Bezpieczeństwo i regulacje · 7/8/2004

Unauthorized Entry Into Cuban Territorial Waters

The Coast Guard, pursuant to Presidential proclamation and order of the Secretary of Homeland Security, and after consultation with several Departments and agencies, is requiring U.S. vessels, and vessels without nationality, less than 100 meters (328 feet), located within the internal waters or the 12 nautical mile territorial sea of the United States, that thereafter enter Cuban territorial waters, to apply for and receive a Coast Guard permit. In establishing this requirement, the Coast Guard is also removing the security zone in the coastal waters adjacent to Florida and incorporating many of its requirements into this rule. That security zone required non-public vessels less than 50 meters (165 feet) that intended to enter Cuban territorial waters to receive Coast Guard authorization. This rule is necessary to provide for the safety of United States citizens and residents who may be subject to excessive force, including deadly force, upon entering Cuban territorial waters, to improve enforcement of the embargo against the Government of Cuba, and to prevent a threatened disturbance of the international relations of the United States.