activities or for smuggling arms, ammunition, drugs, goods, of for any other illegal activity. The Palestinian Police will be notified of such actions, and the ensuing procedures will be coordinated through the MC.

2. The Palestinian Coastal Police

1. The Palestinian Coastal police ( hereinafter the " PCP " ) may flinction in Zone L, up to a distance of 6 nautical miles from the coast. In special cases, it may also exercise control over Palestinian fishing boats fishing in Zone L in an additional area of 6 nautical miles, up to the limit of 12 nautical miles from the coastline, after clearance and coordination through the MC.
   
   
2. The PCP shall have up to 10 boats, with a displacement of up to 50 tons and maximum speed of up to 25 knots.
   
   
3. The boats shall carry weapons of up to a 7.62 mm caliber.
   
   
4. Boats of the PCP shall fly a Palestinian flag, have police identification markings and shall operate identification lights.
   
   
5. The two sides shall cooperate on all sea matters, including mutual help at sea, and pollution and environmental issues.
   
   
6. The boats of the Palestinian Coastal Police will initially use the Gaza Wharf
   
   
7. Boats belonging to Israelis are solely subject to the control, authority and jurisdiction of Israel and the Israel Navy.
   
   

3. Maritime Coordination and Cooperation Center

1. The MC shall tunction as part of the JSC, to coordinate civil maritime activities and coastal police affairs off the coast of the Gaza Strip.
   
   
2. The MC shall flinction within the relevant DCO, and will determine its own rules of procedure.
   
   
3. The MC shall tunction 24 hours a day.
   
   
4. The MC shall be staffed by members of the Israel Navy and the PCP, each providing a liaison officer and an assistant liaison officer.
   
   
5. A direct radio telephone link ( hot line ) shall be set up between the Israel Navy vessels and the PCP vessels.
   
   

6. The role of the MC is to coordinate:
   
   
1. assistance between the PCP and the Israel Navy as may be necessary to deal with incidents arising at sea;
   
   
2. PCP training involving the use of firearms;
   
   
3. joint activities between the PCP and the Israel Navy when pre - planning is operationally necessary;

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