Article 2 Geographical coverage
The area to which this Protocol applies (referred to in this Protocol as the ‘Protocol Area’) shall be:
The Mediterranean Sea Area as defined in Article 1 of the Convention, including the continental shelf and the seabed and its subsoil;
Waters, including the seabed and its subsoil, on the landward side of the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured and extending, in the case of watercourses, up to the freshwater limit.
Any of the Contracting Parties to this Protocol (referred to in this Protocol as ‘the Parties’) may also include in the Protocol area wetlands or coastal areas of their territory.
Nothing in this Protocol, nor any act adopted on the basis of this Protocol, shall prejudice the rights of any State concerning the delimitation of the continental shelf.