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Decree relative to the establishment of the outer limits of the Exclusive Economic Zone of Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Country/Territory
Netherlands
Document type
Regulation
Date
2015
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Sea
Keyword
Maritime zone EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone Sovereignty
Geographical area
Benelux, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Abstract

This Decree delimits the exclusive economic zone of Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. The outer limit of the EEZ of Kingdom of the Netherlands for those territories shall be 200 nautical miles measured from the baseline from which te territorial sea is measured. In case a border has been established by agreement with another State, this border shall be the limit of the EEZ and in case no agreement has yet been reached, the median line measured from the respective baseline of the States involved shall be the outer limit of the EEZ.

Full text
Dutch
Website
www.overheid.nl

References - Legislation

Implements

Act of the Kingdom establishing an Exclusive Economic Zone.

Legislation | Netherlands | 1999 (2015)

Keyword: Maritime zone, EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone, Sovereignty

Source: FAO, FAOLEX