MEXICO

MEXICO

Updated 27 April 2007

Legislation

Decree of 28 August 1968 delimiting the Mexican Territorial Sea within the Gulf of California

General Act of 31 December 1941 on National Property (as amended in January 1982)

Federal Act relating to the Sea, 8 January 1986

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
and other material

with Cuba

Exchange of notes constituting an agreement on the delimitation of the exclusive economic zone of Mexico in the sector adjacent to Cuban maritime areas (with map), 26 July 1976 (entry into force: 26 July 1976; registration #: 23255; registration date: 1 February 1985; link to UNTS)

with Guatemala

Treaty on the delimitation of the border between Mexico and Guatemala, 27 September 1882 (entry into force: 1 May 1883; registration #: 933; registration date: 1 August 1985; link to UNTS)

Exchange of notes between Mexico and Guatemala constituting an agreement on the establishment of an international boundary and water commission, 9 November and 21 December 1961 (entry into force: 21 December 1961; registration # 22878: registration date: 26 April 1984; link to UNTS)

with the United States of America

Treaty to Resolve Pending Boundary Differences and Maintain the Rio Grande and Colorado River as the International Boundary, 23 November 1970 (entry into force: 18 April 1972; registration #: 11873; registration date: 17 July 1972; link to UNTS)

Treaty on maritime boundaries between the United States of America and the United Mexican States (Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean), 4 May 1978 (entry into force: 13 November 1997; registration #: 37399; registration date: 12 April 2001)

Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Mexican States on the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf in the Western Gulf of Mexico beyond 200 Nautical Miles, 9 June 2000 (entry into force: 17 January 2001; registration #: 37400; registration date: 12 April 2001)

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