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Military Activities in the EEZ: Legal Issues - Centre for International ...

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Nature of <strong>EEZ</strong> Regime<br />

• <strong>EEZ</strong> is a maritime zone beyond and adjacent to <strong>the</strong><br />

territorial sea, extend<strong>in</strong>g out to 200 nautical miles from <strong>the</strong><br />

basel<strong>in</strong>es from which <strong>the</strong> territorial sea is measured<br />

• <strong>EEZ</strong> is not part of <strong>the</strong> high seas<br />

• <strong>EEZ</strong> is not subject to <strong>the</strong> sovereignty of coastal State<br />

• <strong>EEZ</strong> is a specific legal regime <strong>in</strong> which <strong>the</strong> rights and<br />

jurisdiction of coastal States and <strong>the</strong> rights and freedoms of<br />

o<strong>the</strong>r States are set out <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Convention

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