Regulatory Gaps in Baltic Sea Governance. Selected Issues/Нормативные пробелы в управлении Балтийским морем. Избранные вопросы

Издание на английском языке
This publication forms part of a research project on the regulatory «anatomy» and governance structures of the Baltic Sea and for the Baltic Sea region. The BaltReg project (2015–2018), run by Еbo Akademi University, is a joint interdisciplinary law and public administration research project, funded by the Academy of Finland, to analyse the interaction and interrelationship between the different layers of regulation in the region.
The interest in improving the understanding of the regulatory structures for the Baltic Sea has also been highlighted in the active cooperation between Еbo Akademi University and University of Turku, both located at the heart of the Baltic Sea in the city of Turku. Through the Baltic Sea Area Legal Studies (BALEX) network, the two universities and their partners around the region constantly seek to improve interdisciplinary understanding of how different regulatory measures affect the Baltic Sea.
Even if the Baltic Sea can arguably be described as the world’s most heavily regulated sea area, there is surprisingly little analysis of how different regulatory layers interact and how the various governance regimes and institutions, laws and organisations that govern the area work together. This book addresses the legal interaction between various regulatory layers through the selection of a number of case studies on issues that are of particular relevance for the Baltic Sea. Later publications in the project will place more emphasis on the inter-relationship between law and other steering mechanisms.
The book represents the outcome of a small-scale international seminar, entitled ‘Regulatory Voids and Legal Hotspots in the Baltic Sea’, which was convened in Turku on 28–29 April 2016 and in which all authors participated.

Contents
1 Introduction
Henrik Ringbom
2 Gaps in Baltic Sea Maritime Boundaries
Erik Franckx
3 Straits in the Baltic Sea: What Passage Rights Apply?
Pirjo Kleemola-Juntunen
4 Regulating Eutrophication – Flexible Legal Approaches and Environmental Governance in the Baltic Sea Area
Brita Bohman
5 The Lack of Regulation of Chemical Mixtures and Its Legal Consequences in the Baltic Sea Area
Lena Gipperth and Thomas Backhaus
6 Salvage of Wrecks in the Baltic Sea – A Finnish Perspective
Jan Aminoff
7 Government Action Against Wrecks – A Finnish Perspective in Light of International Law
Markku Suksi
8 Subsea Gas Pipelines in the Baltic Sea Area – Civil Liability Issues
Peter Wetterstein
9 Using the Continental Shelf for Climate Change Mitigation: A Baltic Sea Perspective
David Langlet
10 Concluding Remarks: Regulatory Gaps and Broader Governance Patterns in the Baltic Sea
Henrik Ringbom and Marko Joas
Index