PHILIPPINES

SUBMISSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEPOSIT OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS)

M.Z.N. 69. 2009. LOS of 21 April 2009:  Deposit of the list of geographical coordinates of points as contained in Republic Act No. 9522: An Act to Amend Certain Provisions of Republic Act No. 3046, as Amended by Republic Act No. 5446, to Define the Archipelagic Baselines of the Philippines, and for Other Purposes List of geographical coordinates of points Relevant article of UNCLOS: 47(9) LOSIC No. 29 Law of the Sea Bulletin No. 70

M.Z.N.88.2012.LOS of 17 July 2012: Deposit by the Philippines pursuant to article 76, paragraph 9, of the Convention, of a chart and relevant information, including geodetic data, permanently describing the outer limits of its continental shelf   Chart Relevant articles of UNCLOS: 76(9), 84(2) LOSIC No. 36 Law of the Sea Bulletin No. 79

M.Z.N.88.2012.LOS.Add.1 of 8 March 2018: Deposit of an amended chart and relevant information, including geodetic data, concerning an amendment to a chart deposited by the Philippines on 2 July 2012 changing the name “Benham Rise” to “Philippine Rise”, as contained in Executive Order No. 25 Changing the Name of “Benham Rise to Philippine Rise” and for Other Purposes of 16 May 2017. Chart Relevant articles of UNCLOS: 76(9), 84(2) Law of the Sea Bulletin No. 96

Communications received by the Secretary-General in connection with the deposit of charts and/or lists of geographical coordinates of points

Communication from the Government of China dated 13 April 2009

Communication from the Government of Viet Nam dated 8 May 2009

CONTINENTAL SHELF BEYOND 200 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE BASELINES FROM WHICH THE BREADTH OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA IS MEASURED

Submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf made on 8 April 2009 - in the Benham Rise region

OTHER INFORMATION

Legislation

Republic Act No. 3046 of 17 June 1961. An Act to Define the Baselines of the Territorial Sea of the Philippines

Presidential Proclamation No. 370 of 20 March 1968 Declaring as Subject to the Jurisdiction and Control of the Republic of the Philippines all Mineral and other Natural Resources in the Continental Shelf

Republic Act No. 5446 of 18 September 1968. An Act to Amend Section One of the Republic Act Numbered Thirty Hundred and Forty-Six, Entitled "An Act to Define the Baselines of the Territorial Sea of the Philippines"

Constitution of the Republic, in force since 17 January 1973

Presidential Decree No. 1599 of 11 June 1978 establishing an Exclusive Economic Zone and for other purposes

Republic Act No. 9522: An Act to Amend Certain Provisions of Republic Act No. 3046, as Amended by Republic Act No. 5446, to Define the Archipelagic Baselines of the Philippines, and for Other Purposes (seeLaw of the Sea Bulletin No. 70, p. 32)

Executive Order No. 25 of 16 May 2017. Changing the Name of "Bentham Rise" to "Philippine Rise" and for Other Purposes

Piracy Human Security Act 2007 Revised Penal Code 1930 Presidential Decree No.532 of 1974 Republic Act No. 9372

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements  and other material

with Indonesia

Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines concerning the delimitation of the exclusive economic zone boundary 23 May 2014 (entry into force: 1 August 2019; registration # 55946; registration date: 27 September 2019; link to UNTS)

Additional relevant material

Philippines: Letter dated 19 September 2014 from the Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General A/69/401

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