Provisions Governing the Laying of Submarine Cables and Pipelines(from government website)

Provisions Governing the Laying of Submarine Cables and Pipelines

Order of the State Council [1989] No. 27

February 11, 1989

(Adopted by the 32nd Executive Meeting of the State Council on January 20, 1989, promulgated by Decree No. 27 of the State Council of the People's Republic of China on February 11, 1989, and effective as of March 1, 1989)

Premier,Li Peng

Attachment:Provisions Governing the Laying of Submarine Cables and Pipelines
　
Article 1 These Provisions are formulated in order to safeguard the sovereignty and the rights and interests of the People's Republic of China, to carry out rational exploitation of seas and oceans, and to lay in an orderly way and protect submarine cables and pipelines.
　
Article 2 These Provisions shall apply to the laying of submarine cables and pipelines in such areas as inland seas, territorial seas and continental shelves under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China, and also to the investigations and survey of routes and other relevant activities conducted for the aforesaid engineering projects.
　
Article 3 The competent authorities for the administration of the laying of submarine cables and pipelines in such areas as the said inland seas, territorial seas and continental shelves, and also for the investigations and survey of routes and other relevant activities for the aforesaid engineering projects, shall be the State Oceanographic Bureau of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as "the competent authorities").
　
Article 4 When China's enterprises or institutions plan to lay submarine cables and pipelines, they shall file an application with their superior authorities for examination and approval before they conduct investigations and survey of routes and other relevant activities for the aforesaid engineering projects in accordance with these Provisions.
When foreign companies,enterprises and other foreign economic organizations or individuals have the necessity to lay submarine cables and pipelines, and also to conduct investigations and survey of routes and other relevant activities for the aforesaid engineering projects in the inland seas and territorial seas of the People's Republic of China, they shall, in accordance with these Provisions, apply to the competent authorities for approval; if they have the necessity to carry out the said activities on the continental shelves of the People's Republic of China, they shall notify the competent authorities in advance, but the routes they have selected and decided on for laying the cables and pipelines must have the consent of the competent authorities.
　
Article 5 The owners of the submarine cables and pipelines (hereinafter referred to as "the owners") shall file a written application with the competent authorities 60 days before they start the investigations and survey of routes for laying the submarine cables and pipelines.
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