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MALTA

Legislation

 Continental Shelf Act No. XXXV OF 22 July 1966, as amended by Acts XIII of 1983 and I of 2002
 Territorial Waters and Contiguous Zone Act, No. XXXII of 1971, as amended  by Acts XLVI of 1975, XXIV of 1978, XXVIII of 1981 and I of 2002

Piracy

Criminal Code (re:Act X1 of 2009)

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
and other material

with the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

 Special Agreement for the submission to the International Court of Justice of difference,  23 May 1976 (entry into force: 20 March 1982; registration #: 21035; registration date: 19 April 1982; link to UNTS)
 Case concerning the continental shelf (Malta, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya), Application for permission to intervene, International Court of Justice, 21 March 1984
 Judgment of the International Court of Justice on the Continental Shelf (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya/Malta), 3 June 1985
 Agreement between the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and the Republic of Malta implementing Article III of the Special Agreement and the Judgment of the International Court of Justice, 10 November 1986

Additional Relevant Materials

 Italy: Communication from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Italian Republic to the Embassy of the Republic of Malta in Rome dated 16 February 2023
Malta: Communication from the Embassy of the Republic of Malta in Rome to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Italian Republic dated 28 March 2023

Italy: Communication from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Italian Republic to the Embassy of the Republic of Malta in Rome dated 26 April 2023.

Other relevant material (see also ICJ web site)

 Case concerning the continental shelf (Malta, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya), Application for permission to intervene, International Court of Justice, 21 March 1984
 Judgment of the International Court of Justice on the Continental Shelf (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya/Malta), 3 June 1985
 

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