Sofia District Court

District (regional trial) court in Sofia, Bulgaria. First-instance civil and commercial jurisdiction.

Referred Case C-806/24 to the Court of Justice of the European Union, asking whether automated telecom billing constitutes automated decision-making under the GDPR and the EU AI Act, and what level of transparency, explanation, and human review is required.

• Civil Procedure Code of the Republic of Bulgaria
• GDPR (EU 2016/679)
• EU AI Act (Regulation 2024/1689)
• CJEU preliminary-ruling jurisdiction (TFEU Art. 267)

Per the Bulgaria AI Note (Irena Koleva, April 2026), Sofia District Court is the referring court in Case C-806/24 — one of the first Bulgarian preliminary-ruling references probing the intersection of GDPR Article 22 (automated individual decision-making) and the EU AI Act’s transparency and human-oversight obligations. The reference is pending CJEU ruling.

• CPDP — Commission for Personal Data Protection
• SACB — Supreme Administrative Court of Bulgaria
• CCB — Constitutional Court of Bulgaria