According to Article 42, paragraph 6 of the Law on Nature Protection, the area for which the protection procedure has been initiated is considered protected in accordance with this law, and the measures prescribed in the conservation study are applied until the designation act is passed. The procedure for the protection of the natural area is considered initiated when the Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia submits the conservation study to the competent authority and the Ministry informs the public about the procedure for initiating the protection of the natural area by posting this information on the Ministry's website.
The Ministry informs the public about the procedure for initiating the protection of natural areas of category I, II and III and posts an abstract from the conservation study on the Ministry's website, according to which the interested public will be able to identify the boundaries and protection regimes defined within the area.