Directorate General QCLF

GD QCLF is a part of the specialized administration within the SAMTS structure. The Directorate carries out its activities to meet the requirements of the Law on ambient clean air and the Renewable energy sources law. Its main activity is related to the quality control of liquid fuels on the territory of the whole country for compliance with the requirements to them specified in the Ordinance on the requirements for liquid fuels’ quality and on the conditions, procedure and method of their control.

Contact Person:
eng. Vangelia Ivanova, Director General
Tel.: + 359 2 975 38 12;
Fax: + 359 2 9861 707
E-mail:

 

Directorate General QCLF

Scope of activity:

The strategic goal of SAMTS activity carried out by the Directorate General “Quality control of liquid fuels” is to reduce the emissions of harmful substances and to improve the quality of ambient air on the territory of the whole country by implementing effective control of the quality of liquid fuels, mixtures of biofuels with liquid fuels of petroleum origin as well as of pure biodiesel, as the activity is carried out according to the Law on ambient clean air, Renewable energy sources law and Ordinance on the requirements for the quality of liquid fuels, the conditions, order and manner of their control.

 

Directorate General “Quality control of liquid fuels” carries out:

• Monitoring and control of liquid fuels for which requirements for quality and content of biofuel in liquid fuel are established; performing actions on ascertaining the liquid fuels’ compliance with the requirements for quality and content of biofuel in liquid fuels by carrying out checks of the persons who: place or import liquid fuels on the market, distribute, transport, store or use liquid fuels;
• Undertaking activities for ascertaining the compliance of liquid fuels with the requirements for quality and content biofuel in liquid fuels, such as
  • Verification of documents that accompany the liquid fuels;
  • Sampling liquid fuels;
  • Testing samples in the mobile and/or stationary laboratory or when necessary assigning tests to external accredited laboratories;
  • Carrying out expertise of the test results and preparing expert conclusions and finding reports on the compliance of liquid fuels with the regulatory framework requirements;
• Pursuant to Art.30в, para.1 of LACA and in connection with Art.22, para.9 of ORLFQCPMTC applies the requirements of the dispute procedure in compliance with the requirements of  БДС EN ISO 4259-2 and prepares expertises for compliance with the regulatory framework requirements;

• Imposing coercive administrative measures such as:
• Issuing mandatory prescriptions for temporary suspension or prohibition of the placement on the market, distribution or use of liquid fuels in the cases when, under the verification of documents accompanying fuels, violation has been ascertained or when  non-compliance with the regulatory framework requirements has been ascertained;
• Issuing mandatory prescriptions for withdrawal of liquid fuels from the market in the cases when the results during a dispute procedure ascertain the non-compliance found out or when the results from the findings reports are not appealed in the relevant order;
• Undertaking actions against persons issuing conformity declarations of liquid fuels which do not comply with the regulatory framework requirements;

Preparing information about the quality of liquid fuels and submitting it to the Ministry of Environment and Water for the preparation of annual reports to the European Commission. The report on the monitoring system is prepared on the base of the test results of liquid fuels sampled during the inspection of pre-determined monitoring sites in the previous year.

Structure:
Accredited testing laboratory for fuels, lubricants and additives of the DG “QCLF”, EA_BAS_Certificatte № 35-ЛИ/27.02.2026 г., valid till 30.10.2028, issued by virtue of BAS Order  № А 64/27.2.2026 г.

Address, e-mail	Contact person	Phone
DG  ”Quality control of liquid fuels” Sofia 1784, Prof. Mutafchiev St., no.2 E-mail: E-mail:	еng. Vangelia Ivanova Director General	02 975 38 12
DG  ”Quality control of liquid fuels” Sofia 1784, Prof. Mutafchiev St., no.2 E-mail:	Ivo Atanasov Deputy Director General	02 975 38 12
Department „Control and methodology” Sofia 1784, Prof. Mutafchiev St., no.2 E-mail:	Aneta Pateva Head of department	02 975 38 12
Department “Inspection and control of liquid fuels quality” Sofia 1784, Prof. Mutafchiev St., no.2 E-mail:	Galina Galabova Head of department	02 975 38 12
Department “Testing Laboratory for liquid fuels, lubricants and additives” Sofia, 1784, ”Prof. Petar Mutafchiev” St.,  no.2	Kosta Georgiev Head of Departament	02 975 38 12

 

The SAMTS President, through its officials of the DG ”Quality control of liquid fuels” at SAMTS, oversees the quality control of liquid fuels, biofuels and their blends with petroleum-based liquid fuels in accordance with the Law on Ambient Clean Air and the Renewable Energy Sources Law. The testing laboratory of liquid fuels at the GD QCLF tests only samples of liquid fuels taken as part of control activities or at the request of the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Internal and other state institutions.

Legislation:

1. Law on ambient clean air
2. Renewable energy sources law
3. Ordinance on the requirements for liquid fuels’ quality and on the conditions, procedure and method of their control