From 1e527bf810596f57a66b3473a9717332ab59ec16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Codex <codex@geointel.local>
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 01:45:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add Belgium and North Sea coverage foundation

---
 CHANGELOG.md                                  |  13 +
 backend/README.md                             |  24 +
 backend/app/api/routes/external.py            |  19 +-
 backend/app/schemas/__init__.py               |  14 +
 backend/app/schemas/coverage.py               |  78 ++
 .../app/services/coverage_registry_service.py | 513 ++++++++++
 backend/tests/test_rc4_national_coverage.py   | 212 ++++
 .../tests/test_rc4_national_scope_operator.py | 161 +++
 .../tests/test_sprint31_unraid_template.py    |   5 +-
 deploy/unraid/Dockerfile.all-in-one           |   1 +
 docs/API_CONTRACTS.md                         |  43 +
 docs/CODEX_EXECUTION_LOG.md                   |  26 +
 docs/DATA_SOURCES.md                          |  36 +
 docs/DATA_SPECIFICATION.md                    |  25 +
 docs/RC_ROADMAP_BELGIUM_NORTH_SEA.md          |   5 +
 docs/STORAGE_ARCHITECTURE.md                  |  20 +
 docs/TODO.md                                  |   6 +
 frontend/README.md                            |  13 +
 frontend/src/App.tsx                          |  26 +-
 frontend/src/components/map/MapWorkspace.tsx  | 104 +-
 frontend/src/config/primaryFocus.ts           |   2 +
 frontend/src/hooks/useCoverageResolver.ts     |  63 ++
 frontend/src/hooks/useProjectWorkspace.ts     |  18 +-
 frontend/src/services/api/external.ts         |  14 +
 frontend/src/styles/app.css                   |  64 ++
 frontend/src/types.ts                         |  51 +
 scripts/README.md                             |  27 +
 scripts/provision_belgium_north_sea_scope.py  | 950 ++++++++++++++++++
 scripts/run_readiness_check.sh                |   1 +
 29 files changed, 2524 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 backend/app/schemas/coverage.py
 create mode 100644 backend/app/services/coverage_registry_service.py
 create mode 100644 backend/tests/test_rc4_national_coverage.py
 create mode 100644 backend/tests/test_rc4_national_scope_operator.py
 create mode 100644 frontend/src/hooks/useCoverageResolver.ts
 create mode 100644 scripts/provision_belgium_north_sea_scope.py

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 816a0194..0b966e31 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -49,6 +49,19 @@
 - Completed live Detection Lab acceptance with an intentionally empty raster
   choice, disabled start action and zero browser console errors. No stale
   running Job or AnalysisRun remained after reconciliation.
+- Added a separate national coverage registry with normalized themes, legal
+  land/sea zones and only four honest states: `operational`, `partial`,
+  `not_configured` and `unsupported`.
+- Added canonical coverage catalog/resolve endpoints. Drawn bboxes are
+  resolved against persisted Areas, cross-zone output stays split and
+  `operational` requires a matching ready Dataset.
+- Added the explicit Belgium/North Sea operator with fixed official NGI/RBINS
+  allowlists, strict TLS, size limits, safe archive extraction, complete WFS
+  pagination, checksums and API-only persistence.
+- Added national-workspace preference and a compact selection coverage surface
+  to the Map UI without removing Mol/Kempen regression workspaces.
+- Local RC-4 validation passed 986 backend tests, frontend typecheck/build,
+  the full readiness gate, one Alembic head and complete offline migration SQL.
 
 ## Sprint 240 Operational forest, agriculture, nature and soil themes (2026-07-17)
 
diff --git a/backend/README.md b/backend/README.md
index 13ee511e..aba34b14 100644
--- a/backend/README.md
+++ b/backend/README.md
@@ -987,6 +987,30 @@ it does not create a derived dataset.
 
 ## Geographic scope provisioning
 
+The release-candidate national foundation is provisioned explicitly:
+
+```bash
+docker exec geointel python /app/scripts/provision_belgium_north_sea_scope.py
+```
+
+Use `--fetch-only` to validate official NGI AdminVector, RBINS marine
+reporting units and the Belgian Marine Spatial Plan 2026-2034 without changing
+application persistence. The normal command creates or reuses
+`Belgium and North Sea Workbench`, persists Belgium, all three regions,
+territorial sea, EEZ and continental shelf as Areas, and uploads six
+checksum-bound reference Datasets through `DatasetService`.
+
+The operator has a fixed URL/layer allowlist, verified TLS, archive and
+response-size limits, safe ZIP extraction, complete WFS pagination and
+immutable artifact checksums. It does not run at startup and does not write
+directly to `vector_features`.
+
+`GET /api/v1/external/coverage/catalog` exposes audited national source
+contracts. `POST /api/v1/external/coverage/resolve` intersects a drawn bbox
+with persisted legal/administrative Areas and reports a split zone/theme
+matrix. `operational` requires a matching `ready` Dataset; integration without
+materialized data is only `partial`.
+
 The explicit operator command below provisions the official 28-municipality
 Vlaamse vervoerregio Kempen boundary foundation:
 
diff --git a/backend/app/api/routes/external.py b/backend/app/api/routes/external.py
index 8f9d9ff6..959230ba 100644
--- a/backend/app/api/routes/external.py
+++ b/backend/app/api/routes/external.py
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ from app.core.errors import AppError
 from app.db.session import get_db
 from app.models import Area, Project
 from app.providers.registry import fetch_provider_data, get_provider, import_provider_dataset, list_provider_capabilities
-from app.schemas import ExternalFetchRequest, ExternalFetchResponse, ProviderImportRequest
+from app.schemas import CoverageResolveRequest, ExternalFetchRequest, ExternalFetchResponse, ProviderImportRequest
+from app.services.coverage_registry_service import CoverageRegistryService
 from app.utils.response import envelope
 
 router = APIRouter(prefix="/external", tags=["external"])
@@ -46,6 +47,22 @@ def list_external_providers() -> dict:
     })
 
 
+@router.get("/coverage/catalog")
+def get_coverage_catalog() -> dict:
+    return envelope(CoverageRegistryService.catalog().model_dump())
+
+
+@router.post("/coverage/resolve")
+def resolve_project_coverage(payload: CoverageResolveRequest, db: Session = Depends(get_db)) -> dict:
+    result = CoverageRegistryService.resolve(
+        db,
+        project_id=payload.project_id,
+        bbox=payload.bbox,
+        themes=payload.themes,
+    )
+    return envelope(result.model_dump())
+
+
 @router.get("/providers/capabilities")
 def get_external_provider_capabilities() -> dict:
     return envelope({
diff --git a/backend/app/schemas/__init__.py b/backend/app/schemas/__init__.py
index 68ba5a20..8c81d7a2 100644
--- a/backend/app/schemas/__init__.py
+++ b/backend/app/schemas/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from .common import ApiErrorEnvelope, ApiErrorItem, Envelope, PaginationEnvelope
+from .coverage import (
+    CoverageBBox,
+    CoverageCatalogResponse,
+    CoverageResolutionItem,
+    CoverageResolveRequest,
+    CoverageResolveResponse,
+    CoverageSourceContract,
+)
 from .project import ProjectCreate, ProjectList, ProjectRead, ProjectUpdate
 from .area import AreaCreate, AreaList, AreaRead, AreaUpdate
 from .analysis import ChangeDetectionRequest, ChangeDetectionSummary
@@ -145,6 +153,12 @@ __all__ = [
     "ApiErrorEnvelope",
     "ApiErrorItem",
     "PaginationEnvelope",
+    "CoverageBBox",
+    "CoverageCatalogResponse",
+    "CoverageResolutionItem",
+    "CoverageResolveRequest",
+    "CoverageResolveResponse",
+    "CoverageSourceContract",
     "ProjectCreate",
     "ProjectRead",
     "ProjectUpdate",
diff --git a/backend/app/schemas/coverage.py b/backend/app/schemas/coverage.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9091f740
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/schemas/coverage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Literal
+from uuid import UUID
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, model_validator
+
+
+CoverageStatus = Literal["operational", "partial", "not_configured", "unsupported"]
+CoverageAuthority = Literal["authoritative", "official_context", "contextual"]
+CoverageAcquisitionMode = Literal[
+    "operator_archive",
+    "operator_wfs",
+    "bounded_api",
+    "bounded_raster",
+    "catalog_only",
+]
+
+
+class CoverageBBox(BaseModel):
+    minx: float = Field(ge=-180, le=180)
+    miny: float = Field(ge=-90, le=90)
+    maxx: float = Field(ge=-180, le=180)
+    maxy: float = Field(ge=-90, le=90)
+
+    @model_validator(mode="after")
+    def validate_extent(self) -> "CoverageBBox":
+        if self.maxx <= self.minx or self.maxy <= self.miny:
+            raise ValueError("bbox max values must be greater than min values")
+        return self
+
+
+class CoverageSourceContract(BaseModel):
+    source_name: str
+    display_name: str
+    authority_level: CoverageAuthority
+    coverage_zones: list[str]
+    themes: list[str]
+    native_layers: list[str]
+    supported_geometry_types: list[str]
+    acquisition_mode: CoverageAcquisitionMode
+    integration_status: CoverageStatus
+    source_url: str
+    attribution: str
+    license_note: str
+    limitation_message: str
+
+
+class CoverageCatalogResponse(BaseModel):
+    themes: list[str]
+    zones: list[str]
+    statuses: list[CoverageStatus]
+    sources: list[CoverageSourceContract]
+
+
+class CoverageResolveRequest(BaseModel):
+    project_id: UUID
+    bbox: CoverageBBox
+    themes: list[str] = Field(default_factory=list, max_length=32)
+
+
+class CoverageResolutionItem(BaseModel):
+    zone: str
+    theme: str
+    status: CoverageStatus
+    source_names: list[str]
+    materialized_dataset_ids: list[UUID]
+    limitation_message: str
+
+
+class CoverageResolveResponse(BaseModel):
+    project_id: UUID
+    bbox: CoverageBBox
+    requested_themes: list[str]
+    intersected_zones: list[str]
+    outside_supported_scope: bool
+    items: list[CoverageResolutionItem]
+    warnings: list[str]
diff --git a/backend/app/services/coverage_registry_service.py b/backend/app/services/coverage_registry_service.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..76753aa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/services/coverage_registry_service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,513 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from collections.abc import Iterable
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import Any
+from uuid import UUID
+
+from geoalchemy2.shape import to_shape
+from shapely.geometry import box
+from shapely.ops import unary_union
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+
+from app.core.errors import AppError
+from app.models import Area, Dataset, Project
+from app.schemas.coverage import (
+    CoverageBBox,
+    CoverageCatalogResponse,
+    CoverageResolutionItem,
+    CoverageResolveResponse,
+    CoverageSourceContract,
+)
+
+
+THEMES = (
+    "admin",
+    "buildings",
+    "roads",
+    "surface_water",
+    "land_cover_use",
+    "nature",
+    "population",
+    "parcels",
+    "soil",
+    "elevation",
+    "orthophoto",
+    "flood_climate",
+    "maritime_planning",
+    "marine_environment",
+    "bathymetry",
+)
+
+ZONES = (
+    "belgium",
+    "flanders",
+    "wallonia",
+    "brussels",
+    "belgian_north_sea",
+    "territorial_sea",
+    "exclusive_economic_zone",
+    "continental_shelf",
+)
+
+STATUS_ORDER = ("unsupported", "not_configured", "partial", "operational")
+STATUS_RANK = {status: index for index, status in enumerate(STATUS_ORDER)}
+
+SCOPE_AREA_NAMES = {
+    "belgium": "Belgium land",
+    "flanders": "Flanders",
+    "wallonia": "Wallonia",
+    "brussels": "Brussels-Capital Region",
+    "belgian_north_sea": "Belgian part of the North Sea",
+    "territorial_sea": "Belgian territorial sea (0-12 nautical miles)",
+    "exclusive_economic_zone": "Belgian exclusive economic zone beyond territorial sea",
+    "continental_shelf": "Belgian continental shelf beyond territorial sea",
+}
+
+DETAIL_ZONES = (
+    "flanders",
+    "wallonia",
+    "brussels",
+    "territorial_sea",
+    "exclusive_economic_zone",
+    "continental_shelf",
+)
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class _SourceDefinition:
+    contract: CoverageSourceContract
+    materialized_layer_names: tuple[str, ...] = ()
+    materialized_source_names: tuple[str, ...] = ()
+
+
+def _contract(
+    *,
+    source_name: str,
+    display_name: str,
+    authority_level: str,
+    coverage_zones: tuple[str, ...],
+    themes: tuple[str, ...],
+    native_layers: tuple[str, ...],
+    geometry_types: tuple[str, ...],
+    acquisition_mode: str,
+    integration_status: str,
+    source_url: str,
+    attribution: str,
+    license_note: str,
+    limitation_message: str,
+    materialized_layer_names: tuple[str, ...] = (),
+    materialized_source_names: tuple[str, ...] = (),
+) -> _SourceDefinition:
+    return _SourceDefinition(
+        contract=CoverageSourceContract(
+            source_name=source_name,
+            display_name=display_name,
+            authority_level=authority_level,
+            coverage_zones=list(coverage_zones),
+            themes=list(themes),
+            native_layers=list(native_layers),
+            supported_geometry_types=list(geometry_types),
+            acquisition_mode=acquisition_mode,
+            integration_status=integration_status,
+            source_url=source_url,
+            attribution=attribution,
+            license_note=license_note,
+            limitation_message=limitation_message,
+        ),
+        materialized_layer_names=materialized_layer_names,
+        materialized_source_names=materialized_source_names or (source_name,),
+    )
+
+
+SOURCE_DEFINITIONS = (
+    _contract(
+        source_name="ngi_adminvector",
+        display_name="NGI AdminVector",
+        authority_level="authoritative",
+        coverage_zones=("belgium", "flanders", "wallonia", "brussels", "belgian_north_sea"),
+        themes=("admin",),
+        native_layers=(
+            "belgianterritory",
+            "belgianmaritimezone",
+            "region",
+            "province",
+            "municipality",
+        ),
+        geometry_types=("Polygon", "MultiPolygon"),
+        acquisition_mode="operator_archive",
+        integration_status="operational",
+        source_url="https://www.geo.be/catalog/details/fb1e2993-2020-428c-9188-eb5f75e284b9",
+        attribution="National Geographic Institute (NGI), AdminVector",
+        license_note="CC BY 4.0",
+        limitation_message="Administrative reference geometry; it does not provide thematic land content.",
+        materialized_layer_names=(
+            "belgium_land_boundary",
+            "belgium_regions",
+            "belgium_provinces",
+            "belgium_municipalities",
+        ),
+    ),
+    _contract(
+        source_name="statbel",
+        display_name="Statbel statistical sectors and population",
+        authority_level="authoritative",
+        coverage_zones=("belgium", "flanders", "wallonia", "brussels"),
+        themes=("admin", "population"),
+        native_layers=("statistical_sectors", "population_statistics"),
+        geometry_types=("Polygon", "MultiPolygon", "Tabular"),
+        acquisition_mode="catalog_only",
+        integration_status="not_configured",
+        source_url="https://statbel.fgov.be/en/open-data",
+        attribution="Statbel",
+        license_note="Consult the license of the selected Statbel release.",
+        limitation_message="The catalog is audited, but no national bounded acquisition adapter is configured yet.",
+    ),
+    _contract(
+        source_name="digitaal_vlaanderen",
+        display_name="Flemish authoritative services",
+        authority_level="authoritative",
+        coverage_zones=("flanders",),
+        themes=(
+            "buildings",
+            "roads",
+            "surface_water",
+            "land_cover_use",
+            "nature",
+            "parcels",
+            "soil",
+            "elevation",
+            "orthophoto",
+            "flood_climate",
+        ),
+        native_layers=("GRB", "BWK", "DHMV", "OMWRGBMRVL", "OGRK", "Mercator"),
+        geometry_types=("Point", "LineString", "Polygon", "MultiPolygon", "Raster"),
+        acquisition_mode="bounded_api",
+        integration_status="operational",
+        source_url="https://www.vlaanderen.be/datavindplaats",
+        attribution="Digitaal Vlaanderen and the authoritative Flemish source owners",
+        license_note="Consult the license and attribution stored with each acquired dataset.",
+        limitation_message="Operational only for bounded products implemented by GeoIntel and materialized in the project.",
+        materialized_source_names=(
+            "grb",
+            "digitaal_vlaanderen_buildings_addresses_register",
+            "digitaal_vlaanderen_dhmv",
+            "digitaal_vlaanderen_orthophoto",
+            "vmm_flood_hazard",
+            "department_omgeving_thematic_raster",
+            "inbo_bwk_natura2000",
+            "dov_soil_map",
+            "agentschap_landbouw_zeevisserij_agricultural_parcels",
+        ),
+    ),
+    _contract(
+        source_name="spw_geoportail",
+        display_name="SPW Geoportail Wallonie",
+        authority_level="authoritative",
+        coverage_zones=("wallonia",),
+        themes=(
+            "buildings",
+            "roads",
+            "surface_water",
+            "land_cover_use",
+            "nature",
+            "soil",
+            "elevation",
+            "orthophoto",
+            "flood_climate",
+            "bathymetry",
+        ),
+        native_layers=("PICC", "orthophotos", "MNT", "hydrography", "land_cover"),
+        geometry_types=("Point", "LineString", "Polygon", "MultiPolygon", "Raster"),
+        acquisition_mode="catalog_only",
+        integration_status="not_configured",
+        source_url="https://geoportail.wallonie.be/catalogue",
+        attribution="Service public de Wallonie",
+        license_note="Consult the license of each Geoportail Wallonie product.",
+        limitation_message="Official sources are identified, but bounded acquisition and metric adapters are not implemented.",
+    ),
+    _contract(
+        source_name="urbis",
+        display_name="UrbIS Brussels",
+        authority_level="authoritative",
+        coverage_zones=("brussels",),
+        themes=("buildings", "roads", "surface_water", "land_cover_use", "parcels", "orthophoto"),
+        native_layers=("parcels", "buildings", "roads", "hydrography", "orthophoto"),
+        geometry_types=("Point", "LineString", "Polygon", "MultiPolygon", "Raster"),
+        acquisition_mode="catalog_only",
+        integration_status="not_configured",
+        source_url="https://datastore.brussels",
+        attribution="Brussels UrbIS",
+        license_note="Consult the license of the selected UrbIS dataset.",
+        limitation_message="Official sources are identified, but bounded acquisition and metric adapters are not implemented.",
+    ),
+    _contract(
+        source_name="rbins_marine_reporting_units",
+        display_name="RBINS marine reporting units",
+        authority_level="authoritative",
+        coverage_zones=(
+            "belgian_north_sea",
+            "territorial_sea",
+            "exclusive_economic_zone",
+            "continental_shelf",
+        ),
+        themes=("admin", "marine_environment"),
+        native_layers=("marine_reporting_units_2024",),
+        geometry_types=("Polygon", "MultiPolygon"),
+        acquisition_mode="operator_wfs",
+        integration_status="operational",
+        source_url=(
+            "https://metadata.naturalsciences.be/geonetwork/srv/api/records/"
+            "29f40b0d-2a3e-49a8-870a-e9b4acd4d1e3"
+        ),
+        attribution="Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), BMDC",
+        license_note="Reuse conditions are retained from the source metadata with every persisted artifact.",
+        limitation_message="The EEZ and continental shelf can share geometry while retaining different legal semantics.",
+        materialized_layer_names=("marine_legal_scopes",),
+    ),
+    _contract(
+        source_name="rbins_msp_2026",
+        display_name="Belgian Marine Spatial Plan 2026-2034",
+        authority_level="authoritative",
+        coverage_zones=(
+            "belgian_north_sea",
+            "territorial_sea",
+            "exclusive_economic_zone",
+            "continental_shelf",
+        ),
+        themes=("maritime_planning", "marine_environment"),
+        native_layers=("imsp26",),
+        geometry_types=("Point", "LineString", "Polygon", "MultiPolygon"),
+        acquisition_mode="operator_wfs",
+        integration_status="operational",
+        source_url="https://www.health.belgium.be/en/themes/environment/marine-environment/marine-spatial-plan",
+        attribution="Belgian federal Marine Environment service and RBINS",
+        license_note="Official source metadata and attribution are retained with the imported snapshot.",
+        limitation_message="The dataset represents the legally current 2026-2034 plan, not live maritime activity.",
+        materialized_layer_names=("marine_spatial_plan_2026",),
+    ),
+    _contract(
+        source_name="mdk_bathymetry",
+        display_name="MDK Belgian North Sea depth model",
+        authority_level="authoritative",
+        coverage_zones=(
+            "belgian_north_sea",
+            "territorial_sea",
+            "exclusive_economic_zone",
+            "continental_shelf",
+        ),
+        themes=("bathymetry",),
+        native_layers=("depth_model_20m_lat",),
+        geometry_types=("Raster",),
+        acquisition_mode="catalog_only",
+        integration_status="not_configured",
+        source_url="https://www.vlaanderen.be/datavindplaats",
+        attribution="Agentschap Maritieme Dienstverlening en Kust (MDK)",
+        license_note="Consult the official product license before acquisition.",
+        limitation_message="Strict-TLS acquisition and vertical datum evidence are not yet sufficient; no depths are synthesized.",
+    ),
+)
+
+FLANDERS_THEME_DATASETS: dict[str, dict[str, tuple[str, ...]]] = {
+    "buildings": {
+        "grb": ("buildings",),
+        "digitaal_vlaanderen_buildings_addresses_register": (),
+    },
+    "roads": {"grb": ("roads",)},
+    "surface_water": {"grb": ("water",)},
+    "land_cover_use": {
+        "department_omgeving_thematic_raster": (),
+        "agentschap_landbouw_zeevisserij_agricultural_parcels": (),
+    },
+    "nature": {"inbo_bwk_natura2000": ()},
+    "parcels": {
+        "grb": ("parcels",),
+        "agentschap_landbouw_zeevisserij_agricultural_parcels": (),
+    },
+    "soil": {"dov_soil_map": ()},
+    "elevation": {"digitaal_vlaanderen_dhmv": ()},
+    "orthophoto": {"digitaal_vlaanderen_orthophoto": ()},
+    "flood_climate": {"vmm_flood_hazard": ()},
+}
+
+
+class CoverageRegistryService:
+    @staticmethod
+    def catalog() -> CoverageCatalogResponse:
+        return CoverageCatalogResponse(
+            themes=list(THEMES),
+            zones=list(ZONES),
+            statuses=list(STATUS_ORDER),
+            sources=[definition.contract for definition in SOURCE_DEFINITIONS],
+        )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def normalize_themes(themes: Iterable[str]) -> list[str]:
+        requested = list(dict.fromkeys(str(theme).strip().lower() for theme in themes if str(theme).strip()))
+        invalid = sorted(set(requested) - set(THEMES))
+        if invalid:
+            raise AppError(
+                code="COVERAGE_THEME_UNSUPPORTED",
+                message="One or more coverage themes are unsupported",
+                status_code=422,
+                details={"unsupported_themes": invalid, "supported_themes": list(THEMES)},
+            )
+        return requested or list(THEMES)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _geometry(value: Any):
+        if value is None:
+            return None
+        return value if hasattr(value, "__geo_interface__") else to_shape(value)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _intersected_zones(areas: list[Area], selection) -> tuple[list[str], bool]:
+        geometries: dict[str, Any] = {}
+        by_name = {area.name: area for area in areas}
+        for zone, area_name in SCOPE_AREA_NAMES.items():
+            area = by_name.get(area_name)
+            geometry = CoverageRegistryService._geometry(area.geometry) if area else None
+            if geometry is not None and not geometry.is_empty:
+                geometries[zone] = geometry
+
+        detail_intersections = [
+            zone for zone in DETAIL_ZONES if zone in geometries and geometries[zone].intersects(selection)
+        ]
+        zones = detail_intersections
+        if not any(zone in zones for zone in ("flanders", "wallonia", "brussels")):
+            if "belgium" in geometries and geometries["belgium"].intersects(selection):
+                zones = ["belgium", *zones]
+        if not any(zone in zones for zone in ("territorial_sea", "exclusive_economic_zone", "continental_shelf")):
+            if "belgian_north_sea" in geometries and geometries["belgian_north_sea"].intersects(selection):
+                zones = [*zones, "belgian_north_sea"]
+
+        intersected_geometries = [geometries[zone].intersection(selection) for zone in zones if zone in geometries]
+        covered = unary_union(intersected_geometries) if intersected_geometries else None
+        outside = covered is None or covered.is_empty or not covered.covers(selection)
+        return zones, outside
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _matching_datasets(
+        datasets: list[Dataset],
+        definition: _SourceDefinition,
+        theme: str,
+        zone: str,
+    ) -> list[Dataset]:
+        matches: list[Dataset] = []
+        for dataset in datasets:
+            if dataset.status != "ready" or dataset.source_name not in definition.materialized_source_names:
+                continue
+            layer_names = definition.materialized_layer_names
+            if definition.contract.source_name == "digitaal_vlaanderen":
+                theme_sources = FLANDERS_THEME_DATASETS.get(theme, {})
+                if dataset.source_name not in theme_sources:
+                    continue
+                layer_names = theme_sources[dataset.source_name]
+            metadata = dataset.source_metadata if isinstance(dataset.source_metadata, dict) else {}
+            coverage_zones = metadata.get("coverage_zones") or metadata.get("coverage_zone") or []
+            if isinstance(coverage_zones, str):
+                coverage_zones = [coverage_zones]
+            layer_matches = not layer_names or dataset.reference_layer_name in layer_names
+            zone_matches = not coverage_zones or zone in coverage_zones or "belgium" in coverage_zones
+            if layer_matches and zone_matches:
+                matches.append(dataset)
+        return matches
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _resolve_item(
+        *,
+        zone: str,
+        theme: str,
+        datasets: list[Dataset],
+    ) -> CoverageResolutionItem:
+        definitions = [
+            definition
+            for definition in SOURCE_DEFINITIONS
+            if zone in definition.contract.coverage_zones and theme in definition.contract.themes
+        ]
+        if not definitions:
+            return CoverageResolutionItem(
+                zone=zone,
+                theme=theme,
+                status="unsupported",
+                source_names=[],
+                materialized_dataset_ids=[],
+                limitation_message="No audited source contract supports this theme in the selected zone.",
+            )
+
+        materialized: list[Dataset] = []
+        source_statuses: list[str] = []
+        limitations: list[str] = []
+        for definition in definitions:
+            matches = CoverageRegistryService._matching_datasets(
+                datasets,
+                definition,
+                theme,
+                zone,
+            )
+            materialized.extend(matches)
+            if matches:
+                source_statuses.append("operational")
+            elif definition.contract.integration_status == "operational":
+                source_statuses.append("partial")
+            else:
+                source_statuses.append(definition.contract.integration_status)
+            limitations.append(definition.contract.limitation_message)
+
+        best_status = max(source_statuses, key=STATUS_RANK.__getitem__)
+        return CoverageResolutionItem(
+            zone=zone,
+            theme=theme,
+            status=best_status,
+            source_names=[definition.contract.source_name for definition in definitions],
+            materialized_dataset_ids=list(dict.fromkeys(dataset.id for dataset in materialized)),
+            limitation_message=" ".join(dict.fromkeys(limitations)),
+        )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def resolve(
+        db: Session,
+        project_id: UUID,
+        bbox: CoverageBBox,
+        themes: Iterable[str],
+    ) -> CoverageResolveResponse:
+        if not db.get(Project, project_id):
+            raise AppError(code="PROJECT_NOT_FOUND", message="Project not found", status_code=404)
+
+        requested_themes = CoverageRegistryService.normalize_themes(themes)
+        selection = box(bbox.minx, bbox.miny, bbox.maxx, bbox.maxy)
+        areas = db.query(Area).filter(Area.project_id == project_id).all()
+        datasets = db.query(Dataset).filter(Dataset.project_id == project_id).all()
+        zones, outside_supported_scope = CoverageRegistryService._intersected_zones(areas, selection)
+        if not zones:
+            return CoverageResolveResponse(
+                project_id=project_id,
+                bbox=bbox,
+                requested_themes=requested_themes,
+                intersected_zones=[],
+                outside_supported_scope=True,
+                items=[],
+                warnings=["The selection does not intersect a persisted Belgium or Belgian North Sea scope."],
+            )
+
+        items = [
+            CoverageRegistryService._resolve_item(zone=zone, theme=theme, datasets=datasets)
+            for zone in zones
+            for theme in requested_themes
+        ]
+        warnings = []
+        if outside_supported_scope:
+            warnings.append("Part of the selection lies outside the persisted Belgium and Belgian North Sea scopes.")
+        if len(zones) > 1:
+            warnings.append(
+                "The selection crosses coverage zones; results remain split and only semantically compatible metrics may be merged."
+            )
+        return CoverageResolveResponse(
+            project_id=project_id,
+            bbox=bbox,
+            requested_themes=requested_themes,
+            intersected_zones=zones,
+            outside_supported_scope=outside_supported_scope,
+            items=items,
+            warnings=warnings,
+        )
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_rc4_national_coverage.py b/backend/tests/test_rc4_national_coverage.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f635c4f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tests/test_rc4_national_coverage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+from pathlib import Path
+from uuid import uuid4
+
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+from shapely.geometry import box
+
+from app.core.errors import AppError
+from app.main import app
+from app.models import Area, Dataset, Project
+from app.schemas.coverage import CoverageBBox
+from app.services.coverage_registry_service import CoverageRegistryService, THEMES, ZONES
+
+
+class FakeQuery:
+    def __init__(self, rows):
+        self.rows = rows
+
+    def filter(self, *_args, **_kwargs):
+        return self
+
+    def all(self):
+        return list(self.rows)
+
+
+class FakeSession:
+    def __init__(self, *, project, areas, datasets):
+        self.project = project
+        self.areas = areas
+        self.datasets = datasets
+
+    def get(self, model, object_id):
+        if model is Project and str(self.project.id) == str(object_id):
+            return self.project
+        return None
+
+    def query(self, model):
+        if model is Area:
+            return FakeQuery(self.areas)
+        if model is Dataset:
+            return FakeQuery(self.datasets)
+        raise AssertionError(f"Unexpected query model: {model}")
+
+
+def scope_area(name: str, geometry):
+    return SimpleNamespace(name=name, geometry=geometry)
+
+
+def test_coverage_catalog_uses_normalized_contracts_and_does_not_change_provider_registry() -> None:
+    catalog = CoverageRegistryService.catalog()
+
+    assert set(catalog.themes) == set(THEMES)
+    assert set(catalog.zones) == set(ZONES)
+    assert catalog.statuses == ["unsupported", "not_configured", "partial", "operational"]
+    assert {source.source_name for source in catalog.sources} >= {
+        "ngi_adminvector",
+        "statbel",
+        "digitaal_vlaanderen",
+        "spw_geoportail",
+        "urbis",
+        "rbins_marine_reporting_units",
+        "rbins_msp_2026",
+        "mdk_bathymetry",
+    }
+    assert next(source for source in catalog.sources if source.source_name == "ngi_adminvector").license_note == "CC BY 4.0"
+    assert next(source for source in catalog.sources if source.source_name == "mdk_bathymetry").integration_status == "not_configured"
+
+    response = TestClient(app).get("/api/v1/external/coverage/catalog")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.json()["data"]["themes"] == list(THEMES)
+
+
+def test_coverage_resolver_only_reports_operational_for_materialized_ready_dataset() -> None:
+    project_id = uuid4()
+    project = SimpleNamespace(id=project_id)
+    areas = [
+        scope_area("Belgium land", box(2.5, 49.5, 6.4, 51.5)),
+        scope_area("Flanders", box(2.5, 50.7, 5.9, 51.5)),
+    ]
+    bbox = CoverageBBox(minx=4.9, miny=50.9, maxx=5.0, maxy=51.0)
+
+    without_materialized = CoverageRegistryService.resolve(
+        FakeSession(project=project, areas=areas, datasets=[]),
+        project_id,
+        bbox,
+        ["admin"],
+    )
+    assert without_materialized.intersected_zones == ["flanders"]
+    assert without_materialized.items[0].status == "partial"
+    assert without_materialized.items[0].materialized_dataset_ids == []
+
+    dataset_id = uuid4()
+    materialized = SimpleNamespace(
+        id=dataset_id,
+        status="ready",
+        source_name="ngi_adminvector",
+        reference_layer_name="belgium_regions",
+        source_metadata={"coverage_zones": ["belgium", "flanders", "wallonia", "brussels"]},
+    )
+    with_materialized = CoverageRegistryService.resolve(
+        FakeSession(project=project, areas=areas, datasets=[materialized]),
+        project_id,
+        bbox,
+        ["admin"],
+    )
+    admin_item = next(item for item in with_materialized.items if item.zone == "flanders")
+    assert admin_item.status == "operational"
+    assert admin_item.materialized_dataset_ids == [dataset_id]
+
+
+def test_mixed_land_and_north_sea_selection_remains_split() -> None:
+    project_id = uuid4()
+    project = SimpleNamespace(id=project_id)
+    areas = [
+        scope_area("Belgium land", box(2.5, 49.5, 6.4, 51.5)),
+        scope_area("Flanders", box(2.5, 50.7, 5.9, 51.5)),
+        scope_area("Belgian part of the North Sea", box(2.2, 51.1, 3.4, 51.9)),
+        scope_area("Belgian territorial sea (0-12 nautical miles)", box(2.7, 51.1, 3.4, 51.5)),
+        scope_area("Belgian exclusive economic zone beyond territorial sea", box(2.2, 51.5, 3.1, 51.9)),
+        scope_area("Belgian continental shelf beyond territorial sea", box(2.2, 51.5, 3.1, 51.9)),
+    ]
+
+    result = CoverageRegistryService.resolve(
+        FakeSession(project=project, areas=areas, datasets=[]),
+        project_id,
+        CoverageBBox(minx=2.65, miny=51.05, maxx=2.85, maxy=51.2),
+        ["admin", "bathymetry"],
+    )
+
+    assert result.intersected_zones == ["flanders", "territorial_sea"]
+    assert len(result.items) == 4
+    assert any("crosses coverage zones" in warning for warning in result.warnings)
+    bathymetry = next(item for item in result.items if item.zone == "territorial_sea" and item.theme == "bathymetry")
+    assert bathymetry.status == "not_configured"
+    assert bathymetry.materialized_dataset_ids == []
+
+
+def test_flemish_materialization_is_theme_specific() -> None:
+    project_id = uuid4()
+    project = SimpleNamespace(id=project_id)
+    orthophoto_id = uuid4()
+    orthophoto = SimpleNamespace(
+        id=orthophoto_id,
+        status="ready",
+        source_name="digitaal_vlaanderen_orthophoto",
+        reference_layer_name="orthophoto",
+        source_metadata={"coverage_zones": ["flanders"]},
+    )
+    result = CoverageRegistryService.resolve(
+        FakeSession(
+            project=project,
+            areas=[scope_area("Flanders", box(2.5, 50.7, 5.9, 51.5))],
+            datasets=[orthophoto],
+        ),
+        project_id,
+        CoverageBBox(minx=4.9, miny=50.9, maxx=5.0, maxy=51.0),
+        ["orthophoto", "roads"],
+    )
+
+    assert next(item for item in result.items if item.theme == "orthophoto").status == "operational"
+    assert next(item for item in result.items if item.theme == "roads").status == "partial"
+
+
+def test_outside_scope_and_unknown_theme_are_explicit() -> None:
+    project_id = uuid4()
+    project = SimpleNamespace(id=project_id)
+    db = FakeSession(
+        project=project,
+        areas=[scope_area("Belgium land", box(2.5, 49.5, 6.4, 51.5))],
+        datasets=[],
+    )
+    result = CoverageRegistryService.resolve(
+        db,
+        project_id,
+        CoverageBBox(minx=7.0, miny=52.0, maxx=7.1, maxy=52.1),
+        ["admin"],
+    )
+    assert result.intersected_zones == []
+    assert result.outside_supported_scope is True
+    assert result.items == []
+
+    try:
+        CoverageRegistryService.resolve(
+            db,
+            project_id,
+            CoverageBBox(minx=4.0, miny=50.0, maxx=4.1, maxy=50.1),
+            ["invented_metric"],
+        )
+    except AppError as exc:
+        assert exc.code == "COVERAGE_THEME_UNSUPPORTED"
+        assert exc.status_code == 422
+        assert exc.details["unsupported_themes"] == ["invented_metric"]
+    else:
+        raise AssertionError("Unknown coverage theme was accepted")
+
+
+def test_frontend_prefers_materialized_national_workspace_and_resolves_drawn_bbox() -> None:
+    root = Path(__file__).parents[2]
+    focus = (root / "frontend" / "src" / "config" / "primaryFocus.ts").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    workspace_hook = (root / "frontend" / "src" / "hooks" / "useProjectWorkspace.ts").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    coverage_hook = (root / "frontend" / "src" / "hooks" / "useCoverageResolver.ts").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    map_workspace = (root / "frontend" / "src" / "components" / "map" / "MapWorkspace.tsx").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+    assert "Belgium and North Sea Workbench" in focus
+    assert "nationalProject" in workspace_hook
+    assert "data.areas.length > 0" in workspace_hook
+    assert "dataset.status === 'ready'" in workspace_hook
+    assert "externalApi.resolveCoverage" in coverage_hook
+    assert "coverage.outside_supported_scope" in map_workspace
+    assert "coverageStatusLabel" in map_workspace
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_rc4_national_scope_operator.py b/backend/tests/test_rc4_national_scope_operator.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f0dbe99e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tests/test_rc4_national_scope_operator.py
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import sys
+import zipfile
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+from shapely.geometry import box, mapping, shape
+
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).parents[2]
+SCRIPTS = ROOT / "scripts"
+if str(SCRIPTS) not in sys.path:
+    sys.path.insert(0, str(SCRIPTS))
+
+import provision_belgium_north_sea_scope as operator  # noqa: E402
+
+
+def marine_feature(identifier: str, geometry):
+    return {
+        "type": "Feature",
+        "id": identifier,
+        "geometry": mapping(geometry),
+        "properties": {"MarineReportingUnitId": identifier},
+    }
+
+
+def test_marine_legal_scopes_are_derived_from_official_reporting_units() -> None:
+    reporting_units = {
+        "type": "FeatureCollection",
+        "features": [
+            marine_feature("ANS-BE-MS-1", box(0, 0, 10, 10)),
+            marine_feature("ANS-BE-AA-CW", box(0, 0, 2, 2)),
+            marine_feature("ANS-BE-AA-TEW", box(0, 2, 2, 4)),
+            marine_feature("ANS-BE-AA-OFFSHORE", box(2, 0, 10, 10)),
+        ],
+    }
+
+    payload = operator.derive_marine_scope_payload(reporting_units)
+    by_zone = {
+        feature["properties"]["coverage_zone"]: feature
+        for feature in payload["features"]
+    }
+
+    assert set(by_zone) == {
+        "belgian_north_sea",
+        "territorial_sea",
+        "exclusive_economic_zone",
+        "continental_shelf",
+    }
+    assert shape(by_zone["territorial_sea"]["geometry"]).area == pytest.approx(8.0)
+    assert shape(by_zone["exclusive_economic_zone"]["geometry"]).equals(
+        shape(by_zone["continental_shelf"]["geometry"])
+    )
+    assert (
+        by_zone["exclusive_economic_zone"]["properties"]["legal_domain"]
+        != by_zone["continental_shelf"]["properties"]["legal_domain"]
+    )
+    assert by_zone["territorial_sea"]["properties"]["derived_from_reporting_unit_ids"] == [
+        "ANS-BE-AA-CW",
+        "ANS-BE-AA-TEW",
+    ]
+
+
+def test_marine_scope_derivation_fails_when_a_required_unit_is_missing() -> None:
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="ANS-BE-AA-CW"):
+        operator.derive_marine_scope_payload(
+            {
+                "type": "FeatureCollection",
+                "features": [
+                    marine_feature("ANS-BE-MS-1", box(0, 0, 10, 10)),
+                    marine_feature("ANS-BE-AA-TEW", box(0, 2, 2, 4)),
+                    marine_feature("ANS-BE-AA-OFFSHORE", box(2, 0, 10, 10)),
+                ],
+            }
+        )
+
+
+def test_archive_extraction_accepts_one_safe_geopackage_and_rejects_traversal(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    archive = tmp_path / "adminvector.zip"
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(archive, "w") as handle:
+        handle.writestr("release/adminvector.gpkg", b"sqlite-bytes")
+
+    result = operator.extract_single_geopackage(archive, tmp_path / "output")
+    assert result.read_bytes() == b"sqlite-bytes"
+
+    unsafe = tmp_path / "unsafe.zip"
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(unsafe, "w") as handle:
+        handle.writestr("../adminvector.gpkg", b"unsafe")
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="unsafe"):
+        operator.extract_single_geopackage(unsafe, tmp_path / "unsafe-output")
+
+
+class FakeResponse:
+    def __init__(self, payload):
+        self.payload = payload
+        self.content = json.dumps(payload).encode("utf-8")
+
+    def raise_for_status(self):
+        return None
+
+    def json(self):
+        return self.payload
+
+
+class FakeSession:
+    def __init__(self, pages):
+        self.pages = list(pages)
+        self.calls = []
+
+    def get(self, url, params, timeout):
+        self.calls.append({"url": url, "params": params, "timeout": timeout})
+        return FakeResponse(self.pages.pop(0))
+
+
+def test_wfs_fetch_is_allowlisted_paginated_and_complete() -> None:
+    pages = [
+        {
+            "type": "FeatureCollection",
+            "numberMatched": 2,
+            "features": [{"type": "Feature", "id": "unit.1", "geometry": None, "properties": {}}],
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "FeatureCollection",
+            "numberMatched": 2,
+            "features": [{"type": "Feature", "id": "unit.2", "geometry": None, "properties": {}}],
+        },
+    ]
+    session = FakeSession(pages)
+    payload = operator.fetch_wfs_layer(
+        session,
+        service_url=operator.RBINS_MRU_WFS_URL,
+        layer_name=operator.RBINS_MRU_LAYER,
+        timeout=30,
+        page_size=1,
+    )
+
+    assert [feature["id"] for feature in payload["features"]] == ["unit.1", "unit.2"]
+    assert [call["params"]["startIndex"] for call in session.calls] == [0, 1]
+    assert all(call["params"]["srsName"] == "EPSG:4326" for call in session.calls)
+
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="allowlist"):
+        operator.fetch_wfs_layer(
+            FakeSession([]),
+            service_url=operator.RBINS_MSP_WFS_URL,
+            layer_name="untrusted:layer",
+            timeout=30,
+        )
+
+
+def test_operator_is_packaged_and_guarded_by_readiness() -> None:
+    dockerfile = (ROOT / "deploy" / "unraid" / "Dockerfile.all-in-one").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    readiness = (ROOT / "scripts" / "run_readiness_check.sh").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    source = (ROOT / "scripts" / "provision_belgium_north_sea_scope.py").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+    assert "COPY scripts/provision_belgium_north_sea_scope.py /app/scripts/" in dockerfile
+    assert "py_compile scripts/provision_belgium_north_sea_scope.py" in readiness
+    assert "/datasets/upload" in source
+    assert "from app.models" not in source
+    assert "INSERT INTO vector_features" not in source
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_sprint31_unraid_template.py b/backend/tests/test_sprint31_unraid_template.py
index cc05d58f..02d9365b 100644
--- a/backend/tests/test_sprint31_unraid_template.py
+++ b/backend/tests/test_sprint31_unraid_template.py
@@ -113,7 +113,10 @@ def test_tower_deploy_uses_single_container_unraid_compose() -> None:
     for script in (powershell, bash):
         assert "docker compose -f docker-compose.unraid.yml config" in script
         assert "--build-arg GEOINTEL_INSTALL_AI=" in script
-        assert "-f deploy/unraid/Dockerfile.all-in-one -t geointel-all-in-one:latest ." in script
+        assert '--build-arg GEOINTEL_BUILD_SHA="$GEOINTEL_BUILD_SHA"' in script
+        assert '--build-arg GEOINTEL_BUILD_TIME="$GEOINTEL_BUILD_TIME"' in script
+        assert "-f deploy/unraid/Dockerfile.all-in-one" in script
+        assert "-t geointel-all-in-one:latest" in script
         assert "docker compose -f docker-compose.unraid.yml build geointel" not in script
         assert "bash deploy/unraid/run-dockerman-container.sh" in script
         assert "LIVE_SMOKE_CONTAINER=geointel bash scripts/live_migration_smoke.sh" in script
diff --git a/deploy/unraid/Dockerfile.all-in-one b/deploy/unraid/Dockerfile.all-in-one
index ff9a64dc..a381a685 100644
--- a/deploy/unraid/Dockerfile.all-in-one
+++ b/deploy/unraid/Dockerfile.all-in-one
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ COPY scripts/provision_buildings_addresses_register.py /app/scripts/provision_bu
 COPY scripts/provision_regional_timeseries.py /app/scripts/provision_regional_timeseries.py
 COPY scripts/geographic_scopes.py /app/scripts/geographic_scopes.py
 COPY scripts/provision_geographic_scope.py /app/scripts/provision_geographic_scope.py
+COPY scripts/provision_belgium_north_sea_scope.py /app/scripts/provision_belgium_north_sea_scope.py
 COPY scripts/provision_regional_grb_buildings.py /app/scripts/provision_regional_grb_buildings.py
 COPY scripts/provision_regional_grb_context.py /app/scripts/provision_regional_grb_context.py
 COPY scripts/audit_source_freshness.py /app/scripts/audit_source_freshness.py
diff --git a/docs/API_CONTRACTS.md b/docs/API_CONTRACTS.md
index 1881f845..c8863d43 100644
--- a/docs/API_CONTRACTS.md
+++ b/docs/API_CONTRACTS.md
@@ -935,6 +935,49 @@ Read simplified job status payload.
 
 ## Provider registry
 
+The legacy Sprint 7 provider registry remains the exact
+`grb|osm|manual|fixture` import abstraction. National and maritime source
+authority is exposed separately so adding official source families cannot
+silently change that import contract.
+
+### GET `/api/v1/external/coverage/catalog`
+
+Returns the normalized Belgium and Belgian North Sea theme vocabulary, legal
+coverage zones, allowed availability states and audited source contracts.
+Every source includes authority, native layers, geometry types, acquisition
+mode, source URL, attribution, licence and limitation text.
+
+Allowed result states are exactly:
+
+- `operational`: a matching `ready` Dataset is materialized in the project;
+- `partial`: the governed integration exists but matching project data is
+  absent or incomplete;
+- `not_configured`: an audited source has no operational adapter;
+- `unsupported`: no audited contract supports the theme in that zone.
+
+### POST `/api/v1/external/coverage/resolve`
+
+Resolves a user-drawn EPSG:4326 bbox against persisted national and maritime
+Areas. Cross-region and land/sea selections remain split by zone.
+
+```json
+{
+  "project_id": "uuid",
+  "bbox": {
+    "minx": 2.65,
+    "miny": 51.05,
+    "maxx": 2.85,
+    "maxy": 51.20
+  },
+  "themes": ["buildings", "surface_water", "bathymetry"]
+}
+```
+
+The response returns `intersected_zones`, `outside_supported_scope`, one item
+per zone/theme combination, matching source names and IDs of actually
+materialized Datasets. An empty `themes` list requests the complete normalized
+vocabulary. Unknown themes fail with `COVERAGE_THEME_UNSUPPORTED`.
+
 ### GET `/api/v1/external/providers`
 
 Returns all configured provider capability descriptors.
diff --git a/docs/CODEX_EXECUTION_LOG.md b/docs/CODEX_EXECUTION_LOG.md
index 5664f676..56342ebf 100644
--- a/docs/CODEX_EXECUTION_LOG.md
+++ b/docs/CODEX_EXECUTION_LOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,31 @@
 ## Autonomous RC program for Belgium and the Belgian North Sea (2026-07-17)
 
+### RC-4 national and maritime coverage foundation
+
+- Added an independent coverage registry so the exact Sprint 7
+  `grb|osm|manual|fixture` provider contract remains unchanged.
+- Added `GET /api/v1/external/coverage/catalog` and
+  `POST /api/v1/external/coverage/resolve` with canonical envelopes, normalized
+  themes and explicit project-materialization checks.
+- Added `provision_belgium_north_sea_scope.py`. It accepts only the official
+  NGI AdminVector archive, RBINS marine reporting units and the exact 15-layer
+  `imsp26` WFS allowlist. It verifies archive/response limits, safe extraction,
+  layer counts, pagination, geometries and SHA256 evidence.
+- Verified live source contracts from the Codex host: all 15 MSP layers were
+  reachable and returned 101 features in total; the current RBINS reporting
+  units yielded BPNS, territorial sea, EEZ and continental-shelf geometries.
+- The territorial sea is derived only by unioning official 0-1 nm and 1-12 nm
+  units. EEZ and continental shelf retain the same official offshore geometry
+  as separate records with different legal-domain provenance.
+- Frontend startup now prefers a materialized
+  `Belgium and North Sea Workbench`; drawn bboxes receive a compact,
+  zone-split coverage matrix. Existing Mol/Kempen workspaces remain available.
+- Local validation passed 986 backend tests, frontend typecheck/build, the
+  full readiness gate, Alembic head `202607160001`, complete offline migration
+  SQL and live-smoke shell syntax.
+- Tower fetch-only, persistence, live coverage API and browser acceptance are
+  the remaining RC-4 exit evidence.
+
 - Froze the RC geography as all Belgian land plus the separately labelled
   territorial sea, EEZ and continental shelf.
 - Retained Mol and the Kempen as validated regression areas instead of the
diff --git a/docs/DATA_SOURCES.md b/docs/DATA_SOURCES.md
index a242e536..e0d6800c 100644
--- a/docs/DATA_SOURCES.md
+++ b/docs/DATA_SOURCES.md
@@ -719,6 +719,42 @@ the canonical vector persistence path for Mol and Kempen. Additional Flemish
 vector themes still require governed regional operators; a catalogue record
 alone never makes them operational.
 
+## Belgium and Belgian North Sea scope foundation
+
+The release-candidate workbench uses two distinct registries:
+
+- the fixed Sprint 7 import-provider registry for `grb`, `osm`, `manual` and
+  `fixture`;
+- the national coverage registry for audited source authority and actual
+  project materialization by theme and zone.
+
+The explicit operator
+`scripts/provision_belgium_north_sea_scope.py` downloads the official NGI
+AdminVector EPSG:4326 GeoPackage archive, verifies size and archive safety,
+requires the territory, maritime zone, region, province and municipality
+layers, and retains archive/GeoPackage/artifact checksums. NGI output is
+licensed CC BY 4.0 and persists as reference Datasets through
+`DatasetService`.
+
+The same operator obtains the RBINS/BMDC
+`od_nature:marine_reporting_units_2024` WFS layer. The territorial sea is the
+union of official 0-1 nm coastal waters and 1-12 nm territorial waters. The
+official offshore-beyond-12-nm geometry is persisted twice only to preserve
+the distinct legal semantics of the EEZ water column and continental-shelf
+seabed/subsoil. This is explicit provenance-preserving derivation, not
+invented geometry.
+
+The legally current Belgian Marine Spatial Plan 2026-2034 is fetched from the
+fixed `imsp26` WFS allowlist and retained as one versioned reference Dataset.
+No live vessel activity, depth, water volume or other unsupported metric is
+inferred from these plan zones.
+
+The coverage resolver reports a theme `operational` only when a matching
+`ready` Dataset exists in the selected project. Implemented acquisition
+without project materialization is `partial`; Walloon, Brussels, Statbel and
+MDK families remain `not_configured` until their own bounded adapters and
+source-specific metric contracts are implemented.
+
 ## Bathymetry, inland profiles and maritime scope
 
 The official VHA Digital Atlas profile-point layer is the first operational
diff --git a/docs/DATA_SPECIFICATION.md b/docs/DATA_SPECIFICATION.md
index 0e0ab669..17448ed3 100644
--- a/docs/DATA_SPECIFICATION.md
+++ b/docs/DATA_SPECIFICATION.md
@@ -369,6 +369,31 @@ Ondersteund:
 - GPKG
 - WFS-resultaten
 
+### National and maritime coverage contracts
+
+Belgium-wide and maritime reference Datasets use the same Dataset and
+VectorFeature entities as every other vector source. No parallel national
+schema is introduced.
+
+Required source metadata includes:
+
+```yaml
+authority_level: authoritative|official_context|contextual
+coverage_zones:
+  - belgium|flanders|wallonia|brussels
+  - belgian_north_sea|territorial_sea|exclusive_economic_zone|continental_shelf
+source_url: https://...
+attribution: text
+license_note: text
+reference_layer_name: normalized_layer_key
+```
+
+EEZ and continental-shelf records may have equal horizontal geometry while
+their `legal_domain` differs. They must remain distinct records. A selected
+bbox crossing regions or the coast produces zone-specific coverage items;
+only metrics with compatible source meaning, unit, time and method may be
+merged.
+
 Metadata:
 
 - CRS
diff --git a/docs/RC_ROADMAP_BELGIUM_NORTH_SEA.md b/docs/RC_ROADMAP_BELGIUM_NORTH_SEA.md
index c7235c55..4f04fc78 100644
--- a/docs/RC_ROADMAP_BELGIUM_NORTH_SEA.md
+++ b/docs/RC_ROADMAP_BELGIUM_NORTH_SEA.md
@@ -291,6 +291,11 @@ errors.
 
 ## RC-4 - Belgium and North Sea coverage foundation
 
+**State: in progress.** The national coverage registry, canonical
+catalog/resolve API, explicit NGI/RBINS operator, frontend selection matrix and
+focused safety tests are implemented. Local readiness is green. Tower
+fetch-only, persistence, live API and browser acceptance remain the phase exit.
+
 ### Work
 
 1. Persist NGI authoritative Belgium land and administrative scopes.
diff --git a/docs/STORAGE_ARCHITECTURE.md b/docs/STORAGE_ARCHITECTURE.md
index 5b645cc6..a7e73375 100644
--- a/docs/STORAGE_ARCHITECTURE.md
+++ b/docs/STORAGE_ARCHITECTURE.md
@@ -43,8 +43,28 @@ storage/
     osm/
     sentinel/
     dhmv/
+  operator-data/
+    geographic-scopes/
+      belgium-north-sea/
+        adminvector_4326.zip
+        adminvector/
+          adminvector_4326.gpkg
+        belgium_land_boundary.geojson
+        belgium_regions.geojson
+        belgium_provinces.geojson
+        belgium_municipalities.geojson
+        ngi_maritime_zone.geojson
+        marine_legal_scopes.geojson
+        marine_spatial_plan_2026.geojson
+        manifest.json
 ```
 
+The Belgium/North Sea directory is written only by the explicit
+`provision_belgium_north_sea_scope.py` operator. The manifest binds every
+artifact to SHA256, source URL, edition/validity and feature count. Persistence
+still runs through the ordinary Dataset upload API; operator artifacts are
+evidence and replay inputs, not an alternate database.
+
 ## Upload policy
 
 When a file is uploaded:
diff --git a/docs/TODO.md b/docs/TODO.md
index 6f9b07c2..aa214d86 100644
--- a/docs/TODO.md
+++ b/docs/TODO.md
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ maritieme zones.
 - [x] RC-2: liveness/readiness/capabilities fail-closed en waarheidsgetrouw maken.
 - [x] RC-2: verweesde jobs en analysis runs na een procesherstart verzoenen.
 - [x] RC-3: expliciete rasterkeuze en temporeel compatibele detectie-QA afdwingen.
+- [x] RC-4: aparte nationale bron- en dekkingscontracten implementeren zonder
+  het vaste Sprint 7-providerregister te wijzigen.
+- [x] RC-4: expliciete NGI/RBINS-operator en selectiegebonden coverage-API
+  implementeren en lokaal valideren.
+- [ ] RC-4: Tower fetch-only, canonieke persistence en live browseracceptatie
+  bewijzen.
 - [ ] RC-4: nationale basisdekking, Wallonie, Brussel en Belgische Noordzee via
   beheerde providers en golden areas operationaliseren.
 - [ ] RC-5: secrets/configuratie/uploadlimieten/immutable deploy en rollback
diff --git a/frontend/README.md b/frontend/README.md
index 3f8715da..7c23f64a 100644
--- a/frontend/README.md
+++ b/frontend/README.md
@@ -713,3 +713,16 @@ user selects a municipality or draws a bounded rectangle. Forest and
 agriculture use thematic raster analysis; nature value and soil use the
 persisted-vector GeoJSON pattern. The browser calls only the GeoIntel API and
 never contacts WCS, WFS or OGC providers directly.
+
+## Belgium and Belgian North Sea coverage
+
+When `Belgium and North Sea Workbench` exists with ready reference data, it is
+preferred over the legacy Mol/Kempen workspaces at startup. Mol and Kempen
+remain regression workspaces and can still be selected normally.
+
+Drawing a rectangle on the Map invokes the GeoIntel coverage resolver after a
+short debounce. The map displays every intersected land or legal sea zone and
+the active theme as `Beschikbaar`, `Gedeeltelijk`, `Niet gekoppeld` or `Niet
+ondersteund`. A coastal or cross-region selection remains visibly split. The
+browser never calls NGI, SPW, UrbIS, RBINS or MDK directly and never promotes
+an audited catalog entry to operational data without a matching ready Dataset.
diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index 341267b2..c238b77d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { ProviderPanel } from './components/providers/ProviderPanel'
 import { SegmentationLab } from './components/segmentation/SegmentationLab'
 import { useChangeDetectionWorkflow } from './hooks/useChangeDetectionWorkflow'
 import { useDemoWorkflow } from './hooks/useDemoWorkflow'
+import { useCoverageResolver } from './hooks/useCoverageResolver'
 import { useDetectionWorkflow } from './hooks/useDetectionWorkflow'
 import { useDatasetWorkflow } from './hooks/useDatasetWorkflow'
 import { useExportWorkflow } from './hooks/useExportWorkflow'
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ import { getDatasetDisplayName } from './lib/datasetDisplay'
 import {
   FLANDERS_WORKSPACE_LABEL,
   FLANDERS_WORKSPACE_PROJECT_NAME,
+  NATIONAL_WORKSPACE_LABEL,
+  NATIONAL_WORKSPACE_PROJECT_NAME,
   REGIONAL_WORKSPACE_LABEL,
   REGIONAL_WORKSPACE_PROJECT_NAME,
 } from './config/primaryFocus'
@@ -475,6 +478,14 @@ function App(): JSX.Element {
     selectedDataset,
     isVectorDatasetType,
   })
+  const {
+    coverage: mapCoverage,
+    loadingCoverage: mapCoverageLoading,
+    coverageError: mapCoverageError,
+  } = useCoverageResolver({
+    projectId: selectedProjectId,
+    bbox: mapSelectionBbox,
+  })
   const {
     selectionDatasetSaving,
     selectionDatasetError,
@@ -668,11 +679,13 @@ function App(): JSX.Element {
     || Boolean(changeDetectionResult)
     || detectionItems.length > 0
     || segmentationItems.length > 0
-  const projectContextLabel = selectedProject?.name === REGIONAL_WORKSPACE_PROJECT_NAME
-    ? REGIONAL_WORKSPACE_LABEL
-    : selectedProject?.name === FLANDERS_WORKSPACE_PROJECT_NAME
-      ? FLANDERS_WORKSPACE_LABEL
-      : selectedProject?.name ?? 'Geen werkruimte'
+  const projectContextLabel = selectedProject?.name === NATIONAL_WORKSPACE_PROJECT_NAME
+    ? NATIONAL_WORKSPACE_LABEL
+    : selectedProject?.name === REGIONAL_WORKSPACE_PROJECT_NAME
+      ? REGIONAL_WORKSPACE_LABEL
+      : selectedProject?.name === FLANDERS_WORKSPACE_PROJECT_NAME
+        ? FLANDERS_WORKSPACE_LABEL
+        : selectedProject?.name ?? 'Geen werkruimte'
   const areaContextLabel = selectedArea?.name ?? (areas.length > 0 ? 'Kies een gebied' : 'Geen gebied')
   const bathymetryContextActive = Boolean(
     activeWorkspace === 'map'
@@ -927,6 +940,9 @@ function App(): JSX.Element {
               mapSelectionResult={mapSelectionResult}
               mapSelectionLoading={mapSelectionLoading}
               mapSelectionError={mapSelectionError}
+              coverage={mapCoverage}
+              coverageLoading={mapCoverageLoading}
+              coverageError={mapCoverageError}
               selectionExporting={selectionExporting}
               selectionExportError={selectionExportError}
               latestSelectionExportPath={latestSelectionExport?.path ?? null}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/map/MapWorkspace.tsx b/frontend/src/components/map/MapWorkspace.tsx
index 10541908..c2ddc2d7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/map/MapWorkspace.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/map/MapWorkspace.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react'
 import GeoMap from '../GeoMap'
-import type { AreaRead, DatasetCreateResponse, DetectionQaResult, MapResultExportRequest, MapViewportState, OrthophotoAcquisitionResult, OrthophotoProductRead, ProjectRead, QaComparisonResult, VectorSelectionBBox, VectorSelectionMetric, VectorSelectionResponse } from '../../types'
+import type { AreaRead, CoverageResolveResponse, CoverageStatus, DatasetCreateResponse, DetectionQaResult, MapResultExportRequest, MapViewportState, OrthophotoAcquisitionResult, OrthophotoProductRead, ProjectRead, QaComparisonResult, VectorSelectionBBox, VectorSelectionMetric, VectorSelectionResponse } from '../../types'
 import { useMapThemeSelectionInsights, type MapThemeAcquisition, type MapThemeQuery } from '../../hooks/useMapThemeSelectionInsights'
 import { useOfficialMapProducts } from '../../hooks/useOfficialMapProducts'
 import { useTemporalComparison } from '../../hooks/useTemporalComparison'
@@ -176,6 +176,49 @@ const DATA_THEMES: DataTheme[] = [
   },
 ]
 
+const COVERAGE_THEME_BY_MAP_THEME: Record<DataThemeId, string> = {
+  buildings: 'buildings',
+  space_occupation: 'land_cover_use',
+  open_space: 'land_cover_use',
+  population: 'population',
+  forest: 'land_cover_use',
+  nature_value: 'nature',
+  agriculture: 'land_cover_use',
+  soil: 'soil',
+  water: 'surface_water',
+  bathymetry: 'bathymetry',
+  flood_hazard: 'flood_climate',
+  elevation: 'elevation',
+  accessibility: 'roads',
+  services: 'population',
+  roads: 'roads',
+  parcels: 'parcels',
+}
+
+function coverageStatusLabel(status: CoverageStatus): string {
+  const labels: Record<CoverageStatus, string> = {
+    operational: 'Beschikbaar',
+    partial: 'Gedeeltelijk',
+    not_configured: 'Niet gekoppeld',
+    unsupported: 'Niet ondersteund',
+  }
+  return labels[status]
+}
+
+function coverageZoneLabel(zone: string): string {
+  const labels: Record<string, string> = {
+    belgium: 'Belgie',
+    flanders: 'Vlaanderen',
+    wallonia: 'Wallonie',
+    brussels: 'Brussel',
+    belgian_north_sea: 'Belgische Noordzee',
+    territorial_sea: 'Territoriale zee',
+    exclusive_economic_zone: 'EEZ',
+    continental_shelf: 'Continentaal plat',
+  }
+  return labels[zone] ?? zone
+}
+
 const DATA_THEME_MAP_STYLES: Record<DataThemeId, { fill: string; line: string }> = {
   buildings: { fill: '#d45f3d', line: '#9f3e24' },
   space_occupation: { fill: '#be3e33', line: '#8f2c24' },
@@ -516,6 +559,9 @@ interface MapWorkspaceProps {
   mapSelectionResult: VectorSelectionResponse | null
   mapSelectionLoading: boolean
   mapSelectionError: string | null
+  coverage: CoverageResolveResponse | null
+  coverageLoading: boolean
+  coverageError: string | null
   selectionExporting: boolean
   selectionExportError: string | null
   latestSelectionExportPath: string | null
@@ -602,6 +648,9 @@ export function MapWorkspace({
   mapSelectionResult,
   mapSelectionLoading,
   mapSelectionError,
+  coverage,
+  coverageLoading,
+  coverageError,
   selectionExporting,
   selectionExportError,
   latestSelectionExportPath,
@@ -819,6 +868,15 @@ export function MapWorkspace({
     [availableMapDatasets, regionalScopeSelected, selectedMapAreaId, themeDatasetMap],
   )
   const activeTheme = DATA_THEMES.find((theme) => theme.id === activeThemeId) ?? DATA_THEMES[0]
+  const activeCoverageTheme = COVERAGE_THEME_BY_MAP_THEME[activeTheme.id]
+  const activeCoverageItems = coverage?.items.filter((item) => item.theme === activeCoverageTheme) ?? []
+  const coverageCounts = useMemo(
+    () => coverage?.items.reduce<Record<CoverageStatus, number>>(
+      (counts, item) => ({ ...counts, [item.status]: counts[item.status] + 1 }),
+      { operational: 0, partial: 0, not_configured: 0, unsupported: 0 },
+    ) ?? { operational: 0, partial: 0, not_configured: 0, unsupported: 0 },
+    [coverage],
+  )
   const onDemandProductMap = useMemo(
     () => {
       const result = new Map<DataThemeId, OnDemandMapProduct>()
@@ -2527,6 +2585,50 @@ export function MapWorkspace({
         </div>
       ) : null}
 
+      {mapSelectionBbox ? (
+        <section className="coverage-resolution-surface" aria-label="Datadekking van de kaartselectie">
+          <div className="panel-title-row">
+            <div>
+              <p className="eyebrow">Dekking van deze selectie</p>
+              <h3>{activeTheme.label}</h3>
+            </div>
+            {coverageLoading ? <span className="count-pill">controleren</span> : null}
+          </div>
+          {coverageError ? <p className="error">{coverageError}</p> : null}
+          {coverage ? (
+            <>
+              <div className="coverage-zone-row">
+                {coverage.intersected_zones.map((zone) => (
+                  <span key={zone}>{coverageZoneLabel(zone)}</span>
+                ))}
+                {coverage.outside_supported_scope ? <span className="coverage-zone-warning">deels buiten scope</span> : null}
+              </div>
+              <div className="coverage-active-theme-grid">
+                {activeCoverageItems.map((item) => (
+                  <div className={`coverage-status-item coverage-status-${item.status}`} key={`${item.zone}:${item.theme}`}>
+                    <span>{coverageZoneLabel(item.zone)}</span>
+                    <strong>{coverageStatusLabel(item.status)}</strong>
+                    <small>{item.source_names.join(', ') || 'Geen broncontract'}</small>
+                  </div>
+                ))}
+                {activeCoverageItems.length === 0 ? (
+                  <p className="muted">Deze selectie raakt geen bewaarde Belgische land- of zeezone.</p>
+                ) : null}
+              </div>
+              <div className="coverage-summary-row" aria-label="Samenvatting van alle themas">
+                <span>{coverageCounts.operational} beschikbaar</span>
+                <span>{coverageCounts.partial} gedeeltelijk</span>
+                <span>{coverageCounts.not_configured} niet gekoppeld</span>
+                <span>{coverageCounts.unsupported} niet ondersteund</span>
+              </div>
+              {coverage.warnings.map((warning) => <p className="muted" key={warning}>{warning}</p>)}
+            </>
+          ) : !coverageLoading && !coverageError ? (
+            <p className="muted">De dekkingsmatrix wordt bepaald zodra de selectie volledig is.</p>
+          ) : null}
+        </section>
+      ) : null}
+
       <div className="map-inspection-surface">
         <div className="gis-test-run-surface" aria-label="Operationele GIS-controle">
           <div className="panel-title-row">
diff --git a/frontend/src/config/primaryFocus.ts b/frontend/src/config/primaryFocus.ts
index e9a3d3dc..db30c245 100644
--- a/frontend/src/config/primaryFocus.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/config/primaryFocus.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import type { DatasetCreateResponse, ProjectRead } from '../types'
 
 export const PRIMARY_FOCUS_LABEL = 'Mol'
 export const PRIMARY_FOCUS_REGION = 'Mol, Kempen'
+export const NATIONAL_WORKSPACE_PROJECT_NAME = 'Belgium and North Sea Workbench'
+export const NATIONAL_WORKSPACE_LABEL = 'Belgie en Belgische Noordzee'
 export const REGIONAL_WORKSPACE_PROJECT_NAME = 'Kempen Regional Workbench'
 export const REGIONAL_WORKSPACE_LABEL = 'Kempen (28 gemeenten)'
 export const FLANDERS_WORKSPACE_PROJECT_NAME = 'Flanders Regional Workbench'
diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/useCoverageResolver.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/useCoverageResolver.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa02e083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/useCoverageResolver.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { externalApi } from '../services/api'
+import type { CoverageResolveResponse, VectorSelectionBBox } from '../types'
+
+interface CoverageResolverOptions {
+  projectId: string | null
+  bbox: VectorSelectionBBox | null
+}
+
+export function useCoverageResolver({ projectId, bbox }: CoverageResolverOptions) {
+  const [coverage, setCoverage] = useState<CoverageResolveResponse | null>(null)
+  const [loadingCoverage, setLoadingCoverage] = useState(false)
+  const [coverageError, setCoverageError] = useState<string | null>(null)
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!projectId || !bbox) {
+      setCoverage(null)
+      setCoverageError(null)
+      setLoadingCoverage(false)
+      return
+    }
+    let cancelled = false
+    const timer = window.setTimeout(() => {
+      setLoadingCoverage(true)
+      setCoverageError(null)
+      externalApi.resolveCoverage({
+        projectId,
+        bbox: {
+          minx: bbox.min_x,
+          miny: bbox.min_y,
+          maxx: bbox.max_x,
+          maxy: bbox.max_y,
+        },
+      })
+        .then((result) => {
+          if (!cancelled) {
+            setCoverage(result)
+          }
+        })
+        .catch((error) => {
+          if (!cancelled) {
+            setCoverage(null)
+            setCoverageError(error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Dekking kon niet worden bepaald')
+          }
+        })
+        .finally(() => {
+          if (!cancelled) {
+            setLoadingCoverage(false)
+          }
+        })
+    }, 250)
+    return () => {
+      cancelled = true
+      window.clearTimeout(timer)
+    }
+  }, [projectId, bbox?.min_x, bbox?.min_y, bbox?.max_x, bbox?.max_y])
+
+  return {
+    coverage,
+    loadingCoverage,
+    coverageError,
+  }
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/useProjectWorkspace.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/useProjectWorkspace.ts
index 030185cd..13a61456 100644
--- a/frontend/src/hooks/useProjectWorkspace.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/useProjectWorkspace.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   PRIMARY_FOCUS_AREA_GEOJSON,
   PRIMARY_FOCUS_AREA_NAME,
   PRIMARY_FOCUS_REGION,
+  NATIONAL_WORKSPACE_PROJECT_NAME,
   REGIONAL_WORKSPACE_PROJECT_NAME,
   isPrimaryFocusMunicipalityBoundaryDataset,
   isPrimaryFocusMunicipalityProject,
@@ -81,6 +82,17 @@ export function useProjectWorkspace() {
     if (selectedProjectId && items.some((project) => project.id === selectedProjectId)) {
       return selectedProjectId
     }
+    const nationalProject = items.find((project) => project.name === NATIONAL_WORKSPACE_PROJECT_NAME)
+    if (nationalProject) {
+      try {
+        const data = await fetchProjectData(nationalProject.id)
+        if (data.areas.length > 0 && data.datasets.some((dataset) => dataset.status === 'ready')) {
+          return nationalProject.id
+        }
+      } catch {
+        // Continue with regional and municipality fallbacks while national data is unavailable.
+      }
+    }
     const regionalProject = items.find((project) => project.name === REGIONAL_WORKSPACE_PROJECT_NAME)
     if (regionalProject) {
       try {
@@ -145,13 +157,15 @@ export function useProjectWorkspace() {
     setLoadingProjects(true)
     setErrorMessage(null)
     try {
-      const [response, canonicalResponse] = await Promise.all([
+      const [response, nationalResponse, canonicalResponse] = await Promise.all([
         projectsApi.list(),
+        projectsApi.list({ name: NATIONAL_WORKSPACE_PROJECT_NAME, limit: 1 }),
         projectsApi.list({ name: REGIONAL_WORKSPACE_PROJECT_NAME, limit: 1 }),
       ])
+      const regionalItems = [...canonicalResponse.items, ...response.items]
       const items = Array.from(
         new Map(
-          [...canonicalResponse.items, ...response.items].map((project) => [project.id, project]),
+          [...nationalResponse.items, ...regionalItems].map((project) => [project.id, project]),
         ).values(),
       )
       setProjects(items)
diff --git a/frontend/src/services/api/external.ts b/frontend/src/services/api/external.ts
index fd0ddfb7..7b13d4f1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/services/api/external.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/services/api/external.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { apiGet, apiPost } from './client'
 import type {
+  CoverageCatalogResponse,
+  CoverageResolveResponse,
   ProviderCapability,
   ProviderCapabilitiesResponse,
   ProviderImportResponse,
@@ -13,6 +15,18 @@ const normalize = (layers: string[] = []) => layers.filter((value) => value.trim
 export const externalApi = {
   listSystemCapabilities: (): Promise<SystemCapabilitiesResponse> =>
     apiGet<SystemCapabilitiesResponse>('/api/v1/system/capabilities'),
+  getCoverageCatalog: (): Promise<CoverageCatalogResponse> =>
+    apiGet<CoverageCatalogResponse>('/api/v1/external/coverage/catalog'),
+  resolveCoverage: (payload: {
+    projectId: string
+    bbox: { minx: number; miny: number; maxx: number; maxy: number }
+    themes?: string[]
+  }): Promise<CoverageResolveResponse> =>
+    apiPost<CoverageResolveResponse>('/api/v1/external/coverage/resolve', {
+      project_id: payload.projectId,
+      bbox: payload.bbox,
+      themes: payload.themes ?? [],
+    }),
   listProviders: (): Promise<ProviderCapabilitiesResponse> =>
     apiGet<ProviderCapabilitiesResponse>('/api/v1/external/providers'),
   listProviderCapabilities: (): Promise<ProviderCapabilitiesResponse> =>
diff --git a/frontend/src/styles/app.css b/frontend/src/styles/app.css
index 190d6414..fa650fda 100644
--- a/frontend/src/styles/app.css
+++ b/frontend/src/styles/app.css
@@ -7347,3 +7347,67 @@ section {
 .workspace-persistent-map[hidden] {
   display: none;
 }
+.coverage-resolution-surface {
+  padding: 18px 20px;
+  border-block: 1px solid var(--line);
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--surface-raised) 94%, var(--accent-soft));
+}
+
+.coverage-zone-row,
+.coverage-summary-row {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  gap: 8px;
+  margin-top: 10px;
+}
+
+.coverage-zone-row span,
+.coverage-summary-row span {
+  padding: 4px 8px;
+  border: 1px solid var(--line);
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  background: var(--surface-raised);
+  color: var(--muted);
+  font-size: 0.78rem;
+}
+
+.coverage-zone-row .coverage-zone-warning {
+  border-color: var(--warning);
+  color: var(--warning);
+}
+
+.coverage-active-theme-grid {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(170px, 1fr));
+  gap: 8px;
+  margin-top: 12px;
+}
+
+.coverage-status-item {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: 3px;
+  min-height: 76px;
+  padding: 10px 12px;
+  border: 1px solid var(--line);
+  border-left: 3px solid var(--muted);
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  background: var(--surface-raised);
+}
+
+.coverage-status-item span,
+.coverage-status-item small {
+  color: var(--muted);
+}
+
+.coverage-status-operational {
+  border-left-color: var(--accent);
+}
+
+.coverage-status-partial {
+  border-left-color: var(--warning);
+}
+
+.coverage-status-not_configured,
+.coverage-status-unsupported {
+  border-left-color: var(--muted);
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/types.ts b/frontend/src/types.ts
index 71237b31..675463dd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/types.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/types.ts
@@ -957,6 +957,57 @@ export interface ProviderCapability {
   not_configured_reason: string | null
 }
 
+export type CoverageStatus = 'operational' | 'partial' | 'not_configured' | 'unsupported'
+
+export interface CoverageBBox {
+  minx: number
+  miny: number
+  maxx: number
+  maxy: number
+}
+
+export interface CoverageSourceContract {
+  source_name: string
+  display_name: string
+  authority_level: 'authoritative' | 'official_context' | 'contextual'
+  coverage_zones: string[]
+  themes: string[]
+  native_layers: string[]
+  supported_geometry_types: string[]
+  acquisition_mode: 'operator_archive' | 'operator_wfs' | 'bounded_api' | 'bounded_raster' | 'catalog_only'
+  integration_status: CoverageStatus
+  source_url: string
+  attribution: string
+  license_note: string
+  limitation_message: string
+}
+
+export interface CoverageCatalogResponse {
+  themes: string[]
+  zones: string[]
+  statuses: CoverageStatus[]
+  sources: CoverageSourceContract[]
+}
+
+export interface CoverageResolutionItem {
+  zone: string
+  theme: string
+  status: CoverageStatus
+  source_names: string[]
+  materialized_dataset_ids: string[]
+  limitation_message: string
+}
+
+export interface CoverageResolveResponse {
+  project_id: string
+  bbox: CoverageBBox
+  requested_themes: string[]
+  intersected_zones: string[]
+  outside_supported_scope: boolean
+  items: CoverageResolutionItem[]
+  warnings: string[]
+}
+
 export interface SystemCapabilitiesResponse {
   status: string
   service: string
diff --git a/scripts/README.md b/scripts/README.md
index c5248b8f..c9f114f0 100644
--- a/scripts/README.md
+++ b/scripts/README.md
@@ -1319,6 +1319,33 @@ audits artifacts without uploading; `--force` explicitly refreshes the source
 partitions. Historical identities are declared unstable and support hectare
 comparison only, not object lineage.
 
+## Belgium and Belgian North Sea foundation
+
+Prepare and validate the complete national/maritime source snapshot without
+changing application persistence:
+
+```bash
+docker exec -it geointel python3 /app/scripts/provision_belgium_north_sea_scope.py \
+  --fetch-only
+```
+
+Persist the national workbench through the canonical API:
+
+```bash
+docker exec -it geointel python3 /app/scripts/provision_belgium_north_sea_scope.py
+```
+
+Use `--force` only for an explicit source refresh. The operator creates or
+reuses `Belgium and North Sea Workbench`, eight legal/administrative Areas and
+six reference Datasets. It never runs on container startup, never disables
+TLS verification and never writes directly to PostGIS. Output and immutable
+checksums are retained below
+`/app/storage/operator-data/geographic-scopes/belgium-north-sea`.
+
+The command imports the common administrative baseline and marine legal/use
+zones. It does not make detailed Walloon, Brussels, population, bathymetry or
+other audited source families operational.
+
 ## Official Kempen operational scope
 
 GeoIntel defines its regional `Kempen` workspace as the official Vlaamse
diff --git a/scripts/provision_belgium_north_sea_scope.py b/scripts/provision_belgium_north_sea_scope.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8647a520
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/provision_belgium_north_sea_scope.py
@@ -0,0 +1,950 @@
+"""Provision Belgium and the Belgian North Sea through the canonical API.
+
+This explicit operator downloads a bounded, allowlisted set of authoritative
+sources. It never runs at application startup and never writes directly to
+PostGIS or vector_features.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import hashlib
+import json
+import os
+import shutil
+import sys
+import zipfile
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+import requests
+from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter
+from shapely.geometry import GeometryCollection, MultiPolygon, Polygon, mapping, shape
+from shapely.ops import unary_union
+from shapely.validation import make_valid
+from urllib3.util.retry import Retry
+
+
+PROJECT_NAME = "Belgium and North Sea Workbench"
+PROJECT_REGION = "Belgium and Belgian North Sea"
+DEFAULT_API_URL = "http://127.0.0.1:8000"
+DEFAULT_OUTPUT_ROOT = Path("/app/storage/operator-data/geographic-scopes/belgium-north-sea")
+NGI_ARCHIVE_URL = (
+    "https://ac.ngi.be/remoteclient-open/ngi-standard-open/Vectordata/"
+    "TerritorialDivisions/TerritorialDivisions-AdminVector/"
+    "fb1e2993-2020-428c-9188-eb5f75e284b9_geopackage+sqlite3_4326.zip"
+)
+NGI_CATALOG_URL = "https://www.geo.be/catalog/details/fb1e2993-2020-428c-9188-eb5f75e284b9"
+NGI_ATTRIBUTION = "National Geographic Institute (NGI), AdminVector"
+NGI_LICENSE = "CC BY 4.0"
+RBINS_MRU_WFS_URL = "https://spatial.naturalsciences.be/geoserver/od_nature/ows"
+RBINS_MRU_METADATA_URL = (
+    "https://metadata.naturalsciences.be/geonetwork/srv/api/records/"
+    "29f40b0d-2a3e-49a8-870a-e9b4acd4d1e3"
+)
+RBINS_MRU_LAYER = "od_nature:marine_reporting_units_2024"
+RBINS_MSP_WFS_URL = "https://spatial.naturalsciences.be/geoserver/ows"
+RBINS_MSP_SOURCE_URL = (
+    "https://www.health.belgium.be/en/themes/environment/marine-environment/marine-spatial-plan"
+)
+MSP_VALID_FROM = "2026-03-20T00:00:00Z"
+MAX_ARCHIVE_BYTES = 160 * 1024 * 1024
+MAX_EXTRACTED_BYTES = 1024 * 1024 * 1024
+MAX_WFS_RESPONSE_BYTES = 64 * 1024 * 1024
+WFS_PAGE_SIZE = 5000
+GEOJSON_CRS = {"type": "name", "properties": {"name": "EPSG:4326"}}
+
+ADMIN_LAYERS = {
+    "belgianterritory": (1, 1),
+    "belgianmaritimezone": (1, 1),
+    "region": (3, 3),
+    "province": (11, 11),
+    "municipality": (560, 590),
+}
+
+MSP_LAYERS = (
+    "imsp26:bmsp_aquaculture_zone",
+    "imsp26:bmsp_coastal_protection_experiment_zone",
+    "imsp26:bmsp_commercial_industrial_zone",
+    "imsp26:bmsp_cultural_heritage",
+    "imsp26:bmsp_dredging_zone",
+    "imsp26:bmsp_energy_cables_pipelines_zone",
+    "imsp26:bmsp_fisheries_zone",
+    "imsp26:bmsp_conservation_zone",
+    "imsp26:bmsp_measuring_poles",
+    "imsp26:bmsp_military_zone",
+    "imsp26:bmsp_port_expansion_zone",
+    "imsp26:bmsp_radar_towers",
+    "imsp26:bmsp_research_recreation_zone",
+    "imsp26:bmsp_extraction_zone",
+    "imsp26:bmsp_shipping_ports_zone",
+)
+
+MARINE_REPORTING_IDS = {
+    "belgian_north_sea": "ANS-BE-MS-1",
+    "territorial_1_12": "ANS-BE-AA-TEW",
+    "coastal_0_1": "ANS-BE-AA-CW",
+    "offshore": "ANS-BE-AA-OFFSHORE",
+}
+
+AREA_NAMES = {
+    "belgium": "Belgium land",
+    "flanders": "Flanders",
+    "wallonia": "Wallonia",
+    "brussels": "Brussels-Capital Region",
+    "belgian_north_sea": "Belgian part of the North Sea",
+    "territorial_sea": "Belgian territorial sea (0-12 nautical miles)",
+    "exclusive_economic_zone": "Belgian exclusive economic zone beyond territorial sea",
+    "continental_shelf": "Belgian continental shelf beyond territorial sea",
+}
+
+
+def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Provision the Belgium and Belgian North Sea scope.")
+    parser.add_argument("--base-url", default=os.environ.get("GEOINTEL_INTERNAL_API_URL", DEFAULT_API_URL))
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--output-root",
+        type=Path,
+        default=Path(os.environ.get("GEOINTEL_NATIONAL_SCOPE_OUTPUT_ROOT", DEFAULT_OUTPUT_ROOT)),
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--request-timeout", type=int, default=300)
+    parser.add_argument("--import-timeout", type=int, default=3600)
+    parser.add_argument("--force", action="store_true")
+    parser.add_argument("--fetch-only", action="store_true")
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def utc_now() -> str:
+    return datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()
+
+
+def sha256_file(path: Path) -> str:
+    digest = hashlib.sha256()
+    with path.open("rb") as handle:
+        for chunk in iter(lambda: handle.read(1024 * 1024), b""):
+            digest.update(chunk)
+    return digest.hexdigest()
+
+
+def write_json_atomic(path: Path, payload: dict[str, Any], *, pretty: bool = False) -> None:
+    path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    temporary = path.with_suffix(f"{path.suffix}.partial")
+    temporary.write_text(
+        json.dumps(
+            payload,
+            ensure_ascii=False,
+            indent=2 if pretty else None,
+            separators=None if pretty else (",", ":"),
+            sort_keys=pretty,
+        ),
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+    temporary.replace(path)
+
+
+def build_session() -> requests.Session:
+    retry = Retry(
+        total=5,
+        connect=5,
+        read=5,
+        status=5,
+        backoff_factor=1.0,
+        status_forcelist=(429, 500, 502, 503, 504),
+        allowed_methods=frozenset({"GET"}),
+        raise_on_status=True,
+    )
+    session = requests.Session()
+    adapter = HTTPAdapter(max_retries=retry)
+    session.mount("https://", adapter)
+    session.mount("http://", adapter)
+    session.headers.update({"User-Agent": "GeoIntel-Belgium-North-Sea-Operator/1.0"})
+    return session
+
+
+def download_limited(session: requests.Session, url: str, target: Path, timeout: int, max_bytes: int) -> Path:
+    if url != NGI_ARCHIVE_URL:
+        raise RuntimeError("Archive URL is not in the fixed operator allowlist")
+    temporary = target.with_suffix(f"{target.suffix}.partial")
+    target.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    size = 0
+    with session.get(url, stream=True, timeout=timeout) as response:
+        response.raise_for_status()
+        content_length = int(response.headers.get("content-length") or 0)
+        if content_length > max_bytes:
+            raise RuntimeError(f"NGI archive declares {content_length} bytes, above the {max_bytes} byte limit")
+        with temporary.open("wb") as handle:
+            for chunk in response.iter_content(chunk_size=1024 * 1024):
+                if not chunk:
+                    continue
+                size += len(chunk)
+                if size > max_bytes:
+                    raise RuntimeError(f"NGI archive exceeded the {max_bytes} byte limit")
+                handle.write(chunk)
+    if size == 0:
+        raise RuntimeError("NGI archive download was empty")
+    temporary.replace(target)
+    return target
+
+
+def extract_single_geopackage(archive_path: Path, output_dir: Path) -> Path:
+    extraction_root = output_dir / "adminvector"
+    temporary_root = output_dir / "adminvector.partial"
+    if temporary_root.exists():
+        shutil.rmtree(temporary_root)
+    temporary_root.mkdir(parents=True)
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(archive_path) as archive:
+        members = [member for member in archive.infolist() if not member.is_dir()]
+        gpkg_members = [member for member in members if Path(member.filename).suffix.lower() == ".gpkg"]
+        if len(gpkg_members) != 1:
+            raise RuntimeError(f"Expected one GeoPackage in NGI archive, received {len(gpkg_members)}")
+        member = gpkg_members[0]
+        member_path = Path(member.filename)
+        if member_path.is_absolute() or ".." in member_path.parts:
+            raise RuntimeError("NGI archive contains an unsafe GeoPackage path")
+        if member.file_size <= 0 or member.file_size > MAX_EXTRACTED_BYTES:
+            raise RuntimeError("NGI GeoPackage size is empty or above the extraction limit")
+        target = temporary_root / "adminvector_4326.gpkg"
+        with archive.open(member) as source, target.open("wb") as destination:
+            shutil.copyfileobj(source, destination, length=1024 * 1024)
+    if extraction_root.exists():
+        shutil.rmtree(extraction_root)
+    temporary_root.replace(extraction_root)
+    return extraction_root / "adminvector_4326.gpkg"
+
+
+def _polygonal(geometry):
+    if geometry is None or geometry.is_empty:
+        return None
+    if not geometry.is_valid:
+        geometry = make_valid(geometry)
+    if isinstance(geometry, (Polygon, MultiPolygon)):
+        return geometry
+    if isinstance(geometry, GeometryCollection):
+        parts = [part for part in geometry.geoms if isinstance(part, (Polygon, MultiPolygon))]
+        merged = unary_union(parts) if parts else None
+        if isinstance(merged, (Polygon, MultiPolygon)) and not merged.is_empty:
+            return merged
+    return None
+
+
+def read_adminvector_layers(gpkg_path: Path) -> dict[str, dict[str, Any]]:
+    try:
+        import geopandas
+        import pandas
+        import pyogrio
+    except ImportError as exc:
+        raise RuntimeError("GeoPandas and Pyogrio are required for the national scope operator") from exc
+
+    available_layers = {str(row[0]) for row in pyogrio.list_layers(gpkg_path)}
+    missing = sorted(set(ADMIN_LAYERS) - available_layers)
+    if missing:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"NGI AdminVector is missing expected layers: {', '.join(missing)}")
+
+    payloads: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = {}
+    for layer_name, (minimum, maximum) in ADMIN_LAYERS.items():
+        frame = geopandas.read_file(gpkg_path, layer=layer_name)
+        if frame.crs is None:
+            raise RuntimeError(f"NGI layer {layer_name} has no CRS")
+        frame = frame.to_crs(4326)
+        if not minimum <= len(frame) <= maximum:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                f"NGI layer {layer_name} has {len(frame)} records; expected between {minimum} and {maximum}"
+            )
+        payload = json.loads(frame.to_json(drop_id=False))
+        source_max_modification = None
+        if "modifdate" in frame.columns:
+            parsed = pandas.to_datetime(frame["modifdate"], errors="coerce", utc=True).dropna()
+            if not parsed.empty:
+                source_max_modification = parsed.max().isoformat()
+        payload.update(
+            {
+                "name": f"NGI AdminVector {layer_name}",
+                "crs": GEOJSON_CRS,
+                "source_url": NGI_CATALOG_URL,
+                "attribution": NGI_ATTRIBUTION,
+                "license": NGI_LICENSE,
+                "source_max_modification": source_max_modification,
+            }
+        )
+        for feature in payload["features"]:
+            properties = feature.setdefault("properties", {})
+            properties.update(
+                {
+                    "source_name": "ngi_adminvector",
+                    "source_layer": layer_name,
+                    "source_feature_id": str(feature.get("id") or properties.get("tgid") or ""),
+                    "authority_level": "authoritative",
+                    "attribution": NGI_ATTRIBUTION,
+                    "source_url": NGI_CATALOG_URL,
+                }
+            )
+        payloads[layer_name] = payload
+    return payloads
+
+
+def _response_json_limited(response: requests.Response, max_bytes: int) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    response.raise_for_status()
+    content = response.content
+    if len(content) > max_bytes:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"WFS response exceeded the {max_bytes} byte limit")
+    try:
+        payload = response.json()
+    except ValueError as exc:
+        raise RuntimeError("WFS returned non-JSON content") from exc
+    if payload.get("type") != "FeatureCollection" or not isinstance(payload.get("features"), list):
+        raise RuntimeError("WFS response is not a GeoJSON FeatureCollection")
+    return payload
+
+
+def fetch_wfs_layer(
+    session: requests.Session,
+    *,
+    service_url: str,
+    layer_name: str,
+    timeout: int,
+    page_size: int = WFS_PAGE_SIZE,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    if (service_url, layer_name) not in {
+        (RBINS_MRU_WFS_URL, RBINS_MRU_LAYER),
+        *((RBINS_MSP_WFS_URL, layer) for layer in MSP_LAYERS),
+    }:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"WFS layer is not in the fixed operator allowlist: {layer_name}")
+    features: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+    source_ids: set[str] = set()
+    start_index = 0
+    matched: int | None = None
+    while True:
+        response = session.get(
+            service_url,
+            params={
+                "service": "WFS",
+                "version": "2.0.0",
+                "request": "GetFeature",
+                "typeNames": layer_name,
+                "outputFormat": "application/json",
+                "srsName": "EPSG:4326",
+                "count": page_size,
+                "startIndex": start_index,
+            },
+            timeout=timeout,
+        )
+        payload = _response_json_limited(response, MAX_WFS_RESPONSE_BYTES)
+        page = payload["features"]
+        if matched is None and str(payload.get("numberMatched", "")).isdigit():
+            matched = int(payload["numberMatched"])
+        for feature in page:
+            source_id = str(feature.get("id") or "")
+            if source_id and source_id in source_ids:
+                raise RuntimeError(f"WFS layer {layer_name} returned duplicate feature id {source_id}")
+            if source_id:
+                source_ids.add(source_id)
+            features.append(feature)
+        if not page or len(page) < page_size or (matched is not None and len(features) >= matched):
+            break
+        start_index += len(page)
+    if matched is not None and len(features) != matched:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"WFS layer {layer_name} returned {len(features)} of {matched} matched features")
+    return {
+        "type": "FeatureCollection",
+        "name": layer_name,
+        "crs": GEOJSON_CRS,
+        "features": features,
+    }
+
+
+def _reporting_id(feature: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
+    properties = feature.get("properties") or {}
+    return str(
+        properties.get("MarineReportingUnitId")
+        or properties.get("marineReportingUnitId")
+        or properties.get("localId")
+        or ""
+    )
+
+
+def derive_marine_scope_payload(reporting_units: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    by_id = {_reporting_id(feature): feature for feature in reporting_units.get("features") or []}
+    missing = [identifier for identifier in MARINE_REPORTING_IDS.values() if identifier not in by_id]
+    if missing:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"Marine reporting units are missing required identifiers: {', '.join(missing)}")
+
+    def geometry(identifier: str):
+        result = _polygonal(shape(by_id[identifier].get("geometry")))
+        if result is None:
+            raise RuntimeError(f"Marine reporting unit {identifier} has no valid polygon geometry")
+        return result
+
+    bpns = geometry(MARINE_REPORTING_IDS["belgian_north_sea"])
+    territorial = _polygonal(
+        unary_union(
+            (
+                geometry(MARINE_REPORTING_IDS["territorial_1_12"]),
+                geometry(MARINE_REPORTING_IDS["coastal_0_1"]),
+            )
+        )
+    )
+    offshore = geometry(MARINE_REPORTING_IDS["offshore"])
+    if territorial is None or not bpns.covers(territorial.representative_point()) or not bpns.covers(offshore.representative_point()):
+        raise RuntimeError("Derived marine legal scopes do not align with the official BPNS reporting unit")
+
+    definitions = (
+        (
+            "belgian_north_sea",
+            AREA_NAMES["belgian_north_sea"],
+            bpns,
+            "marine_water_and_seabed_scope",
+            [MARINE_REPORTING_IDS["belgian_north_sea"]],
+        ),
+        (
+            "territorial_sea",
+            AREA_NAMES["territorial_sea"],
+            territorial,
+            "territorial_water_column_and_seabed",
+            [MARINE_REPORTING_IDS["coastal_0_1"], MARINE_REPORTING_IDS["territorial_1_12"]],
+        ),
+        (
+            "exclusive_economic_zone",
+            AREA_NAMES["exclusive_economic_zone"],
+            offshore,
+            "water_column_rights_beyond_territorial_sea",
+            [MARINE_REPORTING_IDS["offshore"]],
+        ),
+        (
+            "continental_shelf",
+            AREA_NAMES["continental_shelf"],
+            offshore,
+            "seabed_and_subsoil_rights_beyond_territorial_sea",
+            [MARINE_REPORTING_IDS["offshore"]],
+        ),
+    )
+    features = []
+    for zone, name, legal_geometry, legal_domain, source_ids in definitions:
+        features.append(
+            {
+                "type": "Feature",
+                "id": f"belgian-marine-scope:{zone}",
+                "geometry": mapping(legal_geometry),
+                "properties": {
+                    "name": name,
+                    "coverage_zone": zone,
+                    "legal_domain": legal_domain,
+                    "derived_from_reporting_unit_ids": source_ids,
+                    "source_name": "rbins_marine_reporting_units",
+                    "source_layer": RBINS_MRU_LAYER,
+                    "authority_level": "authoritative",
+                    "attribution": "Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), BMDC",
+                    "source_url": RBINS_MRU_METADATA_URL,
+                    "derivation": (
+                        "Official reporting-unit geometry reused with explicit legal semantics"
+                        if len(source_ids) == 1
+                        else "Union of official 0-1 nm coastal waters and 1-12 nm territorial waters"
+                    ),
+                },
+            }
+        )
+    return {
+        "type": "FeatureCollection",
+        "name": "Belgian marine legal scopes",
+        "crs": GEOJSON_CRS,
+        "features": features,
+        "source_url": RBINS_MRU_METADATA_URL,
+    }
+
+
+def build_msp_payload(layer_payloads: dict[str, dict[str, Any]]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    if set(layer_payloads) != set(MSP_LAYERS):
+        missing = sorted(set(MSP_LAYERS) - set(layer_payloads))
+        raise RuntimeError(f"Marine Spatial Plan payload is incomplete: {', '.join(missing)}")
+    features: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+    for layer_name in MSP_LAYERS:
+        short_name = layer_name.split(":", 1)[1]
+        for index, source_feature in enumerate(layer_payloads[layer_name]["features"]):
+            feature = dict(source_feature)
+            properties = dict(feature.get("properties") or {})
+            source_id = str(feature.get("id") or f"{short_name}.{index}")
+            properties.update(
+                {
+                    "source_name": "rbins_msp_2026",
+                    "source_layer": layer_name,
+                    "source_feature_id": source_id,
+                    "authority_level": "authoritative",
+                    "valid_from": MSP_VALID_FROM,
+                    "valid_to": "2034-12-31T23:59:59Z",
+                    "attribution": "Belgian federal Marine Environment service and RBINS",
+                    "source_url": RBINS_MSP_SOURCE_URL,
+                }
+            )
+            feature["id"] = f"{short_name}:{source_id}"
+            feature["properties"] = properties
+            features.append(feature)
+    return {
+        "type": "FeatureCollection",
+        "name": "Belgian Marine Spatial Plan 2026-2034",
+        "crs": GEOJSON_CRS,
+        "features": features,
+        "source_url": RBINS_MSP_SOURCE_URL,
+        "valid_from": MSP_VALID_FROM,
+        "valid_to": "2034-12-31T23:59:59Z",
+    }
+
+
+def _max_admin_modification(payloads: dict[str, dict[str, Any]], fallback: str) -> str:
+    values = [
+        str(payload["source_max_modification"])
+        for payload in payloads.values()
+        if payload.get("source_max_modification")
+    ]
+    value = max(values) if values else fallback
+    return f"{value[:10]}T00:00:00Z"
+
+
+def prepare_artifacts(args: argparse.Namespace) -> tuple[dict[str, Path], dict[str, Any]]:
+    output_root = args.output_root
+    output_root.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    archive_path = output_root / "adminvector_4326.zip"
+    generated_at = utc_now()
+    with build_session() as session:
+        if args.force or not archive_path.is_file():
+            download_limited(session, NGI_ARCHIVE_URL, archive_path, args.request_timeout, MAX_ARCHIVE_BYTES)
+        gpkg_path = extract_single_geopackage(archive_path, output_root)
+        admin_payloads = read_adminvector_layers(gpkg_path)
+        reporting_units = fetch_wfs_layer(
+            session,
+            service_url=RBINS_MRU_WFS_URL,
+            layer_name=RBINS_MRU_LAYER,
+            timeout=args.request_timeout,
+        )
+        marine_scopes = derive_marine_scope_payload(reporting_units)
+        msp_payloads = {
+            layer: fetch_wfs_layer(
+                session,
+                service_url=RBINS_MSP_WFS_URL,
+                layer_name=layer,
+                timeout=args.request_timeout,
+            )
+            for layer in MSP_LAYERS
+        }
+        msp = build_msp_payload(msp_payloads)
+
+    artifact_payloads = {
+        "belgium_land_boundary": admin_payloads["belgianterritory"],
+        "belgium_regions": admin_payloads["region"],
+        "belgium_provinces": admin_payloads["province"],
+        "belgium_municipalities": admin_payloads["municipality"],
+        "ngi_maritime_zone": admin_payloads["belgianmaritimezone"],
+        "marine_legal_scopes": marine_scopes,
+        "marine_spatial_plan_2026": msp,
+    }
+    artifacts: dict[str, Path] = {}
+    for key, payload in artifact_payloads.items():
+        path = output_root / f"{key}.geojson"
+        write_json_atomic(path, payload)
+        artifacts[key] = path
+
+    admin_observed_at = _max_admin_modification(admin_payloads, generated_at)
+    mru_versions = [
+        str((feature.get("properties") or {}).get("beginLife") or "")
+        for feature in reporting_units["features"]
+        if (feature.get("properties") or {}).get("beginLife")
+    ]
+    marine_observed_at = f"{max(mru_versions)[:10]}T00:00:00Z" if mru_versions else generated_at
+    manifest = {
+        "schema_version": 1,
+        "status": "complete",
+        "generated_at": generated_at,
+        "project_name": PROJECT_NAME,
+        "scope": "belgium-and-belgian-north-sea",
+        "ngi_archive_url": NGI_ARCHIVE_URL,
+        "ngi_archive_sha256": sha256_file(archive_path),
+        "ngi_geopackage_sha256": sha256_file(gpkg_path),
+        "admin_observed_at": admin_observed_at,
+        "marine_reporting_units_url": RBINS_MRU_WFS_URL,
+        "marine_reporting_units_feature_count": len(reporting_units["features"]),
+        "marine_observed_at": marine_observed_at,
+        "msp_wfs_url": RBINS_MSP_WFS_URL,
+        "msp_layer_count": len(MSP_LAYERS),
+        "msp_feature_count": len(msp["features"]),
+        "msp_valid_from": MSP_VALID_FROM,
+        "artifacts": {
+            key: {
+                "filename": path.name,
+                "sha256": sha256_file(path),
+                "feature_count": len(artifact_payloads[key]["features"]),
+            }
+            for key, path in artifacts.items()
+        },
+    }
+    write_json_atomic(output_root / "manifest.json", manifest, pretty=True)
+    return artifacts, manifest
+
+
+def response_data(response: requests.Response) -> Any:
+    try:
+        payload = response.json()
+    except ValueError as exc:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"GeoIntel API returned non-JSON ({response.status_code}): {response.text[:500]}") from exc
+    if not response.ok:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"GeoIntel API failed ({response.status_code}): {json.dumps(payload, ensure_ascii=False)[:1000]}")
+    if not isinstance(payload, dict) or "data" not in payload:
+        raise RuntimeError("GeoIntel API response does not use the canonical data envelope")
+    return payload["data"]
+
+
+def list_paginated(session: requests.Session, url: str, timeout: int) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+    items: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+    offset = 0
+    while True:
+        page = response_data(session.get(url, params={"limit": 200, "offset": offset}, timeout=timeout))
+        page_items = list(page.get("items") or [])
+        items.extend(page_items)
+        total = int(page.get("total") or len(items))
+        if not page_items or len(items) >= total:
+            break
+        offset += len(page_items)
+    return items
+
+
+def _feature_geometry(payload: dict[str, Any], *, feature_id: str | None = None) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    features = payload["features"]
+    feature = next((item for item in features if str(item.get("id")) == feature_id), None) if feature_id else features[0]
+    if not feature or not feature.get("geometry"):
+        raise RuntimeError(f"Expected geometry is missing for {feature_id or payload.get('name')}")
+    return feature["geometry"]
+
+
+def _canonical_region_name(feature: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
+    properties = feature.get("properties") or {}
+    nis_code = str(properties.get("niscode") or "").lstrip("0")
+    if nis_code == "2000":
+        return "flanders"
+    if nis_code == "3000":
+        return "wallonia"
+    if nis_code == "4000":
+        return "brussels"
+    names = " ".join(str(value) for key, value in properties.items() if "name" in key.lower() or "naam" in key.lower())
+    normalized = names.casefold()
+    if "vlaams" in normalized or "flam" in normalized:
+        return "flanders"
+    if "wallon" in normalized:
+        return "wallonia"
+    if "brux" in normalized or "brussel" in normalized:
+        return "brussels"
+    raise RuntimeError(f"Cannot map NGI region feature {feature.get('id')} to a canonical region")
+
+
+def _upload_dataset(
+    session: requests.Session,
+    *,
+    base_url: str,
+    project_id: str,
+    area_id: str,
+    path: Path,
+    source_name: str,
+    reference_layer_name: str,
+    coverage_zones: list[str],
+    observed_at: str,
+    valid_from: str,
+    valid_to: str | None,
+    source_version: str,
+    artifact_sha256: str,
+    source_url: str,
+    attribution: str,
+    license_note: str,
+    timeout: int,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    source_metadata = {
+        "provider": source_name,
+        "authority_level": "authoritative",
+        "coverage_zones": coverage_zones,
+        "reference_layer_name": reference_layer_name,
+        "source_url": source_url,
+        "attribution": attribution,
+        "license_note": license_note,
+    }
+    provenance = {
+        "operator_tool": "provision_belgium_north_sea_scope.py",
+        "operator_explicit_fetch": True,
+        "artifact_sha256": artifact_sha256,
+        "source_url": source_url,
+        "direct_vector_feature_write": False,
+    }
+    data = {
+        "dataset_type": "vector",
+        "source": "operator_official_import",
+        "dataset_role": "reference",
+        "source_name": source_name,
+        "reference_layer_name": reference_layer_name,
+        "source_metadata_json": json.dumps(source_metadata, ensure_ascii=False),
+        "provenance_metadata_json": json.dumps(provenance, ensure_ascii=False),
+        "area_id": area_id,
+        "temporal_series_key": f"{source_name}:{reference_layer_name}",
+        "observed_at": observed_at,
+        "valid_from": valid_from,
+        "temporal_granularity": "period" if valid_to else "snapshot",
+        "source_version": source_version,
+    }
+    if valid_to:
+        data["valid_to"] = valid_to
+    with path.open("rb") as handle:
+        response = session.post(
+            f"{base_url}/api/v1/projects/{project_id}/datasets/upload",
+            data=data,
+            files={"file": (path.name, handle, "application/geo+json")},
+            timeout=timeout,
+        )
+    return response_data(response)
+
+
+def provision(args: argparse.Namespace, artifacts: dict[str, Path], manifest: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    base_url = args.base_url.rstrip("/")
+    payloads = {key: json.loads(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")) for key, path in artifacts.items()}
+    with requests.Session() as session:
+        projects = list_paginated(session, f"{base_url}/api/v1/projects", args.import_timeout)
+        project = next((item for item in projects if item.get("name") == PROJECT_NAME), None)
+        if project is None:
+            project = response_data(
+                session.post(
+                    f"{base_url}/api/v1/projects",
+                    json={
+                        "name": PROJECT_NAME,
+                        "description": (
+                            "Authoritative national and maritime scope for Belgium, its territorial sea, "
+                            "exclusive economic zone and continental shelf."
+                        ),
+                        "region": PROJECT_REGION,
+                    },
+                    timeout=args.import_timeout,
+                )
+            )
+        project_id = str(project["id"])
+        existing_areas = list_paginated(
+            session,
+            f"{base_url}/api/v1/projects/{project_id}/areas",
+            args.import_timeout,
+        )
+        areas_by_name = {str(area.get("name")): area for area in existing_areas}
+
+        def ensure_area(name: str, geometry: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+            if name in areas_by_name:
+                existing = areas_by_name[name]
+                existing_geometry = existing.get("geometry")
+                if not existing_geometry or not shape(existing_geometry).equals(shape(geometry)):
+                    raise RuntimeError(
+                        f"Persisted Area {name!r} differs from the current authoritative geometry; "
+                        "provision a fresh versioned national project instead of silently mutating it"
+                    )
+                return existing
+            area = response_data(
+                session.post(
+                    f"{base_url}/api/v1/projects/{project_id}/areas",
+                    json={"name": name, "crs": "EPSG:4326", "geometry": geometry},
+                    timeout=args.import_timeout,
+                )
+            )
+            areas_by_name[name] = area
+            return area
+
+        land_area = ensure_area(AREA_NAMES["belgium"], _feature_geometry(payloads["belgium_land_boundary"]))
+        region_features = {_canonical_region_name(feature): feature for feature in payloads["belgium_regions"]["features"]}
+        for zone in ("flanders", "wallonia", "brussels"):
+            ensure_area(AREA_NAMES[zone], region_features[zone]["geometry"])
+        marine_features = {
+            str((feature.get("properties") or {}).get("coverage_zone")): feature
+            for feature in payloads["marine_legal_scopes"]["features"]
+        }
+        for zone in ("belgian_north_sea", "territorial_sea", "exclusive_economic_zone", "continental_shelf"):
+            ensure_area(AREA_NAMES[zone], marine_features[zone]["geometry"])
+
+        datasets = list_paginated(
+            session,
+            f"{base_url}/api/v1/projects/{project_id}/datasets",
+            args.import_timeout,
+        )
+        specs = (
+            (
+                "belgium_land_boundary",
+                "ngi_adminvector",
+                "belgium_land_boundary",
+                ["belgium"],
+                str(land_area["id"]),
+                manifest["admin_observed_at"],
+                manifest["admin_observed_at"],
+                None,
+                manifest["admin_observed_at"][:10],
+                NGI_CATALOG_URL,
+                NGI_ATTRIBUTION,
+                NGI_LICENSE,
+            ),
+            (
+                "belgium_regions",
+                "ngi_adminvector",
+                "belgium_regions",
+                ["belgium", "flanders", "wallonia", "brussels"],
+                str(land_area["id"]),
+                manifest["admin_observed_at"],
+                manifest["admin_observed_at"],
+                None,
+                manifest["admin_observed_at"][:10],
+                NGI_CATALOG_URL,
+                NGI_ATTRIBUTION,
+                NGI_LICENSE,
+            ),
+            (
+                "belgium_provinces",
+                "ngi_adminvector",
+                "belgium_provinces",
+                ["belgium", "flanders", "wallonia"],
+                str(land_area["id"]),
+                manifest["admin_observed_at"],
+                manifest["admin_observed_at"],
+                None,
+                manifest["admin_observed_at"][:10],
+                NGI_CATALOG_URL,
+                NGI_ATTRIBUTION,
+                NGI_LICENSE,
+            ),
+            (
+                "belgium_municipalities",
+                "ngi_adminvector",
+                "belgium_municipalities",
+                ["belgium", "flanders", "wallonia", "brussels"],
+                str(land_area["id"]),
+                manifest["admin_observed_at"],
+                manifest["admin_observed_at"],
+                None,
+                manifest["admin_observed_at"][:10],
+                NGI_CATALOG_URL,
+                NGI_ATTRIBUTION,
+                NGI_LICENSE,
+            ),
+            (
+                "marine_legal_scopes",
+                "rbins_marine_reporting_units",
+                "marine_legal_scopes",
+                [
+                    "belgian_north_sea",
+                    "territorial_sea",
+                    "exclusive_economic_zone",
+                    "continental_shelf",
+                ],
+                str(areas_by_name[AREA_NAMES["belgian_north_sea"]]["id"]),
+                manifest["marine_observed_at"],
+                manifest["marine_observed_at"],
+                None,
+                manifest["marine_observed_at"][:10],
+                RBINS_MRU_METADATA_URL,
+                "Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), BMDC",
+                "See source metadata",
+            ),
+            (
+                "marine_spatial_plan_2026",
+                "rbins_msp_2026",
+                "marine_spatial_plan_2026",
+                [
+                    "belgian_north_sea",
+                    "territorial_sea",
+                    "exclusive_economic_zone",
+                    "continental_shelf",
+                ],
+                str(areas_by_name[AREA_NAMES["belgian_north_sea"]]["id"]),
+                MSP_VALID_FROM,
+                MSP_VALID_FROM,
+                "2034-12-31T23:59:59Z",
+                "2026-2034",
+                RBINS_MSP_SOURCE_URL,
+                "Belgian federal Marine Environment service and RBINS",
+                "See source metadata",
+            ),
+        )
+        persisted = []
+        for (
+            artifact_key,
+            source_name,
+            layer_name,
+            coverage_zones,
+            area_id,
+            observed_at,
+            valid_from,
+            valid_to,
+            source_version,
+            source_url,
+            attribution,
+            license_note,
+        ) in specs:
+            checksum = manifest["artifacts"][artifact_key]["sha256"]
+            existing = next(
+                (
+                    dataset
+                    for dataset in datasets
+                    if dataset.get("source_name") == source_name
+                    and dataset.get("reference_layer_name") == layer_name
+                    and dataset.get("source_version") == source_version
+                ),
+                None,
+            )
+            if existing:
+                persisted_checksum = (existing.get("provenance_metadata") or {}).get("artifact_sha256")
+                if persisted_checksum != checksum:
+                    raise RuntimeError(
+                        f"Existing immutable dataset {layer_name} has checksum {persisted_checksum}, expected {checksum}"
+                    )
+                persisted.append(existing)
+                continue
+            created = _upload_dataset(
+                session,
+                base_url=base_url,
+                project_id=project_id,
+                area_id=area_id,
+                path=artifacts[artifact_key],
+                source_name=source_name,
+                reference_layer_name=layer_name,
+                coverage_zones=coverage_zones,
+                observed_at=observed_at,
+                valid_from=valid_from,
+                valid_to=valid_to,
+                source_version=source_version,
+                artifact_sha256=checksum,
+                source_url=source_url,
+                attribution=attribution,
+                license_note=license_note,
+                timeout=args.import_timeout,
+            )
+            persisted.append(created)
+
+    return {
+        "project_id": project_id,
+        "project_name": PROJECT_NAME,
+        "area_count": len(AREA_NAMES),
+        "dataset_ids": [str(dataset["id"]) for dataset in persisted],
+    }
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    args = parse_args()
+    try:
+        artifacts, manifest = prepare_artifacts(args)
+        workspace = None if args.fetch_only else provision(args, artifacts, manifest)
+    except (OSError, RuntimeError, ValueError, KeyError, requests.RequestException, zipfile.BadZipFile) as exc:
+        print(json.dumps({"status": "error", "message": str(exc)}, ensure_ascii=False), file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
+    print(
+        json.dumps(
+            {
+                "status": "ok",
+                "mode": "fetch_only" if args.fetch_only else "provisioned",
+                "scope": manifest["scope"],
+                "manifest_path": str(args.output_root / "manifest.json"),
+                "artifact_count": len(artifacts),
+                "msp_feature_count": manifest["msp_feature_count"],
+                "workspace": workspace,
+            },
+            ensure_ascii=False,
+            indent=2,
+        )
+    )
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/scripts/run_readiness_check.sh b/scripts/run_readiness_check.sh
index 10f22ffc..50f1fcc1 100755
--- a/scripts/run_readiness_check.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_readiness_check.sh
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ ${PYTHON_BIN} -m py_compile scripts/provision_regional_soil_map.py
 ${PYTHON_BIN} -m py_compile scripts/provision_regional_timeseries.py
 ${PYTHON_BIN} -m py_compile scripts/geographic_scopes.py
 ${PYTHON_BIN} -m py_compile scripts/provision_geographic_scope.py
+${PYTHON_BIN} -m py_compile scripts/provision_belgium_north_sea_scope.py
 ${PYTHON_BIN} -m py_compile scripts/provision_regional_grb_buildings.py
 ${PYTHON_BIN} -m py_compile scripts/provision_regional_grb_context.py
 ${PYTHON_BIN} -m py_compile scripts/audit_source_freshness.py