Extensión de la Plataforma Continental española en el Golfo de Vizcaya y Mar Céltico con arreglo al artículo 76 de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho del Mar (1982)
A Joint submission for the extension of the Continental Shelf beyond 200 miles in respect of the area of the Celtic Sea and the Bay of Biscay was completed and submitted to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf of the United Nations by four costal states, France, Ireland, Spain and t...
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| Format: | other |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2009 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repository: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/320810 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/320810 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga Continental shelf Medio Marino Law of the Sea United Nations Bays of Biscay UNCLOS |
| Summary: | A Joint submission for the extension of the Continental Shelf beyond 200 miles in respect of the area of the Celtic Sea and the Bay of Biscay was completed and submitted to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf of the United Nations by four costal states, France, Ireland, Spain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in May 2006. On 24 March 2009, the Commission approved the Final Recommendations of the new Outer Limits in this area, publishing it on the official web of the Commission. This joint submission was made pursuant to Article 76, paragraph 8 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and under Rule 4 of Annex I of the Rules of Procedure which permits joint submissions. It is made in support of the establishment by these four coastal Statesof the outer limits of their continental shelf in the area of the Celtic Sea and the Bay of Biscay that lies beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines of each State from which the breadths of their respective territorial seas are measured. This submission was therefore, of a joint nature, and was prepared collectively and collaboratively by the four coastal States concerned. Within this collaborative program, including a joint cruise, the Breogham cruise, that took place in September 2005 on board the Spanish Research Vessel Hespérides, in order to acquire new and criticaldata to support the Joint submission, and in which representatives of all four coastal States participated. |
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