论单一海洋划界的概念和特征

On the Concept and Characteristics of Single Maritime Delimitation

单一海洋划界,主要是指当事国遵循同一划界规则或标准,以协议或请求裁判的方式,对其大陆架和专属经济区之间重合的权利主张重叠区域划定一条边界线的过程。单一海洋划界的"单一"是其总体特征。它意味着对专属经济区和大陆架的划界应遵循一个划界标准,意味着用一条边界线长期统一地划定两国间大陆架和专属经济区的界限,意味着存在一个完全重合的权利主张重叠区域,或特殊情况下,存在一条重合的等距离线。

Single maritime delimitation means a process during which the States conforming to the ame rules and criteria of delimitation, demarcate the wholly overlapping area between the areas of verlapping entitlement claimed of exclusive economic zone and the one of continental shelf by using ne line, by negotiating or appealing to adjudicating. ＂Singleness＂ is the general characteristic of ingle maritime delimitation, which not only means that the demarcation for exclusive economic zone nd continental shelf must comply with the same delimitation criterion, also means that the exclusive economic zones and continental shelves of two States should be uniformly delimited by using a perpetually valid boundary. More importantly, Singleness means that there is one wholly overlapping area of overlapping entitlement claimed by States, or under the special eircumstanees there is one coincident equidistant line.