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<p>On 2018-09-10 11:34, Colin Smale wrote:</p>
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<p>On 2018-09-10 11:25, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:</p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2018-09-10 10:41 GMT+02:00 Colin Smale <span><<a href="mailto:colin.smale@xs4all.nl">colin.smale@xs4all.nl</a>></span>:<br />
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<div class="gmail-m_2205708570977242224pre" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: monospace;">The baseline is defined by the state, in accordance with the UNCLOS rules, and published to the world by deposition with the UN. The basis for the baseline is: "<span>the normal baseline for measuring the breadth of the territorial sea is the low-water line along the coast as marked on large-scale charts officially recognized by the coastal State."</span></div>
<div class="gmail-m_2205708570977242224pre" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: monospace;"><a href="http://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part2.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part2.htm</a></div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">is there also a definition for an "unnormal" or exceptional baseline? E.g. here: <a href="http://www.nonnodondolo.it/userfiles/image/37(1).gif" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.nonnodondolo.it/userfiles/image/37(1).gif</a></div>
<div class="gmail_extra">you can see that e.g. the whole gulf of taranto is included by the baseline <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Taranto" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Taranto</a></div>
<div class="gmail_extra">From what I have seen, although there is the UN definition about the low water line, actual baselines tend to be much more "generous". The baselie is what the country self declares and other countries accept/recognize.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra">Also the 12nmi extension (territorial waters) is not always the same, some countries pretend(ed) 200 nautical miles.</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Up to 200nm is the EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone), that's not the same. There's a neat explanation and diagram here:</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><a href="https://sites.tufts.edu/lawofthesea/chapter-two/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://sites.tufts.edu/lawofthesea/chapter-two/</a></div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">The situation with the Gulf of Taranto is that Italy claims it is an "historic bay" for which the convention indeed makes an exception. What constitutes an "historic bay" is not defined in the Convention however...</div>
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