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I think the owner of the continental shelf (the bottom of the sea under the EEZ), has the right to deny the installation of cables or pipelines. That's how I re
by throwawayffffas 6y ago
I think the owner of the continental shelf (the bottom of the sea under the EEZ), has the right to deny the installation of cables or pipelines. That's how I read paragraph 3 of article 79 of UNCLOS.
See here https://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/unclos_e.pdf https://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unc...
- karpierz 6y agoThey have the right to limit it in their territorial sea (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_waters#Territorial_sea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_waters#Territorial...) but outside of that, their complaints are only valid if the pipelines would affect the state's ability to use its EEZ.
- yellowapple 6y agoWhich they might, if the cable happens to sit right on top of a drilling spot. The likelihood of that seems astronomically slim, but it's still a possibility.
- koheripbal 6y agoIsn't the entire Mediteranean Sea on the continental shelf? I don't think it's comparable to the shelf off the Atlantic and Pacific.