{"id":29148,"date":"2023-03-01T13:08:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T12:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/?p=29148"},"modified":"2024-12-28T23:30:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T22:30:16","slug":"government-lab-kapitan-andreevo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/government-lab-kapitan-andreevo\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Suspended Order: Kapitan Andreevo State Laboratory Will Be Gone Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The saga with the return <\/span> of <b>state control of shipments of fruit and vegetables<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, passing through Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint and entering Bulgaria and the EU is not expected to end soon. On 27.02.2023, the Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) published a decision  <\/span><b>suspends the announced public procurement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the construction of a <\/span><b>state laboratory<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  for the purposes of official control by the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) at Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint. This is the second suspended public procurement for the supply of technical equipment. The first order was declared illegal by the CPC and canceled in October 2022. And one of the appealing and the two public procurement companies is related to &#8220;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/evrolab-taki-borisov\/\"><br \/>\n  <b>gold laboratory<\/b><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; and the Taki-Maki Circle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From May 20, 2022, the Central Laboratory for Chemical Testing and Control (CLHIK) at the BFSA performs laboratory analysis of the shipments of fruits and vegetables passing through Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint. This happened during the government of  <\/span><b>Kiril Petkov<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, when by order of the director of the BFSA this function was taken away from the scandalous<\/span> &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/evrolab-taki-borisov\/\"><b>golden laboratory<\/b><\/p>\n<p><\/a>&#8221; <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Kapitan Andreevo &#8220;Eurolab 2011&#8221;, associated with the no less scandalous <\/span><b>Ami<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Curo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Taki<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The contracting authority of the suspended public procurement No <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/app.eop.bg\/today\/260031\"><br \/>\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">05354-2023-0001<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the Central Laboratory for Chemical Testing and Control (CLHIK) &#8211; with the status of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bfsa.egov.bg\/wps\/portal\/bfsa-web\/about.bfsa\/bfsa.structure\/specialized.structures\/central.lab.chemical.testing.and.control\"><br \/>\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a specialized structure<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  to the BFSA. First  <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/reg.cpc.bg\/Dossier.aspx?DossID=300058205\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canceled by the CPC<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as unlawful public procurement No <\/span> 05354-2022-0001 <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was announced by CLHIK in July 2022. The director of the laboratory since December 2011 is Elka Temelcheva-Dimitrova.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/app.eop.bg\/today\/221633\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CPC&#8217;s decision of 13.10.2022 to cancel the first public procurement for the construction of a state laboratory has not been appealed in court by the management of the BFSA and CLHIK during the caretaker government of <\/span><b>Galab Donev<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, appointed by President <\/span><b>Rumen Radev<\/b>.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. On 25.11.2022, a parliamentary question was addressed to the caretaker Minister of Agriculture <strong>Yavor<\/strong><\/span><strong>  Gechev<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the occasion of the opening of the state laboratory of Kapitan Andreevo. Gechev  <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.bg\/pub\/PK\/55045748-254-06-581.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meets<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  Two months late. This happened a day before the dissolution of the 48th National Assembly on 03.02.2023. The answer shows that on 23.01.2023 a new public procurement was announced \u2013 now suspended by the CPC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23804 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/aop-05354-2023-0001.png?resize=1320%2C617&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1320\" height=\"617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/aop-05354-2023-0001.png?w=1380&amp;ssl=1 1380w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/aop-05354-2023-0001.png?resize=300%2C140&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/aop-05354-2023-0001.png?resize=1024%2C479&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/aop-05354-2023-0001.png?resize=768%2C359&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/aop-05354-2023-0001.png?resize=990%2C463&amp;ssl=1 990w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/aop-05354-2023-0001.png?resize=1320%2C617&amp;ssl=1 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1320px) 100vw, 1320px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Taki-Maki&#8221; appeals the orders for Kapitan Andreevo&#8217;s state laboratory<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>One of the <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">companies appealing both public procurements for the construction of a state laboratory is<\/span> &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/tr\/?v=view&amp;guid=201841054\"><b>Interpred Eurologistic<\/b><\/p>\n<p><\/a>&#8221; <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ltd. &#8211; related to the scandalous<\/span> &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/evrolab-taki-borisov\/\"><b>golden laboratory<\/b><\/p>\n<p><\/a>&#8221; of <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kapitan Andreevo &#8220;Eurolab 2011&#8221; and the circle &#8220;Taki-Maki&#8221; of the no less infamous <\/span><b>Ami<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Curro<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Taki<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. As already  <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/birdreporting\/posts\/10161361433281189\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  Earlier, the company appealed to the CPC and the current public procurement. It was Interpred Eurologistic Ltd. from 2012 to the end of 2021 that held Kapitan Andreevo&#8217;s private laboratory Euro Lab.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A previous <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/evrolab-taki-borisov\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">investigation<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a> by <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> BIRD.BG revealed that<\/span> &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/tr\/?v=view&amp;guid=201841054\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interpred Eurologistic<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>&#8221; <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ltd. is owned by &#8220;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/tr\/?v=view&amp;guid=202202383\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interpred-BG&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of <\/span><b>Razmig Kerope Chakarian &#8211; Ami<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the State Security-related <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/agenti\/?v=view&amp;id=3940\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miroslav Borislavov Petkov<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12666 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/interpred-bg.jpg?resize=1320%2C1129&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1320\" height=\"1129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/interpred-bg.jpg?w=1380&amp;ssl=1 1380w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/interpred-bg.jpg?resize=300%2C257&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/interpred-bg.jpg?resize=1024%2C876&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/interpred-bg.jpg?resize=768%2C657&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/interpred-bg.jpg?resize=990%2C847&amp;ssl=1 990w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/interpred-bg.jpg?resize=1320%2C1129&amp;ssl=1 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1320px) 100vw, 1320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From another <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/evrolab-fake-certificate\/\"><br \/>\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">investigation<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of ours it became known that the company &#8220;Eurolab 2011&#8221;, which owns the &#8220;<\/span><b>golden laboratory<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;, has worked with an invalid accreditation certificate, but the BFSA has turned a blind eye to this fact.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BIRD&#8217;s investigations have shown the links behind the businesses<\/span> the &#8220;golden <a href=\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/evrolab-taki-borisov\/\"><b>feeders<\/b><\/p>\n<p><\/a>&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;golden laboratory&#8221;, &#8220;golden <b>pool<\/b>&#8221; and &#8220;golden <b>parking<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;, and more recently<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/customs-parking-ami-taki\/\"><b>the &#8220;golden customs<\/b><\/p>\n<p><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; that lead to <\/span><b>Christoforos Amanatidis &#8211; Taki<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  and are part of organized crime&#8217;s schemes to contain the border. The political connections without which the scheme could not function, lead to PP GERB and PP &#8220;There is such a people&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leading photo: Yavor Gechev &#8211; caretaker Minister of Agriculture (stopframe)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warning! This is an automatic translation from Bulgarian. The translation has not been checked by the editor desk and may be inaccurate or ambiguous. 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