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Full name & address of the debtor
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Amount owed (Invoice(s) or Statement will help)
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Bulgaria Debt Collection – No Win No Fee
Creditreform operates a global specialist International debt collections service. We have local offices and fully approved expert international debt collection agency partners in every country worldwide. All our International debt collection agency partners and offices operate on a No Win No Fee basis charging an agreed commission against monies recovered only.
Main reasons why a local country debt recovery agency is so important rather than trying to recover from a debt collection agency UK are as follows:
The local International Debt collection Partners know:
The local cultures
The best methods of initiating debt recovery letters and processes
The languages
The laws
Are in the same time zones
Herewith details of our debt collection service Bulgaria:
Location of debt recovery office in Bulgaria?
Sofia. All debt collection letters are sent by the local head office.
Number of debt collection staff?
56. Each staff member is allocated a client and all their debt collection letters are personalised in order to effect the best response result s from debtors.
How long have you been operating a debt recovery service in Bulgaria?
Since 1993
What type of debt collection services do you provide? Do you do commercial debt recovery (B2B) and consumer debt recovery (B2C)?
We handle both Business to Business debt recovery cases and Business to Consumer debt collections cases. There is different content for business to business debt collection letter templates and business to consumer debt collection letters templates.
Statue of Limitation in Bulgaria?
In general: 5 years for principal, 3 years for interest, damages, liquidated damages, rent, etc., 1 year for freight claims (CMR Conv.). Exceptions may apply.
How EU (European Union) laws effect debt collection in Bulgaria?
The GDPR has greatly impacted the B2C collection, personal insolvency law is expected based on the new Directive
How many companies registries in Bulgaria for businesses (i.e. UK has just 1 central registry)?
1 central commercial register which include NPLE
What is the debt collection process in Bulgaria?
Depends on the debtor, in general includes debt collection letters, calls, e-mails, text messages, etc.
Average length of time to collect a debt?
Depends on the parties and the due amount - usually between 4 and 6 months.
Can late payment fees / interest to be added to claims?
Yes, but debtor rarely pays such. Exception is when the debtor tries to remain a customer of the client
Details on legal service / process in Bulgaria?
Legal collection (claim, not insolvency) takes between 1 and 2 years for the first instance. Legal fees (court taxes, attorney fees, translation and travel fees, etc.) are due for its initiation and must be prepaid. The judgment can be appealed before the High court and the Supreme court, the legal fees are roughly the same for each instance. If successful, a Writ of execution can be obtained and enforcement initiated. Other fees apply for the enforcement
It is recommended that the client presents copies of the outstanding invoices, as well as a statement of account, especially if partial payments or interest is added;.
Bulgaria Business Credit Reports
Creditreform provides over 88 million international business credit reports throughout Europe and 200 million international business credit reports worldwide. We provide freshly investigated Bulgaria Company Searches which can be done prior to trading to make sure the company you will be dealing with can meet the commitment or once the debt becomes overdue to ensure the debtor can meet the amount owed.
Bulgaria Tracing Agents
Creditreform’s debt collection company service also uses expert local Bulgaria tracing agent services to locate any absconded debtor. This debtor tracing service is provided on a No Find No Fee basis only charging for a successful trace.
Specialist Debt Recovery Experts
There are many unique requirements to recovering international debts in all countries including Bulgaria debt collection services which differ from the UK and therefore it is very important that cases are handled directly by our expert international debt collection agencies and not from debt collectors UK. This method of international debt collection sets Creditreform aside from the competition who in many cases try and recover debts from a UK debt collector only. Using the local offices and partners enables us to achieve a far greater success rate and our No Win No Fee service together with competitive commission rates against monies recovered only ensures you get the best service.