The Law of the Sea: The European Union and Its Member States

1. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-90-411-0326-0
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, Band 28, 616 Seiten, GB, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 1055 g

Reihe: Publications on Ocean Developm

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 entered into force on 16 November 1994. Since this date a single binding instrument has regulated the rights and duties of States at sea and regarding the sea. New concepts, such as the exclusive economic zone, archipelagic waters, transit passage through straits, and the International Seabed Area, are now fully recognized.

The fifteen member States of the European Union are a significant sample for analyzing the practice of States, or at least that of the Western industrialized States, as regards the law of the sea. The fact that they all belong to the European Union is a very important common feature, which amply justifies the choice made to study them together.

The book's aim is to give, through essays prepared by well-known specialists, a detailed survey of the attitudes and practice concerning the law of the sea of the member States of the European Union and of the European Community as such. The common positions of the member States and the results of their coordinated action also emerge from these essays.

The fact that the member States and the European Community are now actively engaged in the process of becoming parties to the Law of the Sea Convention is certainly a major contribution to the consolidation of the Convention as a universal instrument, or at least as an instrument widely ratified by States of all continents and economic and political interests.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Treves

Pineschi, Laura

Treves, Tullio

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales See-, Luft- und Weltraumrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Abbreviations. Introduction; T. Treves. 1. La Communauté européenne dans le domaine du Droit général de la mer; D. Vignes. 2. Austria and the Law of the Sea; G. Hafner. 3. Belgium and the Law of the Sea; E. Franckx. 4. Denmark and the Law of the Sea; K. Bangert. 5. Finland and the Law of the Sea; M. Koskenniemi, M. Lehto. 6. La France et le Droit de la mer; J.-P. Quéneudec. 7. Germany and the Law of the Sea; R. Wolfrum. 8.Greece and the Law of the Sea; E. Roucounas. 9.Ireland and the Law of the Sea; C.R. Symmons. 10. Italy and the Law of the Sea; T. Treves. 11.The Netherlands and the Law of the Sea; H.M. Dotinga, A.H.A. Soons. 12. Le Portugal et le Droit de la mer; M.E. Gonçalves. 13. L'Espagne et le Droit de la mer; V. Bou, R. Bermejo. 14. Sweden and the Law of the Sea; M. Jacobsson. 15. The United Kingdom and the Law of the Sea; V. Lowe. Appendix: Declarations Made by the European Community and the Member States Concerning the Law of the Sea Convention. Table of Principal Multilateral Conventions. Index.