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21. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, article 21, paragraph 1:
" The coastal State may adopt laws and regulations, in conformity with the provisions of this Convention and other rules of international law, relating to innocent passage through the territorial sea, in respect of all or any of the
following:
(a) the safety of navigation and the regulation of maritime traffic;
(b) the protection of navigational aids and facilities and other
facilities or installations;
(c) the protection of cables and pipelines;
(d) the conservation of the living resources of the sea;
(e) the prevention of infringement of the fisheries laws and regulations of the coastal State;
(f) the preservation of the environment of the coastal State and the prevention, reduction and control of pollution thereof;
(g) marine scientific research and hydrographic surveys;
(h) the prevention of infringement of the customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws and regulations of the coastal
State.
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22. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, article 21, paragraph 4:
" Foreign ships exercising the right of innocent passage through the territorial sea shall comply with all such laws and regulations and all generally accepted international regulations relating to the prevention of collisions at sea.
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23. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, article 22, paragraph 1:
" The coastal State may, where necessary having regard to the safety of navigation, require foreign ships exercising the right of innocent passage through its territorial sea to use such sea lanes and traffic separation schemes as it may designate or prescribe for the regulation of the passage of ships.
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24. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, article 23:
" Foreign nuclear-powered ships and ships carrying nuclear or other inherently dangerous or noxious substances shall, when exercising the right of innocent passage through the territorial sea, carry documents and observe special precautionary measures established for such ships by international agreements.
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25. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, article 24, paragraph 1:
" The coastal State shall not hamper the innocent passage of foreign ships through the territorial sea except in accordance with this Convention. In particular, in the application of this Convention or of any laws or regulations adopted in conformity with this Convention, the coastal State shall not:
(a) impose requirements on foreign ships which have the practical effect of denying or impairing the right of innocent passage; or (b) discriminate in form or in fact against the ships of any State or against ships carrying cargoes to, from or on behalf of any State.
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26. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, article 24, paragraph 2:
" The coastal State shall give appropriate publicity to any danger to navigation, of which it has knowledge, within its territorial sea.
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27. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, article 25, paragraph 1:
" The coastal State may take the necessary steps in its territorial sea to prevent passage which is not innocent.
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28. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, article 25, paragraph 3:
" The coastal State may, without discrimination in form or in fact among foreign ships, suspend temporarily in specified areas of its territorial sea the innocent passage of foreign ships if such suspension is essential for the protection of its security, including weapons exercises. Such suspension shall take effect only after having been duly published.
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29. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, article 26, paragraph 1:
" No charge may be levied upon foreign ships by reason only of their passage through the territorial sea.
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30. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, article 26, paragraph 2:
" Charges may be levied upon a foreign ship passing through the territorial sea as payment only for specific services rendered to the ship.
These charges shall be levied without discrimination.
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