Veselin Iliev, BULGARIAN INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATIONUNION OF THE BULGARIAN BUSINESS - www.bia-bg.com Italian Festival in Bulgaria 2010 Forum economico “Bulgaria-Italia: insieme per uscire dalla crisi” Sofia, 7 giugno 2010

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8. Structure 26 District Regional Organizations Corresponding to the country’s administrative division 110 Municipal Organizations At the main industrial centers 115 Branch (Sector) Organizations Corresponding to the main economy sectors www.bia-bg.com Bulgarian Industrial Association UNION OF THE BULGARIAN BUSINESS

9. Membership of BIA members 54 Branch (Sector) Organisations - members of BIA are members of 21 European Branch (Sector) Organisations www.bia-bg.com Bulgarian Industrial Association UNION OF THE BULGARIAN BUSINESS

10. COTANCE Union of Leather & Footwear Industry UEA, CEI-BOIS Chamber of Wood-processing and Furniture Industry AIBI Chamber of Industrial Bread Producers CLITRAVI, VICBV Association of Meet Processors EURATEX Association of Textile and Clothing CIAA Association of Food & Drink Industry and others ... CEFIC, ECEG Chamber of Chemical Industry EUROMIN, EUROCOAL, CEPMC Chamber of Mining and Geology ORGALIME Chamber of Electrical Engineering FIEC Chamber of Building and Construction EUROFER, EUROMETAL, CEEMET Chamber of Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metallurgy European Associations: Bulgarian Branch (Sector) Organisations:

11. International Activities Confederation of the European Business International Organisation of Employers World Environment Center International Labour Organisation BIA cooperates with more than 20 international organizations and signed bilateral contracts with more than 70 national industrial and entrepreneurial organizations www.bia-bg.com Bulgarian Industrial Association UNION OF THE BULGARIAN BUSINESS

12. BIA at the Social Dialogue National Level Bilateral agreements with the trade unions for applying the EU directives in the Bulgarian legislation Sector Level Branch organizations, BIA’s members, are the only ones signing collective agreements 64 collective bargaining agreements Sector agreements for the minimal levels of labour remuneration and insured income depending on personnel categories : 2004 - 29; 2005 - 44 ; 2006 - 50 ; 200 7 - 51 ; 2008 - 56; 2009 - 59 www.bia-bg.com Bulgarian Industrial Association UNION OF THE BULGARIAN BUSINESS

16. Bulgarian Industrial Association www.confindustria.it www.bia-bg.com

21. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION ! VESELIN ILIEV Director General International Economic Relations Tel.: +359 2 932 0954 E-mail: ierc@bia-bg.com www.ierc.bia-bg.com