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RULES OF THE TRIBUNAL

Adopted on 28 October 1997 (amended on 15 March and 21 September 2001 and on 17 March 2009)

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The Tribunal,

Acting pursuant to article 16 of the Statute of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Annex VI to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Adopts the following Rules of the Tribunal.