Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conse... (22024A01831)
Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction
- Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction
- PART I
- GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Article 1
- Use of terms
- Article 2
- General objective
- Article 3
- Scope of application
- Article 4
- Exceptions
- Article 5
- Relationship between this Agreement and the Convention and relevant legal instruments and frameworks and relevant global, regional, subregional and sectoral bodies
- Article 6
- Without prejudice
- Article 7
- General principles and approaches
- Article 8
- International cooperation
- PART II
- MARINE GENETIC RESOURCES, INCLUDING THE FAIR AND EQUITABLE SHARING OF BENEFITS
- Article 9
- Objectives
- Article 10
- Application
- Article 11
- Activities with respect to marine genetic resources of areas beyond national jurisdiction
- Article 12
- Notification on activities with respect to marine genetic resources and digital sequence information on marine genetic resources of areas beyond national jurisdiction
- Article 13
- Traditional knowledge of Indigenous Peoples and local communities associated with marine genetic resources in areas beyond national jurisdiction
- Article 14
- Fair and equitable sharing of benefits
- Article 15
- Access and benefit-sharing committee
- Article 16
- Monitoring and transparency
- PART III
- MEASURES SUCH AS AREA-BASED MANAGEMENT TOOLS, INCLUDING MARINE PROTECTED AREAS
- Article 17
- Objectives
- Article 18
- Area of application
- Article 19
- Proposals
- Article 20
- Publicity and preliminary review of proposals
- Article 21
- Consultations on and assessment of proposals
- Article 22
- Establishment of area-based management tools, including marine protected areas
- Article 23
- Decision-making
- Article 24
- Emergency measures
- Article 25
- Implementation
- Article 26
- Monitoring and review
- PART IV
- ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
- Article 27
- Objectives
- Article 28
- Obligation to conduct environmental impact assessments
- Article 29
- Relationship between this Agreement and environmental impact assessment processes under relevant legal instruments and frameworks and relevant global, regional, subregional and sectoral bodies
- Article 30
- Thresholds and factors for conducting environmental impact assessments
- Article 31
- Process for environmental impact assessments
- Article 32
- Public notification and consultation
- Article 33
- Environmental impact assessment reports
- Article 34
- Decision-making
- Article 35
- Monitoring of impacts of authorized activities
- Article 36
- Reporting on impacts of authorized activities
- Article 37
- Review of authorized activities and their impacts
- Article 38
- Standards and/or guidelines to be developed by the Scientific and Technical Body related to environmental impact assessments
- Article 39
- Strategic environmental assessments
- PART V
- CAPACITY-BUILDING AND THE TRANSFER OF MARINE TECHNOLOGY
- Article 40
- Objectives
- Article 41
- Cooperation in capacity-building and the transfer of marine technology
- Article 42
- Modalities for capacity-building and for the transfer of marine technology
- Article 43
- Additional modalities for the transfer of marine technology
- Article 44
- Types of capacity-building and of the transfer of marine technology
- Article 45
- Monitoring and review
- Article 46
- Capacity-building and transfer of marine technology committee
- PART VI
- INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
- Article 47
- Conference of the Parties
- Article 48
- Transparency
- Article 49
- Scientific and Technical Body
- Article 50
- Secretariat
- Article 51
- Clearing-House Mechanism
- PART VII
- FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND MECHANISM
- Article 52
- Funding
- PART VIII
- IMPLEMENTATION AND COMPLIANCE
- Article 53
- Implementation
- Article 54
- Monitoring of implementation
- Article 55
- Implementation and Compliance Committee
- PART IX
- SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES
- Article 56
- Prevention of disputes
- Article 57
- Obligation to settle disputes by peaceful means
- Article 58
- Settlement of disputes by any peaceful means chosen by the Parties
- Article 59
- Disputes of a technical nature
- Article 60
- Procedures for the settlement of disputes
- Article 61
- Provisional arrangements
- PART X
- NON-PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT
- Article 62
- Non-parties to this Agreement
- PART XI
- GOOD FAITH AND ABUSE OF RIGHTS
- Article 63
- Good faith and abuse of rights
- PART XII
- FINAL PROVISIONS
- Article 64
- Right to vote
- Article 65
- Signature
- Article 66
- Ratification, approval, acceptance and accession
- Article 67
- Division of the competence of regional economic integration organizations and their member States in respect of the matters governed by this Agreement
- Article 68
- Entry into force
- Article 69
- Provisional application
- Article 70
- Reservations and exceptions
- Article 71
- Declarations and statements
- Article 72
- Amendment
- Article 73
- Denunciation
- Article 74
- Annexes
- Article 75
- Depositary
- Article 76
- Authentic texts
- ANNEX I
- Indicative criteria for identification of areas
- ANNEX II
- Types of capacity-building and of the transfer of marine technology
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