| United Nations Convention
on the Law of the Sea Annex II. Commission On The
Limits Of The Continental Shelf
Article 4
Where a coastal State intends to establish, in
accordance with article 76, the outer limits of its
continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles, it shall
submit particulars of such limits to the Commission along
with supporting scientific and technical data as soon as
possible but in any case within 10 years of the entry into
force of this Convention for that State. The coastal State
shall at the same time give the names of any Commission
members who have provided it with scientific and technical
advice.
Under the provisions of Annex II, Article 4 of the
Convention, a coastal State seeking entitlement to
extended continental shelf must lodge a claim, together
with supporting scientific and technical data, with the
United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental
Shelf (CLCS) within ten years of the Convention entering
into force for that State.
However, at the Eleventh meeting of States Parties to
UNCLOS, held in New York in May 2001, it was resolved
that: In the case of a State Party for which the
Convention entered into force before 13 May 1999, it is
understood that the ten-year time period referred to in
article 4 of Annex II to the Convention shall be taken to
have commenced on 13 May 1999.United Nations (SPLOS/72,
2001)
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