" Before designating or substituting sea lanes or prescribing or substituting traffic separation schemes, States bordering straits shall refer proposals to the competent international organization with a view to their adoption. The organization may adopt only such sea lanes and traffic separation schemes as may be agreed with the States bordering the straits, after which the States may designate, prescribe or substitute them."
DEFINITION OF TERMS IN THIS CLAUSE
➡ Rivage, berge, côte d’une étendue d’eau. Un bord de mer.
➡ the salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its continents and islands
➡ an official route at sea usually designate or prescribe by the coastal State for the regulation of passage traffic. It is regularly used by ships and other sea vessels during passage.
➡ a narrow passage of water that connects two larger bodies of water.