Article 76, as this study has shown, is one of the remarkable achievements of UNCLOS III. Delegates began thinking only with a definition and limits but in the end drafted a comprehensive article encompassing elements or parts of the legal continental shelf; formulae and rules to establish the limits; the submission requirements of the Commission; deposit of charts and other relevant information on the outer limits with the Secretary-General; and the proviso that the article does not prejudice the question of delimitation of the continental shelf between opposite or adjacent coastal states.
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(2008). The Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf: Legal Aspects of their Establishment. In: The Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf. Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht, vol 199. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79858-3_8
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