📑 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Part 2, Section 4, Article 33, Paragraph 1

" In a zone contiguous to its territorial sea, described as the contiguous zone, the coastal State may exercise the control necessary to: (a) prevent infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws and regulations within its territory or territorial sea; (b) punish infringement of the above laws and regulations committed within its territory or territorial sea."

⌚ Date Published: 1982-12-10
⚖️ Instrument Type: Convention
Country: 🊕🉄 All Countries
🌍 Continent : International
📜Instrument: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
UNCLOS_en_Page29 - aticles 30, 31, 32 & 33

DEFINITION OF TERMS IN THIS CLAUSE



🔑 Coast
Coast

➡ land beside or near to the sea or ocean


🔑 Contiguous zone
Contiguous zone

➡ zone contiguous to its territorial sea which may not extend beyond 24 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured.


🔑 Control
Control

➡ Refers to the various restrictions (measures) that managers can impose to regulate fishing.


🔑 FIS
FIS

➡ Refers to the joint France-Cote d´Ivoire-Senegal fleet that targets tropical tunas off Africa.


🔑 FIS
FIS

➡ Désigne la flotte commune France-Côte d'IvoireSénégal qui cible les thons tropicaux au large de l'Afrique.


🔑 Sea
Sea

➡ the salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its continents and islands