| AFAA | Anti-Corruption and Forfeiture of Assets Act |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| AIC | Actual Individual Consumption |
| AIP | Act on Investment Promotion |
| APIA | Access to Public Information Act |
| BCAP | Bulgaria’s Code of Administrative Procedure |
| BDD | Bulgarian Development Bank |
| BCCI | Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
| BEEPS | EBRD-World Bank Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey |
| BGN | Bulgarian Lev |
| BIA | Bulgaria Industrial Association |
| BIT | Bilateral Investment Treaty |
| BNB | Bulgarian National Bank |
| BSMEPA | Bulgarian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Promotion Agency |
| CA | Concessions Act |
| CAP | Common Agricultural Policy |
| CCUAAA | Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act |
| CIT | Corporate income tax |
| CITA | Corporate Income Tax Act |
| CINDE | Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency |
| CoM | Council of Ministers |
| CPC | Commission on Protection of competition |
| CPDP | Commission for Personal Data Protection |
| CPI | Corruption Perception Index |
| CRM | Customer Relationship Management |
| CVM | EU Commission Co‑operation and Verification Mechanism |
| DDP | Detailed Development Plan |
| EBF | European Banking Federation |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| EC | European Commission |
| ECI | Economic Complexity Index |
| ECT | Energy Charter Treaty |
| ECtHR | European Court of Human Rights |
| EEA | European Economic Area |
| EIA | Environmental Impact Assessment |
| EIS 2021 | European Innovation Scoreboard 2021 |
| EITI | Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative |
| ERM II | Exchange Rate Mechanism II |
| ESI(F) | European Union Structural and Investment (Funds) |
| EU | European Union |
| EUR | Euro |
| FDI | Foreign direct investment |
| FET | Fair and equitable treatment |
| FSC | Financial Supervision Commission |
| FVA | Foreign value added content |
| GATS | General Agreement on Trade in Services |
| GCR | Global Competitiveness Report |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GDPR | General Data Protection Regulation |
| GMOs | Genetically modified organisms |
| GPA | Agreement on Government Procurement |
| GVCs | Global value chains |
| IBA | InvestBulgaria Agency |
| ICAA | Bulgarian International Commercial Arbitration Act |
| ICSID | International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes between State and Nationals of Other States |
| ICT | Information, Communication and Technology |
| IDB | Inter-American Development Bank |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IPA | Investment Promotion Agency |
| IP | Intellectual Property |
| IPR | Investment Policy Review |
| iREG | OECD Indicators of Regulatory Policy and Governance |
| ISDS | Investor-state dispute settlement |
| IT | Information Technology |
| JEREMIE | Joint European Resources for Micro-to-Medium Enterprises |
| JVs | Joint ventures |
| LPE | Law on Public Enterprises |
| LPP | Law on Political Parties |
| MFA | Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| MFN | Most-Favoured Nation |
| MoE | Ministry of Economy |
| M&A | Mergers and acquisitions |
| MoF | Ministry of Finance |
| MLDA | Fourth European Union Money Laundering Directive |
| MTITC | Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications |
| NAPR | National Centre for Parliamentary Research |
| NCP | National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises |
| NCIZ | National Company Industrial Zones |
| NDP | National Development Programme: Bulgaria 2020 |
| NDP BULGARIA 2030 | National Development Programme BULGARIA 2030 |
| NEK | National electricity company |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organisation |
| NRA | National Risk Assessment |
| NRRI | National Roadmaps of research infrastructure |
| NSI | National Statistical Institute |
| NT | National treatment |
| NTi | National treatment instrument |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development |
| OPT | Operational Programme on Transport |
| OSCE | Organisation for Security and Co‑operation in Europe |
| OSS | One‑stop solution |
| PCA | Protection on Competition Act |
| PECA | Public Enterprises and Control Agency |
| PDPA | Personal Data Protection Act |
| PFI | Policy Framework for Investment |
| PMR | Product market regulation |
| PPA | Public Procurement Act |
| PPCA | Privatisation and Post-Privatisation Control Agency |
| PPPs | Public Private Partnership |
| PTA | Preferential Trade Agreement |
| RBC | Responsible Business Conduct |
| R&D | Research and development |
| R&I | Research and Innovation |
| RIA | Regulatory impact assessment |
| RIEW | Regional inspectorates for the environment and water |
| SBA | Small Business Act for Europe |
| SEGA | State e‑Government Agency |
| SEWRC | State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission |
| SJC | Supreme Judicial Council |
| SMEs | Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises |
| SOEs | State‑Owned Enterprises |
| SPASPE | State Property Act Special Purpose Entity |
| SRSS | Structural Reform Support Service |
| T+IN | Technology and Innovation Network |
| TiVA | Trade in value added |
| TFEU | Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union |
| TUAC | Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD |
| TRIPS | Agreement on Trade‑Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights |
| UBOs | Ultimate beneficial owners |
| UCITS | Undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNCITRAL | United Nations Commission on International Trade Law |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNCTADstat | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development statistics |
| USD | US dollar |
| VAT | Value‑added tax |
| VET | Vocational Education and Training |
| WBG | World Bank Group |
| WEF | World Economic Forum |
| WPRBC | Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organisation |
| WTO | World Trade Organisation |
| YOY | Year-over-year |
OECD Investment Policy Review: Bulgaria
