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SWEDEN

Legislation

 ACT NO. 314 OF 3 JUNE 1966 CONCERNING THE CONTINENTAL SHELF
 Proclamation (1966/315) of 1 July 1966 Concerning the Application of the Act (1966/314) on the Continental Shelf
 Act concerning the Territorial Waters of Sweden of 3 June 1966 (with amendments No. 959 enacted on 18 December 1978, and No. 1140, on 20 December 1979)
 Royal Notice No. 375 of 3 June 1966 containing Regulations on the Measurement of the Territorial Waters of Sweden
 Proclamation of 3 June 1966 concerning the admission to Swedish territory of foreign naval vessels and military aircraft
 Act on Sweden's economic zone; promulgated on 3 December 1992
 Ordinance on Sweden's Exclusive Economic Zone, issued on 3 December 1992

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
 and other material

with Denmark

 Exchange of notes constituting an agreement between Denmark and Sweden concerning the delimitation of the territorial waters between Denmark and Sweden, 25 June 1979 (entry into force: 21 December 1979; registration #: 18943; registration date: 24 June 1980; link to UNTS)
 Agreement between Sweden and Denmark on the delimitation of the continental shelf and fishing zones (with map, exchanges of notes and Protocol), 9 November 1984 (entry into force: 3 September 1985; registration #: 3211; registration date: 16 October 1985; link to UNTS)
 Exchange of notes constituting an agreement concerning the delimitation of areas of responsibility in connection with the Convention of 22 March 1974 on the protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea, 21 November 1986 (entry into force: 21 December 1986; registration #: 24815; registration date: 18 May 1987; link to UNTS)

with Estonia

 Agreement Between the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden and the Government of the Republic of Estonia on the Delimitation of the Maritime Zones in the Baltic Sea, 2 November 1998 (entry into force: 26 July 2000; registration #: 44413; registration date: 1 October 2007; link to UNTS)

with Estonia and Latvia

 Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Estonia, the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden on the Common Maritime Boundary Point in the Baltic Sea, 30 April 1997(entry into force: 20 February 1998; registration #: 44412; registration date: 1 October 2007; link to UNTS)

with Finland

 Agreement between Sweden and Finland concerning the delimitation of the continental shelf in the Gulf of Bothnia, the Bothnian Sea, the Aland Sea and the northernmost part of the Baltic Sea (with Protocol and maps), 29 September 1972 (entry into force: 15 January 1973; registration #: 14443; registration date: 1 December 1975; link to UNTS)
 Exchange of Notes constituting an Agreement between Finland and Sweden confirming part of the national frontier between the two States, 14 June 1985 (entry into force: 14 June 1985; registration #: 23729; registration date: 31 January 1986; link to UNTS)
 Exchange of Notes constituting an Agreement between Finland and Sweden confirming part of the national frontier between the two States, as established in 1981, 14 June 1985, AMENDMENT Effected by an agreement in the form of an exchange of notes, 19 June 1986 (date of effect: 1 September 1986; registration #: 23729; registration date:  13 March 1987; link to UNTS)
 Agreement between the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden on the delimitation of the boundary between the continental shelf and fishery zone of Finland and the Economic Zone of Sweden in the Aland Sea and the Northern Baltic Sea (with protocol and map), 2 June 1994 (entry into force: 30 July 1995; registration #: 32126; registration date: 11 September 1995; link to UNTS)

with Finland and Estonia

 Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Finland, the Government of the Republic of Estonia and the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden on the common maritime boundary point in the Baltic Sea, 16 January 2001 (entry into force: 12 August 2001; registration #: 44411; registration date: 1 October 2007; link to UNTS)

with Germany

 Treaty between the German Democratic Republic and the Kingdom of Sweden on the delimitation of the continental shelf (with protocol), 22 June 1978 (entry into force: 20 December 1978; registration #: 18021; registration date: 31 October 1979; link to UNTS)
 Agreement on the delimitation of regions of responsibility and cooperation in combating pollution of the Baltic Sea by harmful substances, 25 November 1987 (entry into force: 25 December.1987; registration #: 27984; registration date: 25 March 1991; link to UNTS)

with Lithuania

 Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Lithuania and the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden on the delimitation of the exclusive economic zones and the continental shelf in the Baltic Sea, 10 April 2014 (entry into force: 23 December 2014; registration #: 53412; registration date: 6 January 2016; link to UNTS)

with Lithuania and Russian Federation

 Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden on the common point of boundaries of the exclusive economic zones and continental shelf in the Baltic Sea, 30 November 2005 (entry into force: 17 June 2011; registration #: 53411; registration date: 6 January 2016; link to UNTS)

with Norway

 Agreement between Sweden and Norway concerning the delimitation of the continental shelf, 24 July 1968 (entry into force: 18 March 1969; registration #: 14015; registration date: 20 May 1975; link to UNTS)
Agreement concerning the delimitation of the fishery areas of Norway and Sweden in the North-Eastern Skagerrak (with declaration and maps), 5 April 1967 (entry into force: 29 June 1967; registration #: 14014; registration date: 20 May 1975; link to UNTS)

with Poland

 Agreement concerning the delimitation of the continental shelf and fishing zones between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Polish People’s Republic. (with nautical chart), 10 February 1989 (entry into force: 30 June 1989; registration #: 27846; registration date: 18 January 1991; link to UNTS)

with the Russian Federation

 Agreement on principles for the delimitation of the sea areas in the Baltic Sea between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 13 January 1988 (entry into force: 13 January 1988; registration #: 27071; registration date: 29 January 1990; link to UNTS)
 Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics concerning the delimitation of the continental shelf and of the Swedish fishing zone and the Soviet economic zone in the Baltic Sea (with nautical charts and Protocol), 18 April 1988 (entry into force: provisionally on 16 May 1988 and definitively on 22 June 1988; registration #: 27075; registration date: 29 January 1990; link to UNTS)

with Poland and the Russian Federation

 Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden, the Government of the Polish People’s Republic and the Government of the USSR concerning the Common Delimitation Point of their Maritime Boundaries in the Baltic Sea, 30 June 1989 (entry into force: 10 May 1990; registration #: 27841; registration date: 18 January 1991; link to UNTS)
 

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