• Item 11: Consideration, with a view to adoption, of the draft regulations on exploitation of mineral resources in the Area.
  – Assessment of the remaining work that would be needed prior to the adoption of the rules, regulations and procedures and establishment of a road map to that end.*
  – Agreement on necessary intersessional work.
• Adoption of draft decisions (as required).
•  Item 20: Dates of the next session.*
  8-19 March 2027| Council, Part I [2 weeks]
  12-23 July 2027 | Council, Part II [2 weeks]
  25 October – 5 November 2027| Council, Part III [ 10 days] [TBC] OR 25 October – 3 November 2027 | Council, Part III [8 days] [TBC]
• End of the second part of the thirty-first session.

*According to ISBA/30/C/18, paragraph 8.
*The proposed dates are subject to the agreement of the Council.