devices necessary for its exploration and the exploitation of its natural resources, and to establish safety 

 zones around such installations and devices and to take in those zones measures necessary for their 

 protection. 



2. The safety zones referred to in this article may extend to a distance of 500 meters radius around 

 the installations and other devices which have been erected, measured from each point of their outer 

 edge. Ships of all nationalities must respect these safety zones. 



3. Such installations and devices do not possess the status of islands and have no territorial sea of 

 their own. 



4. Due notice must be given of the construction of any such installations, and permanent means for 

 giving warning of their presence must be maintained. Any installations which are abandoned or disused 

 must be entirely removed by the State or international organization responsible for their construction. 



5. Neither the installations or devices, nor the safety zones around them, may be established where 

 interference may be caused to the use of recognized sea lanes essential to international commerce and 

 navigation. 



Article 17 



To the greatest extent feasible and practicable, the licensing authority referred to in Article 12 shall 

 disseminate immediately and effectively information and data received by it from license owners 

 regarding their activities in ocean space. 



Article 18 



If a State Party to the Treaty has reason to believe that an activity or experiment planned by it or its 

 nationals or non-governmental entities under a license issued pursuant to this Part would cause 

 potentially harmful interference with activities of other States Parties in the peaceful exploration and 

 exploitation of ocean space, it shall undertake appropriate international consultations and obtain the 

 consent of the licensing authority referred to in Article 12 before proceeding with such activity or 

 experiment. A State Party to the Treaty which has reason to believe that an activity or experiment 

 planned by another State Party would cause potentially harmful interference with activities in the 

 peaceful exploration and exploitation of submarine areas of ocean space may request consultation 

 concerning the activity or experiment and submit a request for consideration of its complaint to the 

 licensing authority, which may order that the activity or experiment shall be suspended, modified, or 

 prohibited. Review of any such order shall be allowed in accordance with the provision of Article 23. 



Article 19 



All stations, installations, equipment, and sea vehicles, machines, and capsules used on the seabed or 

 in the subsoil of ocean space, whether manned or unmanned, shall be open to representatives of the 

 licensing authority referred to in Article 12, except that if there is objection to this procedure by the 

 licensee, such facilities shall be open only to the Sea Guard of the United Nations as set forth in Article 

 26 of this Treaty. 



Article 20 



Whenever a State Party to the Treaty or an international organization fails to comply with any of the 

 provisions of a license issued to it under this Part, such license may be canceled by the licensing 

 authority referred to in Article 12, upon thirty days notice to the State or international organization 

 concerned, but subject to the right of the license owner to request review of the decision of the licensing 

 authority as set forth in Article 23. 



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