ)	Акционерно дружество със специална инвестиционна цел (АДСИЦ) (bg)	ADSIC (bg)		Public Limited Company
BG_3946 (CDQ)	Командиртно дружество с акции (КДА) (bg)	KDA (bg)		Registered Partnership
BG_6817 (CDQ)	Societas Cooperativa Europaea (bg)	SCE (bg)		Societas Europaea
BG_7983 (CDQ)	Еднолично дружество с ограничена отговорност (ЕООД) (bg)	EOOD (bg)		Public Limited Company
BG_8061 (CDQ)	Еднолично акционерно дружество (ЕАД) (bg)	EAD (bg)		Public Limited Company
BG_8256 (CDQ)	Societas Europaea (bg)	SE (bg)		Societas Europaea
BG_8873 (CDQ)	European Economic Interest Grouping (bg)	EEIG (bg)		Economic Interest Group
BG_9068 (CDQ)	Кооперация (bg)	Coop (bg)		Proprietorship

Identifiers

Identifier	Name	Registration authority
BG_BRN (BG - Business Reg. Number)	Business Registration Number (bg) Business Registration Number (en)
BG_CCN (BG - Chamber of Commerce Num.)	Federatie Van Kamers Voor Handel and Nijverheid Van Belgiei (bg) Chamber of Commerce Number (en)
BG_GGN (BG - Government Gazette Number)	Държавен вестник (bg) State Gazette (en)
BG_SEC_ID (BG - Social security number)	Social security number (bg) Social security number (en)
BG_TAX_ID (BG - Tax number)	Tax number (bg) Tax number (en)
BG_UID (BG - Unified ID Code)	Единен (bg) Unified identification code (en)
EU_VAT_ID_BG (BG - VAT identification number)	Идентификационен номер по ДДС (bg) Value added tax identification number (en)

Data quality rules

Data quality rule	Description	Criticality
Dummy post code detected (BG)	This data quality rule checks whether the post code comprises dubious patterns that may render the record incorrect. The patterns, selected specifically for Address/country/BG are the following: Regular expression/Mononumerical post code with delimeter Regular expression/Not available post code Regular expression/One digit multiplied several times post code Regular expression/Ordinal sequence of numbers Regular expression/Single digit post code Regular expression/Very long digits post code.	ERROR
Identifier Qualification (European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria), Data source:AT.FON)	This data quality rule checks the congruency of the given identifier against the identifier maintained as reference for the European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria)	INFO
Identifier Qualification (European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria), Data source:BZST)	This data quality rule checks the congruency of the given identifier against the identifier maintained as reference for the European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria)	INFO
Identifier Qualification (European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria), Data source:VIES)	This data quality rule checks the congruency of the given identifier against the identifier maintained as reference for the European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria)	INFO
Identifier format inaccurate (European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria))	This rule checks the syntax, i.e. format of the European value added tax identifier in Bulgaria with respect to the reference format. Any deviation (i.e. white spaces where they are not specified) result in a violation. The European value added tax identifier in Bulgaria consists of 9 or 10 numerical digits prefixed by "BG". This rule checks possible whitespaces, hyphens or dots that might be comprised in the identifier value. If there are any whitespaces, hyphens or dots then the rule is violated.	INFO
Identifier format inaccurate (Unified identification code (Bulgaria))	This rule checks the syntax, i.e. format of the Unified identification code (Bulgaria) with respect to the Unified identification code (Bulgaria). The Identifier consists of 9 digits or (for a branch) 13 digits.	INFO
Identifier format invalid (European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria))	The European value added tax identifier in Bulgaria consists of 9 or 10 numerical digits prefixed by "BG". This rule checks the existence of 9 or 10 digits without considering possible whitespaces, hyphens or dots that might be comprised in the identifier value. If there are less/more or non-numeric digits the rule is violated.	ERROR
Identifier format invalid (Unified identification code (Bulgaria))	The Bulgarian unique unified identification code, called BULSTAT Code, is the only identifier of business subjects in Bulgaria issued by BULSTAT Register. The Identifier consists of 9 digits or (for a branch) 13 digits. This rule checks presence of exactly 9 digits (or 13 digits in case of industries) without considering possible whitespaces, hyphens or dots that might be comprised in the identifier value. If there are less/more digits, unexpected non-digits characters then the rule is violated.	ERROR
Identifier missing (European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria))	Each legal entity in Bulgaria should have a European value added tax identifier.	WARNING
Identifier unknown (European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria))	European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria)	ERROR
Legal form invalid (Bulgaria)	Each record should have legal form appropriate for the country.	INFO
Length of domestic bank account Id invalid (Bulgaria)	This rule checks whether the domestic bank account id exceeds the maximum possible length in Bulgaria	ERROR
Locality Qualification (European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria), Data source:AT.FON)	This data quality rule checks the congruency of the given city against the city maintained as reference for the European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria)	INFO
Locality Qualification (European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria), Data source:BZST)	This data quality rule checks the congruency of the given city against the city maintained as reference for the European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria)	INFO
Locality Qualification (European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria), Data source:VIES)	This data quality rule checks the congruency of the given city against the city maintained as reference for the European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria)	INFO
Mandatory administrative area missing (Bulgaria)	The administrative area (a top-level geographical or political area division in a country) is required (i.e. mandatory) for a complete physical touchpoint in Bulgaria	INFO
Mandatory locality missing (Bulgaria)	The locality is mandatory for street addresses in Bulgaria.	ERROR
Mandatory post code missing (Bulgaria)	The post code is mandatory for street addresses in Bulgaria.	ERROR
Mandatory thoroughfare missing (Bulgaria)	The thoroughfare is mandatory for street addresses in Bulgaria.	ERROR
Name Qualification (European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria), Data source:AT.FON)	This data quality rule checks the congruency of the given name against the name maintained as reference for the European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria)	INFO
Name Qualification (European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria), Data source:BZST)	This data quality rule checks the congruency of the given name against the name maintained as reference for the European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria)	INFO
Name Qualification (European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria), Data source:VIES)	This data quality rule checks the congruency of the given name against the name maintained as reference for the European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria)	INFO
Post code Qualification (European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria), Data source:AT.FON)	This data quality rule checks the congruency of the given post code against the post code maintained as reference for the European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria)	INFO
Post code Qualification (European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria), Data source:BZST)	This data quality rule checks the congruency of the given post code against the post code maintained as reference for the European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria)	INFO
Post code Qualification (European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria), Data source:VIES)	This data quality rule checks the congruency of the given post code against the post code maintained as reference for the European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria)	INFO
Post code format invalid (Bulgaria)	This rule checks the postcode format of Bulgaria. Postal codes consist of a block of 4 digits. The first digit indicates the zone, the second the area and the last two the locality. The first digit cannot be 0. The postal code format is NNNN.	ERROR
Thoroughfare Qualification (European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria), Data source:AT.FON)	This data quality rule checks the congruency of the given street against the street maintained as reference for the European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria)	INFO
Thoroughfare Qualification (European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria), Data source:BZST)	This data quality rule checks the congruency of the given street against the street maintained as reference for the European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria)	INFO
Thoroughfare Qualification (European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria), Data source:VIES)	This data quality rule checks the congruency of the given street against the street maintained as reference for the European value added tax identifier (Bulgaria)	INFO
Unallowed pattern in name detected (BG)	This data quality rule checks whether the name comprises dubious patterns that may render the record incorrect. The patterns, selected specifically for Address/country/BG are the following: Regular expression/One time vendor Regular expression/Aggregated payments Regular expression/No new orders Regular expression/Do not use duplicates note Regular expression/Reference to other record Regular expression/No use note Regular expression/Reference to new record Regular expression/Reference the former name Regular expression/Long number in name Regular expression/Duplicate record note Regular expression/Deletion note Regular expression/Dummy record note Regular expression/Sequence of digits Regular expression/Unsorted keywords Regular expression/Length of name .	WARNING

Data sources

Data source	An informal and short human-readable definition of a concept, in terms of a 'one-liner'. Short description	nonetheless, we continue to offer the most recent available data., The release status in terms of development progress or maturity.<br/><code>EMPTY</code> (0): No feature considered yet, just a rough idea.<br/><code>IDEA</code> (1): Just an idea, not yet designed in detail.<br/><code>DESIGN</code> (2): Software design ready, development not yet started.<br/><code>DEVELOPMENT</code> (3): Software development in progress.<br/><code>ALPHA</code> (4): First functional release, in terms of a Minimal Viable Product (MVP).<br/><code>BETA</code> (5): Tested by selected users.<br/><code>RC</code> (6): Release candidate, fully tested, not yet used in production by many customers.<br/><code>LIVE</code> (7): Used in production by customers, fully monitored and supported.<br/><code>DEPRECATED</code> (-1): End of life planned, but still available.<br/><code>EOL</code> (-2): End of life, historic service, no longer available.<br/><code>BROKEN</code> (-3): Service was used in production but is currently not available. However, CDQ tries to repair or reactivate it.<br/><code>DISCONTINUED</code> (-4): The data source has ceased providing updates Release status
[[AT.FON (data source)]] FinanzOnline [[BUSINESS_PARTNER]]A fatal error occurred in the #info parser function	Allows to verify the validity of a VAT number issued by any European Member State.	LIVE
[[BZST (data source)]] Bundeszentralamt für Steuern (Germany) [[BUSINESS_PARTNER]]A fatal error occurred in the #info parser function	Verifies the validity of the VAT number.	LIVE
[[EU.EORI (data source)]] EORI [[BUSINESS_PARTNER]]A fatal error occurred in the #info parser function	EORI number is used as an identification number in all customs procedures when exchanging information with Customs administrations.	LIVE 1,064 records
[[VIES (data source)]] VIES [[BUSINESS_PARTNER]]A fatal error occurred in the #info parser function	Official interface to the European MIAS database.	LIVE 50,000,000 records
[[CDQ.VAT (data source)]] CDQ VAT Numbers [[BUSINESS_PARTNER]]A fatal error occurred in the #info parser function	European VAT numbers with registrant names and addresses, collected by CDQ from public websites.	IDEA
[[EU.PC (data source)]] EuroStat Post Code Files (European Union) [[ADDRESS]]A fatal error occurred in the #info parser function	n/a	IDEA

Banking metadata

Property	Value
Full metadata	Bank accounts in Bulgaria
Local name of the national bank ID. Bank ID name	BAE codes - Banking Addressable Entity
The provider (national authorities in most cases) of the national bank ID. Bank ID provider	Bulgarian National Bank
Currency code for accounting in the given country. Currency code	BGN
Maximum length of the national bank account ID. Maximum bank account ID length	8