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Decree No. 2015-958 of 31 July 2015 defining the baselines from which the breadth of the French territorial sea adjacent to the territory of mainland France and Corsica is measured.

Pays/Territoire
France
Type du document
Règlement
Date
2015
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Source d'origine
Law of the Sea Bulletin.
Sujet
Mer
Mot clé
Zone marine Mer territoriale Souveraineté
Aire géographique
Alpes, Europe, Europe et Asie Centrale, Pays de l'Union Européenne, Méditerranée, Atlantique Nord, Mer du Nord, Atlantique du Nord-Est, Europe du Ouest
Résumé

This Decree of the Prime Minister of France, having regard to amended Act No. 71-1060 of 24 December 1971 concerning the delimitation of French territorial waters, defines the baselines from which the breadth of the French territorial sea in the North Sea, the Channel, the Atlantic and Mediterranean is measured. The low-water line of the low-tide elevations situated wholly or partly at a distance not exceeding the breadth of the territorial sea from mainland France shall be used to determine the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to mainland France is measured. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development, the Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, the Minister of Defence, the Minister of the Interior, and the Secretary of State for Transport, the Sea and Fisheries, shall be responsible, within their respective mandates, for the implementation of the present Decree.

Texte intégral
Français/Anglais
Site web
www.un.org