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- Publisher
- Brill
- Copyright
- © 1993 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- ISSN
- 0927-3522
- eISSN
- 1571-8085
- DOI
- 10.1163/157180893X00341
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
497 Current Legal Developments Brazil Brazil's 1993 Law Concerning the Territorial Sea, Contiguous Zone, Exclusive Economic Zone, Continental Shelf and Other Matters- Reconverting to Legitimacy* As a result of anticipatory implementation of the 1982 United Nations Law of the Sea Convention (LOS Convention), the number of states with a territorial sea (TS) exceeding the permissible maximum of 12 miles diminished from 22 in 1985 to 17 states in 1992, at which time a total of 126 states had a TS of 12 miles (114 states) or less (12 states).' Also, by the end of 1992, 43 states had established a con- tiguous zone (CZ) of 24 miles (38 states) or less (5 states), and 86 states a 200-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Moreover, by the end of 1992, 24 states had proclaimed an exclusive fishery zone of 200 miles (16 states) or less (8 states), implementing thereby only the fisheries regime of the multifunctional EEZ. As Brazil has been a leader of the territorialists (states claiming a TS of more than 12 miles), its adherence to the majority practice through the enactment of Law No. 8,617 of 4 January 1993 that established a Brazilian 12-mile TS, 24-mile CZ
Journal
The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1993