The legal framework of eCensus 2011 is:

• Law on Population and Housing Census in Bulgaria in 2011;
• Law on Statistics;
• Law for Protection of the Personal Data;
• Law on Electronic Governance;
• Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 on population and housing censuses;
• Regulation № 1201/2009 implementing Regulation (EC) № 763/2008 regarding the technical specifications of the topics.