Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
(CLCS)
Outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the
baselines:
Submissions to the Commission:
Submission by the People's Republic of China
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Updated
on 15 August 2013
On 14 December
2012, the People's Republic of China submitted to the Commission on the Limits
of the Continental Shelf, in accordance with Article 76, paragraph 8, of the
Convention, information on the limits of the continental shelf beyond 200
nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of its territorial sea
is measured in part of the East China Sea.
It is noted that
the Convention entered into force for China on 7 July 1996.
The note verbale
accompanying the submission states that “[t]he submission is a partial
submission concerning the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200
nautical miles in part of the East China Sea. This submission of the Chinese
Government is without prejudice to any future submission by China on delineation
of the outer limits of the continental shelf in [the] East China Sea and other
seas".
In accordance with the
Rules of Procedure of the Commission, a communication is being circulated to all
Member States of the United Nations, as well as States Parties to the
Convention, in order to make public the executive summary of the Submission,
including all charts and coordinates contained in that summary.
The consideration
of the Submission made by China will be included in the provisional agenda of
the thirty-second session of the Commission to be held in New York from 15 July
to 30 August 2013.
Upon completion
of the consideration of the Submission, the Commission will issue
recommendations pursuant to Article 76 of the Convention.
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Continental Shelf Notification |
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Executive summary |
Chinese
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Communications
received with regard
to the submission
made by China to the Commission
on the Limits of the
Continental Shelf |
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Japan |
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Communication
dated 28 December 2012:
English | French |
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China |
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Communication
dated 7 January 2013:
Chinese |
English |
French |
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Communication
dated 5 August 2013:
Chinese |
English |
French |
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Japan |
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Communication
dated 13 August 2013:
English | French |
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Note:
The designations employed in the submissions, including description of the
areas, are as contained in the communications from submitting States or in the
executive summaries. Their listing on this web site and the presentation of
material do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of
the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any
country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the
delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
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