Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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Between 150 and 200 employees of the Bulgarian Customs Agency are being dismissed due to their lack of a university degree. The decision about the dismissals is based on a newly introduced classification of jobs in the state administration, which came into force in the beginning of July 2012.
According to the new regulations, customs officers are now classified as public administration officers. As such they become civil servants, which requires having a higher education degree.
In the process of EU and Schengen Area accession, Bulgaria went through a significant restructuring of its border management system. As part of the decentralization plan, the Customs Agency will be moved to the Danube city of Ruse, which triggered protests among its employees. The city was chosen based on the fact that the largest customs revenues are generated there.
Eurofound (2012), Bulgarian Customs Agency, Internal restructuring in Bulgaria, factsheet number 73953, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/73953.