Instructions for the protection and management of areas with special protection of 2013 issued according to the provisions of Article (8) of Regulation No.29 of 2005 on natural protected areas and national parks.

These Instructions consisting of 13 articles and 2 Annexes aim at regulating the management of the environmentally significant and geographically bounded areas not included by the national network of national reserves. Article 4 specifies the criteria for selecting the aforementioned areas. Article 5 deals with the applications for declaration of a special protection area. Article 6 provides for the establishment of a National Technical Committee for the areas with special protection with the following main tasks: studying the applications, declaration/cancellation of an area as a special protection zone. Article 8 specifies tasks and competencies of the Administrative Authority that primarily include planning, regular reporting, sustainable development and financial issues. The Ministry of Environment shall supervise these areas. Annex 1 contains the table of land use cases within the areas with special protection that should be filled by the applicant. Annex 2 lists the main aspects to consider in order to declare the area as an area with special protection.