I. REQUIREMENTS FOR REGULAR MEMBERSHIP APPLICANTS
1. Full members of the NSBS may be sole traders and commercial companies registered under the Commercial Law of the Republic of Bulgaria and entered in the Commercial Register, which provide freight forwarding and logistics services of any kind related to transport (by a single mode of transport or multimodal transport), consolidation, storage, handling, packaging or distribution of goods, as well as ancillary and consulting services related thereto, including, but not limited to, customs and tax matters, declaration of goods for official purposes, conclusion of cargo insurance and collection or provision of payments or issuance of documents related to the goods. Freight forwarding services also include logistics services using modern information and communication technologies in connection with the transport, handling or storage of goods, as well as de facto comprehensive supply chain management. To achieve flexibility, the services provided may be tailored to the customer's requirements.
2. Companies applying for regular membership of the NSBS must meet the following conditions:
- The freight forwarding and logistics services listed in point 1 must account for at least 50% of the company's annual financial turnover.
- The company is familiar with, agrees to accept and undertakes to comply with the Articles of Association of the NSBS and the Professional Code of the NSBS.
- The company agrees to accept and undertakes to implement the objectives, tasks and decisions of the NSBS, as well as to actively participate in the activities of the Association.
- When providing freight forwarding and logistics services, the company shall be guided by the provisions of the applicable international agreements and conventions, the FIATA documents, the Standard Trading Conditions (STC), the Standard Warehouse Conditions (SWC) or specific provisions and conditions applicable to the relevant type of activity and the legislation of the Republic of Bulgaria and the EU.
- The company agrees and undertakes to provide statistical information – quantitative and qualitative indicators of its activity for the completed financial year, for the purpose of maintaining a public database for analysis of the freight forwarding industry.
- The company agrees and undertakes to conclude an insurance contract covering its professional liability.
- The company agrees and undertakes to pay the entrance fee and to pay its annual membership fee to the NSBS within the established deadlines.
- The company has not been declared insolvent and is not subject to insolvency proceedings.
- The representative and manager of the company has not been convicted of an intentional crime.
II. REQUIREMENTS FOR ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP APPLICANTS
1. Associate members of the NSBS may be sole traders and commercial companies registered under the Commercial Law of the Republic of Bulgaria and entered in the Commercial Register, which do not meet the conditions for regular membership, but whose business activities are related to the freight forwarding and logistics process or are of an auxiliary nature in the supply chain, as well as other legal entities related to the freight forwarding and logistics industry.
2. A trader applying for associate membership of the NSBS must meet the following conditions:
2.1. As a representative of the company, they must not have been convicted of an intentional crime.
2.2. They must agree to accept and undertake to comply with the Articles of Association, the objectives, tasks and decisions of the NSBS, as well as the rules of professional conduct prescribed by the NSBS.
2.3. They must agree and undertake to pay the prescribed admission fee and to pay their annual membership fee to the NSBS within the established deadlines.
2.4. The company must not have been declared insolvent and must not be undergoing insolvency proceedings.
III. DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR APPLICATION
A trader who wishes to be accepted as a regular or associate member of the NSBS shall submit to the Management Board a standard application form and attach the following documents:
1. A reasoned recommendation from two full members of the NSBS (only for full membership).
2. Income and expenditure statement for the last financial year (only for full membership).
3. Standard declaration form:
IV. MEMBERSHIP FEES FOR 2026
1. Regular members:
- €250 for companies with a turnover of up to €500,000
- €400 for companies with a turnover of €500,000 to €2,000,000
- €550 for companies with a turnover of €2,000,000 to €4,500,000
- €700 for companies with a turnover of over €4,500,000
2. Associate members - €200
3. Collective members - €250
4. Initial membership fee - €250
