2. Coastal States intending to establish the outer limits of their continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the baseline from which the breadth of their territorial sea is measured are required by article 76 of the Convention to submit the relevant data and information to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf ("the Commission"). In accordance with article 4 of annex II to the Convention, the particulars of such limits should be submitted to the Commission within ten years of the entry into force of the Convention for that State. For some States a submission should be made by 16 November 2004.
2. 公约第七十六条规定，沿海国意图在从测算领海宽度的基线量起200海里以外划定其大陆架外部界限的，须向大陆架界限委员会("委员会")提交有关的数据和资料。按照公约附件二第四条，这种界限的详情应于公约对该国生效后10年内提出。对于有些国家，划界案应在2004年11月16日之前提出。