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Decision No. 1051 of 1958 concerning the Continental Shelf.

Pays/Territoire
Égypte
Type du document
Règlement
Date
1958
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Mer
Mot clé
Zone marine Plateau continental Souveraineté
Aire géographique
Afrique, Méditerranée, Moyen-Orient, Afrique du Nord et Proche-Orient, Afrique du Nord, Mer Rouge et le Golfe d'Aden
Résumé

This Decision declares the United Arab Republic shall exercise its sovereign rights over the seabed and its subsoil beyond the territorial waters to the point where the depth of the water is 200 metres and deeper and within the limit within the natural resources of the bottom can be explored. This right extends also the continental shelf of islands of the Republic. The Republic shall have, inter alia, the right to explore, prospect and explore living resources of the seabed and exploration or exploitation by foreigners may be carried out only pursuant to a decision of the President of the Republic.

Texte intégral
Anglais