Dominica–France Maritime Delimitation Agreement

Dominica–France Maritime Delimitation Agreement

Agreement on Maritime Delimitation between the Government of French Republic and the Government of Dominica
Type	boundary delimitation
Signed	7 September 1987
Location	Paris, France
Effective	23 December 1988
Parties	Dominica  France
Depositary	United Nations Secretariat
Language	English; French

The Dominica–France Maritime Delimitation Agreement is a 1987 treaty between Dominica and France which delimits the maritime boundary between Dominica and the French territories of Guadeloupe and Martinique.^[1] It was the first maritime boundary treaty in the Central America/Caribbean region to be based on the rules of the Convention on the Law of the Sea.

The treaty was signed in Paris on 7 September 1987. The text of the treaty sets out two boundaries. The first boundary separates Dominica from Guadeloupe to its north. The boundary is 298 nautical miles long and is a simplified equidistant line that runs through the Dominica Passage in roughly an east–west direction. It consists of seven straight-line maritime segments defined by eight individual coordinate points.

The more southern boundary separates Dominica from Martinique to its south. The boundary is 294 nautical miles long and is a simplified equidistant line that runs through the Martinique Passage in roughly an east–west direction and roughly parallel to the first boundary. It consists of five straight-line segments defined by six individual coordinate points.

The treaty came into force on 23 December 1988 after it had been ratified by both states. The full name of the treaty is Agreement on Maritime Delimitation between the Government of French Republic and the Government of Dominica. The treaty was signed by French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac and Dominica Prime Minister Eugenia Charles.

Notes

1. ^ Anderson, Ewan W. (2003). International Boundaries: A Geopolitical Atlas, p. 239. at Google Books; Charney, Jonathan I. et al. (2005). International Maritime Boundaries, Vol. 1, p. 705.

References

• Anderson, Ewan W. (2003). International Boundaries: A Geopolitical Atlas. Routledge: New York. 10-ISBN 157958375X/13-ISBN 9781579583750; OCLC 54061586
• Charney, Jonathan I., David A. Colson, Robert W. Smith. (2005). International Maritime Boundaries, 5 vols. Hotei Publishing: Leiden. 10-ISBN 0792311876/13-ISBN 9780792311874; 10-ISBN 904111954X/13-ISBN 9789041119544; 10-ISBN 9041103457/13-ISBN 9789041103451; 10-ISBN 9004144617/13-ISBN 9789004144613; 10-ISBN 900414479X/13-ISBN 9789004144798; OCLC 23254092

External links

• Full text of agreement

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