Practice question
A foreign company plans to construct and operate a fixed production platform within an undisputed Philippine EEZ. No territorial sea or overlapping claim is involved. It invokes the navigation rights of ships and argues that these alone authorize its permanent structure without Philippine permission. Under Republic Act No. 12064, what is the best response?
- Navigation rights automatically authorize every fixed platform.
- Philippine permission is unnecessary unless the platform floats into the territorial sea.
- The Philippines has the exclusive right to authorize and regulate the covered installations; navigation rights alone do not supply permission for the platform.
- Every private platform gains a territorial sea of its own.
- The platform can be authorized only by an unrelated coastal State.
Legal references
- Republic Act No. 12064, Philippine Maritime Zones Act, Sections 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 13: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/98027
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