The National Assembly passed, at both the first and second readings in a single session, a Bill ratifying the Service Level Agreement – Standard Package for the continuation of services between the State Agency for National Security (SANS) and the United Nations (UN), represented by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Department of Management (DM), and the Information Technology Service (ITS). The document concerns the provision of information and communication technology services related to the continued use and maintenance of the goAML application, which is utilized by Bulgarian authorities.
The agreement was signed by the UN on February 11, 2026, and by SANS on February 16, 2026. The bill was introduced by the Council of Ministers on July 20, 2026. According to the rationale, the need for the software arises from the large volume of data that the Specialized Financial Intelligence Directorate at SANS processes in connection with reports of suspicious transactions.
The annual maintenance fee for the software product is 60,000 US dollars. The term of the agreement is three years, with an option for automatic renewal for another two. Funding is provided through the project "Payment of annual maintenance fees for the FIC analysis IT system," implemented under Bulgaria’s program for the Internal Security Fund 2021-2027, with co-financing from the European Union.
The previous Standard Service Level Agreement between the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Enterprise Application Centre – Vienna (EAC-VN), and SANS for the provision of information and communication technology services related to the installation and maintenance of the application was signed on December 9, 2020, for SANS and on February 18, 2021, for the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, and was ratified by the 47th National Assembly. The project for the continuation of services was approved by a decision of the Council of Ministers on February 11, 2026.
The purpose of the ratification is to ensure the effective operation of the case management system. It serves to accelerate the processes of analysis and investigation of information in accordance with the Law on Measures Against Money Laundering, the Law on Measures Against the Financing of Terrorism, and the Law on Measures Against the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.
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