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REPUBLIC OF KOREA

SUBMISSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEPOSIT OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS)

  M.Z.N.130.2017.LOS: Deposit of lists of geographical coordinates of points (i) concerning the baselines for measuring the breadth of the territorial sea, as contained in the Enforcement Decree of [the] Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone Act promulgated on 20 September 1978, amended by Presidential Decree No. 24424, dated 23 March 2013, and (ii) showing the limits of the territorial sea of a part of the territory of the Republic of Korea.

 

CONTINENTAL SHELF BEYOND 200 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE BASELINES FROM WHICH THE BREADTH OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA IS MEASURED
Preliminary information indicative of the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles in accordance with SPLOS/183
Submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf made on 26 December 2012

OTHER INFORMATION

Legislation
 Territorial Sea Law No. 3037 of 31 December 1977
 Enforcement Decree of the Territorial Seas Act, promulgated by Presidential Decree No. 9162, 20 September 1978
 Exclusive Economic Zone Act No. 5151, Promulgated on 8 August 1996
 Regulation on the date of enforcement of exclusive economic zone Act
Presidential Decree No. 15145, 4 September 1996
 Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone Act Law No. 3037, Promulgated on 31 December 1977, Amended by Law No. 4986, which was promulgated on 6 December 1995
 Enforcement Decree of Territorial Sea and contiguous zone Act, promulgated by Presidential Decree No. 9162, 20 September 1978,  Amended by Presidential Decree No. 13463, 7 September 1991 and by Presidential Decree No. 15133, 31 July 1996

 Enforcement Decree of Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone Act, Presidential Decree No. 9162, 20 September 1978--Amended by Presidential Decree No. 13463, 7 September 1991, by Presidential Decree No. 15133, 31 July 1996, and by Presidential Decree No. 17803, 18 December 2002
 Enforcement Decree of the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone Act Law No. 3037, promulgated on 20 September 1978, amended by Presidential Decree No. 24424, 23 March 2013
 Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone Act Law No. 3037, Promulgated on 31 December 1977, Amended by Law No. 14607, which was promulgated on 21 March 2017

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
 and other material

with Japan
 Agreement between Japan and the Republic of Korea concerning the establishment of boundary in the northern part of the continental shelf adjacent to the two countries (with map and agreed minutes), 30 January 1974 (entry into force: 22 June 1978; registration #: 19777; registration date: 20 May 1981; link to UNTS)
 Agreement concerning joint development of the southern part of the continental shelf adjacent to the two countries (with map, appendix, agreed minutes and exchanges of notes), 30 January 1974 (entry into force: 22 June 1978; registration #: 19778; registration date: 20 May 1981; link to UNTS)
 
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