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Territorial Rights and Maritime Zones

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The zone adjacent to the territorial sea is described as the contiguous zone, which may not extend beyond 24 (nm) nautical miles from the baseline in accordance with the breadth of the territorial sea by Article 33 UNCLOS.

The Continental Shelf is the submerged offshore seabed and subsoil that constitutes the natural prolongation of a coastal State, extending beyond its territorial sea to the outer edge of the continental margin, or to a distance of 200 nm from the baseline in accordance with the breadth of the territorial sea, as set out in Part VI UNCLOS.

The Economic Exclusive Zone is an area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea not extending beyond 200 nm from the baseline, in accordance with the measurement of the breadth of the territorial sea. It encompasses the seabed, subsoil thereof, as well as the superjacent waters and is subject to the legal regime that has been set out under Part V UNCLOS.

All waters that are not included in internal waters, territorial...

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