Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark along with the Local Government of Greenland on the one hand and the Government of the Republic of Iceland on the other hand on the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf and the Fishery Zone in the Area between Greenland and Iceland.
Type of law
Agreement
Abstract
The Parties, being Denmark and Greenland on the one hand and Iceland on the other, agree on boundaries of parts of the Continental Shelf and the fishery zone in the area between Iceland and Greenland. The boundary shall be based on the median line between the relevant coastlines of Greenland and Iceland together with negotiating results of 28 June 1997 and is fixed as straight lines between points indicated in article 1. Boundary point has been established in cooperation with the Kingdom of Norway and shall be confirmed through bilateral agreements. Article 2 provides for evidence of natural resources extending to the Continental Shelf of both Parties and relative subsequent agreement between the Parties.
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Date of text
Entry into force notes
The Agreement enters into force on the moment when the Parties have informed each other in writing that procedures have been concluded (for exception of provisions relative to boundary point A, please see art. 4).
Repealed
No
Publication reference
Bulletin No. 39, Law of the Sea, United Nations, New York, 1999, pp. 35-36.
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No