CHAPTER II

MARITIME SPATIAL PLANNING

Cooperation among Member States
Article 11
1
As part of the planning and management process, Member States bordering marine waters shall cooperate with the aim of ensuring that maritime spatial plans are coherent and coordinated across the marine region concerned. Such cooperation shall take into account, in particular, issues of a transnational nature.
2
The cooperation referred to in paragraph 1 shall be pursued through:
a
existing regional institutional cooperation structures such as Regional Sea Conventions; and/or
b
networks or structures of Member States’ competent authorities; and/or
c
any other method that meets the requirements of paragraph 1, for example in the context of sea-basin strategies.