REPUBLIC OF BULGARIANATIONAL ASSEMBLYPROTECTED AREAS ACTPromulgated, State Gazette No. 133/11.11.1998 Amended, SG No. 98/1999 (effective 12.11.1999); amended and supplemented, SG No. 48/2000; supplemented, SG No. 78/2000; amended, SG No. 23/2002; amended and supplemented, SG No. 77/2002; amended, SG No. 91/2002 (effective 1.01.2003).Chapter OneGENERAL PROVISIONSSection IProtected Area CategoriesArticle 1This Act regulates the categories of protected areas, the assigned use thereof and the regime of protection and use, designation and management of the said areas.Article 2(1) The purpose of this Act is to conserve and preserve protected areas as a national and universal human wealth and asset and as a special form of conservation of Bulgarian nature, conducive to the advancement of culture and science and to public welfare.(2) Nature conservation within protected areas shall take precedence over the other activities therein.Article 3The State shall establish and ensure the functioni...