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Updated 12 September 2007

Legislation

Presidential Decree No. 781 Concerning Submerged Continental or Insular Shelf of 1 August 1947
Petroleum Law No. 11780 of 12 March 1952
Legislative Decree No. 18880 of 8 June 1971 - General Mining Law
Political Constitution of Peru, promulgated on 29 December 1993
Law No. 28621 of 3 November 2005 - Peruvian Maritime Dominion Baselines Law | Spanish
Supreme Decree No. 047-2007/RE

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
 and other material

with Chile and Ecuador

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)

Communications received by the Secretariat of the United Nations

29 May 2007*: Objection by the Government of Chile to the "Ley de Líneas de Base del Dominio Marítimo del Perú"
10 August 2007*: Response by Peru to the objection by Chile to the "Ley de Líneas de Base del Dominio Marítimo del Perú"
27 August 2007*: Official English translation
12 September 2007*: Statement by Chile
 * Date of receipt of the respective communications by the Secretariat.

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