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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. 59. 2006. LOS of 6 September 2006: List of geographical coordinates of points, in World Geodetic System 84 (WGS 84), specifying the outer limits of the exclusive economic zone of Ireland

 

 

M.Z.N. 73. 2009. LOS of 26 October 2009: Deposit pursuant to article 76, paragraph 9, and article 84, paragraph 2, of the Convention of a list of geographical coordinates of points, including geodetic datum, accompanied by an illustrative map, permanently describing the outer limits of its continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea of Ireland is measured in the area abutting the Porcupine Abyssal Plain

 

M.Z.N.158.2022.LOS of 27 May 2022: Deposit of lists of geographical coordinates of points as contained in the Maritime Jurisdiction (Straight Baselines) Order 2016 and the Maritime Jurisdiction (Bay Closing Lines) Order 2019, accompanied by an illustrative map.

Communications received by the Secretary-General in connection with the deposit of charts and/or lists of geographical coordinates of points
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CONTINENTAL SHELF BEYOND 200 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE BASELINES FROM WHICH THE BREADTH OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA IS MEASURED
Submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf made on 25 May 2005 - Porcupine Abyssal Plain
Joint submission by France, Ireland, Spain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf made on 19 May 2006 - in the area of the Celtic Sea and the Bay of Biscay
Submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf made on 31 March 2009 - in respect of Hatton-Rockall Area

OTHER INFORMATION

Legislation
 Maritime Jurisdiction Act, (Straight Baselines) Order, 1959(repealed)
 Continental Shelf Act 1968
 Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) Order 1993.
 Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) Order 2009.
 Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) Order 2014.
 Continental Shelf (Protection of Installations) (Kinsale Head Field) Order 1977
 Continental Shelf (Protection of Installations) (Ballycotton Field) Order 1991.
 Continental Shelf (Protection of Installations)(Connemara Field) Order 1997
 Continental Shelf (Protection of Installations) (Connemara Field) (Amendment) Order 1997
 Continental Shelf (Corrib North, 18/20-2) Order 1998
 Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 1959 (Charts) Order 1959(repealed)
 Maritime Jurisdiction (Boundaries of Exclusive Economic Zone) Order 2014
 Part 3 of the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 (Law of the Sea Bulletin No. 62) (repealed)
 List of geographical coordinates of points, in World Geodetic System 84 (WGS 84), specifying the outer limits of the exclusive economic zone of Ireland (Law of the Sea Bulletin No. 62).
 Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2021
 Maritime Jurisdiction (Bay Closing Lines) Order 2019
 Maritime Jurisdiction (Straight Baselines) Order 2016

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
 and other material

with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
 Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Ireland concerning the delimitation of areas of the continental shelf between the two countries, 7 November 1988 (entry into force: 11 January 1990; registration #: 27204; registration date: 3 May 1990; link to UNTS)
 Protocol supplementary to the agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom concerning the delimitation of areas of the continental shelf between the two countries (7 November 1988), 8 December 1992 (entry into force: 26 March 1993; registration #: A-27204; registration date: 14 October 1993; link to UNTS)
 Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland establishing a single maritime boundary between the exclusive economic zones of the two countries and parts of their continental shelves 28 March 2014  (entry into force: 31 March 2014; registration #:(pending); registration date: 9 May 2014; link to UNTS)
  Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland establishing a single maritime boundary between the exclusive economic zones of the two countries and parts of their continental shelves 28 March 2013 (entry into force: 31 March 2014; registration #: 51870; registration date: 9 May 2014; link to UNTS)
 
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