BELGIUM

BELGIUM

Updated 27 April 2007

SEE SUBMISSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEPOSIT OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA

Legislation

Act on the exploration and exploitation of non-living resources in the territorial sea and the continental shelf (formerly "Continental Shelf Act"), 13 June 1969

Royal Decree on Measures to Protect Navigation, Sea Fishing, the Environment and Other Essential Interests in the Exploration and Exploitation of the Mineral and other Non-living Resources of the Sea-Bed and Subsoil in the Territorial Sea and on the Continental Shelf of 16 May 1974 as amended by the Royal Decree of 22 April 1983

The Royal Decree of 7 October 1974 on the Granting of Concessions for the Exploration and Exploitation of the Mineral and Other Non-living Resources of the Continental Shelf

Royal Decree of 22 April 1983 amending the Royal Decree of 7 October 1974 on the Granting of Concessions for the Exploration and Exploitation of the Mineral and Other Non-living Resources of the Continental Shelf

Act establishing the breadth of the territorial sea of Belgium, 6 October 1987

Act concerning the exclusive economic zone of Belgium in the North Sea, 22 April 1999

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
and other material

with FRANCE

Agreement between the Government of the French Republic and the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium on the delimitation of the territorial sea ( with map), 8 October 1990 (entry into force: 6 April 1989; registration #: 30173; registration date: 6 October 1989; link to UNTS)

Agreement between the Government of the French Republic and the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium on the delimitation of the continental shelf (with map), 8 October 1990 (entry into force: 7 April 1993; registration #: 30172; registration date: 3 August 1993; link to UNTS)

with NETHERLANDS

Treaty between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Kingdom of Belgium on the Delimitation of the Territorial Sea, 18 December 1996 (entry into force: 1 January 1999; registration #: 35449; registration date: 27 January 1999; link to UNTS)

Treaty between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Kingdom of Belgium on the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf, 18 December 1996 (entry into force: 1 January 1999; registration #: 35448; registration date: 27 January 1999; link to UNTS)

with the UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium relating to the delimitation of the continental shelf between the two countries (with annex and exchange of letters), 29 May 1991 (entry into force:14 May 1993; registration #: 31712; registration date: 21 April 1995; link to UNTS)

Illustrative map

Illustrative map - Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf of Belgium

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