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Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 98/2000 creating a Commission enforcing the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Country/Territory
Portugal
Document type
Regulation
Date
2000
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República No. 177/2000 (I-B), 2 August 2000, pp. 3704 and 3705.
Subject
Environment gen., Sea
Keyword
Marine pollution Maritime zone Institution Territorial sea EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone Continental shelf Sovereignty
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe
Abstract

This Resolution of the Council of Ministers approves the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, establishing a new juridical framework in particular for territorial sea, contiguous zone, EEZ, continental shelf and marine pollution. It creates a Commission under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which aim is to enforce the provisions established by the aforementioned Convention.

Full text
Portuguese