The Integrated Maritime Policy of the European Union

Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union is based on the recognition that Europe's oceans and seas are interlinked, and that sea-related policies of the European States must develop in a joined-up way in order to reap the desired results. While the law of the sea stands for the openness of high seas to all States,the European Union in last ten years, acting with understanding thatEurope's maritime spaces and its coasts are central issue to its well-being and prosperity, is making permanent efforts aimed on creation of legal regulations that would provide political conditions for the sustainable development of the maritime infrastructure of theEuropean Union.