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

Pays/Territoire
Costa Rica
Type du document
Règlement
Date
1988
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Mer
Mot clé
Zone marine Mer territoriale Souveraineté
Aire géographique
Amériques, Amérique Centrale, Pacifique du Est, Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Pacifique du Nord-Est
Résumé

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.

Texte intégral
Anglais
Site web
www.un.org