REFUSALS UNDER ARTICLE 174, PARAGRAPH 3 OF THE LAW ON ROAD TRAFFIC FOR A DRIVER TO UNDERGO A TEST FOR ALCOHOL AND/OR DRUGS IN THE BLOOD ARE TWO INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATIVE OFFENCES, AND IN THIS CASE THE NORM UNDER ARTICLE 18 OF ZANN
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2025-11-25
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Plovdiv University Press
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This article analyzes the provisions of Article 174, Paragraph 3 of the Road Traffic Act and Interpretative Decision No. 13 dated December 20, 2021, issued by the Supreme Administrative Court. The study focuses on the key concepts of “administrative violation” and “administrative penalty,” as well as the general principle concerning the prohibition of accumulating administrative penalties. The article also examines opinions expressed by lawyers and judges on the matter, along with the dissenting opinion in the aforementioned interpretative decision.
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administrative violation, administrative penalty, accumulation, refusal, driver, prohibition, alcohol, drugs, act