Interdepartmental working meeting for discussing issues regarding the implementation of the CIPA after the amendment of the List – Appendix No. 1 to Article 25 of CIPA and the specification of the type of information acquired by Special Means of Investigation

Posted on 30 Jan 2014 10:02:00

On 29th January 2014 in the premises of the State Commission on Information Security (SCIS) interdepartmental working meeting for discussing issues regarding the implementation of the CIPA after the amendment of the List – Appendix No. 1 to Article 25 of CIPA and the specification of the type of information acquired by Special Means of Investigation was held.

The topic of the discussion were the issues concerning the conditions for reviewing the documents classified on the grounds of Paragraph 8 of Appendix 1 to Article 25 of CIPA which was revoked with the amendment of the Special Means of Investigation Act dated 9 August 2013. Issues on the terms for protection of information acquired by Special Means of Investigation, the determination of the originator of the information pursuant to the CIPA, the evidence prepared as result of the Special Means of Investigation and the order for their destruction were discussed.

In the meeting participated representatives of the National Bureau for Control over the Special Means of Investigation, the Prosecutor’s Office of Sofia and the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office of Cassation, the State Agency for National Security, the Ministry of Interior and the State Agency for Technical Operations. On behalf of SCIS Mr. Vasil Rizov Deputy-Chairperson of SCIS, experts from the Legal and International Legal Affairs Directorate, the Classified Information protection Directorate and the Information Funds and Systems Directorate participated in the meeting.