19 Three Structural Pillars of the Future International Legally
Binding Instrument on the Conservation and Sustainable
Use of Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National
Jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Catherine Blanchard, Otto Spijkers, and Wen Duan
20 The European Union and the Future International Legally
Binding Instrument on Marine Biodiversity Beyond National
Jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Pascale Ricard
21 The EU and the UN Legally-Binding Instrument on the Areas
Beyond National Jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Luigimaria Riccardi
22 Solving the Potential Conflict: High Seas Marine Protected
Areas and Sovereign Rights Over the Continental Shelf Beyond
200 Nautical Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
Inês Aguiar Branco
23 North East Atlantic Marine Protected Areas Beyond National
Jurisdiction. Geographical and Material Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Marta Sobrido-Prieto
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