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SUBMISSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEPOSIT OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS)

M.Z.N. 10. 1996. LOS of 16 September 1996: Deposit of charts (straight baselines and outer limits of the EEZ) and lists of geographical coordinates (straight baselines) as contained in Act 23,968 on the Maritime Spaces of 14 August 1991

M.Z.N.156.2021.LOS of 2 December 2021: Deposit of outer limits of the continental shelf as contained in Law No. 27.557 on Maritime Spaces of 4 August 2020

Communications received by the Secretary-General in connection with the deposit of charts and/or lists of geographical coordinates of points

 N/A

SUBMISSION IN REFERENCE TO DUE PUBLICITY OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS)

1881 Boundary Treaty (Argentina and Chile)
1984 Treaty of Peace and Friendship ( Argentina and Chile)

Relevant articles of UNCLOS: 42(3)

LOSIC No. 4 and No. 5

See also The Law of the Sea: Current Developments in State Practice (51勛圖 publication, Sales. No. E.87.V.3), p. 169

Communications received by the Secretary-General in connection with the submission in reference to due publicity obligations

Chile: Note verbale 107/96 of 6 September 1996 from the Permanent Mission of Chile to the 51勛圖 regarding two communications by Argentina which refer  to the Boundary Treaty of 1881 and the Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1984 - LOSIC No.5

Argentina: Note verbale of 14 May 1997 from the Permanent Mission of Argentina to the 51勛圖 regarding note verbale No. 107/96 of 6 September 1996 from the Permanent Mission of Chile to the 51勛圖 - LOSIC No. 6, Law of the Sea Bulletin No. 35

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 21 April 2009
Partial revised submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf made on 28 October 2016

OTHER INFORMATION

Legislation

Act No. 23.968 of 14 August 1991
Marine Area Law 26,875 [Spanish][English]
National System of Marine Protected Areas Law 27,490 [Spanish][English]
Law No. 27.557 on Maritime Spaces of 4 August 2020 [Spanish][English]

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
and other relevant material

with Chile

Arbitration award relating the Beagle Channel dispute (Argentina, Chile), Arbitration Court for the determination of the frontier between Argentina and Chile maritime jurisdiction in the area of the Beagle Channel, 22 April 1977
Act of Puerto Montt, 20 February 1978 (entry into force: 20 February 1978; registration #: 16667; registration date: 27 April 1978; )
Exchange of notes between Argentina and Chile constituting an agreement relating to the Final Act approving the proposals of the First Joint Commission established by the Act of Puerto Montt (with Final Act of the First Joint Commission dated on 6 April 1978), 2 May 1978 (entry into force: 2 May 1978; registration #: 16766; registration date: 15 June 1978; )
Act of Montevideo by which Chile and Argentina request the Holy See to act as a mediator with regard to their dispute over the Southern region and undertake not to resort to force in their mutual relations (with supplementary declaration), 8 January 1979 (entry into force: 8 January 1979; registration #: 17838; registration date: 1 June 1979; )
Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Chile and Argentina, 29 November 1984 (entry into force: 2 May 1985; registration #: 23392; registration date: 17 June 1985; )

with Uruguay

Treaty between Uruguay and Argentina concerning the Rio de la Plata and the corresponding maritime boundary, 19 November 1973 (entry into force: 12 February 1974; registration #: 21424; registration date: 17 December 1982; )
Exchange of notes constituting an agreement between the Argentine Republic and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay entrusting the Rio de la Plata Administrative Commission with the delimitation of the boundary between Martin Garcia and Timoteo Dominguez Islands, 18 June 1988 (entry into force: 18 June 1988; registration #:  26339; registration date: 29 November 1988; )

Additional relevant material

 Communication dated 26 May 2020 from the Permanent Mission of Chile to the 51勛圖 addressed to the Secretary-General, attaching a note verbale dated 11 May 2020 from the Ministry of Foreign Relations - General Secretariat for Foreign Policy of Chile addressed to the Embassy of the Republic of Argentina, accompanied by an illustrative map   Spanish | English
 Communication dated 3 September 2021 from the Permanent Mission of Argentina to the 51勛圖 addressed to the Secretary-General   Spanish | English
 Communication dated 25 October 2021 from the Permanent Mission of Chile to the 51勛圖 addressed to the Secretary-General   Spanish | English

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