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COSTA RICA

SUBMISSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEPOSIT OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS)
M.Z.N. 13. 1997. LOS of 27 January 1997: Deposit of a chart showing the limits of the exclusive economic zone in the Pacific Ocean

Communications received by the Secretary-General in connection with the deposit of charts and/or lists of geographical coordinates of points
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CONTINENTAL SHELF BEYOND 200 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE BASELINES FROM WHICH THE BREADTH OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA IS MEASURED
Preliminary information indicative of the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles in accordance with SPLOS/183
Joint submission by Costa Rica and Ecuador to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf made on 16 December 2020 – in the area of Panama Basin

OTHER INFORMATION

Legislation
Decree No. 2203 of 10 February 1972
Decree No. 2204 concerning the "Patrimonial Sea" of 10 February 1972
Article 6 of the Constitution as amended by Decree No. 5699 of 5 June 1975
Decree 18581-RE (concerning straight baselines in the Pacific Ocean, 14 October 1988

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
 and other material

with Colombia
Treaty on delimitation of marine and submarine areas and maritime co-operation between the Republic of Colombia and the Republic of Costa Rica, 17 March 1977
Treaty on the Delimitation of Marine and Submarine Areas and Maritime Cooperation between the Republic of Colombia and the Republic of Costa Rica, additional to the Treaty signed at San José on 17 March 1977, 6 April 1984 (entry into force: 20 February 2001; registration #: 37322; registration date: 16 March 2001; )

with Ecuador
Agreement between the Government of Costa Rica and the Government of Ecuador Relating to the Delimitation of the Maritime Areas between Costa Rica and Ecuador, 12 March 1985
 Agreement on Maritime Delimitation between the Republic of Ecuador and the Republic of Costa Rica of 21 April 2014 (entry into force: 9 September 2016; registration number I-54729; registration date: 25 October 2017 )

with Panama
Treaty concerning delimitation of marine areas and maritime co-operation between the Republic of Costa Rica and the Republic of Panama, 2 February 1980

 
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