The findings of the NPM team are that the regulations set in the above-mentioned laws and bylaws are not complied with. The provision of food in the different district police directorates of the MI is not in accordance with the standards set out in Table No 1. Even the standards within one and the same district police directorate of MI are not uniform. No food is provided in some of them in accordance with the procedure provided for in art. 43, para 1 of the Instruction, or violations have been committed under art. 41, para 1, para 2 and para 3 of the Instruction. The detained persons in more than half of the inspected facilities do not sign off in the dedicated register for the food they have received. The NPM found violation of art. 43, para 1 of the Instruction – no food is provided during the detention of the people at RDP Samokov, DPD of MI Sliven, DPD of MI Yambol, DPD of MI Plovdiv, RDP Pazardzhik, RDP Harmanli, RDP Topolovgrad. In such cases the detained persons usually use their right to receive food brought to them by their relatives or purchased at their own expense. In violation of art. 15, item 1 of Ordinance No IЗ-1935 of 25 October 2006 on the organisation, functions and activities of sobering-up facilities, the detained persons are not provided food in the sobering-up facility at DPD of MI in Stara Zagora. In some of the inspected facilities (for example, RPD Pernik, RPD Pomorie) the detained persons are provided food during the detention which represents 2 croissants per meal, which is in violation with the provision of art. 43, para 2 and para 3 of the Instruction. At RPD Haskovo, RPD Devin, RPD Madan, RPD Rila, all RPD at DPD of MI Varna, as well as in other police departments rations are provided during the period of detention to each person in compliance with art. 43 and art. 44 of the Instruction and Order No 1221/2007 of the Minister of Interior regarding the cost of food products in accordance with Table 1. The detained individuals are given a choice with respect to the type of the food product. In addition to the cases of food provision described above, each person within DPD of MI in Kyustendil, RPD Duplitsa, DPD of MI Smolyan, etc. is provided cooked food in compliance with Order No 1221/2007 of the Minister of Interior. The NPM's assessment regarding the food provided in RPD Ardino, RPD Krumovgrad, RPD Momchilgrad, RPD Dzhebel, RPD Gotse Delchev, RPD Bansko, RPD Razlog (places with mixed population) is positive. The food for the detained persons is also compliant with the religious requirements of the latter. The detained persons in most police departments eat in the detention facilities. The keeping of the registers – as in the appendices to the Instruction - in some of the visited locations is not done in accordance with the requirements. For example, at RPD Pazardzhik food provided by outsiders or purchased at the expense of the detained person is recorded in the register of the amounts seized, received and spent by / on the detained persons (Appendix No 7 to art. 87, item 9). In other locations it is recorded in a register (Appendix No 8 to art. 87, item 10) and there are locations where food provided by outside people, as well as food received under the provisions of art. 43, para 1 of the Instruction is not recorded at all. Medical services The NPM team found that the required medical aid is provided within the structural units of the MI in accordance with the provisions of art. 20, para 1, para 2 of the Instruction. 36

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