ACT No. 1II or 1987 AN ACT tu rarify'''' Agreem"'" delimiting ,m areu of the Continental shelf betweell Ill(' Reprlblic of Ma/la (lm/liw Great Socialist Peap/<: 's UbyOfI Arub "mruiliriya.

I assent.

AGATIIA B ARBARA

President

29th Ja nuary , 1987

ACT No. 1II or 1987

AN ACT tu rarify'''' Agreem"'" delimiting ,m areu of the Continental

shelf betweell Ill(' Reprlblic of Ma/la (lm/liw Great Socialist Peap/<: 's

UbyOfI Arub "mruiliriya.

BE IT ENACfE D by the Prc,id cnL by and wilh lhe advice and

consem of the Hour.e of Representat ives. in this present Parliamcll1

assembled. and by the aulllOrity of the sa me. as follow5:-

T his Act m;ty be cite d as Ill" M~lt" - Li hy" Continen tal Shelf

D~ l im i tation ( Ratification) Act. 1987.

(Section 2)

AG REEMENT

be1ween

T H E REPU B LI C OF MALT A

.od

T HE G REA T SOCIALIST PEOPLE"S LlI3 Y AN A R AB J AMA H AR IY A

implementing

ARTICLE III OFTHE SPECI AL AG REEME NT

and

T H E JU DG E M ENT OF T H E I NTE RNATION AL COU RT OF JUSTICE

The Grea! Socialist I'cop]e-, Libyan Arabhmahariya and Ihe RcpublicofMalta.

Desiring to implement Anick 1lI of lhe Special Agreement signed be tween Ihe

tWO collntries on 24 rum,,,J,, AI - Ub. 13%. corresponding 10 2Jrd ~1;o y. 1976. and the

judgcmcru 01 lhe Interna ti ona l Court of JUSIICt: rende red 011 Jrd JUlle, 1<,185. i n the

case oonccrning the Continental ShelL Libyan Arah 1amahariya/Malta.

I-I ave agreed as follo"-,

A rtide I

The de li mLtation of the area of continental shdf appcrlaining 10 the Great Socialist

People's Libyan A,,,b l am"hariya and IQ the Republic of Maha respeelive ly wilhin

Ihe meridians 13° .'iO' ('aSI and 15· 10' ('ast shall D!' JrC'S of greal ci rcles I}('tween the

followi ng po ints in the ,c(juence given helow:-

Lulimd,. Non l!

I.ongimde Easl

34°40' 46" N

Po int

13"50'OO" E

Po int 2

34°40'IO"N

13"52'3 1" E

Point 3

34" 39' 16" N

13° 56' 09" E

34° 37'll" N

Point 4

14"04' 15" E

Po in t 5

34" 37' 02" N

14"05' 14" E

Point 6

34° 35' 20" N

14" 15' 37" E

Po int 7

34° 34'07" N

14°23' 54" E

Poi nt 8

34° 33' 07" N

14"3 I'29" E

Po int 9

34"31'18" N

14" 37' 24" E

]4"4Q'07" E

Point 10

34" 31'20"N

Point

34"19' 53" N

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15" 10'00" E

The posifion of !he poi nts in this Art icle are defined by lah!udc anoJ longit ude

on Europea n Dat um .

Article 2

For illu,trativ.; purposc~ on ly the boundary lil1(, dcfin('d by th(' coord inates indi"

caTed in Article I above is d<'p iClN 011 the Admiralty Chart No _ 176 Scale 1: 1,100.000

at laTit ude Yf' 00 ' puhh,hed hy Ta un Ion. 3 I ,t Oetob(,f I9bQ. wh iclt is a It ne x~d to and

forms an integml pMt of Ihis ag.reemel11.

Article J

If it is e,tablishcd that natural rcsou r!'!', on (he scabcd or \R its subsoil extend

on bot h sides of 1 he conI inent;» shelf bou mlary. as defined III this Agreement. in such

a way Ih~l resources situated illlhc aTCa of continental shelf of onc Part y arc exploit-

able. wholly or in part. from the a rca of con ti nenta l shelf o f the other Party. the

competent authorities of 11\.: two countries shall undertake 10 consul! with each other

willi a view lodetermining the manner in which these resources are to bc exp loi ted.

Arl;dc 4

Th;, Agreement sh;.lI ente r into force on the date of thc exchange of instruments

of ra tification.

DONE at Vallclla . on 7 Rabi .. cl Ewwel 1396 corresponding [0 JO November

1986 in duplicate. in the Arabic and English languages. both lexlS being equally

a t.!henti,' .

HaSS<1n Abdulati El B<lrgha ti

Alex Sccbcrras Trigona

FOR T HE GREAT SOCIALIST

FOR THE RE PUB LIC O F MALTA

PEOPLE'S LlBYAN ARAB

JAMAHARIYA

(Anncx to Agrccm<:nl)

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Passed by the Hou seofReprcserHativcs at Sitting No. 435 of the 26th January . 1987.

PAU L XUERElJ

Speaker

P M USCAT T ERR IIII LE

Acring Clerk of IIII! HOI.se of Represelllalives

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P,lot 4<

The Agreement belween the Republic of Malta and lite Great

Social i,! People's Libyan Arab hmahiriya implementing Article III of

t he Special Agreeme nt and th e Judgcmcnl of lite International Court

of Just ice. signed on 10th November. 1986 ;o nd " copy of which is

contained in the Schedule to thi, Ael. is hereby ratified and authority

is hereby given for the exchange of the inst rum ents of ratification

relat ive to th e s;oid Agreement fo r the purposes of Article 4 th ereof

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