The following normative documents are applicable to the procedure of transnational adoptions:
1. Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption /the Hague Adoption Convention/;
2. Code of International Private Law;
3. The Family Code of the R of Bulgaria;
4. Ordinance No. 2/2014 on the conditions and procedure of issuance and withdrawal of permits for mediation in transnational adoptions and for implementation and termination of the activity of accredited organizations;
5. Ordinance No. 3/2014 on the conditions and procedure of keeping the registers of transnational adoptions and granting of a consent by the Minister of Justice in R of Bulgaria;
6. The legislation regulating transnational adoptions in the host country.
Republic of Bulgaria is a member of the European Union.