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BENIN

SUBMISSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEPOSIT OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA
M.Z.N.154.2021.LOS of 17 September 2021: Deposit of relevant baseline points and outer limits of the territorial sea, the contiguous zone and the exclusive economic zone as contained in Decree no 2021-253 of 19 May 2021, Fixing the Coordinates of the Nautical Chart of Benin

 

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 of the Republic of Benin and the Togolese Republic made on 21 September 2018

OTHER INFORMATION

Legislation
 Decree No. 76-92 extending the territorial waters of the People's Republic of Benin to 200 nautical miles, 1976
 Decree no 2021-253 of 19 May 2021, Fixing the Coordinates of the Nautical Chart of Benin French | English

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
 and other material
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