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Act No. 463 on the delimitation of the territorial sea.

Country/Territory
Finland
Document type
Legislation
Date
1956 (1995)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Sea
Keyword
Maritime zone Territorial sea Sovereignty
Geographical area
Arctic, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Act describes geographically the territorial waters of Finland in section 1. The territorial waters shall consist of internal waters and external waters or the territorial sea (sect. 2). Section 3 defines the “internal waters”. Section 4 defines “basepoints” for purposes of section 3. Sections 5 and 5a define the territorial sea of Finland. The territorial sea shall mean a zone immediately adjacent to the internal waters, the outer limits of which shall be at a distance of twelve nautical miles from the outer limits of the internal waters, unless otherwise provided in this Act (e.g. in section 5a for the Gulf of Bothnia and Gulf of Finland). The base points of the outer limits of the internal waters and their exact locations, as well as the location of the landward limits of the internal waters and the outer limits of the territorial sea, shall be given by Decree.

Full text
English/Finnish
Website
www.finlex.fi

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Decree on the Application of the Act on the Delimitation of the Territorial Waters of Finland (No. 993 of 1995).

Legislation | Finland | 1995

Keyword: Maritime zone, Territorial sea, Sovereignty

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Act to amend the Act No. 463 of 1956 on the delimitation of the territorial sea (No. 981/95).

Legislation | Finland | 1995

Keyword: Maritime zone, Territorial sea, Sovereignty

Source: FAO, FAOLEX