Yet the nature of the task must be considered: the determination of the precise extent of what Article 76(3) of the LOSC describes as the “submerged prolongation of the landmass of the coastal State”. [...] equitable balance between the sovereign rights of The rule for the delimitation of the continental shelf the coastal State over the resources of its continental between States with adjacent or opposite coasts set shelf and certain rights and freedoms conferred out in Article 83 of the LOSC is a telling example. [...] The legal regime also seeks to Canada and the United States, as has been made balance the role of the coastal State and that of clear, have overlapping areas of continental shelf the international community, through a collectively in the Beaufort Sea confirming the need for an all- agreed set of rules, in defining the precise extent of purpose maritime boundary. [...] From the start of its data collection activities in 2003, the United States has abided by the scientific rules As for the delineation of the outer limit of a coastal set out in Article 76 which it considers reflective of State’s continental shelf beyond 200 NM, a line customary international law—a fact confirmed in separating the submerged landmass of the State from the explanations accompanying t. [...] To correct the mistake of paragraph of the Introduction to a “package of data a potentially ever moving limit under the exploitation and documents” to be eventually submitted to the criterion of the 1958 Geneva Convention,8 Article 76(4) Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf.
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