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Organization of the United Nations, The Director-General shall notify 

 such measures to any State which so requests and, in any case, to any 

 State specified by the State initiating the measure. 



2. If these other States do not accept the measures so adopted and if 

 no agreement can be reached within twelve months, any of the inter- 

 ested parties may initiate the procedure contemplated by Article 9. 

 Subject to paragraph 2 of Article 10, the measures adopted shall 

 remain obligatory pending the decision of the special commission. 



ARTICLiE 6 



1. A coastal State has a special interest in the maintenance of the 

 productivity of the living resources in any area of the high seas adja- 

 cent to its territorial sea. 



2. A coastal State is entitled to take part on an equal footing in any 

 system of research and regulation for purposes of conservation of 

 the living resources of the high seas in that area, even though its 

 nationals do not carry on fishing there. 



3. A State whose nationals are engaged in fishing in any area of the 

 high seas adjacent to the territorial sea of a coastal State shall, at the 

 request of that coastal State, enter into negotiations with a view to pre- 

 scribing by agreement the measures necessary for the conservation of 

 the living resources of the high seas in that area. 



4. A State whose nationals are engaged in fishing in any area of the 

 high seas adjacent to the territorial sea of a coastal State shall not 

 enforce conservation measures in that area which are opposed to those 

 which have been adopted by the coastal State, but may enter into 

 negotiations with the coastal State with a view to prescribing by agree- 

 ment the measures necessary for the conservation of the living re- 

 sources of the high seas in that area. 



5. If the States concerned do not reach agreement with respect to con- 

 servation measures within twelve months, any of the parties may initi- 

 ate the procedure contemplated by Article 9. 



Article 7 



1. Having regard to the provisions of paragraph 1 of article 6, 

 any coastal State may, with a view to the maintenance of the produc- 

 tivity of the living resources of the sea, adopt unilateral measures of 

 conservation appropriate to any stock of fish or other marine resources 

 in any area of the high seas adjacent to its territorial sea, provided 

 that negotiations to that effect with the other States concerned have 

 not led to an agreement within six months. 



2. The measures which the coastal State adopts under the previous 

 paragraph shall be valid as to other States only if the following re- 

 quirements are fulfilled : 



(a) That there is a need for urgent application of conserva- 

 tion measures in the light of the existing knowledge of the fishery ; 



(b) That the measures adopted are based on appropriate 

 scientific findings ; 



