Act concerning establishment of border of the Netherlands Territorial Sea (Territorial Sea Demarcation Act).
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Abstract
The Act defines and delimits the territorial sea of the Netherlands at 12 nautical miles from the low-water line in 9 sections. The territorial sea of the Netherlands shall extend to the line every point of which is at a distance of 12 international nautical miles, being 22 kilometres and 224 metres, measured seawards from the nearest point of the low-water line along the coast or from the baselines or closing lines referred to in articles 3 and 4, with the proviso that where naturally formed low-tide elevations that are surrounded by water at high tide are situated within this distance, the measurement shall be made from the nearest point of the low-water line on that elevation. The low-water line shall be as the line indicating the depth of 0 metres on the large-scale Dutch sea charts issued upon the instructions of the Ministry of Defence (art. 1).
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Consolidated version of the Act, as last amended by the Act of 12 February 2020, published in the State Gazette no. 172 of 2020.
Repealed
No
Serial Imprint
State Gazette no. 129 of 1985.
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English
Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Wet houdende vaststelling van de grenzen van de territoriale zee van Nederland (Wet grenzen Nederlandse territoriale zee).
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