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Decree of 17 December 1967 on the delimitation of the breadth of the Territorial Sea of the State of Kuwait.

Pays/Territoire
Koweït
Type du document
Règlement
Date
1967
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Source d'origine
Separate publication, pp. 96-98.
Sujet
Mer
Mot clé
Zone marine Mer territoriale Souveraineté
Aire géographique
Asie, Moyen-Orient, Afrique du Nord et Proche-Orient, Golfe Persique, Asie Occidentale
Résumé

This Decree declares the national jurisdiction over the territorial sea with a breadth of 12 nautical miles measured from mainland and islands baselines (art. 1). Article 2 defines the baselines: (a) In the case of open sea, the low-water mark along the coast shall be the baseline; (b) outermost permanent harbour works shall be considered to be part of the coast; (c) if there is a low-tide elevation situated not more than 12 miles from the coast or an island, the outer edge of the said low-tide elevation constitutes the baseline; (d) in the case of the Kuwait Bay it shall be the closing line across the entrance of the Bay established by Law No. 12 of 1964. Article 3 defines "island" and "low-tide elevation". Article 6 provides for the establishment of a boundary line in conformity with the Geneva Convention in the case of overlapping of the territorial sea with the territorial sea of another State. (7 articles).

Texte intégral
Anglais