The text includes the proceedings of the Bulgarian Collateral Law Conference, held on 30-31 January 1995, as well as the presented documents: The Need to Update Bulgaria's Collateral Law; Survey: Questions on Collateral Law (Secured Transactions or Asset-based Loans); Security in central and eastern Europe and the EBRD' Model Law on Secured Transactions; Polish Draft Law on Registered Pledges and the Pledge Registry; European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Model Law on Secured Transactions.