Common use of Waters Clause in Contracts

Waters. The portion of the sea under national jurisdiction and for which an hydrographic office normally establishes nautical charts from original data. Branch of applied sciences which deals with the measurement and description of the physical features of oceans, seas, coastal areas, lakes and rivers, as well as with the prediction of their evolution, for the primary purpose of safety of navigation and all other marines purposes and activities, including economic development, security and defence, scientific research, and environmental protection. (definitions set by the I.H.O). These activities include sealevel and tide measurement and analyses ; they contribute particulary to the improvement of mitigation on littoral (ICZM, environmental protection, tsunami warning system, etc…) and participate to the observing systems operated under the aegis of UNESCO / IOC.