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CHILE

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

Decree No. 416 of 14 July 1977
Declaration by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of 14 September 1985 (on Easter Island and Sala y Gomez Island, Extension of undersea sovereignty)
Law No. 18.565 amending the Civil Code with regard to maritime space, 
13 October 1986
Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
 and other material

with Argentina

Arbitration award relating the Beagle Channel dispute (Argentina, Chile), Arbitration Court for the determination of the frontier between Argentina and Chile maritime jurisdiction in the area of the Beagle Channel, 22 April 1977
Act of Puerto Montt, 20 February 1978 (entry into force: 20 February 1978; registration #: 16667; registration date: 27 April 1978; link to UNTS)
Exchange of notes between Argentina and Chile constituting an agreement relating to the Final Act approving the proposals of the First Joint Commission established by the Act of Puerto Montt (with Final Act of the First Joint Commission dated on 6 April 1978), 2 May 1978 (entry into force: 2 May 1978; registration #: 16766; registration date: 15 June 1978; link to UNTS)
Act of Montevideo by which Chile and Argentina request the Holy See to act as a mediator with regard to their dispute over the Southern region and undertake not to resort to force in their mutual relations (with supplementary declaration), 8 January 1979 (entry into force: 8 January 1979; registration #: 17838; registration date: 1 June 1979; link to UNTS)
Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Chile and Argentina, 29 November 1984 (entry into force: 2 May 1985; registration #: 23392; registration date: 17 June 1985; link to UNTS)

with Ecuador and Peru

Declaration on the maritime zone, 18 August 1952 (entry into force: 18 August 1952; registration #: 14758; registration date: 12 May 1976; link to UNTS)
Agreement on the Special Maritime Boundary Zone, 4 December 1954 (entry into force: 21 September 1967; registration #: 40521; registration date: 24 August 2004; link to UNTS)

Illustrative maps

Illustrative map - Maritime boundary
Illustrative map - Maritime zones of Chile - based on the nautical charts deposited by Chile
 

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