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Decree 18581-RE concerning straight baselines in the Pacific Ocean.

Country/Territory
Costa Rica
Document type
Regulation
Date
1988
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Sea
Keyword
Maritime zone Territorial sea Sovereignty
Geographical area
Americas, Central America, East Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, North-East Pacific
Abstract

This Decree of the First Vice President and Acting President of the Republic provides that the width of the territorial sea of the Republic of Costa Rica will be measured, in the Pacific Ocean, from the straight baselines from specified points as indicated by geographical coordinates. The special configuration of the coasts of Costa Rice on the Pacific Ocean makes it possible, with the application of the new principles of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), to draw straight baselines that, joining the most salient points of the coast.

Full text
English
Website
www.un.org