Article 3 (1) The Criminal Code shall apply to all crimes committed on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria. (2) The issue of liability of foreign citizens who enjoy immunity with respect to the penal jurisdiction of the Republic of Bulgaria shall be decided in compliance with the norms of international law adopted thereby. Article 4 (1) The Criminal Code shall apply to the Bulgarian citizens also for crimes committed by them abroad. (2) (Amended, SG No. 75/2006) No citizen of the Republic of Bulgaria can be transferred to another state or an international court of justice for the purposes of prosecution, unless this has been provided for in an international agreement, which has been ratified, published and entered into force in respect to the Republuc of Bulgaria. Article 5 The Criminal Code shall also apply to foreign citizens who have committed crimes of general nature abroad, whereby the interests of the Republic of Bulgaria or of Bulgarian citizens have been affected. Article 6 (1) The Criminal Code shall also apply to foreign citizens who have committed abroad crimes against peace and humanity, whereby the interests of another state or foreign citizens have been affected. (2) The Criminal Code shall also apply to other crimes committed by foreign citizens abroad, where this is stipulated in an international agreement, to which the Republic of Bulgaria is a party. Article 7 In the cases of Articles 4 and 5 the pre-trial detention and the punishment served abroad shall be deducted. Where the two punishments are different in kind, the punishment served abroad shall be taken into consideration in determining the punishment by the court. Article 8 (Previous text of Article 8, SG No. 33/2011, effective 27.05.2011) (1) Any sentence of a foreign court for a crime to which the Bulgarian Criminal Code is applicable shall be taken into consideration in the cases specified in an international agreement to which the Republic of Bulgaria is a party. (2) (New, SG No. 33/2011, effective 27.05.2011) Any binding conviction decreed in another EU Member State for an act which constitutes a crime according the Bulgarian Criminal Code shall be taken into consideration in every criminal proceedings against the same person conducted in the Republic of Bulgaria. Chapter Two CRIME

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