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SUBMISSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEPOSIT OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS)
M.Z.N. 98. 2013. LOS of 4 September 2013: Deposit of lists of geographical coordinates of points as contained in Declaration of Territorial Sea Baselines 2012, Declaration of Archipelagic Baselines 2012, Declaration of the Outer Limits of the Territorial Sea 2012, Declaration of the Outer Limits of the Exclusive Economic Zones 2012, Declaration of the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf 2012, and the Agreement between Tuvalu and Kiribati concerning their Maritime Boundary, done on 29 August 2012

 
M.Z.N. 146. 2019. LOS of 26 August 2019: Deposit of lists of geographical coordinates of points concerning the outer limits of the exclusive economic zone and the outer limits of the continental shelf of Tuvalu.

 

The lists of geographical coordinates of points and related illustrative maps contained in this deposit supersede the corresponding lists and related illustrative map regarding the outer limits of the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf contained in a previous deposit made by Tuvalu (see M.Z.N.98.2013.LOS above).

CONTINENTAL SHELF BEYOND 200 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE BASELINES FROM WHICH THE BREADTH OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA IS MEASURED
Joint Submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf by Tuvalu, France and New Zealand (Tokelau) in the area of the Robbie Ridge made on 7 December 2012

Legislation
 Marine Zones (Declaration) Act, 1983 (repealed)
 Maritime Zones Act 2012
 Declaration of Archipelagic Baselines 2012
 Declaration of Territorial Sea Baselines 2012
 Declaration of the Outer Limits of the Territorial Sea 2012
 Declaration of the Outer Limits of the Exclusive Economic Zone 2012(repealed)
 Declaration of the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf 2012(repealed)
 Declaration of the Outer Limits of the Exclusive Economic Zone 2015 [Replaced for technical reasons]
 Declaration of the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf 2015 [Replaced for technical reasons]

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
 and other material

with Fiji
  Agreement between the Government of Fiji and the Government of Tuvalu concerning their maritime boundaries, 17 October 2014 (entry into force: 17 October 2014; registration #: I-56867; registration date: 1 August 2021; link to UNTS)
  Exchange of notes constituting an agreement between the Government of Fiji and the Government of Tuvalu amending Article 1 of the Agreement between the Government of Fiji and the Government of Tuvalu concerning their maritime boundaries, 4 April 2019 and 26 October 2020 (entry into force: 26 October 2020; registration #: A-56867; registration date: 1 August 2021; link to UNTS)

with France
 Exchange of notes between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Tuvalu and the French Embassy in Suva constituting an Agreement concerning provisional maritime delimitation between the two countries, 6 August - 5 November 1985 (entry into force: 5 November 1985; registration #: 25964; registration date: 6 June 1988; link to UNTS)

with Kiribati
  Agreement between Tuvalu and Kiribati concerning their Maritime Boundary, done on 29 August 2012
 
 
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