Bulgaria

On 3th of February 2011 Bulgaria banned the deliberate release of MON810. On 25.06.2014 after pressure coming from the European Commission, the Council of Ministers re-examined the ban, as a result just changed the merits and kept the ban.

In October 2015 Bulgaria used the opt out option regarding the cultivation of GM corns Bt11xMIR604xGA21, MIR604, GA 21, Bt11, 1507 x 59122, 59122, 1507, MON 810; soy 40-3-2; carnation Moonshadow 1. In March 2016 European Commission announced its decision to opt-out MON810 in 21 territories in EU including Bulgaria.

(Updated in July 2018 Information provided by Friends of the Earth Bulgaria) 

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Bulgaria has an official ban on GMO cultivation.

GMOs act: Section IV, Art. 79, 80, 81 and 82 (March 2010)

Bulgaria is one of the countries that has an official ban on MON810 as a decision of the government. (Feb 2011).

The official confirmation of the same decision (June 2014)

Updated in January 2015: Information provided by Foundation for Environment and Agriculture (FEA) Nikopol, Bulgaria www.feabg.org 

Borislav Sandov National Board member,Zelenite (The Greens)
http://www.zelenite.bg

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12.02.2010, The Environment and Water Committee of the Bulgarian Parliament in February 11 agreed a five-year ban on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). The final approval of the bill which will be voted by the Bulgarian National Assembly in a second reading is scheduled for next week.

Five municipalities were declared GMO-free by the local authorities: Banite, Ivaylovgrad, Kardzhali, Satovcha and Zlataritsa. GM crops are banned in areas in the National Ecological Network and in a 30-kilometer radius buffer zone around them.
Satvocha declared as first the GMO-free municipality in Bulgaria. Kardzhali and Banite also made the commitment in June 2006.