Ordinance No 18 of the BNB on the Control over the Quality of Euro Banknotes and Euro Coins in Currency Circulation

Ordinance No 18 of the BNB 1 Ordinance No 18 of the BNB of 31 July 2025 on the Control over the Quality of Euro Banknotes and Euro Coins in Currency Circulation (published in the Darjaven Vestnik, issue 68 of 19 August 2025, effective as of 1 January 2026) Chapter One SUBJECT Article 1. (1) This Ordinance shall ensure the application of the relevant acts of the European Union and lay down at national level the terms and procedure for:

1. the reproduction of euro banknotes and euro coins;
2. the exchange by the BNB of mutilated or damaged genuine euro banknotes;
3. the exchange of euro coins unfit for circulation;
4. the retention, authentication check and evaluation of euro banknotes and euro coins suspected as non-genuine or altered, hereafter referred to as ‘counterfeit’;
5. the separation of euro banknotes and euro coins unfit for circulation;
6. the use of sorting machines and customer-operated machines (hereinafter jointly referred to as ‘machines’). (2) This Ordinance shall lay down the terms and procedure for:
7. the exchange by banks of mutilated or damaged genuine euro banknotes;
8. the retention, authentication check and evaluation of foreign currency bank￾notes and coins suspected as being counterfeit;
9. the control over compliance with the requirements for banknotes and coins in circulation laid down in the Law on the BNB, this Ordinance and the instructions on its enforcement. Chapter Two REPRODUCTION OF EURO BANKNOTES AND EURO COINS Article 2. Reproduction of euro banknotes shall be carried out in accordance with the rules referred to in Article 2 of Decision of the European Central Bank of 19 April 2013 on the denominations, specifications, reproduction, exchange and withdrawal of euro banknotes (ECB/2013/10) (OJ, L 118 of 30 April 2013), hereinafter referred to as ‘Decision No 2013/10’.

2 Ordinance No 18 of the BNB Article 3. Reproduction of а euro coin design (the national obverse design or the common reverse design), including the production and sale of medals and tokens with the appearance and/or technical properties of a coin shall be carried out in accord￾ance with the rules laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 2182/2004 of 6 Decem￾ber 2004 concerning medals and tokens similar to euro coins (OJ, Special Bulgarian Edition, Chapter 10, Volume 003, p. 124–129, 2007), hereinafter referred to as ‘Regula￾tion No 2182/2004’. Chapter Three EXCHANGE OF MUTILATED OR DAMAGED GENUINE EURO BANKNOTES Article 4.  The Bulgarian National Bank shall perform exchanges of mutilated or damaged genuine euro banknotes in accordance with Articles 3–5 of Decision No 2013/10. Article 5. (1) Banks shall perform an immediate exchange of mutilated or damaged genuine euro banknotes free of charge. (2) Banks shall ensure that the immediate exchange under paragraph 1 is per￾formed in all their branches and offices where cash operations are carried out. (3) Banks shall not refuse an immediate exchange of mutilated or damaged genu￾ine euro banknotes to natural persons. (4) Mutilated or damaged genuine euro banknotes accepted for exchanges by a bank shall be submitted to the BNB. Article 6. Upon an exchange of mutilated or damaged genuine euro banknotes, the claimant of the banknotes shall submit to the BNB or banks a declaration on the origin of funds under the Law on the Measures Against Money Laundering or other applicable regulations, where such is required by law. Article 7. (1) Mutilated or damaged genuine euro banknotes submitted for a de￾ferred exchange shall be exchanged by the BNB within 30 business days from the date of receipt at the BNB. (2) The evaluation of whether or not to exchange mutilated or damaged genuine euro banknotes claimed for a deferred exchange shall be carried out by a Commis￾sion of the BNB (Commission on the Exchange of Mutilated or Damaged Banknotes) without the presence of the claimant. (3) The evaluation under paragraph 2 shall be final. Article 8. (1) Mutilated or damaged euro banknotes shall be claimed for a deferred exchange to the BNB:

1. at a teller desk at the BNB;
2. by parcel postage with advice delivery or by courier.

Ordinance No 18 of the BNB 3 (2) Where banks may not immediately exchange mutilated or damaged euro bank￾notes, they shall inform the claimant of the possibility of submitting the mutilated or damaged euro banknotes to the BNB for a deferred exchange and assist at this. Article 9. (1) To claim mutilated or damaged euro banknotes for a deferred ex￾change at the BNB, the claimant shall:

1. fill in an application according to a sample form (Appendix No 1);
2. state the circumstances under Article 3 of Decision No 2013/10;
3. submit a notary-certified explicit power of attorney where mutilated or damaged euro banknotes are claimed on behalf of another person;
4. pack the euro banknotes in a separate parcel (envelope/box) protecting its content from physical and chemical effects, and together with the accompanying documents re￾ferred to in items 1, 2, and 3 put the euro banknotes in the same parcel (envelope/box). (2) Where mutilated or damaged euro banknotes are claimed on behalf and for the account of:
5. the claimant: he/she shall write down on the parcel his/her full name, the perma￾nent address and the date of the claim;
6. another person: the claimant shall write down on the parcel the full name of the person on behold of whom banknotes are claimed, his/her permanent address and the date of the claim. Article 10. (1) Upon claiming mutilated or damaged euro banknotes for a deferred exchange at a teller cash desk at the BNB, BNB employee/s shall accept the parcel with mutilated or damaged euro banknotes and issue a receipt. (2) Upon claiming mutilated or damaged euro banknotes for a deferred exchange by parcel postage with advice delivery or by courier, BNB employee/s shall sign the relevant acknowledgement of receipt and issue no separate document for the parcel received. Article 11.(1) Upon claiming mutilated or damaged euro banknotes for a deferred exchange by parcel postage or courier, the parcel shall be sent to the BNB to the follow￾ing address: BNB Cash Centre, Commission on the Exchange of Mutilated or Dam￾aged Banknotes, Polygona Area, 10, Mihail Tenev Str., 1784 Sofia. (2) All postage and/or courier expenses on claiming the parcel with mutilated or damaged euro banknotes to the BNB shall be borne by the claimant. Article 12. (1) The BNB Commission on the Exchange of Mutilated or Damaged Banknotes shall review the content of the parcel with mutilated or damaged euro banknotes accepted for a deferred exchange, and evaluate whether the genuine euro banknotes identified in the parcel shall be exchanged, in compliance with the condi￾tions and ratios under Article 3 of Decision No 2013/10.

4 Ordinance No 18 of the BNB (2) The BNB Commission on the Exchange of Mutilated or Damaged Banknotes shall require the claimant of banknotes to submit a declaration on the origin of funds under the Law on the Measures Against Money Laundering where such is required by law. (3) The decision of whether to exchange euro banknotes shall be recorded in a protocol of a deferred exchange of mutilated or damaged euro banknotes. A copy of it shall be sent to the claimant of euro banknotes on request. Article 13. The Bulgarian National Bank shall charge a fee in case of a deferred exchange of genuine euro banknotes mutilated or damaged by activated anti-theft devices as a result of improper handling in accordance with Article 4 of Decision No 2013/10. Article 14.(1) Where the claimant of mutilated or damaged euro banknotes has speci￾fied in an application declaration the bank account on which the amount of the exchanged banknotes shall be transferred, the transfer shall be made at the expense of the claimant. (2) Where the expenses for the transfer exceed the value of the exchanged euro banknotes, the value of the exchanged banknotes shall be paid at a teller desk at the BNB in Sofia, and the claimant of the banknotes shall be notified by the BNB thereof. Article 15.(1) Upon a deferred exchange of mutilated or damaged euro banknotes, the value of the euro banknotes exchanged by the BNB, where such is due, less due fees and BNB costs, shall be paid in favour of the claimant:

1. on the bank account as specified by the claimant in the application;
2. at a teller desk at the BNB;
3. at a teller desk at the BNB provided banknotes are claimed under Article 8, para￾graph 2, but the claimant has not explicitly specified the manner of receiving the amount;
4. by a postal money transfer, and expenses incurred shall be borne by the claimant. (2) The amounts under paragraph 1, items 2, 3 and 4 unclaimed within five years shall be recorded as income to the BNB. The time limit shall start to run as from the date of the protocol of a deferred exchange of mutilated or damaged euro banknotes under Article 12, paragraph 3. Chapter Four EXCHANGE OF EURO COINS UNFIT FOR CIRCULATION Article 16. (1) The Bulgarian National Bank shall reimburse the value of or exchange euro coins unfit for circulation under Chapter Three of Regulation (EU) No 1210/2010 of the European Parliament and the Council of 15 December 2010 concerning authen￾tication of euro coins and handling of euro coins unfit for circulation (ОJ, L 339 of 22 December 2010), hereinafter referred to as ‘Regulation No 1210/10’. (2) Upon an exchange of euro coins unfit for circulation or a reimbursement of their value, the claimant of the euro coins shall submit to the BNB a declaration on the origin of funds under the Law on the Measures Against Money Laundering or other applicable regulations, where such is required by law.

Ordinance No 18 of the BNB 5 Chapter Five RETENTION AND EVALUATION OF EURO BANKNOTES AND EURO COINS SUSPECTED AS BEING COUNTERFEIT Article 17.(1)In accordance with Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1338/2001 of the Council of 28 June 2001 laying down measures necessary for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting (OJ, Special Bulgarian Edition, Chapter 19, Volume 003, p. 169–173), briefly referred to as ‘Regulation No 1338/2001’, banks, payment service providers, electronic money issuers, exchange bureaus, service providers, economic agents involved in the processing and distribution to the public of euro banknotes and euro coins, as well as all government authorities and local authorities and local ad￾ministrations shall submit to the BNB, as a national analysis centre in the Republic of Bulgaria, in accordance with Articles 4–5 of Regulation No 1338/2001 for conducting of an evaluation of the retained euro banknotes and euro coins, which are suspected of being counterfeit. (2) In accordance with Article 5 of Decision of the European Central Bank of 16 September 2010 on the authenticity and fitness checking and recirculation of euro banknotes (ECB/2010/14) (OJ, L 267 of 9 October 2010), hereinafter referred to as ‘Decision No 2010/14’, the entities referred to in paragraph 1 shall immediately, and no later than 20 working days, hand over to the BNB for conducting of an evaluation of the retained euro banknotes/coins not identified as genuine. Article 18. (1) For the fulfilment of the obligations under Article 17, a protocol of retaining banknotes or coins suspected as counterfeit shall be drawn up in accordance with а sample (Appendix No. 2) in at least two identical copies. One of the copies shall be submitted to the claimant, and the other shall accompany the euro banknotes/coins sent to the BNB. (2) Data allowing identification of the claimant of euro banknotes and euro coins suspected as counterfeit shall be kept for a period of at least ten years. Article 19. (1) Euro banknotes and euro coins retained under Article 18 shall be packed in an envelope (parcel/box), and together with a copy of the protocol of retaining shall be submitted to the BNB immediately and no later than within 20 business days. (2) The submission under paragraph 1 shall be done at a teller desk, by parcel post￾age with advice delivery or by courier, and the envelope/parcel shall be addressed to the BNB at: BNB Cash Centre, National Analysis Centre, Polygona Area, 10, Mihail Tenev Str., 1784 Sofia. All postage and/or courier expenses shall be borne by the claimant. Article 20. Pre-trial proceedings bodies and courts shall submit to the BNB coun￾terfeit euro banknotes or euro coins under the procedure of Article 19. Article 21. The Bulgarian National Bank, under a procedure set by it, shall assist banks, financial institutions, exchange bureaus and service providers in training the employees responsible for the authenticity evaluation of euro banknotes and euro coins.

6 Ordinance No 18 of the BNB Article 22. (1) Within 20 business days from the receipt at the BNB of euro bank￾notes/euro coins suspected as counterfeit, the BNB shall perform an authentication check and evaluation to establish whether the euro banknotes and euro coins are counterfeit. (2) Upon request, the BNB shall draw up a protocol on the authentication check and evaluation stating the results of the authentication check and evaluation of the euro banknotes and euro coins suspected as counterfeit. Article 23. The results of the authentication check and evaluation of euro bank￾notes and euro coins under Article 22 shall be final. Article 24. (1) At the request of the claimant, the BNB shall submit to the per￾son who has retained the euro banknotes or euro coins a copy of the protocol on the technical examination of authenticity expertise. The protocol shall not contain any information which constitutes confidential information as required by the European Central Bank. (2) Provided the euro banknotes or coins claimed for evaluation are genuine, the BNB shall submit to the person who has retained the euro banknotes or euro coins a copy of the protocol on the technical authenticity expertise. (3) The person who has retained the euro banknotes or coins shall notify in writing the claimant of the euro banknotes or euro coins about the result of the authentication check and evaluation within ten business days after the receipt of the protocol of the technical of authenticity expertise. Article 25. (1) The Bulgarian National Bank shall retain, store and destruct the euro banknotes or euro coins which are found to be counterfeit. The retained counter￾feit euro banknotes or euro coins shall not be returned or reimbursed to the claimant. (2) The Bulgarian National Bank shall reimburse the value of the euro banknotes or euro coins evaluated as genuine to the person who has retained the euro banknotes or euro coins and who, in turn, shall notify the claimant about the receipt of their equivalence or credit the account of the person as specified in the protocol of retaining under Article 18, paragraph 1. (3) Where the euro banknotes or euro coins evaluated as genuine are submitted by pre￾liminary proceedings bodies and courts, the BNB shall return them to the competent body. Chapter Six RETENTION AND EVALUATION OF FOREIGN BANKNOTES AND CIRCULATING COINS SUSPECTED AS BEING COUNTERFEIT Article 26. (1) Banks, financial institutions, exchange bureaus and service suppli￾ers shall submit to the BNB for conducting of an evaluation no later than the retained foreign banknotes and circulating coins suspected as counterfeit. (2) The entities under paragraph 1 shall immediately, and no later than within 20 working days, hand over to the BNB for conducting of an evaluation of the retained foreign banknotes/coins not identified as genuine.

Ordinance No 18 of the BNB 7 (3) Retained foreign banknotes and coins suspected to be counterfeit shall be sub￾mitted to the BNB under Articles 18 and 19. (4) Preliminary proceedings bodies and courts shall submit to the BNB foreign banknotes and coins suspected to be counterfeit under Article 19. (5) The Bulgarian National Bank shall carry out an expert authentication check under the procedure and within the terms set out in Articles 22, 23 and 24. (6) In case the authentication check and evaluation do not lead to a definite conclu￾sion that the foreign currency banknotes or coins are counterfeit, the BNB shall send them to the respective issuer for an evaluation. The person who has retained the banknotes or coins shall be notified in writing thereof, and he, on his part, shall notify the claimant. (7) The Bulgarian National Bank shall retain, store and destruct the foreign bank￾notes or coins which are found to be counterfeit. The retained counterfeit foreign cur￾rency banknotes or coins shall not be returned or reimbursed to the claimant. (8) The Bulgarian National Bank shall return the foreign currency banknotes or coins evaluated as genuine to the person who has retained the banknotes or coins, and the person, on his part, shall notify the claimant about the receipt of the banknotes or coins. (9) Where the foreign banknotes or coins evaluated as genuine are submitted by preliminary proceedings bodies and courts, the BNB shall return them to the compe￾tent body. Chapter Seven SEPARATION OF EURO BANKNOTES AND EURO COINS UNFIT FOR CIRCULATION Article 27. The liable entities under Articles 33 and 34 of the Law on the Bulgarian National Bank shall submit to the BNB, under a procedure set by it, the separated euro banknotes and euro coins unfit for circulation, as follows:

1. upon submission by banks, the equivalent amount shall be transferred in euro by the BNB to the bank’s bank account;
2. upon submission by electronic money issuers, payment service providers and eco￾nomic agents involved in the processing and distribution to the public of euro banknotes, the equivalent amount shall be paid only in cash upon their immediate submission. Chapter Eight USE OF SORTING MACHINES AND CUSTOMER-OPERATED MACHINES Article 28. (1) Banks and service providers shall process euro banknotes and euro coins through machines which have been tested by the manufacturer and included in the list published by the European Central Bank (ECB) for euro banknotes or the list published by the European Commission (EC) for euro coins.

8 Ordinance No 18 of the BNB (2) The machines referred to in paragraph 1 shall be subject to control tests by the BNB. (3) The Bulgarian National Bank shall not test:

1. automated teller machines (ATM);
2. customer-operated machines that do not identify the persons using the machine. (4) Banks and service providers shall load customer-operated machines only with euro banknotes which have been checked for authenticity and fitness in line with the requirements of Decision No 2010/14. Article 29. (1) Banks and service providers shall provide their staff with training in operating the machines they use. (2) Employees of a bank or service provider who have not been trained under paragraph 1 shall not be allowed to operate the respective sorting machine and/or customer-operated machine. Article 30. The Bulgarian National Bank under a procedure set by it shall carry out control tests of machines processing euro that include a recognition test and/or a fitness detection test. Article 31. (1) A control test is required to identify the capacity of a machine in the course of its operation to classify euro in line with the requirements of the ECB for banknotes and of the EC for coins, according to the relevant standards for recognition and/or fitness. (2) The recognition test shall be successful if the tested machine has correctly de￾tected 100 per cent of the euro banknotes and/or euro coins contained in the set of counterfeit euro banknotes and/or euro coins. (3) The fitness detection test shall be successful, if the tested machine has classified as fit no more than 5 per cent of the unfit euro banknotes contained in the test set of genuine fit and unfit euro banknotes. Article 32. (1) A machine included in the list under Article 28, paragraph 1, which has not been successfully tested by the BNB shall be decommissioned and kept under observation for a period of one month. (2) Within the observation deadline under paragraph 1, the service operator shall submit an application for a repeated control test, which shall be carried out in accord￾ance with the procedure set out by the BNB. The machine under observation may be used after a successful completion of a repeated control test. (3) If the machine under observation fails to pass a repeated control test, then the procedure referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be repeated or the machine shall be decommissioned. Article 33. The Bulgarian National Bank shall conduct control tests on machines operating with the euro at the request of machine manufacturers or their representa￾tives, banks, service providers and service operators, according to a procedure deter￾mined by it.

Ordinance No 18 of the BNB 9 Chapter Nine CONTROL Article 34. The Bulgarian National Bank shall control compliance with the require￾ments for euro banknotes and euro coins in currency circulation laid down in the acts of European Union law, the Law on the BNB, this Ordinance and the instructions on its enforcement. Article 35. Banks, service providers, financial institutions and exchange bureaus shall adopt internal rules for implementing the requirements of this Ordinance. Article 36. (1) Banks and service providers shall provide the BNB with informa￾tion in accordance with Appendix IV to ECB Decision No 2010/14 and Article 12 of Regulation No 1210/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council through the BNB Integrated Information System. (2) Banks shall provide the BNB with information on concluded agreements with service providers whereby all or part of their activities and cash operations have been provided to these service providers within ten business days following the conclusion, amendment or termination of such an agreement. (3) Banks shall provide information on the type of the banknote anti-theft device (chemical substance) used by them, providing a sample thereof. (4) The Deputy Governor of the BNB heading the Issue Department may require information other than that specified under paragraphs 1 and 2. Article 37. (1) To exercise control over compliance with the requirements of this Ordinance, the BNB shall be entitled to carry out on-site checks, a ‘mystery shop￾per’ checks (without identifying as BNB examiners at the beginning of the check) or documentary checks at banks, service providers, financial institutions and exchange bureaus. (2) The inspected entities under paragraph 1 shall assist the authorised BNB offic￾ers in exercising their controlling functions. Article 38. (1) The authorised BNB officers carrying out on-site checks shall have the right to:

1. a free access to the office premises where cash operations and activities are conducted;
2. require documents and collect information;
3. carry out control tests of sorting and customer-operated machines for compli￾ance with the standards of recognition and fitness;
4. require that inspected entities provide internal rules and procedures regulating cash activities and operations;
5. require information on purchased/rented sorting/customer-operated machines, as well as on technical service of machines and software updates;
6. check the required qualification and experience of officers carrying out cash activities and operations;

10 Ordinance No 18 of the BNB 7. require that banks and service providers provide banknotes and coins selected by them for quality checks which shall be returned after the completion of the checks. (2)In carrying out ‘a mystery shopper’ checks, the authorised BNB officers in their capacity as a customer may request:

1. execution of relevant transactions in banknotes and coins which the inspected entities are obliged to carry out under this Ordinance;
2. to be aware of the conditions under which the inspected entities carry out the relevant transactions in banknotes and coins. (3) When carrying out documentary checks, the authorised BNB officers shall have the right to:
3. require that inspected entities provide copies of internal rules and procedures regulating cash activities and operations;
4. require provision of documents and/or statements on purchased/rented sorting/ customer-operated machines, as well as on technical service of machines and software updates;
5. require provision of documents and/or statements of qualifications and experi￾ence of the employees engaged in banknote and coin activities and operations; 4.require provision of documents and/or statements on completion of control tests of sorting machines and customer-operated machines for compliance with the stand￾ards of recognition and fitness. (4) Any check conducted by BNB officers under the procedure of this Chapter shall finish with a report containing performance findings and recommendations for measures to prevent violations of the Law on the BNB, this Ordinance and instructions on its enforcement. (5) Any violations of the Law on the BNB or this Ordinance established in the course of the checks under this Chapter shall be penalised under the procedure of Chapter Sixteen of the Law on the BNB. ADDITIONAL PROVISION § 1. Within the meaning of this Ordinance:
6. ‘Currency circulation’ shall mean a movement of banknotes and coins in circula￾tion between persons.
7. ‘A bank’ shall mean an entity referred to in Article 2, paragraph 5 of the Law on Credit Institutions.
8. ‘A financial institution’ shall mean an entity referred to in Article 3 of the Law on Credit Institutions which carries out transactions in banknotes and coins within the scope of its core activity.
9. ‘An exchange bureau’ shall mean an entity entered in the public register of enti￾ties performing as exchange bureaux in accordance with Ordinance No 4 of 2003 on the terms and procedure for making entries in the register and the requirements for the activities of the exchange bureaux.

Ordinance No 18 of the BNB 11 5. ‘A service provider’ shall mean an entity that carries out, in the course of busi￾ness, activities and transactions in banknotes and coins, including their classification, storing, transportation and/or distribution. 6. ‘An immediate exchange’ shall be an exchange which is performed at the mo￾ment of the claim of mutilated or damaged euro banknotes whose evaluation can be determined immediately upon the submission. 7. ‘A deferred exchange’ shall be an exchange which is performed within a certain period after the claim of mutilated or damaged euro banknotes whose evaluation can￾not be determined at the time of the claim, as it requires the use of specialised methods and means. 8. ‘An ATM terminal’ shall be a machine which allows cash withdrawal that has previously been checked for authenticity and fitness by machines included in the ECB’s list and of reference and other non-payment operations. 9. ‘An anti-theft device’ shall mean a device for protection of banknotes which activates and changes banknote colours by means of a chemical substance in case of a violation or improper use. 10. ‘A service operator’ shall mean a trader, a natural person or legal entity car￾rying out, in the course of business, technical maintenance of sorting machines or customer-operated machines. 11. 'A recognition test’ shall mean a test to evaluate the capacity of the machines to distinguish genuine from counterfeit euro banknotes and/or circulating euro coins. 12. ‘A fitness detection test’ shall mean a test to evaluate the capacity of the ma￾chines to separate fit from unfit euro banknotes and/or circulating euro coins. TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS § 2. This Ordinance is issued on the grounds of Article 36 in relation to § 6, paragraph 1 of the Law on the Bulgarian National Bank (Darjaven Vestnik, is￾sue 13 of 2024), adopted by Resolution No 381 of 31 July 2025 of the Governing Coun￾cil of the Bulgarian National Bank and shall enter into force on the date of entry into force of the Law on the BNB, published in the Darjaven Vestnik, issue 13 of 13 Febru￾ary 2024. § 3. This Ordinance shall repeal BNB Ordinance No 18 of 2019 on the Control over Quality of Banknotes and Coins in Currency Circulation (published in the Darjaven Vestnik, issue 80 of 11 October 2019; amended, issue 91 of 2022, effective as of 1 Janu￾ary 2023). § 4. The Deputy Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank heading the Issue De￾partment shall issue instructions on the enactment of this Ordinance.

12 Ordinance No 18 of the BNB ЗАЯВЛЕНИЕ за предявяване на повредени евробанкноти за отложена замяна I. Физическо лице: Долуподписаният (ата) ....................................................................................................................... с ЕГН/ЛНЧ ......................... , л.к./паспорт № ............................ , дата на издаване .................. , с настоящ адрес гр./с. ......................................................... , област .............................................., п.к. ............, ж.к./ул. № ................................................................. , бл. ......... , вх. ..... , ет. .........., ап. ............ , телефон ........................................, електронна поща ................................................ II. Юридическо лице: .................................................................................. БУЛСТАТ/ЕИК .............................................. , представител ....................................................................................................................................... , длъжност ..................................................................... , с ЕГН/ЛНЧ .............................................., л.к./паспорт № ......................... , дата на издаване ....................... , с адрес за кореспонденция гр./с. ...................................................................................... , област .............................................., п.к. ............, ж.к./ул. № ....................................................................................................................., бл......, вх. ......, ет..... , ап......., телефон ......................, електронна поща ..................................... III. Предявявам повредени банкноти от:  свое име и за своя сметка  името и за сметка на ..................................................................................................................... с настоящ адрес гр./с. ......................................................... , област .............................................., п.к. ............, ж.к./ул. № ....................................................................................................................., бл......, вх. ......, ет..... , ап......., телефон ......................, електронна поща ..................................... IV. Обстоятелства, при които са повредени банкнотите: ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ V. Приложени документи: ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ VI. Стойността на заменените банкноти след приспадане на дължимите такси да бъде:  изплатена в наличност на каса на БНБ в гр. София  преведена в полза на ..................................................................................................................... , IBAN/BG/ ..................................................................... , банков код .............................................. . при банка ................................................................................. , клон ................................................   пощенски паричен превод (като разходите са за сметка на предявителя) желая да получа протокол за оценка (отбелязвайте избраното поле със знак Х) С подписване на заявлението декларирам, че съм запознат с информацията по чл. 13 от Ре￾гламент (ЕС) 2016/679 на Европейския парламент и на Съвета от 27 април 2016 г. относно защитата на физическите лица във връзка с обработването на лични данни и относно свобод￾ното движение на такива данни и за отмяна на Директива 95/46/EО (Общ регламент относно защитата на данните), публикувана от Българската народна банка на интернет страницата www.bnb.bg, във връзка с подаването на това заявление. Дата ............................ . ............................... . (подпис) Appendix No 1 to Article 9, paragraph 1, item 1

Ordinance No 18 of the BNB 13 APPLICATION COMPLETION NOTES Data on the person claiming the mutilated or damaged euro banknotes for a deferred ex￾change on his own behalf and for his own account are filled under item I. In this case, under item III, the person should cross out the field ☐ on behalf of myself and for my own account. Where damaged or mutilated banknotes are claimed on behalf and for the account of anoth￾er person, the data of the authorised person are filled under item I. In this case, under item III, the field ☐ on behalf and for the account of shall be crossed out completing the principal’s data on behalf of whom banknotes are claimed for a deferred exchange. ‘Current address’ shall mean the address which the person has registered as residence at the time of submitting the application and where he/she receives his/her correspondence. The current address may not coincide with the permanent address of the person given in his/her identity document. Under item II, where damaged or mutilated banknotes are claimed on behalf and for the account of a legal entity, the data thereof shall be provided, as well as the data of the authorised representative of the legal entity. In this case, item I should not be completed, and under item III, in the field ☐ on behalf and for the account of only the name of the legal entity shall be written down. Under item IV, a description of the circumstances under which the banknotes have been damaged or mutilated shall be provided. All documents attached to the application shall be listed under item V (a notary certified power of attorney, where the mutilated or damaged banknotes are claimed on behalf and for the account of another person; a document issued by a municipal council, a city-hall, a body of the Ministry of Interior or other competent authority about the reasons and circumstances under which the banknote has been damaged or mutilated, if such document can be issued; where banknotes have been damaged or mutilated by activated anti-theft devices, the competent au￾thorities shall issue a document stating the causes and circumstances under which the respective anti-theft devices have been activated; a financial standing certificate). Under item VI, the selected field ☐ shall be marked with X by the claimant or the authorised person to specify the way in which he/she would like to receive the amount of the exchanged banknotes. When crossing the field ☐ transferred in favour of ........................... (account titlehold￾er), IBAN/BG/ ............................., bank code .................. bank ..................., branch ............... data of the account titleholder should coincide with the data under item I or item III about the person on whose behalf and for whose account the mutilated or damaged banknotes have been claimed. Note: Upon claiming mutilated or damaged banknotes for a deferred exchange, the bank￾notes shall be packed in a parcel (envelope) protecting its content from further physical and chemical effects, and together with the accompanying documents (the application and the docu￾ments listed under item V of the application form) shall be placed in the same parcel (envelope). The parcel (envelope) shall be addressed to: Commission on Evaluation of Mutilated or Dam￾aged Banknotes, BNB Cash Centre, 10, Mihail Tenev Str., 1784 Sofia. The parcel (envelope) may be submitted at a designated BNB cash desk in Sofia, as well as by parcel postage with advice delivery or by courier.

14 Ordinance No 18 of the BNB Appendix No 2 to Article 18, paragraph 1