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BARBADOS

CONTINENTAL SHELF BEYOND 200 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE BASELINES FROM WHICH THE BREADTH OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA IS MEASURED

Submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf made on 8 May 2008
Revised Submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf made on 25 July 2011

OTHER INFORMATION

Legislation

Territorial Waters Act, No. 1977-26
Marine Boundaries and Jurisdiction Act, 1978 - 3, 25 February 1978
Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
 and other material

with France

Agreement between the Government of the French Republic and the Government of Barbados on the delimitation of the maritime space between France and Barbados, 15 October 2009 (entry into force: 1 January 2010; registration #: 47364; registration date: 16 April 2010; )

with Guyana

Exclusive Economic Zone Co-operation Treaty between the State of Barbados and the Republic of Guyana concerning the exercise of jurisdiction in their exclusive economic zones in the area of bilateral overlap within each of their outer limits and beyond the outer limits of the exclusive economic zones of other States (with annex and figure), 2 December 2003 (entry into force: 5 May 2004; registration #: 40555; registration date: 2 September 2004;) (see alsoLaw of the Sea BulletinNo. 55, p. 36)

with Saint Lucia

Agreement between the Government of Barbados and the Government of Saint Lucia on the delimitation of the maritime boundary between Barbados and Saint Lucia, 6 July 2017 (entry into force: 1 September 2019; registration #: 56440; registration date: 11 December 2020; )

Other relevant documents

Barbados - Trinidad and Tobago

, 11 April 2006
 

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