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  • Convention on the Continental Shelf

    Convention on the Continental Shelf   Article 1 For the purpose of these articles, the term “Continental Shelf “is used as referring (a) to the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas adjacent to the coast but outside the area of the territorial sea, to a depth of 200 metres or, beyond that limit, to…

  • Convention on the Territorial Sea & the Contiguous Zone 3

    Convention on the Territorial Sea & the Contiguous Zone   Article 20 1. The coastal State should not stop or divert a foreign ship passing through the territorial sea for the purpose of exercising civil jurisdiction in relation to a person on board the ship. 2. The coastal State may not levy execution against or…

  • Convention on the Territorial Sea & the Contiguous Zone 2

    Convention on the Territorial Sea & the Contiguous Zone   Article 11 1. A low-tide elevation is a naturally-formed area of land which is surrounded by and above water at low-tide but submerged at high-tide. Where a low-tide elevation is situated wholly or partly at a distance not exceeding the breadth of the territorial sea…

  • Convention on the Territorial Sea & the Contiguous Zone

    Convention on the Territorial Sea & the Contiguous Zone   PART I TERRITORIAL SEA SECTION I. GENERAL Article 1 1. The sovereignty of a State extends, beyond its land territory and its internal waters, to a belt of sea adjacent to its coast, described as the territorial sea. 2. This sovereignty is exercised subject to…

  • Convention on the Territorial Sea & the Contiguous Zone

    Convention on the Territorial Sea & the Contiguous Zone   PART I TERRITORIAL SEA SECTION I. GENERAL Article 1 1. The sovereignty of a State extends, beyond its land territory and its internal waters, to a belt of sea adjacent to its coast, described as the territorial sea. 2. This sovereignty is exercised subject to…

  • International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil

    International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil   Article I 1. For the purposes of the present Convention, the following expressions shall (unless the context otherwise requires) have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them that is to say: ‘The Bureau’ has the meaning assigned to it by Article XXI;…

  • United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 24

    United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea   SECTION 10. SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY Article 236 Sovereign immunity The provisions of this Convention regarding the protection and preservation of the marine environment do not apply to any warship, naval auxiliary, other vessels or aircraft owned or operated by a State and used, for the time…

  • United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 37

    United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea   Article 78 Legal status of the superjacent waters and air space and the rights and freedoms of other States 1. The rights of the coastal State over the Continental Shelf do not affect the legal status of the superjacent waters or of the air space…

  • United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 36

    United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea   Article 71 Non-applicability of articles 69 and 70 The provisions of articles 69 and 70 do not apply in the case of a coastal State whose economy is overwhelmingly dependent on the exploitation of the living resources of its Exclusive Economic Zone . Article 72…

  • United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 34

    United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea   PART V Exclusive Economic Zone Article 55 Specific legal regime of the Exclusive Economic Zone The exclusive economic zone is an area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea, subject to the specific legal regime established in this Part, under which the rights and jurisdiction…

  • United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 33

    United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea   SECTION 3. INNOCENT PASSAGE Article 45 Innocent passage 1. The regime of innocent passage, in accordance with Part II, section 3 shall apply in Straits used for International Navigation : (a) excluded from the application of the regime of transit passage under article 38, paragraph…

  • United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 23

    United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea   SUBSECTION B. RULES APPLICABLE TO MERCHANT SHIPS AND GOVERNMENT SHIPS OPERATED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES Article 27 Criminal jurisdiction on board a foreign ship 1. The criminal jurisdiction of the coastal State should not be exercised on board a foreign ship passing through the territorial sea…

  • United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

    United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea   PART I INTRODUCTION Article 1 Use of terms and scope 1. For the purposes of this Convention: (1) “Area”means the sea-bed and ocean floor and subsoil thereof beyond the limits of national jurisdiction; (2) “Authority” means the International Sea-Bed Authority; (3) “activities in the Area”means…

  • Convention for the Conservation of Salmon in the North Atlantic Area

    Convention for the Conservation of Salmon in the North Atlantic Area   Article 1 1. This Convention applies to the salmon stocks which migrate beyond areas of fisheries jurisdiction of coastal States of the Atlantic Ocean north of 36ON latitude throughout their migratory range. 2. Nothing in this Convention shall affect the rights, claims or…

  • Fisheries Convention

    Fisheries Convention     Article 1 (1) Each Contracting Party recognizes the right of any other Contracting Party to establish the fishery r‚gime described in Articles 2 to 6 of the present Convention. (2) Each Contracting Party retains however the right to maintain the fishery r‚gime which it applies at the date on which the…