The dual price display period ends on 8 August 2026. It began on 8 August 2025 and ran for exactly twelve months — five of them before euro adoption, seven after. From this Saturday, prices for goods and services in Bulgaria are shown in euro only.
For the property market this is an administrative moment rather than an economic one. Housing prices move for their own reasons — demand, lending, supply — and are not affected by how they are written down. But there are a few practical points worth knowing, because they touch listings, contracts and the conversation about price.
The information below was verified as of August 2026.
Over the past year, traders and service providers were required to show every price in both currencies — adjacent, in the same font size, clearly and unambiguously. The obligation extended to advertising materials containing a price, and to public bodies: every amount owed by citizens to the state — taxes, fees — and by the state to citizens, was shown in both leva and euro.
From 8 August that falls away. Only the euro amount is shown.
Two things do not change, because they were never part of the dual display period:
This is the more substantial part, and it stayed out of the headlines.
The dual display period ran alongside a special regime of scrutiny over unjustified price increases. The Commission for Consumer Protection monitored traders who raised prices without an objective economic reason — precisely because dual display makes such increases easy to spot. That heightened scrutiny applies until 8 August 2026.
After that date, the general consumer protection and unfair commercial practices rules remain — but the special regime tied to the currency changeover comes to an end.
That the monitoring was not merely formal is clear from this season's inspections. In joint checks by the consumer protection commission and the Ministry of Tourism at coastal tourist premises in July 2026, the breaches found included no displayed nightly rates and no dual display in leva and euro, and at one property a missing categorisation certificate.
Practically nothing dramatic — but there are things to check.
Listings and price lists. If your property is advertised with a price in both currencies, from 8 August it is shown in euro only. The same applies to brochures, boards, banners and any advertising material carrying a price.
Prices on new offers. Since 1 January 2026 the price of a new good or service, and any price change after that date, has been set in euro. New listings and repricing have therefore been euro-only for months — 8 August simply removes the last lev from the window.
Notary and administrative fees. The scale notary fee, the registration fee, the tax valuation certificate — all are calculated and paid in euro. For a preliminary estimate on a specific price, use the notary calculator.
This is the question we are asked most, and the answer is short: no, you do not need an addendum.
Euro adoption does not terminate or alter existing contracts. An amount agreed in leva — rent, deposit, a down payment under a preliminary contract, a loan instalment — remains payable, now in euro, at the fixed rate. The continuity of legal instruments underpins the whole changeover: a change of currency is not in itself grounds either for termination or for renegotiation.
In practice:
One qualification is worth making: not needing an addendum does not mean an addendum is forbidden. If you are renegotiating a lease this autumn anyway — over term, indexation, anything else — it is a convenient moment to write the amounts directly in euro, so no one has to convert in their head later.
A short list if you own a let property or have a transaction coming up:
If you let a property, the tax side is a separate subject — we cover it in detail in our landlord's guide. On a sale, the same applies to tax on the gain — see our seller's guide.
The compulsory VAT registration threshold from 1 January 2026 is EUR 51,130 for the calendar year. It matters for owners selling several properties or letting short-term — at current prices in the major cities, a single transaction clears it. That figure was set in euro from the outset and does not change on 8 August.
On every transaction we handle, checking the currency and the amounts is part of preparing the documents, not something that surfaces at the notary's office. We reconcile the figures in the preliminary contract, the notarial deed, the tax valuation certificate and the bank instructions so they all point to the same number. On the leases we administer, amounts are already stated in euro. If you have a live lease in leva and are unsure what that means for you — bring it in and we will look at it.
On 8 August 2026 the twelve-month dual display period ends and prices are shown in euro only. The special consumer-protection scrutiny of unjustified price rises ends with it. Lev-denominated contracts remain valid without an addendum — the amounts are simply payable in euro at the fixed rate of 1.95583. The real work is small: reconcile your listings, contracts and payment instructions so no discrepancy is left anywhere.
If a transaction or a lease renewal is coming up and you would like someone to check the figures before you sign — call us or come into the office.
Information as of August 2026, based on Bulgarian National Bank and Commission for Consumer Protection guidance and the legislation in force on euro adoption. Amounts are indicative and subject to change. This material is for information only and does not replace individual legal or accounting advice.
