1 Description of the area
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1 Description of the area

  1.1 The PSSA Baltic Sea Area comprises the Baltic Sea proper, the Gulf of Bothnia, the Gulf of Finland and the entrance to the Baltic Sea bounded by the parallel of the Skaw in the Skagerrak at 57° 44.8' N, as defined in regulation 10(1)(b) of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78, excluding those marine areas within the sovereignty of the Russian Federation, or subject to the sovereign rights and jurisdiction of the Russian Federation as referred to in Article 56 of the United Nation Convention on the Law of the Sea. The designation of the PSSA Baltic Sea Area shall not prejudice the sovereignty or such sovereign rights and jurisdiction of the Russian Federation under international law.

Parent topic: Annex 1 - Description of the Baltic Sea Area Particularly Sensitive Sea Area
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