Ministerial Decree No. 973 validating Regulation on reserving land for protected areas, keeping state registration and cadastre of protected areas.

The document consists of 9 Parts. The grounds for reserving land for protected areas shall be programs of development and distribution of protected areas validated in accordance with the established modalities. Plots of land destined for protected areas shall be surveyed on site by a special commission with the participation of landowners concerned. The results of on-site survey shall be legalized in the form of act with the enclosure of survey map. In the process of reserving land for protected areas shall be envisaged use restrictions thereof ensuring protection of state natural protection fund. Reserving of land for protected areas shall be carried out without expropriation thereof. Till the transfer of land for protected areas the plots of land of the aforesaid category shall be used by the former state and private land tenants and owners thereof in accordance with the legislation on protected areas. Category of land reserved for protected areas shall not be transferred into private ownership.