@misc{10498/37568, year = {2025}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10498/37568}, abstract = {In 2014, Spain made a submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS or Commission) for the area to the west of the Canary Islands. The submission anticipated potential overlaps with neighbouring territories, namely, Portugal and Western Sahara. Pending consideration by the CLCS, Madrid shifted its policy towards the dispute in Western Sahara in 2022. The historic stance change may strip away the rules of the game for the extension, subject always to check and balances beyond its technical nature.}, abstract = {En 2014, España realizó una presentación a la Comisión de Límites de la Plataforma Continental (CLPC) para la zona al oeste de las Islas Canarias. La propuesta preveía posibles superposiciones con territorios vecinos, a saber, Portugal y el Sáhara Occidental. A la espera de que la CLPC examine la pretensión española, en 2022 Madrid modificó su política sobre la controversia del Sáhara Occidental. El cambio de postura histórica puede desmantelar las reglas del juego para la ampliación, sujeta siempre a controles y contrapesos más allá de su naturaleza técnica.}, publisher = {Editorial UCA}, keywords = {extension of the continental shelf}, keywords = {UNCLOS}, keywords = {CLCS}, keywords = {Canary Islands}, keywords = {Morocco}, keywords = {Western Sahara}, keywords = {ampliación de la plataforma continental}, keywords = {CNUDM}, keywords = {CLPC}, keywords = {Islas Canarias}, keywords = {Marruecos}, keywords = {Sáhara Occidental}, title = {The Spanish submission for extension of the Canary Islands continental shelf: Spain and Morocco face each other in a new ring}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.25267/Paix_secur_int.2025.i13.xxxx}, author = {Jiménez García Carriazo, María de los Angeles}, }