Page 1 National legislation - DOALOS/OLA - United Nations asdfRoyal Decree of 7 June 1963 concerning the exercise ofDanish sovereignty over the Continental ShelfArticle 1 Danish sovereignty shall be exercised, in so far as the exploration and exploitation of natural resources areconcerned, over that portion of the continental shelf which, according to the Convention on the Continental Shelfwhich was opened for signature at Geneva on 29 April 1958 (hereinafter referred to as the "Convention"), belongs tothe Kingdom of Denmark, cf. article 2.Article 21. In accordance with article 1 of the Convention, the term "continental shelf" is used as referring (a) to thesea-bed and subsoil of the submarine areas adjacent to the coast but outside the area of the territorial sea, to a depthof 200 metres or, beyond that limit, to where the depth of the superjacent waters admits of the exploitation of thenatural resources of the said areas; (b) to the sea-bed and sub...