MALTA-LIBYA CONTINENTAL SHELF DELIMITATION (RATIFICATION) ACT

MALTA-LIBYA CONTINENTAL SHELF DELIMITATION

(RATIFICATION)

CHAPTER 316

MALTA-LIBYA CONTINENTAL SHELF

DELIMITATION (RATIFICATION) ACT

To ratify an Agreement delimiting an area of the Continental Shelf

between the Republic of Malta and the Great Socialist People's Libyan

Arab Jamahiriya.

(29th January, 1987) *

Enacted by ACT III of 1987.

This Act may be cited as the Malta-Libya Continental

Shelf Delimitation (Ratification) Act.

[S ECTION 2]

A GREEMENT

B ETWEEN

T HE R EPUBLIC O F M ALTA

A ND

T HE G REAT S OCIALIST P EOPLE ’ S L IBYAN A RAB J AMAHIRIYA

I MPLEMENTING

A RTICLE III O F T HE S PECIAL A GREEMENT

A ND

T HE J UDGEMENT O F T HE I NTERNATIONAL C OURT O F J USTICE

The Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and the Republic of Malta.

Desiring to implement Article III of the Special Agreement signed between the

two countries on 24 Jumada Al-Ula, 1396, corresponding to 23rd May, 1976, and the

Judgement of the International Court of Justice rendered on 3rd June, 1985, in the

case concerning the Continental Shelf, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya/Malta.

Have agreed as follows

Article 1

The delimitation of the area of continental shelf appertaining to the Great Socialist

People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and to the Republic of Malta respectively within

the meridians 13° 50' east and 15° 10' east shall be arcs of great circles between the

following points in the sequence given below

Latitude North

Longitude East

Point 1

34° 40'46"N

13° 50'00"E

Point 2

34° 40'10"N

13° 52'31"E

Point 3

34° 39'16"N

13° 56'09"E

Point 4

34° 37'11"N

14° 04'15"E

Point 5

34° 37'02"N

14° 05'14"E

Point 6

34° 35'20"N

14° 15'37"E

Point 7

34° 34'07"N

14° 23'54"E

Point 8

34° 33'07"N

14° 31'29"E

Point 9

34° 32'18"N

14° 37'24"E

Point 10

34° 31'20"N

14° 49'07"E

Point 11

34° 29'53"N

15° 10'00"E

The position of the points in this Article are defined by latitude and longitude on

European Datum.

Article 2

For illustrative purposes only the boundary line defined by the coordinates

indicated in Article 1 above is depicted on the Admiralty Chart No. 176 Scale

1:1,100,000 at latitude 39°00 published by Taunton, 31st October 1969, which is

annexed to and forms an integral part of this Agreement.

MALTA-LIBYA CONTINENTAL SHELF DELIMITATION

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Article 3

If it is established that natural resources on the seabed or in its subsoil extend on

both sides of the continental shelf boundary, as defined in this Agreement, in such a

way that resources situated in the area of continental shelf of one Party are

exploitable, wholly or in part, from the area of continental shelf of the other Party,

the competent authorities of the two countries shall undertake to consult with each

other with a view to determining the manner in which these resources are to be

exploited.

Article 4

This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of the exchange of instruments

of ratification *

DONE at Valletta, on 7 Rabia el Ewwel 1396 corresponding to 10 November 1986

in duplicate, in the Arabic and English languages, both texts being equally authentic.

Alex Sceberras Trigona

Hassan Abdulati El Barghati

FOR THE REPUBLIC OF MALTA

FOR THE GREAT SOCIALIST

PEOPLE’S LIBYAN ARAB

JAMAHIRIYA

*The instruments of ratification were duly exchanged on the 11th December, 1987.

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The Agreement between the Republic of Malta and the

Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya implementing

Article III of the Special Agreement and the Judgement of the

International Court of Justice, signed on 10th November, 1986 and

a copy of which is contained in the Schedule to this Act, is hereby

ratified and authority is hereby given for the exchange of the

instruments of ratification relative to the said Agreement for the

purposes of Article 4 thereof.

*See Government Notice No. 67 of the 29th January, 1987.

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