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Thus, the option was that the works into a Bill, if its content so requires. In con- 4. Public Policy Instruments aimed at the sea with complementary
should advance in some choices before trast, if it were configured as a political interference
opening up to social contributions. option of rearrangement of priorities and
It was decided that after some prelimi- structures only subordinated to the Pub- As shown in Figure 1, the matrix of in- decided to exemplify such interconnection in

nary and objective delineations, it would be lic Administration of the Executive Power, tercurrences for the implementation of pub- the geographic area of the “coastal zone”.
a propitious moment to call on society to this form would be adequate. The second lic policies aimed at the sea cannot be seen 4.1.1 The complex management of
add contributions, reflections that, eventu- option was a clear and objective wording, only through one of the four prisms shown. the coastal zone in Brazil
ally, could identify needed revision sto pre- based on the guidelines for writing norma- Even in clearer cases of exemplification,
vious decisions and notes of guidelines that tive acts provided for by Decree 9,191, of such as in “maritime safety” policies, it can- The choice of this particular “geograph-
show what is desired for a country more ori- 2017. However, if at the end of its prepara- not be understood that, in this theme, it is ical area” is purposeful. The 1982 United
ented towards the sea. tion there was a possible normative conflict exclusively a single, national entity that has Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Finally, like any cyclical and regenera- with current laws (remember that some the attribution. In its broad view, it seems (UNCLOS) is usually given the comparative
tive process, at the end of a consolidated of the transversal policies mentioned and evident to be the responsibility of the Feder- nickname of “constitution of the seas”.
proposal, a new opportunity for social par- chosen in the internal comparative study al Executive Power through the Ministry of Something, from a merely legal point of
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ticipation is expected, with a new consul- are instituted by laws), their eventual adap- Defense and, more particularly, the Navy view, innovative and not consensual, but
tation with the population in view of the tation would be easier. Command. However, even so, the Federal which allows its political-legal degree of
proposed proposal. Another choice made was to base its Constitution itself assigns competence to relevance to permeate. Thus, although in-
writing on the most modern techniques the Federal Police for certain actions with ternally it has the status of ordinary law,
3.2.4 Choices of a process under and processes that have been reflected in certain territorial restrictions, State Military its relevance from the point of view of the
construction more recent Policies of the same (or simi- Police in certain inland waters can also do international obligations that the country
lar) level, such as the National Solid Waste so. In some themes, it is not up to the Com- assumes is quite relevant. However, the
As a result of the three preliminary Policy or even the National Transport Policy. mander of the Navy to define, but to the UNCLOS seeks to establish some physical
studies completed, the first options of the Therefore, this is a work process that National Maritime Authority, which, in Bra- and geographical boundaries with special
IWG-NMP were, first that the new NMP is still under construction, expected to be zil, is defined by law as being also the re- characteristics of responsibilities and per-
would have an articulated formulation, ini- concluded within the deadline established sponsibility of the Commander of the Navy, missions. It sets the maximum width of the
tially designed for its institution by Decree. by the Decree that instituted it, but which but with attributions that are different from Territorial Sea, Contiguous Zone, Exclusive
This was mainly for two reasons: having will certainly still receive a lot of collabora- him. In other words, the thematic example Economic Zone (12 MN (nautical miles), 24
been an initiative of the Executive Power, tion from civil society and even the deci- used (maritime security) cannot be analyzed MN and 200 MN, respectively, all based on
nothing would oppose the transformation sion-making power that instituted it. only from one of the four prisms of the ma- the baseline – in short – the coast).
trix (decision-making level), nor in isolation In other words, the aforementioned
from any of the others, as there are intercur- “constitution” does not define and delimit
rences between them. the “coastal zone”. Here is the reason for
Thus, trying to discuss, in this work, under the choice: this was a national option that,
all four prisms and on their secondary de- therefore, must be considered under the
velopments would be quite presumptuous. entire spectrum of normative instruments,
However, in addition to the brief example which take as a reference the geographical
made above, from the thematic perspective boundaries that coincide with the UNCLOS.
(“maritime safety”), it is intended to show There is no doubt that, latu sensu, the
that this intercurrence also occurs, for exam- relevance seems evident of public policies

ple, due to geographic location. It was then for this area of extreme environmental and

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