TY - JOUR N2 - The issue of free passage through territorial waters has been the subject of both doctrinal and practical interest for many years. One agreement conceming this issue is STRANG 1100 - Principles for NATO naval vessel visits to NATO and non-NATO ports. This agreement carne into force for NATO member states in 1995. STRANG divides visits into official, informal, and working categories. The official visit is one that occurs upon invitation by one of the parties or is connected to an important state or intemational celebration, provided that the second party agrees to categorize the visit as official. The informal visit is a friendly visit in the port of one of the parties and is not concemed with any official celebrations. The working visit takes place during NATO maneuvers, during which navy vessels require repairs, supplies, and the transport of people, fuel, and other materials. In addition to the principles described above, STRANG regulates certain issues of protocol, issues concemed with the agreement coming into force and obligations imposed by its provisions, restrictions to the agreement and the inf ormation forms which are addressed to the country hosting the visit. The author also discusses the Polish rules that are significant in light of the topie addressed. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/120549/PDF-MASTER/12_Prawo_morskie_Bugajski_Zasady.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/120549 PY - 2004 EP - 203 A1 - Bugajski, Dariusz R. PB - Oddział PAN w Gdańsku VL - No XX DA - 2021.08.28 T1 - Rules for the passage of foreign vessels in Polish and NATO practice SP - 195 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/120549 T2 - Prawo Morskie ER -