Law on Compensation for Restrictions on Economic Activities in Protected Territories (2013)

The Law prescribes the conditions for allocating compensation for restrictions on economic activities in specially protected nature territories and micro-reserves set up by the State and local governments and resulting from the requirements for protection of the protected territories, as well as the procedures for allocating compensation. According to the Law, compensation for restrictions on agricultural or forestry activities in protected territories must be allocated as an annual support payment. An annual support payment for restrictions on economic activities in protected nature territories of European signficance (Natura 2000) must be disbursed in accordance with the procedures laid down in the laws and regulations regarding allocation of rural development support from the resources of the relevant European Union funds. An annual support payment for restrictions on economic activities in micro-reserves may be disbursed in accordance with the procedures laid down in the laws and regulations regarding allocation of rural development support from the resources of the relevant European Union funds.