Decree No.42 of 2017 - Division of marine waters subject to the jurisdiction of the Lebanese State into blocks.

This Decree consisting of 5 articles aims at delineating the division of Lebanese maritime waters (including regional waters and the Exclusive Economic Zone as defined by Decree 6433/2011) into 10 blocks. The Decree provides also for a buffer zone where petroleum activities are not allowed without a decree issued by the Council of Ministers. The buffer zone extends along the borders of the Lebanese coast from the far north to the far south for a distance of 3 nautical miles of the territorial waters.
The Annex gives the block coordinates presented in GIS format and the positional information for the Blocks supplied in geographical coordinates WGS84 and related map.