7 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea CONTENTS Page PREAMBLE 21 PART I INTRODUCTION 22 Article 1 PART II Use of terms and scope 22 TERRITORIAL SEA AND CONTIGUOUS ZONE 23 SECTION 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 2 Legal status of the territorial sea of the air space over the territorial sea and of its bed and subsoil SECTION 2 LIMITS OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA Article 3 Breadth of the territorial sea Article 4 Outer limit of the territorial sea Article 5 Normal baseline Article 6 Reefs Article 7 Straight baselines Article 8 Internal waters Article 9 Mouths of rivers Article 10 Bays Article 11 Ports Article 12 Roadsteads Article 13 Low tide elevations Article 14 Combination of methods for determining baselines Article 15 Delimitation of the territorial sea between States with opposite or adjacent coasts Article 16 Charts and lists of geographical coordinates SECTION 3 INNOCENT PASSAGE IN THE TERRITORIAL SEA SUBSECTION A RULES APPLICABLE TO ALL SHIPS Article 17 Right of innocent passage Article 18 Meaning of passage Article 19 Meaning of innocent passage Article 20 Submarines and other underwater vehicles Article 21 Laws and regulations of the coastal State relating to innocent passage Article 22 Sea lanes and traffic separation schemes in the territorial sea Article 23 Foreign nuclear powered ships and ships carrying nuclear or other inherently 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 24 24 24 24 25 25 25 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 27 27 27 28 8 dangerous or noxious substances 29 Article 24 Duties of the coastal State 29 Article 25 Rights of protection of the coastal State 29 Article 26 Charges which may be levied upon foreign ships 29 SUBSECTION B RULES APPLICABLE TO MERCHANT SHIPS AND GOVERNMENT SHIPS O P E R A T E D F O R COMMERCIAL PURPOSES 30 Article 27 Criminal jurisdiction on board a foreign ship 30 Article 28 Civil jurisdiction in relation to foreign ships 30 SUBSECTION C RULES APPLICABLE TO WARSHIPS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT SHIPS OPERATED FOR NON COMMERCIAL PURPOSES 31 Article 29 Definition of warships 31 Article 30 Non compliance by warships with the laws and regulations of the coastal State 31 Article 31 Responsibility of the flag State for damage caused by a warship or other government ship operated for non commercial purposes 31 Article 32 Immunities of warships and other government ships o p e r a t e d f o r non commercial purposes 31 SECTION 4 CONTIGUOUS ZONE 31 Article 33 Contiguous zone 31 PART III STRAITS USED FOR INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION 32 SECTION 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 34 Legal status of waters forming straits used for international navigation Article 35 Scope of this Part Article 36 High seas routes or routes through exclusive economic zones through straits used for international navigation SECTION 2 TRANSIT PASSAGE Article 37 Scope of this section Article 38 Right of transit passage Article 39 Duties of ships and aircraft during transit passage Article 40 Research and survey activities Article 41 Sea lanes and traffic separation schemes in straits 32 32 32 32 33 33 33 33 34 9 used for international navigation Article 42 Laws and regulations of States bordering straits relating to transit passage Article 43 Navigational and safety aids and other improvements and the prevention reduction and control of pollution Article 44 Duties of States bordering straits SECTION 3 INNOCENT PASSAGE Article 45 Innocent passage PART IV 35 35 35 36 36 ARCHIPELAGIC STATES 36 Article 46 Article 47 Article 48 Article 49 Article 50 Article 51 Article 52 Article 53 Article 54 PART V 34 Use of terms Archipelagic baselines Measurement of the breadth of the territorial sea the contiguous zone the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf Legal status of archipelagic waters of the air space over archipelagic waters and of their bed and subsoil Delimitation of internal waters Existin g agreements traditional fishing rights and existing submarine cables Right of innocent passage Right of archipelagic sea lanes passage Duties of ships and aircraft during their passage research and survey activities duties of the archipelagic State and laws and regulations of the archipelagic State relating to archipelagic sea lanes passage 36 36 37 37 37 38 38 38 39 EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE 40 Article 55 Article 56 Article 57 Specific legal regime of the exclusive economic zone 40 Rights jurisdiction and duties of the coastal State in the exclusive economic zone 40 Breadth of the exclusive economic zone 40 10 Article 58 Article 59 Article 60 Article 61 Article 62 Article 63 Article 64 Article 65 Article 66 Article 67 Article 68 Article 69 Article 70 Article 71 Article 72 Article 73 Article 74 Article 75 PART VI Rights and duties of other States in the exclusive economic zone Basis for the resolution of conflicts regarding the attribution of rights and jurisdiction in the exclusive economic zone Artificial islands installations and structures in the exclusive economic zone Conservation of the living resources Utilization of the living resources Stocks occurring within the exclusive economic zones of two or more coastal States or both within the exclusive economic zone and in an area beyond and adjacent to it Highly migratory species Marine mammals Anadromous stocks Catadromous species Sedentary species Right of land locked States Right of geographically disadvantaged States Non applicability of articles 69 and 70 Restrictions on transfer of rights Enforcement of laws and regulations of the coastal State Delimitation of the exclusive economic zone between States with opposite or adjacent coasts Charts and lists of geographical coordinates 40 41 41 42 43 44 44 44 45 45 46 46 47 48 48 48 49 49 CONTINENTAL SHELF 49 Article 76 Article 77 Article 78 Article 79 Definition of the continental shelf 49 Rights of the coastal State over the continental shelf 51 Legal status of the superjacent waters and air space and the rights and freedoms of other States 51 Submarine cables and pipelines on the continental shelf 51 11 Article 80 Article 81 Article 82 Article 83 Article 84 Article 85 Artificial islands installations and structures on the continental shelf Drilling on the continental shelf Payments and contributions with respect to the exploitation of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles Delimitation of the continental shelf between States with opposite or adjacent coasts Charts and lists of geographical coordinates Tunnelling 52 52 52 52 53 53 PART VII HIGH SEAS 53 SECTION 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 86 Application
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