Law on the continental shelf and the exclusive economic zone.

The continental shelf of the Republic of Latvia is the seabed and the depths below it in submarine regions adjacent to the seacoast of the Republic of Latvia but which are beyond the boundaries of the territorial sea and extend to the boundaries determined in Section 3 of this Law. The exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Latvia includes the waters of the Baltic Sea beyond the territorial sea boundaries and which extend to the boundaries determined in Section 3 of this Law. Section 3 establishes that the boundaries of the continental shelf of the Republic of Latvia and of the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Latvia with the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Sweden shall conform to the international agreements entered into by the Republic of Latvia with the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Sweden. The document consists of VI Chapters that contain 32 sections. Chapter I lays down the general provisions. Chapter II establishes the rights and jurisdiction of the Republic of Latvia on the continental shelf and in the exclusive economic zone. Chapter III regards activities of legal persons and natural persons on the continental shelf and in the exclusive economic zone. Chapter IV regards control of activities of legal persons and natural persons on the continental shelf and in the exclusive economic zone. Chapter V determines liability of legal persons and natural persons for violations committed on the continental shelf and in the exclusive economic zone. Chapter VI lays down special provisions.