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LAW OF THE SEA > CONTIGUOUS ZONE

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CONTIGUOUS ZONE  

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Scope note

  • An area contiguous to the territorial sea, extending no more than 24 nautical miles from the coast, in which the coastal state may exercise the control necessary to prevent and punish infringements of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary regulations within its territory or territorial sea

Identifier

  • https://lib-thesaurus.un.org/LIB/DHLUNBISThesaurus.nsf/fee3fb01c865ac5d85256cf400648b1f/099c6459852d431385256aa0005fef04
  • T0005755

In other languages

  • المنطقة المتاخمة

    Arabic

  • المنطقة المطلة
  • منطقة مطلة
  • 毗连区

    Chinese

  • ZONE CONTIGUE

    French

  • Прилежащая зона

    Russian

  • ZONA CONTIGUA

    Spanish

URI

http://metadata.un.org/thesaurus/1001271

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