LAW OF UKRAINE

of December 6, 2018 No. 2641-VIII

About adjacent zone of Ukraine

This Law establishes the status and determines legal regime of adjacent zone of Ukraine, and also procedure for realization by Ukraine in this zone of the rights as coastal state according to the Convention of the UN on maritime law of 1982 and other international treaties, the universally recognized norms and the principles of international law, the Constitution and the laws of Ukraine.

Section I General provisions

Article 1. Determination of adjacent zone of Ukraine

1. Adjacent zone of Ukraine (further - contiguous zone) - the sea belt adjoining the territorial sea of Ukraine which external border is at distance no more than twenty four nautical miles counted from initial lines from which width of the territorial sea of Ukraine is measured.

Article 2. Delimitation of contiguous zone of Ukraine

1. Delimitation of contiguous zone between Ukraine and the states which coasts are opposite or adjacent to the coast of Ukraine is performed according to international treaties of Ukraine.

Article 3. The rights of Ukraine in adjacent zone

1. Ukraine in the contiguous zone exercises the control necessary for the purpose of:

1) prevention of violations of the customs, fiscal (tax), immigration (migratory), sanitary legislation of Ukraine within the territory of Ukraine, including its internal waters or the territorial sea;

2) the accountability for the violation of the law of Ukraine specified in Item 1 of this part, made within the territory of Ukraine including its internal waters or the territorial sea.

2. For the purpose of the prevention of violations of the law of Ukraine specified in Item of 1 part one of this Article, or accountability for its violations authorized body which provides immunity of frontier and protection of the sovereign rights of Ukraine in its adjacent and exclusive (sea) economic zones (further - authorized body) can perform the following events:

1) stop of courts;

2) survey of courts;

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