At its sitting on September 25, 2025, the Constitutional Court ruled on constitutional case No. 4/2025, rejecting the request submitted by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria and closing the proceedings on the case.
The subject matter of the case was to establish the unconstitutionality of a provision of the State Property Act (published in State Gazette No. 44 of 1996, last amended in No. 74 of 2025) – Article 38(1) in the part "before the administrative court at the location of the property."
In its request, the Council of Ministers claims that the contested provision is unconstitutional because it is contrary to Article 125, paragraph 2 of the Constitution, according to which the Supreme Administrative Court may rule on disputes concerning the legality of acts of the Council of Ministers and ministers.
The Constitutional Court declares that it rejects the request and terminates the proceedings because, prior to ruling on the merits of the request, the contested provision was amended by §2 of the Law Amending and Supplementing the State Property Act (published in State Gazette No. 74 of 09.09.2025). As a result, Case No. 4/2025 becomes without subject matter and there is no longer any legal interest in considering the request to establish the unconstitutionality of the provision.
The Resolution was adopted unanimously.
All twelve constitutional judges participated in the sitting.
Link to the full text of the Resolution — https://www.constcourt.bg/bg/act-10166