malacaRangMANILAPRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO.1599ESTABLISHING AN EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE AND FOR OTHERPURPOSESWHEREAS, anexclusive economic zone extending to a distance of two hundred nautical milesfrom the baselines from which the territorial aea is measured is vital to theeconomic survival and development of the Republic of the Philippines；WHEREAS, such a zone is now a recognized principle of internationallaw;NOW, THEREFORE,I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines by virtue of the powersvested in me by the Constitution, do hereby dec­ree and order.SECTION 1_・ There is hereby established a zone to be known as the exclusiveeconomic zone of the Philippines. The exclusive economic zone shall extend to adistance of two hundred nautical miles beyond and from the baselines from whichthe territorial sea is measured: Provided, That, where the outer limits of thezone as thus determined overlap the exclu­sive economic zone of an adjacent orneighboring state the common boun...