IP Treaties Collection

The instrument of ratification was accompanied by a Note Verbale containing the following declaration: "Declaration of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria concerning Articles 9.2 and 28 of the Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage of 2 November 2001: With reference to Article 9.2 of the Convention, the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria declares that, pursuant to paragraph 1.(b) of that Article, the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, a State Party to the Convention, designates the Algerian Naval Forces Command (Ministry of National Defence) as the sole addressee of information concerning discovery or activity directed at the underwater cultural heritage situated in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) or on the continental shelf of another State Party. The Algerian Naval Forces Command (Ministry of National Defence) is charged with forwarding the declaration to all States Parties. With reference to Article 28 of the Convention, the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria declares that the Rules of the Convention shall apply to its inland waters not of a maritime character" [original: French]