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Convention between the Government of the French Republic and the Government of the Spanish State on the Delimitation of the Continental Shelves of the two States in the Bay of Biscay

Document type
Bilateral
Field of application
Regional/restricted
Date
Jan 29, 1974
Source
FAO, FAOLEX;  IUCN (ID: TRE-150165)
Place of adoption
Paris
Language
French, Spanish
Subject
Sea
Keyword
Maritime zone Continental shelf International agreement-text
Abstract

With this Convention, the Parties to establish the boundary between the parts of the continental shelf of the Bay of Biscay over which the two States respectively exercise sovereign rights for the purpose of exploration and exploitation of the natural resources of the continental shelf. This Convention shall apply in the Bay of Biscay to a distance of 12 miles, measured from the French and Spanish baselines to a line between Cape Ortegal, in Spain, and Raz point, in France. The Parties agree to apply the supplementary procedures provided for in annex II to this Convention for the granting of licences for the exploration and exploitation of the natural resources in the zone defined by the geodetic lines joining the points having specied coordinates. The Parties also agree exploitation of natural resources near to the boundary line.

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