Agreement on the Continental Shelf Between Iceland and Jan Mayen Document type Multilateral Field of application Regional/restricted Date Oct 22, 1981 Source IUCN (ID: TRE-153415) Language English Subject Sea Keyword Maritime zone Continental shelf International agreement-text Geographical area Northern Europe, North Atlantic, Europe, Arctic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean Islands Abstract The Parties have agreed as to delimit the Parties parts of the continental shelf in the area between Iceland and Jan Mayen so that they coincide with the delimitation line for the Parties' economic zones. The provisions in Articles 3 to 9 apply in an area defined by the specified coordinates. If one of the Parties considers that the regulations relating to safety measures and environmental protection referred to in articles 5 and 6 fail to provide adequate protection when exploration or production operations are carried out in the area defined in Article 2, the Parties shall consult each other, cf. Article 10 in the Agreement of 28 May 1980 on fishery and continental shelf questions. A Conciliation Commission is foreseen in the case of disagreement. Full text Other Country/Territory/Participant See Expanded View Show Map Countries Entry into force Iceland - Jan Mayen (Norway) - Norway - reset zoom out zoom in