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Legislation
 Submarine Areas Law of 10 February 1953
 Territorial Waters (Amendment) Law, 5750-1990 of 5 February 1990
 Territorial Waters Law, 5717/1956, as amended by the Territorial Waters (Amendment) Law, 5750-1990, of 5 February 1990
 Interpretation Law No. 5741/1981
 List of Geographical Coordinates for the Delimitation of the Northern Limit of the Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone of the State of Israel (transmitted by a communication dated 12 July 2011 from the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations addressed to the Secretariat of the United Nations)

Piracy

Penal Law 1977; Maritime Law 2008; Prohibition on Money Laundering Law 2000

Maritime boundaries, including delimitation agreements and other material

with Cyprus
 Agreement between the Government of the State of Israel and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus on the Delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone, signed in Nicosia on 17 December 2010 (entry into force: 25 February 2011; registration #:I-48387 ; registration date: 9 March 2011; link to UNTS) (pdf file, Annex II)

with Jordan
 Maritime Boundary Agreement between the Government of the State of Israel and the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 18 January 1996 (entry into force: 17 February 1996; registration #: 35333; registration date: 11 November 1998; link to UNTS)

Israel - Lebanon
Exchange of letters constituting a maritime agreement between the State of Israel and the Lebanese Republic, 27 October 2022 (entry into force: 27 October 2022; registration #: 57582; registration date: 22 December 2022; link to UNTS)

Note: the list of geographical coordinates of points transmitted by Israel supersedes the points labeled 34, 35 and 1 in the list of geographical coordinates of points previously transmitted by Israel on 12 July 2011.

Additional relevant material
Lebanon: A letter dated 20 June 2011 from the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of Lebanon addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations concerning the Agreement between the Government of the State of Israel and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus on the Delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone, signed in Nicosia on 17 December 2010 Arabic | English
Lebanon: A letter dated 3 September 2011 from the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of Lebanon addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations concerning the geographical coordinates of the northern limit of the territorial sea and the exclusive economic zone transmitted by IsraelArabic | English
Israel: Communication dated 2 February 2017 from the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations addressed to the office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations - English
Lebanon: Communication dated 20 March 2017 from the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations addressed to the office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations - English
Israel: Communication dated 21 December 2017 from the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations addressed to the office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations - English
Lebanon: Communication dated 26 January 2018 from the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations addressed to the office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations - English
Israel: Communication dated 11 July 2019 from the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations addressed to the office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations - English
Israel: Communication dated 14 January 2020 from the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations addressed to the office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations - English
Lebanon: Identical letters dated 24 January 2020 from the Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council. A/74/665 - S/2020/71
Israel: Note verbale dated 5 February 2020 from the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations addressed to the office of the Secretary-General. English
Cyprus: Letter dated 24 April 2020 from the Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General. A/74/824-S/2020/332
Israel:Identical letters dated 23 November 2021 from the Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council. S/2021/969
Israel: Note verbale dated 23 December 2021 from the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations addressed to the office of the Secretary-General. English
Lebanon: Identical letters dated 28 January 2022 from the Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council. A/76/675-S/2022/84
Lebanon: Identical letters dated 28 January 2022 from the Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council: Corrigendum A/76/675/Corr.1-S/2022/84/Corr.1.
Lebanon: Identical letters dated 11 August 2022 from the Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council A/76/921-S/2022/619
Israel: List of Geographic Coordinates for the Delimitation of a Maritime Boundary Line of the Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone of Israel, as transmitted by a letter dated 27 October 2022, from the Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations
 
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